Ben Casey: Season 2
Season 2 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Ben Casey Season 1.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 2 Progress Shield
Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season
Dec 3, 1962
""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""
I Hear America Singing
Dec 10, 1962
I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; Those of mechanics—each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong; The carpenter singing his, as he measures his p
Pack Up All My Cares and Woes
Dec 17, 1962
""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""
I'll Be Alright in the Morning
Jan 7, 1963
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul
A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)
Jan 14, 1963
Dr. Casey tries to help a lawyer kick her morphine habit, but encounters resistance, lies and manipulation when she gets a guileless young man to smuggle dope into her hospital roo
He Thought He Saw an Albatross
Feb 4, 1963
He thought he saw an Albatross That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was A Penny-Postage Stamp. ""You'd best be getting home,"" he said:
A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.
Feb 11, 1963
Although he's still an intern, Jimmy Peabody is raising funds to finance a medical clinic of his own, and one of the sources he's depending on is wealthy Adam Garrett, an elderly p
Rigadoon for Three Pianos
Mar 4, 1963
Greta Bauer wants to marry fiancé Kevin Blake; however, her mother opposes the marriage and insists that Greta concentrate on a career as a concert pianist.
Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?
Mar 18, 1963
A circle of admirers.
For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold
Mar 25, 1963
A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.
Rage Against the Dying Light
Apr 15, 1963
""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)
My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow
Apr 29, 1963
The Sparrow in the Zoo No bars are set too close, no mesh too fine To keep me from the eagle and the lion, Whom keepers feed that I may freely dine. This goes to show that i