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
The Night That Nothing Happened
Oct 8, 1962 · 60 min
It's a long shift that has no surgery.
Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season
Dec 3, 1962 · 60 min
""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""
I Hear America Singing
Dec 10, 1962 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""
I'll Be Alright in the Morning
Jan 7, 1963 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
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 · 60 min
A circle of admirers.
For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold
Mar 25, 1963 · 60 min
A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.
Rage Against the Dying Light
Apr 15, 1963 · 60 min
""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)
My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow
Apr 29, 1963 · 60 min
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