James E. Moser
Director
Ben Casey (1961)
Season 2
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.
Released Oct. 2, 1961
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.surgeon, imdb.medical-profession, imdb.doctor, imdb.hospital, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, imdb.medical-drama + 4 more, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.mentor, imdb.chief-of-surgery, mdblist.has-trailer
Production Companies: Bing Crosby Productions
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher
""But one thing is needful.""
Oct. 1, 1962, midnight
S2E2 - The Night That Nothing Happened
It's a long shift that has no surgery.
Oct. 8, 1962, midnight
S2E3 - In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption
A painstaking diagnosis.
Oct. 15, 1962, midnight
S2E4 - Legacy from a Stranger
How do you repay such a debt?
Oct. 22, 1962, midnight
S2E5 - Go Not Gently into the Night
""Brave in his burning pride.""
Oct. 29, 1962, midnight
S2E6 - Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road
To hell and gone.
Nov. 5, 1962, midnight
S2E7 - Of All Save Pain Bereft
Last straws.
Nov. 12, 1962, midnight
S2E8 - And Even Death Shall Die
The tautological imperative.
Nov. 19, 1962, midnight
S2E9 - The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits
A gentle occupation.
Nov. 26, 1962, midnight
S2E10 - Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season
""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""
Dec. 3, 1962, midnight
S2E11 - I Hear America Singing
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 plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work; The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat—the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench—the hatter singing as he stands; The wood-cutter's song—the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown; The delicious singing of the mother—or of the young wife at work—or of the girl sewing or washing—Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else; The day what belongs to the day—at night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly,
Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. Come! some of you! still be flooding The States with hundreds and thousands of mouth-songs fit for The States only.
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Gr
Dec. 10, 1962, midnight
S2E12 - Pack Up All My Cares and Woes
""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""
Dec. 17, 1962, midnight
S2E13 - Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz
A sabbath diversion.
Dec. 31, 1962, midnight
S2E14 - I'll Be Alright in the Morning
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; therefore will I hope in him.
Lamentations
Jan. 7, 1963, midnight
S2E15 - A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)
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 room. He is visiting his mother, who is in the hospital for treatment of injuries received in a beating. (Part 1 of 2)
Jan. 14, 1963, midnight
S2E16 - A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)
Jan. 21, 1963, midnight
S2E17 - Use Neon for My Epitaph
The business has its allure.
Jan. 28, 1963, midnight
S2E18 - He Thought He Saw an Albatross
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: ""The nights are very damp!"" ... He thought he saw an Argument That proved he was the Pope: He looked again, and found it was A Bar of Mottled Soap. ""A fact so dread,"" he faintly said, ""Extinguishes all hope!""
Lewis Carroll, The Mad Gardener's Song
Feb. 4, 1963, midnight
S2E19 - A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.
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 patient at County General.
Feb. 11, 1963, midnight
S2E20 - A Hundred More Pipers
The great rouse.
Feb. 18, 1963, midnight
S2E21 - Suffer the Little Children
""Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.""
Feb. 25, 1963, midnight
S2E22 - Rigadoon for Three Pianos
An old dance.
March 4, 1963, midnight
S2E23 - The White Ones Are Dolphins
The ones that got away...
March 11, 1963, midnight
S2E24 - Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?
A circle of admirers.
March 18, 1963, midnight
S2E25 - For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold
A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.
March 25, 1963, midnight
S2E26 - Father Was an Intern
The occupant and the resident.
April 1, 1963, midnight
S2E27 - Rage Against the Dying Light
""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)
April 15, 1963, midnight
S2E28 - La Vie, La Vie Intérieure
The well-furnished habitation.
April 22, 1963, midnight
S2E29 - My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow
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 if you have the wit To be small, common, cute, and live on shit, Though the cage fret kings, you may make free with it.
Howard Nemerov
April 29, 1963, midnight
S2E30 - Lullaby for Billy Dignan
Homage to Millet's Angelus.
May 6, 1963, midnight
S2E31 - Hang No Hats on Dreams
Castles in Spain.
May 13, 1963, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 9180 min.
Released: Oct. 2, 1961
Last Air Date: March 21, 1966, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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