Ben Casey

Season 5

1965 · 26 episodes · 26h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. War of Nerves

   13 Sept 1965 · 60 min

   The surgeon's secret.

2. 2

   2. O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith

   20 Sept 1965 · 60 min

3. 3

   3. A Nightingale Named Nathan

   27 Sept 1965 · 60 min

   ""Were I a nightingale, I would act like one."" (Epictetus)

4. 4

   4. Run For Your Lives, Dr. Galanos Practices Here

   4 Oct 1965 · 60 min

   Le Médecin Malgré Lui

5. 5

   5. Because of the Needle, the Haystack was Lost

   11 Oct 1965 · 60 min

   A proverb of great pith.

6. 6

   6. What to Her is Plato?

   18 Oct 1965 · 60 min

   An academic debate.

7. 7

   7. Francini? Who is Francini?

   25 Oct 1965 · 60 min

   Introduction and variations.

8. 8

   8. Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall Down

   1 Nov 1965 · 60 min

   Rules of the game.

9. 9

   9. No More, Cried the Rooster—There Will Be Truth

   8 Nov 1965 · 60 min

   A lifetime of hard work seems undesirable for an intern.

10. 10

    10. The Importance of Being 65937

    15 Nov 1965 · 60 min

    It couldn't be called ungentle, But how thoroughly departmental. Frost

11. 11

    11. When Givers Prove Unkind

    22 Nov 1965 · 60 min

    Rich gifts wax poor, to the noble mind.

12. 12

    12. The Man from Quasilia

    29 Nov 1965 · 60 min

    Another county heard from.

13. 13

    13. Why Did the Day Go Backwards?

    6 Dec 1965 · 60 min

    To see the night before.

14. 14

    14. If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...

    20 Dec 1965 · 60 min

    ""Like a patient etherized upon a table.""

15. 15

    15. If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser

    27 Dec 1965 · 60 min

    ""Tell the truth or trump—but get the trick."" (Twain)

16. 16

    16. In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc

    6 Jan 1966 · 60 min

    ""And let slip the dogs of war.""

17. 17

    17. Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker Purpose

    20 Jan 1966 · 60 min

    Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. Give me the map there. Know that we have divided In three our kingdom: and 'tis our fast intent To shake all cares and business from our age; Conferring them on younger strengths, while we Unburthen'd crawl toward death. King Lear

18. 18

    18. For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus

    17 Jan 1966 · 60 min

    You can get there from here.

19. 19

    19. Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain

    24 Jan 1966 · 60 min

    The agony and the estimate: trigeminal neuralgia, the tic douloureux.

20. 20

    20. Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things

    31 Jan 1966 · 60 min

    Whistling in the dark.

21. 21

    21. Weave Nets To Catch The Wind

    7 Feb 1966 · 60 min

    Courts adieu, and all delights, All bewitching appetites; Sweetest breath, and clearest eye, Like perfumes go out and die; And consequently this is done, As shadows wait upon the sun. Vain the ambition of kings, Who seek by trophies and dead things, To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind. O you have wrought a miracle, and melted A heart of adamant: you have compris'd In this dumb pageant, a right excellent form Of penitence. John Webster, The Devil's Law-Case

22. 22

    22. Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy

    16 Feb 1966 · 60 min

    The unmoved mover.

23. 23

    23. Where Did All the Roses Go?

    21 Feb 1966 · 60 min

    ""No gardener has died within rosaceous memory."" (Beckett)

24. 24

    24. Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...

    28 Feb 1966 · 60 min

    You pays your money and you takes your choice.

25. 25

    25. Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth

    14 Mar 1966 · 60 min

    Self-diagnosis.

26. 26

    26. Then, Suddenly, Panic

    21 Mar 1966 · 60 min

    ""Fear in a handful of dust."" (Eliot)