Ben Casey

S5 · E1 · Sep 13, 1965

War of Nerves Episode 1

The surgeon's secret.

S5 · E2 · Sep 20, 1965

O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith Episode 2

S5 · E3 · Sep 27, 1965

A Nightingale Named Nathan Episode 3

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

S5 · E4 · Oct 4, 1965

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

Le Médecin Malgré Lui

S5 · E5 · Oct 11, 1965

Because of the Needle, the Haystack was Lost Episode 5

A proverb of great pith.

S5 · E6 · Oct 18, 1965

What to Her is Plato? Episode 6

An academic debate.

S5 · E7 · Oct 25, 1965

Francini? Who is Francini? Episode 7

Introduction and variations.

S5 · E8 · Nov 1, 1965

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

Rules of the game.

S5 · E9 · Nov 8, 1965

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

A lifetime of hard work seems undesirable for an intern.

S5 · E10 · Nov 15, 1965

The Importance of Being 65937 Episode 10

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

S5 · E11 · Nov 22, 1965

When Givers Prove Unkind Episode 11

Rich gifts wax poor, to the noble mind.

S5 · E12 · Nov 29, 1965

The Man from Quasilia Episode 12

Another county heard from.

S5 · E13 · Dec 6, 1965

Why Did the Day Go Backwards? Episode 13

To see the night before.

S5 · E14 · Dec 20, 1965

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

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

S5 · E15 · Dec 27, 1965

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

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

S5 · E16 · Jan 6, 1966

In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc Episode 16

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

S5 · E17 · Jan 20, 1966

Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker Purpose Episode 17

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

S5 · E18 · Jan 17, 1966

For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus Episode 18

You can get there from here.

S5 · E19 · Jan 24, 1966

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

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

S5 · E20 · Jan 31, 1966

Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things Episode 20

Whistling in the dark.

S5 · E21 · Feb 7, 1966

Weave Nets To Catch The Wind Episode 21

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

S5 · E22 · Feb 16, 1966

Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy Episode 22

The unmoved mover.

S5 · E23 · Feb 21, 1966

Where Did All the Roses Go? Episode 23

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

S5 · E24 · Feb 28, 1966

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

S5 · E25 · Mar 14, 1966

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

Self-diagnosis.

S5 · E26 · Mar 21, 1966

Then, Suddenly, Panic Episode 26

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