Ben Casey

Season 5

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.

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26 Episodes

War of Nerves
E1
War of NervesThe surgeon's secret.
O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith
E2
O the Big Wheel Turns by Faith
A Nightingale Named Nathan
E3
A Nightingale Named Nathan""Were I a nightingale, I would act like one."" (Epictetus)
Because of the Needle, the Haystack was Lost
E5
Because of the Needle, the Haystack was LostA proverb of great pith.
What to Her is Plato?
E6
What to Her is Plato?An academic debate.
Francini? Who is Francini?
E7
Francini? Who is Francini?Introduction and variations.
Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall Down
E8
Then I, and You, and All of Us Fall DownRules of the game.
No More, Cried the Roosterâ€”There Will Be Truth
E9
No More, Cried the Roosterâ€”There Will Be TruthA lifetime of hard work seems undesirable for an intern.
The Importance of Being 65937
E10
The Importance of Being 65937It couldn't be called ungentle, But how thoroughly departmental. Frost
When Givers Prove Unkind
E11
When Givers Prove UnkindRich gifts wax poor, to the noble mind.
The Man from Quasilia
E12
The Man from QuasiliaAnother county heard from.
Why Did the Day Go Backwards?
E13
Why Did the Day Go Backwards?To see the night before.
If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...
E14
If You Really Want to Know What Goes On In a Hospital...""Like a patient etherized upon a table.""
If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser
E15
If You Play Your Cards Right, You Too Can Be a Loser""Tell the truth or trumpâ€”but get the trick."" (Twain)
In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc
E16
In Case of Emergency, Cry Havoc""And let slip the dogs of war.""
Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker Purpose
E17
Meantime, We Shall Express our Darker PurposeMeantime 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
For San Diego, You Need a Different Bus
E18
For San Diego, You Need a Different BusYou can get there from here.
Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of Pain
E19
Smile, Baby, Smile, It's Only Twenty Dols of PainThe agony and the estimate: trigeminal neuralgia, the tic douloureux.
Fun and Games and Other Tragic Things
E20
Fun and Games and Other Tragic ThingsWhistling in the dark.
Weave Nets To Catch The Wind
E21
Weave Nets To Catch The WindCourts 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
Lullaby for a Wind-Up Toy
E22
Lullaby for a Wind-Up ToyThe unmoved mover.
Where Did All the Roses Go?
E23
Where Did All the Roses Go?""No gardener has died within rosaceous memory."" (Beckett)
Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...
E24
Twenty-Six Ways to Spell Heartbreak, A, B, C, D ...You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of Truth
E25
Pull The Wool Over Your Eyes, Here Comes The Cold Wind Of TruthSelf-diagnosis.
Then, Suddenly, Panic
E26
Then, Suddenly, Panic""Fear in a handful of dust."" (Eliot)