Marcus Welby, M.D.

Season 6

The show is about doctors Marcus Welby, a general practitioner and Steven Kiley, Welby's young assistant. The two try to treat people as individuals in an age of specialized medicine and uncaring doctors.

Where to Watch Season 6

24 Episodes

The Brittle Warrior
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Episode 1The Brittle WarriorA veteran police sergeant (and new grandfather) tries to hide the debilitating effects of arthritis from his superior officers ... in particular, his son-in-law.
The Faith of Childish Things
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Episode 2The Faith of Childish ThingsThe mother of a young boy is a strong believer in a religious group called The Satan Fighters. When he becomes fatally ill, she believes he is being taken by his guardian angel to heaven and refuses medical treatment to allow this miracle to happen. Dr. Welby must do everything in his power to save the boy.
Last Flight to Babylon
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Episode 3Last Flight to BabylonLen Dalton is unable to secure a position as a pilot, fearful of losing the affections of his girlfriend and suffering from post-operation depression, he contemplates suicide. After visiting Dr. Welby for a checkup, Dalton tries to persuade Consuelo to give him some sleeping pills. When his pleading fails, he obtains the drug from another source and tries to end his mental anguish forever.
To Father A Child
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Episode 4To Father A ChildDr. Welby meets with a young couple, the Brechts, who are dealing with infertility issues. The physician suggests several alternatives including artificial insemination but meet resistance from the husband.
The Outrage
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Episode 5The Outrage"The Outrage" is a 1974 episode of Marcus Welby, M.D., a long-running American medical drama on ABC. The episode tells the story of a teenage boy who is sexually assaulted by his male teacher. The episode, which originally aired October 8, 1974, sparked controversy and anger for its equation of homosexuality to pedophilia. "The Outrage" was targeted for protests by LGBT rights groups and several network affiliates refused to broadcast it.
The Fatal Challenge
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Episode 6The Fatal ChallengeKiley is frustrated by a resident at Lang Memorial's Family Practices Clinic who is prone to making rash and non-medical diagnoses.
A Fevered Angel
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Episode 7A Fevered AngelDr. Welby and Kiley fight to save the life of a three-year-old boy, whose mother will not allow the child to be given proper medical treatment because of her fanatical beliefs.
Feedback
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Episode 8FeedbackEven though Dr. Welby gives him the best treatment modern medicine can provide plus wise counseling and encouragement, Williams has a difficult time adjusting to an entirely different way of life after having to give up his career because of his affliction.
No Gods In Sight
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Episode 9No Gods In SightA doctor who has spent years in medical research has trouble adjusting to family medicine because of a lack of interpersonal skills and because he cannot deal with pain in other people.
Hell Is Upstairs
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Episode 10Hell Is UpstairsA young couple has a daughter who has unexplained attacks and keeps her hidden. Welby and Kiley diagnose her as having tortion dystonia, a disease similar to muscular dystrophy. The surgical process to releave her symptoms is shown.
The Last Rip-Off
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Episode 11The Last Rip-OffDr. Welby's patient dies in the night and her daughter agrees, under grieving duress, to a $5000 funeral. In the meantime, Dr. Kiley's long-time friend develops problems with his kidneys, and is unable to attend the opening of his art exhibit. Not to worry, Marcus Welby, M.D. is on both cases!
Child of Silence
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Episode 12Child of SilenceDr. Welby treats a young girl who almost drowned. His biggest challenge is getting through to the girl's mother who adamantly will not let her hearing-impaired daughter be seen by a specialist.
The 266 Days
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Episode 13The 266 DaysA career woman, delighted to be pregnant at last, joins Consuelo's medical care group for pregnant women.
The Resident
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Episode 14The ResidentWelby is concerned with a young resident shows more concern with the clinical aspects of his cases than with the patients themselves.
Dark Fury (1)
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Episode 15Dark Fury (1)Dr. Kiley takes Susan Davis out to dinner to celebrate the first annivesary of her operation. When Kiley takes her home, he leaves, but then he hears her scream. At length he succeeds in battering down her door, and finds that she has been sexually violated by her ex-boyfriend, Wayne Trent. Kiley takes Susan to the hospital. Later, he goes after Trent, who in attempting to flee, is seriously injured when his car crashes into a concrete pillar.
Dark Fury (2)
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Episode 16Dark Fury (2)After Susan Davis has been molested by her ex-boyfriend, who has constantly harassed her, Kiley tries to find him. After an accident occurs in which the attacker almost dies, Kiley is subsequently charged with malpractice.
Public Streets
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Episode 17Public StreetsBecause his wife has chronic heart disease, a financial manager has a one-night stand with a model that gives him syphilis. The illness comes out in a routine physical and the results are both professionally and personally devastating.
The Time Bomb
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Episode 18The Time BombDr. Welby has serious self-doubts when a young woman develops a cancerous condition, and blames him because of treatments he had recommended when she was a child.
Four-Plus Hot
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Episode 19Four-Plus HotA young man returns home after several years abroad to visit a high school friend only to find his him seriously ill and in a severe depression. In helping his friend, the man finds he has personal problems of his own to deal with.
Jake's Okay
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Episode 20Jake's OkayKiley becomes a mentor-of-sorts to a teen-aged boy named Jake, who - thanks to a disorder caused by undetected minimal brain damage - has poor social skills and does poorly in school.
Save the Last Dance For Me
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Episode 21Save the Last Dance For MeTwo women have very different reactions to a diagnosis of breast cancer.
The Unindicted Wife
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Episode 22The Unindicted Wife
Dark Corridors
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Episode 23Dark CorridorsA young teenage violinist appears to have a disease that only occurs in adolescents and Welby feels that he may be misdiagnosing because he is in shock over the death of an old friend earlier in the day.
Loser in a Dead Heat
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Episode 24Loser in a Dead HeatConstant arguments between her parents because of her father's compulsive gambling, cause a girl to suffer from hyperventilation, a condition in which the subject's intake of oxygen is excessive.