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The Best Episodes of Ben Casey Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 1 - To the Pure
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #1 - To the Pure

    S1:E1

    Dr. Ben Casey is at odds with the medical board, particularly Dr. Zorba and Dr. Jensen, because of his manner toward interns. Under a reprimand, Casey tries to persuade the board to approve neurosurgery on nine-year-old Pete Salazar. After the first of three operations on the boy, Casey is accidentally jabbed with a needle while administering a rabies test to a female patient. During his thirty-day wait for a life-or-death prognosis, he is given permission to resume the surgery.

    Director:Fielder Cook
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 2 - But Linda Only Smiled
    7.8/10(20 votes)

    #2 - But Linda Only Smiled

    S1:E2

    Little Cathy Reed is brought to the hospital for emergency treatment after an auto accident. Casey prepares a blood transfusion, but her mother won't consent.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:William Bast

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  3. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 3 - The Insolent Heart
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #3 - The Insolent Heart

    S1:E3

    Dr. Michael Waldman, a former professor of Casey's and a former colleague of Zorba's, comes to the hospital with a cardiovascular ailment diagnosed as fatal. Casey and Zorba want to try a new surgery on him, but the medical board is opposed.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 4 - I Remember a Lemon Tree
    6.7/10(28 votes)

    #4 - I Remember a Lemon Tree

    S1:E4

    Dr. Karl Anders is a brilliant surgeon, and Zorba wants to keep him on at the hospital. But Anders is concerned with illnesses of his own—he's addicted to morphine, and suffers from leukemia.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  5. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 5 - An Expensive Glass of Water
    8.0/10(23 votes)

    #5 - An Expensive Glass of Water

    S1:E5

    Casey has Walter Tyson for a patient, the president of a large corporation in difficulties, who makes treatment impossible by ordering him about. Zorba and Dr. Jensen try to dissuade him from withdrawing, because his patient is a big donor to the hospital.

    Directors:Robert Ellis Miller, Fielder Cook
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  6. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sound of Laughter
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #6 - The Sound of Laughter

    S1:E6

    Tony Romano, a struggling nightclub comic, suffers a cranial seizure. Dr. Casey operates, but Tony is left a paraplegic.

    Directors:Irving Lerner, Fielder Cook
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  7. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 7 - A Few Brief Lines for Dave
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #7 - A Few Brief Lines for Dave

    S1:E7

    Dr. Dave Taylor returns to the hospital to do research, but Dr. Casey diagnoses him as a ""hospital bum"" afraid of competition, and also treats a woman's hypochondria.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 8 - Pavane for a Gentle Lady
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #8 - Pavane for a Gentle Lady

    S1:E8

    By degrees to the bare facts.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 9 - My Good Friend Krikor
    7.1/10(15 votes)

    #9 - My Good Friend Krikor

    S1:E9

    Orderly Nick Kanavaris' good friend Krikor Dakopian is committed by his family to the psychiatric ward. Dr. Casey, however, thinks the ailment is likely to be responsive to neurosurgery.

    Director:Irvin Kershner
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 10 - The Sweet Kiss of Madness
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #10 - The Sweet Kiss of Madness

    S1:E10

    Dr. Alan Reynolds' mental state is not improved by constant pressure from his wife to be a successful neurosurgeon. The strain increases when he treats an abused 10-year-old boy. Dr. Casey forestalls an unnecessary operation, and tries to persuade Dr. Reynolds to receive treatment.

    Director:Robert Ellis Miller
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 11 - A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #11 - A Certain Time, a Certain Darkness

    S1:E11

    Expectant mother Ellen Parker loses her child after an auto accident. Casey examines her and finds that she is subject to chronic seizures, and these, not the accident, are responsible for the loss of her baby.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  12. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 12 - A Dark Night for Billy Harris
    7.4/10(14 votes)

    #12 - A Dark Night for Billy Harris

    S1:E12

    Dr. Casey operates on Billy Harris, a holdup man shot and paralyzed, but he's also concerned about the policeman, who may have been too keen and might be mentally hampered.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 13 - And If I Die
    7.6/10(15 votes)

    #13 - And If I Die

    S1:E13

    ""The faith that looks through death."" (Wordsworth)

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 14 - A Memory of Candy Stripes
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #14 - A Memory of Candy Stripes

    S1:E14

    Recollections.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 15 - Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor
    8.2/10(23 votes)

    #15 - Imagine a Long, Bright Corridor

    S1:E15

    A clean, well-lighted place.

    Director:Arthur Hiller
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  16. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 16 - A Story to Be Softly Told
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #16 - A Story to Be Softly Told

    S1:E16

    Between you, me and the nurse's station.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 17 - The Big Trouble with Charlie
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #17 - The Big Trouble with Charlie

    S1:E17

    He's not quite himself, or is he?

    Director:Sydney Pollack
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 18 - Give My Hands an Epitaph
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #18 - Give My Hands an Epitaph

    S1:E18

    Post-scriptum to a surgeon's operating life.

    Director:Alex March
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 19 - Victory Wears a Cruel Smile
    7.8/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Victory Wears a Cruel Smile

    S1:E19

    From another point of view.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 20 - Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #20 - Odyssey of a Proud Suitcase

    S1:E20

    A piece of baggage.

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  21. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 21 - Behold a Pale Horse
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #21 - Behold a Pale Horse

    S1:E21

    ""And his name that sat on him was Death.""

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  22. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 22 - For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #22 - For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses

    S1:E22

    A decorated aviator with an alias goes into surgery.

    Director:Sydney Pollack
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 23 - To a Grand and Natural Finale
    7.6/10(14 votes)

    #23 - To a Grand and Natural Finale

    S1:E23

    A consummation devoutly to be wished.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 24 - Monument to an Aged Hunter
    7.7/10(17 votes)

    #24 - Monument to an Aged Hunter

    S1:E24

    Souvenirs and trophies.

    Director:Sydney Pollack
    Writer:Gilbert Ralston

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  25. Ben Casey Season 1 Episode 25 - All the Clocks are Ticking
    7.4/10(11 votes)

    #25 - All the Clocks are Ticking

    S1:E25

    As time goes by.

    Director:Abner Biberman
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"To the Pure" is the best rated episode of "Ben Casey" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 32 votes. Directed by Fielder Cook and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/2/1961. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "But Linda Only Smiled".