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The Best Episodes of Marcus Welby, M.D.

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The Best Episodes of Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert...

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  1. Background image for Save the Last Dance For Me
    9.4/10(10 votes)

    #1 - Save the Last Dance For Me

    S6:E21

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    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Hell Is Upstairs
    9.1/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Hell Is Upstairs

    S6:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Fun and Games and Michael Ambrose
    8.7/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Fun and Games and Michael Ambrose

    S1:E16

    Michael Ambrose, a diabetic, tries to end his life to get even with his father. Michael resents his father, best-selling novelist John Ambrose, blaming him for the unhappiness his mother suffered before her death, and taunts him by threatening to give up taking her insulin shots. When John Ambrose goes back East for a television appearance, Michael carries out his threat.

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for The House of Alquist
    8.7/10(11 votes)

    #4 - The House of Alquist

    S2:E24

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Love Is When They Say They Need You
    8.6/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Love Is When They Say They Need You

    S4:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Please Don't Send Flowers
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Please Don't Send Flowers

    S4:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.6/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Jason Be Nimble, Jason Be Quick

    S4:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Catch A Ring That Isn't There
    8.6/10(13 votes)

    #8 - Catch A Ring That Isn't There

    S4:E20

    When 17-year-old gymnastic champion Rickie Manning falls off the rings in gym, he is examined by Dr. Kiley who suspects the boy has been drinking. He and Dr. Welby want the boy to get help from a group at Comeback House. Richie's parents resist at first, but come to face the fact they have helped create their son's problems by pressures on him following the death of their other son.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Brittle Warrior
    8.6/10(10 votes)

    #9 - The Brittle Warrior

    S6:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Warn the World About Mike
    8.5/10(18 votes)

    #10 - Warn the World About Mike

    S2:E3

    Dr. Kiley's brother believes he is dying and refuses to seek help.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #11 - All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone

    S2:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Don't Kid A Kidder
    8.5/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Don't Kid A Kidder

    S2:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Heartbeat For Yesterday
    8.5/10(14 votes)

    #13 - Heartbeat For Yesterday

    S4:E13

    Dr. Welby, called by flying physician Jerome Billings, an orthopedic surgeon, for help finds young Carlos in a diabetic coma. Carlos' grandfather, Charlie, convinced his grandson will die, objects to Welby's treating him but accompanies Carlos when Welby insists on flying the ailing youth to a hospital. Weather forces the plane into an emergency landing in which Charlie is injured, giving Welby two emergencies to handle.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Hello, Goodbye, Hello
    8.4/10(30 votes)

    #14 - Hello, Goodbye, Hello

    S1:E1

    A warm, outgoing young school teacher is told by Dr. Welby that she only has a few months to live. She goes into seclusion. Dr. Kiley, who has become strongly attached to her, attempts to bring her back into the current of life.

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    8.4/10(20 votes)

    #15 - A Very Special Sailfish

    S2:E1

    After a successful diet, a teenager gets caught up in the swinging set, leading to VD.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Sounding Brass
    8.4/10(18 votes)

    #16 - Sounding Brass

    S2:E10

    A proud young father refuses to bring his supposedly mentally challenged son to a free clinic for treatment.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Child of Silence
    8.4/10(14 votes)

    #17 - Child of Silence

    S6:E12

    Dr. 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.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Let Ernest Come Over
    8.3/10(15 votes)

    #18 - Let Ernest Come Over

    S1:E11

    Ernest Jackson--up for promotion to police lieutenant--fells that disclosure of his physical problem would ruin his chance for advancement. Welby, learning of Jackson's occupation, says he cannot allow the truth to be hidden since his condition may lead to the officer's inability to carry out his duty at a crucial moment.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Legacy
    8.3/10(26 votes)

    #19 - The Legacy

    S1:E17

    When the patrician Senora Carlotta, mother of Dr. Welby's nurse Consuelo Lopez, is told by the doctor that her life-or-death decision will also involve others, she decides immediately what course she must take. Her philosophy affects Mrs. Faris, the cynical women whose room she shares and who rejects the present while dreading the future.

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    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Another Buckle For Wesley Hill
    8.3/10(11 votes)

    #20 - Another Buckle For Wesley Hill

    S2:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for A Woman's Place
    8.3/10(16 votes)

    #21 - A Woman's Place

    S2:E17

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    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Chemistry of Hope
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #22 - The Chemistry of Hope

    S1:E12

    Pacho McGuerney's parents, refuse to allow Dr. Welby to tell their teen-aged son that he has leukemia.

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Go Get 'Em, Tiger
    8.2/10(17 votes)

    #23 - Go Get 'Em, Tiger

    S1:E19

    Dr. Steven Kiley befriends a former employee, now a reformed drug addict, and in doing so places himself and Dr. Welby in an awkward and almost untenable position. Dr. Kiley does his best to help Warren Chamber -- his onetime benefactor -- find suitable employment, but his record as a former addict precludes any success. Finally, when a job as a bus driver with a private school becomes available, and Kiley is called on to give his friend a physical examination for the institution, he is forced to choose between his duty as a doctor and his obligation to a friend.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Epidemic
    8.2/10(19 votes)

    #24 - Epidemic

    S2:E4

    The efforts of Dr. Welby and Kiley to battle a flu epidemic are complicated by a rich hypochondriac.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for The Passing Of Torches
    8.2/10(16 votes)

    #25 - The Passing Of Torches

    S2:E16

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    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Save the Last Dance For Me" is the best rated episode of "Marcus Welby, M.D.". It scored 9.4/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Leo Penn and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/18/1975. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Hell Is Upstairs".