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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 Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner

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    Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 8 - Ask Me Again Tomorrow
    8.2/10(11 votes)

    #1 - Ask Me Again Tomorrow

    S3:E8

    A brilliant but stressed neurosurgeon seeks help from pills and alcohol.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 4 Episode 1 - A Fragile Possession
    8.2/10(18 votes)

    #2 - A Fragile Possession

    S4:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 1 - The Tender Comrade
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #3 - The Tender Comrade

    S3:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 11 - The Best Is Yet To Be
    8.0/10(10 votes)

    #4 - The Best Is Yet To Be

    S3:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 22 - Don't Talk About Darkness
    8.0/10(16 votes)

    #5 - Don't Talk About Darkness

    S3:E22

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    Director:Unknown

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  6. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 25 - Solomon's Choice
    8.0/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Solomon's Choice

    S3:E25

    Teenaged Carol Lockett, three months pregnant and hospitalized by an infection, chooses to risk going full term rather than having a therapeutic abortion. Another complication is deciding whether to marry the baby's father or to put the child up for adoption.

    Director:Marc Daniels
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 1 Episode 16 - Fun and Games and Michael Ambrose
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #7 - 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.

    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 1 - A Very Special Sailfish
    7.9/10(22 votes)

    #8 - A Very Special Sailfish

    S2:E1

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 17 - A Woman's Place
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #9 - A Woman's Place

    S2:E17

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    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 4 Episode 11 - Jason Be Nimble, Jason Be Quick
    7.9/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Jason Be Nimble, Jason Be Quick

    S4:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 4 Episode 20 - Catch A Ring That Isn't There
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 7 Episode 10 - Calculated Risk
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #12 - Calculated Risk

    S7:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 12 - All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone
    7.8/10(15 votes)

    #13 - All the Golden Dandelions Are Gone

    S2:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 2 - A Portrait of Debbie
    7.7/10(16 votes)

    #14 - A Portrait of Debbie

    S3:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 16 - The Passing Of Torches
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #15 - The Passing Of Torches

    S2:E16

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    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 20 - Don't Kid A Kidder
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Don't Kid A Kidder

    S2:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 3 Episode 18 - All the Pretty People
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #17 - All the Pretty People

    S3:E18

    Rick, whose tennis prowess has brought him fame, money and a beautiful wife, is hospitalized by Dr. Kiley following a collapse. Faced with the fact that his tennis playing days are over, Rick thinks his life is over as well until a suggestion for a new career comes from a teammate.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 1 Episode 1 - Hello, Goodbye, Hello
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    #18 - 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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  20. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 1 Episode 9 - Madonna With Knapsack and Flute
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #19 - Madonna With Knapsack and Flute

    S1:E9

    In her recurring role as Myra Sherwood, Ann Baxter, with whom Dr. Welby is in love, takes a pregnant, unmarried ""flower child,"" Tracy Clifford, into her home. Dr. Welby, who is treating Tracy for mononucleosis, warns Myra against deep emotional involvement with the girl. Myra, however, whose own daughter would have been Tracy's age had she lived, makes plans to maintain Tracy has her own child--when it is born--indefinitely.

    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 1 Episode 19 - Go Get 'Em, Tiger
    7.5/10(19 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 3 - Warn the World About Mike
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #21 - Warn the World About Mike

    S2:E3

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 4 Episode 14 - Dinner of Herbs
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #22 - Dinner of Herbs

    S4:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 2 Episode 14 - Another Buckle For Wesley Hill
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #23 - Another Buckle For Wesley Hill

    S2:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 7 Episode 14 - Go Ahead and Cry
    7.4/10(13 votes)

    #24 - Go Ahead and Cry

    S7:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Marcus Welby, M.D. Season 1 Episode 17 - The Legacy
    7.3/10(30 votes)

    #25 - 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.

    Director:Daniel Petrie
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Ask Me Again Tomorrow" is the best rated episode of "Marcus Welby, M.D.". It scored 8.2/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/26/1971. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Fragile Possession".