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Season 1

  • S01E01 Twenty-Four Hours

    • September 28, 1961
    • NBC

    Dr. Kildare is trying to win a residency under Dr. Gillespie and hopes to impress the consultant with his handling of an alcoholic patient.

  • S01E02 Immunity

    • October 5, 1961
    • NBC

    Kildare acts to prevent a smallpox epidemic when an elderly Polish immigrant is found to be suffering from the dreaded disease.

  • S01E03 Shining Image

    • October 12, 1961
    • NBC

    Julie Lawler, a beautiful and fun-loving young woman, suffers a sudden respiratory attack and is brought to Blair Hospital.

  • S01E04 Winter Harvest

    • October 19, 1961
    • NBC

    Dr. Dubro's health comes into play when worries arise whether he can handle heart surgery or not.

  • S01E05 The Million Dollar Property

    • October 26, 1961
    • NBC

    Anne Francis plays the part of a famous actress BUT everywhere she goes her cool cat friends follow. All they care about is partying. They give Kildare a very hard time. She is emotionally drained and in the hospital. Her friends led by Jan Murray try to keep up the partying even in her room but eventually Anne calls it quits. Gillespe arranges for Kildare to go on a romantic weekend with Anne. He finally convinces her that she doesnt need these friends and can go on with her acting career with confidence. Jan Murray plays a very sarcastic role. Anne highlights that beauty mark on her face like never before. Good episode.

  • S01E06 Admitting Service

    • November 2, 1961
    • NBC

    Louis Parker, who suffered a fainting spell in a taxicab, is given a quick examination by Dr. Toby Cunningham and released. Later, Parker dies - and his family threatens to sue for malpractice.

  • S01E07 The Lonely Ones

    • November 9, 1961
    • NBC

    Kildare is forced to take action when he discovers that his best friend's fiancee is a drug addict.

  • S01E08 Holiday Weekend

    • November 16, 1961
    • NBC

    An intern at Blair hospital is near death after a Thanksgiving day car accident.

  • S01E09 The Patient

    • November 23, 1961
    • NBC

    Dr. Kildare trips over a cart while looking at a cute nurses aide and hurts his back. He gets hospitalized in Blair in a ward with several different characters. He slowly becomes friends with them all and ends up liking them and givies advise on their problems. Very good episode.

  • S01E10 For The Living

    • November 30, 1961
    • NBC

    It's been ten days since Ben Rainey suffered a head injury and went into a coma, and Dr. Gillespie says there's little chance that he'll regain consciousness. But Rainey's wife Pamela is sure he is improving - and insists on taking him home.

  • S01E11 Second Chance

    • December 7, 1961
    • NBC

    A promising surgeon suffers an incurable creeping paralysis.

  • S01E12 Hit And Run

    • December 14, 1961
    • NBC

    Fred Carroll, a widower becomes extremely protective of his son after a hit and run.

  • S01E13 Season To Be Jolly

    • December 21, 1961
    • NBC

    During the Christmas holiday, a modern-day Scrooge is brought to Blair after losing a bout with the bottle.

  • S01E14 Johnny Temple

    • December 28, 1961
    • NBC

    Kildare tries to prevent tragedy when he detects homicidal tendencies in a teenage patient.

  • S01E15 My Brother, The Doctor

    • January 4, 1962
    • NBC

    In a sudden turnabout, intern Simon Agurski refuses to let his brother continue supporting him.

  • S01E16 The Adminstartor

    • January 11, 1962
    • NBC

    A fight ensues when a hospital administrator fires a city appointee.

  • S01E17 Oh My Daughter

    • January 25, 1962
    • NBC

    Dr. Gillespie tries to determine the reason for his daughter's hysterical reaction to the news that she is pregnant.

  • S01E18 The Search

    • February 1, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare and Dr. Anthony Tredman race against time to prevent a mass outbreak of food poisoning.

  • S01E19 The Glory Hunter

    • February 8, 1962
    • NBC

    Dr. Stewart's efforts to raise funds are hampered by a reporter determined to prove that Stewart is a phony.

  • S01E20 The Dragon

    • February 15, 1962
    • NBC

    Head nurse Fain is confronted by the shiftless husband who deserted her 17 years before.

  • S01E21 The Stepping Stone

    • February 22, 1962
    • NBC

    A poverty-stricken medical research pioneer is thrust back into the public eye after being admitted to Blair.

  • S01E22 The Bronc Buster

    • March 1, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare tries to help his rowdy cousin adjust to urban life--and overcome a potentially disabling case of arthritis.

  • S01E23 The Witch Doctor

    • March 8, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare and Gillespie struggle to free a critically ill young woman from the clutches of a quack doctor.

  • S01E24 The Roaring Boy-O

    • March 15, 1962
    • NBC

    Irish poet Johnny McHenry is entertaining his lady friend Sally Winters at one of the local saloons with liberal servings of bubbly and readings from his own heady verse. The prognosis is not good for the has-been poet, his time is almost up.

  • S01E25 Solomon's Choice

    • March 29, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare's tour of duty in the obstetrics ward is complicated by two women with very different attitudes toward their babies.

  • S01E26 A Very Present Help

    • April 5, 1962
    • NBC

    Glynis Johns plays a nun who gets admitted to Blair because she has gallstones and needs an operation. She gets involved in some of the patient's lives and problems, tries to help and is scolded by Kildare before he apologizes and realizes how good she really is. The episode is too long and deep to explain in words, BUT, it is one of the very best that they ever produced. An A plus for this show.

  • S01E27 One For The Road

    • April 12, 1962
    • NBC

    Dr. Paul Probeck is a recovering alcoholic and starts a rehabilitation program at Blair Hospital.

  • S01E28 The Horn Of Plenty

    • April 19, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare comes under fire when he refuses to give preferential treatment to wealthy George Prentiss.

  • S01E29 The Chemistry Of Anger

    • April 26, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare clashes with his brilliant---but ruthless---mentor, Dr. Nicholas Keefe.

  • S01E30 Something Of Importance

    • May 3, 1962
    • NBC

    Kildare joins Dr. Charles Hodiak in a race against a rival team to find a cure for a rare blood disease.

  • S01E31 A Distant Thunder

    • May 10, 1962
    • NBC

    Elderly war hero, Lt Gen John Sparrow is admitted for malnutrition. A very potient story of mistreatment of the elderly.

  • S01E32 The Road To The Heart

    • May 17, 1962
    • NBC

    A deaf boy's overprotective mother refuses to allow an operation that may restore her son's hearing.

  • S01E33 Operation Lazarus

    • May 24, 1962
    • NBC

    At the state mental hospital, Kildare recognizes one of the patients as leading bone specialist Carl Ames Lantzinge.

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