Dr. Kildare Season 1

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Season 1

Air date: 1961-09-28

Episodes: 33

Episodes

E1: Twenty-Four Hours

Air date: 1961-09-28

E2: Immunity

Air date: 1961-10-05

E3: Shining Image

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

Air date: 1961-10-12

E4: Winter Harvest

Air date: 1961-10-19

E5: The Million Dollar Property

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.

Air date: 1961-10-26

E6: Admitting Service

Air date: 1961-11-02

E7: The Lonely Ones

Air date: 1961-11-09

E8: Holiday Weekend

Air date: 1961-11-16

E9: The Patient

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.

Air date: 1961-11-23

E10: For the Living

Air date: 1961-11-30

E11: Second Chance

Air date: 1961-12-07

E12: Hit and Run

Air date: 1961-12-14

E13: Season to Be Jolly

Air date: 1961-12-21

E14: Johnny Temple

Air date: 1961-12-28

E15: My Brother, the Doctor

Air date: 1962-01-04

E16: The Adminstartor

Air date: 1962-01-11

E17: Oh My Daughter

Air date: 1962-01-25

E18: The Search

Air date: 1962-02-01

E19: The Glory Hunter

Air date: 1962-02-08

E20: The Dragon

Air date: 1962-02-15

E21: The Stepping Stone

Air date: 1962-02-22

E22: The Bronc Buster

Air date: 1962-03-01

E23: The Witch Doctor

Air date: 1962-03-08

E24: The Roaring Boy-O

Air date: 1962-03-15

E25: Solomon's Choice

Air date: 1962-03-29

E26: A Very Present Help

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.

Air date: 1962-04-05

E27: One for the Road

Air date: 1962-04-12

E28: The Horn of Plenty

Air date: 1962-04-19

E29: The Chemistry of Anger

Air date: 1962-04-26

E30: Something of Importance

Air date: 1962-05-03

E31: A Distant Thunder

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

Air date: 1962-05-10

E32: The Road to the Heart

Air date: 1962-05-17

E33: Operation Lazarus

Air date: 1962-05-24