2x2 - The Night That Nothing Happened

October 8, 1962

It's a long shift that has no surgery.

2x3 - In the Name of Love, a Small Corruption

October 15, 1962

A painstaking diagnosis.

2x4 - Legacy from a Stranger

October 22, 1962

How do you repay such a debt?

2x5 - Go Not Gently into the Night

October 29, 1962

""Brave in his burning pride.""

2x6 - Behold! They Walk an Ancient Road

November 5, 1962

To hell and gone.

2x7 - Of All Save Pain Bereft

November 12, 1962

Last straws.

2x8 - And Even Death Shall Die

November 19, 1962

The tautological imperative.

2x9 - The Fireman Who Raised Rabbits

November 26, 1962

A gentle occupation.

2x10 - Between Summer and Winter, the Glorious Season

December 3, 1962

""Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness...""

2x11 - I Hear America Singing

December 10, 1962

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear; Those of mechanics—each one singing his, as it should be, blithe and strong; The carpenter singing his, as he measures his plank or beam, The mason singing his, as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work; The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat—the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck; The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench—the hatter singing as he stands; The wood-cutter's song—the ploughboy's, on his way in the morning, or at the noon intermission, or at sundown; The delicious singing of the mother—or of the young wife at work—or of the girl sewing or washing—Each singing what belongs to her, and to none else; The day what belongs to the day—at night, the party of young fellows, robust, friendly, Singing, with open mouths, their strong melodious songs. Come! some of you! still be flooding The States with hundreds and thousands of mouth-songs fit for The States only. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Gr

2x12 - Pack Up All My Cares and Woes

December 17, 1962

""Oh what hard luck stories they all hand me.""

2x13 - Saturday, Surgery and Stanley Shultz

December 31, 1962

A sabbath diversion.

2x14 - I'll Be Alright in the Morning

January 7, 1963

It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Lamentations

2x15 - A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1)

January 14, 1963

Dr. Casey tries to help a lawyer kick her morphine habit, but encounters resistance, lies and manipulation when she gets a guileless young man to smuggle dope into her hospital room. He is visiting his mother, who is in the hospital for treatment of injuries received in a beating. (Part 1 of 2)

2x16 - A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2)

January 21, 1963

2x17 - Use Neon for My Epitaph

January 28, 1963

The business has its allure.

2x18 - He Thought He Saw an Albatross

February 4, 1963

He thought he saw an Albatross    That fluttered round the lamp: He looked again, and found it was    A Penny-Postage Stamp. ""You'd best be getting home,"" he said:    ""The nights are very damp!"" ... He thought he saw an Argument    That proved he was the Pope: He looked again, and found it was    A Bar of Mottled Soap. ""A fact so dread,"" he faintly said,    ""Extinguishes all hope!"" Lewis Carroll, The Mad Gardener's Song

2x19 - A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D.

February 11, 1963

Although he's still an intern, Jimmy Peabody is raising funds to finance a medical clinic of his own, and one of the sources he's depending on is wealthy Adam Garrett, an elderly patient at County General.

2x20 - A Hundred More Pipers

February 18, 1963

The great rouse.

2x21 - Suffer the Little Children

February 25, 1963

""Of such is the kingdom of Heaven.""

2x22 - Rigadoon for Three Pianos

March 4, 1963

An old dance.

2x23 - The White Ones Are Dolphins

March 11, 1963

The ones that got away...

2x24 - Will Everyone Who Believes in Terry Dunne Please Applaud?

March 18, 1963

A circle of admirers.

2x25 - For I Will Plait Thy Hair with Gold

March 25, 1963

A wandering minstrel, he, with some disfigurement.

2x26 - Father Was an Intern

April 1, 1963

The occupant and the resident.

2x27 - Rage Against the Dying Light

April 15, 1963

""Do not go gentle into that good night."" (Dylan Thomas)

2x28 - La Vie, La Vie Intérieure

April 22, 1963

The well-furnished habitation.

2x29 - My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow

April 29, 1963

The Sparrow in the Zoo No bars are set too close, no mesh too fine To keep me from the eagle and the lion, Whom keepers feed that I may freely dine. This goes to show that if you have the wit To be small, common, cute, and live on shit, Though the cage fret kings, you may make free with it. Howard Nemerov

2x30 - Lullaby for Billy Dignan

May 6, 1963

Homage to Millet's Angelus.

2x31 - Hang No Hats on Dreams

May 13, 1963

Castles in Spain.