Seasons & episodes
S4 · E1August is the Month Before Christmas 1964-09-14 · 60 min
It being reckoned that Jesus was actually born in September.
S4 · E2A Bird in the Solitude Singing 1964-09-21 · 60 min
From the wreck of my past, which hath perish'd, Thus much I at least may recall, It hath taught me that which I most cherish'd Deserved to be dearest of all: In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree, And a bird in the solitude singing, Which speaks to my spirit of thee. Lord Byron
S4 · E3But Who Shall Beat the Drums? 1964-09-28 · 60 min
""There is a march of science; but who shall beat the drums for its retreat?"" (Charles Lamb)
S4 · E4Autumn Without Red Leaves 1964-10-05 · 60 min
""The summer is over...""
S4 · E5You Fish or You Cut Bait 1964-10-12 · 60 min
The proverb put to the test.
S4 · E6For Jimmy, the Best of Everything 1964-10-19 · 60 min
The power of personality.
S4 · E7Woods Full of Question Marks 1964-10-26 · 60 min
The punctuated forest. Autism and deafness in children.
S4 · E8A Thousand Words are Mute 1964-11-09 · 60 min
A picture is most eloquent.
S4 · E9Money, a Horse, and a Knowledge of Latin 1964-11-16 · 60 min
The classical Rx, yet Dr. Swanson fails to inspire respect.
S4 · E10A Disease of the Heart Called Love 1964-11-23 · 60 min
L'amour et la mort.
S4 · E11Kill the Dream, but Spare the Dreamer 1964-11-30 · 60 min
The Freudian prescription.
S4 · E12Courage at 3 A.M. 1964-12-07 · 60 min
""As to moral courage, he [Napoleon] had very rarely found it, he said, that of two hours past midnight; which is to say, courage unawares.""
S4 · E13This Wild, Wild, Wild Waltzing World 1964-12-14 · 60 min
The whirligig of 3/4 time.
S4 · E14A Boy is Standing Outside the Door 1965-01-04 · 60 min
The threshold of knowledge.
S4 · E15Where Does the Boomerang Go? 1965-01-11 · 60 min
The parabolic return. A scientist from Australia on his last legs.
S4 · E16Pas de Deux 1965-01-18 · 60 min
A romantic ballet.
S4 · E17Every Other Minute, It's the End of the World 1965-01-25 · 60 min
Working in the hospital milieu.
S4 · E18A Rambling Discourse on Egyptian Water Clocks 1965-02-01 · 60 min
Cleopatra and the clepsydra.
S4 · E19When I am Grown to Man's Estate 1965-02-08 · 60 min
Looking Forward When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great, And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. Robert Louis Stevenson
S4 · E20A Man, a Maid, and a Marionette 1965-02-22 · 60 min
Various strings and attachments.
S4 · E21A Dipperful of Water from a Poisoned Well 1965-03-01 · 60 min
Shadow and substance.
S4 · E22A Little Fun to Match the Sorrow 1965-03-08 · 60 min
Dr. Green practices the best medicine, but Dr. Zorba and Dr. Casey are rather saturnine on his manner.
S4 · E23Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw 1965-03-15 · 60 min
Modern medicine.
S4 · E24Eulogy in Four Flats 1965-03-22 · 60 min
The key of mourning.