About this season
This half-hour series picks up the life of a long-familiar young doctor. Mark Jenkins is Dr. Kildare this time around, and Gary Merrill is his mentor, dr. Gillespie.
Episodes (24)
1. The Night of the Intern
Aired 21 September 1971 • 30 min
2. The Stranger
Aired 28 September 1971 • 30 min
About a dying boy's need for a kidney transplant, and a father's refusal to be the donor. |
3. The Exile
Aired 5 October 1971 • 30 min
A study of a Cuban refugee struggling to rebuild his medical career.
4. I'm Handling It
Aired 12 October 1971 • 30 min
Alcoholism is the villain in this drama about a dedicated woman doctor who is trying to stop drinking.
5. The Unfinished Child
Aired 19 October 1971 • 30 min
The episode deals with controversy, based on fact, that raised its ugly head to front-page headlines last year when doctors and authorities at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital allowed a newborn infant, a victim of mongolism, to starve to death because the parents wanted it that way. Was it homicide, mercy killing, or an act done for the benefit of the family and all society?
6. The Thing with Feathers
Aired 26 October 1971 • 30 min
Kim Hunter as a patient with a terminal bone cancer lured by a quack's promise of a cure.
7. The Cage
Aired 2 November 1971 • 30 min
Kildare faces the challenge of treating a 20-year-old girl neglected in a mental institution for 13 years.
8. The Riot
Aired 9 November 1971 • 30 min
9. The Don
Aired 16 November 1971 • 30 min
10. The House Call
Aired 23 November 1971 • 30 min
11. By This Sign
Aired 30 November 1971 • 30 min
12. No More than a Bad Cold
Aired 7 December 1971 • 30 min
13. Deaf Heart
Aired 14 December 1971 • 30 min
14. Chemistry of Anger
Aired 21 December 1971 • 30 min
15. Charlotte Wade Makes Lots of Shade
Aired 28 December 1971 • 30 min
16. Death of Innocents
Aired 4 January 1972 • 30 min
17. A Perfectly Healthy Boy
Aired 11 January 1972 • 30 min
18. The Legacy
Aired 18 January 1972 • 30 min
19. The Three of Us
Aired 25 January 1972 • 30 min
20. The Million Dollar Property
Aired 1 February 1972 • 30 min
21. The Man Is a Rock
Aired 8 February 1972 • 30 min
22. The Accident
Aired 15 February 1972 • 30 min
23. The Nature of the Beast
Aired 22 February 1972 • 30 min
24. A Good Death
Aired 29 February 1972 • 30 min