Post by ellynmacg on Dec 11, 2018 5:16:13 GMT
He was a crush of mine even before I hit my teens. 
But to return to (semi-) seriousness, I'm making my way through a complete DVD set of the First Season. Being a working person, I don't have time to binge-watch, but I'm managing to get through one or sometimes two a day. Here are the episodes I've watched so far:
Disc One
1. "Twenty-Four Hours" (Guest star: Beverly Garland) - Our first look at the young doctor; we learn, for example, that he chose to intern at Blair General Hospital in order to serve/study under the highly respected Dr. Leonard Gillespie. We also learn that Jimmy has a long way to go in reading people--particularly an alcoholic woman patient with suicidal tendencies.
2. "Immunity" (Guest stars: Gail Kobe, Ted Knight (!))- Kildare works with a woman doctor, embittered from her personal and professional difficulties, who is called in as a consultant and interpreter for a Polish man diagnosed with smallpox.
3. "Shining Image" (Guest Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Edward Andrews, John Fiedler, and Harvey Korman (!) ) - My only quarrel with this ep is that it cast Edward Andrews as Suzanne's half-brother--supposedly 19 years her senior, but they share the same mother...highly unlikely. Other than that, an all-round excellent effort, in which young Kildare learns--among other lessons--that an approach to life that would drive him crazy can actually work for other people, who should be allowed to live as they please...especially if they're dying of leukemia.
4. "Winter Harvest" (Guest Stars: Charles Bickford, Herschel Bernardi) - I'll just post here an abbreviated version of a comment I posted in another thread: Dr. Charles Dubro, a revered surgeon with a long, distinguished career, but now slowing down drastically while operating, to the point of endangering his patients' lives. This episode was the first to relegate "young Jimmy Kildare" to a supporting role; after reporting Dr. Dubro's problem to Gillespie (Dubro's lifelong friend), Kildare gets saddled with a bored, wealthy hypochondriac (amusingly played by a startlingly youthful Gavin MacLeod). But this subplot, besides giving the episode some much-needed levity, also gave RC a chance to show off his lighter side. The episode surprised me with its
Disc Two
8. "A Million-Dollar Property" (Guest Stars: Anne Francis, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Jan Murray) - a beautiful young actress is torn between hanging out with her hangers-on (aka leeches) and seriously pursuing a worthwhile acting career.
9. "Admitting Services" (Guest Stars: William Shatner (!!), Gloria Talbott) Kildare disputes the diagnosis delivered by a resident--who later faces a possible lawsuit from the patient's family. (Personal note: as a fan of Star Trek as well as of Dr. Kildare, I found it highly enjoyable to see Dr. James Kildare nose to nose with Captain James T. Kirk!)
But to return to (semi-) seriousness, I'm making my way through a complete DVD set of the First Season. Being a working person, I don't have time to binge-watch, but I'm managing to get through one or sometimes two a day. Here are the episodes I've watched so far:
Disc One
1. "Twenty-Four Hours" (Guest star: Beverly Garland) - Our first look at the young doctor; we learn, for example, that he chose to intern at Blair General Hospital in order to serve/study under the highly respected Dr. Leonard Gillespie. We also learn that Jimmy has a long way to go in reading people--particularly an alcoholic woman patient with suicidal tendencies.
2. "Immunity" (Guest stars: Gail Kobe, Ted Knight (!))- Kildare works with a woman doctor, embittered from her personal and professional difficulties, who is called in as a consultant and interpreter for a Polish man diagnosed with smallpox.
3. "Shining Image" (Guest Stars: Suzanne Pleshette, Edward Andrews, John Fiedler, and Harvey Korman (!) ) - My only quarrel with this ep is that it cast Edward Andrews as Suzanne's half-brother--supposedly 19 years her senior, but they share the same mother...highly unlikely. Other than that, an all-round excellent effort, in which young Kildare learns--among other lessons--that an approach to life that would drive him crazy can actually work for other people, who should be allowed to live as they please...especially if they're dying of leukemia.
4. "Winter Harvest" (Guest Stars: Charles Bickford, Herschel Bernardi) - I'll just post here an abbreviated version of a comment I posted in another thread: Dr. Charles Dubro, a revered surgeon with a long, distinguished career, but now slowing down drastically while operating, to the point of endangering his patients' lives. This episode was the first to relegate "young Jimmy Kildare" to a supporting role; after reporting Dr. Dubro's problem to Gillespie (Dubro's lifelong friend), Kildare gets saddled with a bored, wealthy hypochondriac (amusingly played by a startlingly youthful Gavin MacLeod). But this subplot, besides giving the episode some much-needed levity, also gave RC a chance to show off his lighter side. The episode surprised me with its
unexpected, but believable, happy ending .
. Disc Two
8. "A Million-Dollar Property" (Guest Stars: Anne Francis, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Jan Murray) - a beautiful young actress is torn between hanging out with her hangers-on (aka leeches) and seriously pursuing a worthwhile acting career.
9. "Admitting Services" (Guest Stars: William Shatner (!!), Gloria Talbott) Kildare disputes the diagnosis delivered by a resident--who later faces a possible lawsuit from the patient's family. (Personal note: as a fan of Star Trek as well as of Dr. Kildare, I found it highly enjoyable to see Dr. James Kildare nose to nose with Captain James T. Kirk!)