About this season
Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.
Episodes (25)
1. The Panic Path
Aired 11 September 1973 • 60 min
2. A Joyful Song
Aired 18 September 1973 • 60 min
3. For Services Rendered
Aired 25 September 1973 • 60 min
4. Blood Kin
Aired 2 October 1973 • 60 min
Rico and Louisa Renati, aware their frail but lively daughter Maria has the rare Cooley's Anemia, peculiar to Italians, refuse Dr. Welby's suggestion on the operation. Dr. Jed Hartnet, a leading specialist in this type of disease who is ready to quit the profession , becomes intrigued with Maria and decides to fight her parents' decision.
5. The Light At the Threshold
Aired 9 October 1973 • 60 min
Tracey Robbins has been plagued with diabetes for years and the disease has caused her to slowly lose her sight due to blood vessel malfunction. When her father fails to take her on a promised trip to Europe and her infatuation with Dr. Kiley undergoes a rude awakeing, the girl becomes withdrawn and refuses the operation.
6. A Question of Fault
Aired 16 October 1973 • 60 min
7. Friends In High Places
Aired 23 October 1973 • 60 min
8. The Endless Moment
Aired 30 October 1973 • 60 min
Fearing that his bride-to-be, Kelly Green, will cancel their marriage plans, Dr. Kiley does not tell her the seriousness of the rheumatic disease she has contracted. Dr. Welby disagrees with his associate and, as her doctor, tells her the eventualities of such an illness when she insists on knowing.
9. The Tall Tree
Aired 6 November 1973 • 60 min
10. The Circles of Shame
Aired 20 November 1973 • 60 min
11. Nguyen
Aired 27 November 1973 • 60 min
12. A Cry In The Night
Aired 11 December 1973 • 60 min
13. Death Is Only A Side Effect
Aired 18 December 1973 • 60 min
Patricia Lowry, despondent over her chronic kidney ailment and fear that her husband, Duke, is having romantic affairs on his business trips, takes a tranquilizer that puts her in a coma.
14. The comeback
Aired 1 January 1974 • 60 min
15. A Full Life
Aired 8 January 1974 • 60 min
16. No Charity For the MacAllisters
Aired 15 January 1974 • 60 min
17. Each Day A Miracle
Aired 22 January 1974 • 60 min
18. The Fear of Silence
Aired 29 January 1974 • 60 min
19. Angela's Nightmare
Aired 5 February 1974 • 60 min
20. The Mugging
Aired 12 February 1974 • 60 min
21. The Latch-Key Child
Aired 19 February 1974 • 60 min
When Dr. Kiley gives a ride to waitress Julie he learns her living situation is less then ideal. To earn a living she leaves 9 year old Casey in charge of Josh, who is 6. Josh also has seizures and Kiley tries to help.
22. Out of Control
Aired 26 February 1974 • 60 min
23. I've Promised You a Father (1)
Aired 5 March 1974 • 60 min
A young nursed suffering from a rare genetic disease that can cause delusions, names Dr. Kiley as the father of her small son in a paternity suit.
24. I've Promised You a Father (2)
Aired 5 March 1974 • 60 min
Marshall is persuaded by Dr. Welby to defend Dr. Kiley in a paternity suit filed by Perry, a nurse who believes that the young doctor is the father of her child.
25. Designs
Aired 12 May 1974 • 60 min