Wed, Jan 9, 1963
Bassett is asked by a judge to sit on a panel to determine whether a young man, institutionalized since a vicious assault several years ago, is now competent enough to be released. Complicating matters is the man's overprotective and possessive mother, whose behavior toward her son borders on seductiveness.
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Wed, Jan 16, 1963
A little girl shows up at Graham's office, claiming to have been abandoned, and exhibiting obvious signs of delusion and schizophrenia. Bassett has her placed in a child psychiatric ward while he searches for her parents. But will finding them improve her situation or only make it worse?
Wed, Jan 23, 1963
A woman runs out on her appointment with Bassett, and is later found dazed in the night on a park bench. Despite the fact that she shows signs of severe psychological disturbance, her husband demands that Bassett stop treating her, because of his hatred of psychiatrists. The woman claims that she is responsible for a man's death, and Bassett tries to find out if there is any truth to her claim.
Wed, Feb 20, 1963
The father of an actress Bassett was once in love with invites him and Graham to visit them at his house, ostensibly to see his new hospital but also to test whether the romance can be rekindled with his daughter. Bassett does feel attracted to her once again, but he learns things he wishes he hadn't.
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Wed, Feb 27, 1963
A man cold-bloodedly kills the pusher who was supplying his teenage son with drugs, but insists on going to trial for first degree murder totally defending his action and refusing to accept a lesser plea. His lawyer asks Graham to examine him, but he appears to be totally sane.
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Wed, Mar 27, 1963
Graham treats a young architect who is plagued by bouts of nerves and recurring dreams of hanging on to woman while holding on to the high ledge of a building with one hand. His wife is also in need of psychiatric help, as she constantly berates and humiliates her husband in public only to apologize afterward and beg forgiveness, which he always gives.
Wed, Apr 10, 1963
Rita Hall has been totally dependent on her husband ever since their marriage. When he asks her for a divorce, she has no sense of how to adjust and finds that the easiest way of handling it is through denial, insisting that her husband will return to her. Bassett tries to help her take steps to start her life anew.
Wed, May 1, 1963
An Indian regarded as a healer by his tribe is arrested while trying to heal a young boy according to tribal customs. Released on condition that he enroll in college, he finds himself torn between his traditions and his effort to succeed in the white man's world. But his community still wants him as a healer.
Wed, Oct 2, 1963
Dr. Graham is joined by elder psychiatrist Dr. L. Richard Starke. Dr. Starke treats housewife Lillian Marnell who has discovered her husband's affair after a hotel returns a compact to her left behind on a trip she didn't take. When Lillian develops sudden pains, she's referred to Dr. Starke for treatment of psychosomatic illness, and he attempts to uncover the root of her problem, which begins with Lillian's frigidity.
Wed, Oct 9, 1963
Brilliant atomic scientist Howard Ellendale jeopardizes a potential government position when he declines to answer questions for a Senate inquiry committee regarding his late wife's psychiatric treatment. Dr. Starke is engaged to help decide Ellendale's suitability for government clearance.
Wed, Oct 30, 1963
Inveterate pickpocket Steve Kowlowski attempts to keep parole and build a life for himself after being released from prison. When he calls in love with Ruth, he conceals his criminal past, but returns to a life of crime in order to lavish her with gifts he can't afford on a dishwasher's salary. He seeks counseling from Dr. Starke before he destroys his future.
Wed, Nov 20, 1963
Brilliant scientist Kenneth Newell resists treatment for a potentially fatal illness when he's on the brink of a scientific breakthrough and wants to continue. His pregnant wife Mary can't cope with the possibility of losing her husband and will do anything to make him undergo immediate surgery.
Wed, Dec 18, 1963
Young mother Valerie Walker abandons her nine month old baby in a park. Later, after falling down a flight stairs, she awakens with amnesia and denies having a child. Psychiatric tests indicate mental illness, and Dr. Starke suspects the key to her problems lies in her own childhood experiences.
Wed, Dec 25, 1963
Beloved clown Go-Go Garrity is hospitalized with a serious heart condition. There he meets Barry Stewart, a sick little boy whose life is threatened by a desire to join his recently deceased father who he believes is waiting for him in the afterlife on the planet Mars. In an attempt to give the child a will to live, Garrity assumes the role of a Martian and places his own health in jeopardy.