Ben Casey
My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow
TV Flash files “My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow” as hour 61 of 153 in the TV Flash guide — Ben Casey (1961–1966) on ABC, season 2, episode 29, aired 1963-04-29, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E29: listed hour 61 of 153 in the Ben Casey guide, hour 29 of 31 in season 2. It aired 1963-04-29 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “La Vie, La Vie Intérieure” (S02E28). Next is “Lullaby for Billy Dignan” (S02E30).
Viewer FAQ
Where does My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow sit in the Ben Casey guide?
S02E29 is listed hour 61 of 153 — hour 29 of 31 in season 2, season 2 episode 29.
When did Ben Casey S02E29 air?
My Enemy is a Bright Green Sparrow aired 1963-04-29 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
The chalkboard creed is the cold open you want: then Edwards's Casey under Jaffe's Zorba on a surgical-stakes hour. Intensity is the brand.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Ben Casey is the grim twin of Kildare: Vince Edwards's intense neurosurgeon, Sam Jaffe's Dr. Zorba, and that chalkboard creed — man, woman, birth, death, infinity. ABC wanted adult hospital drama, not just bedside charm. The starker medical hour of the early sixties, when a brooding lead and surgical stakes sold as seriousness.
The look is a chalkboard creed before a white coat: man, woman, birth, death, infinity. *Hospital corridor as moral arena, no magazine smile, surgical stakes as the silhouette.* Ben Casey is the grim twin of Kildare — Vince Edwards's intense neurosurgeon, Sam Jaffe's Dr. Zorba, Bettye Ackerman's Dr. Maggie Graham in the orbit. James Moser's ABC medical drama (1961–1966; five seasons) wanted adult hospital drama, not bedside charm. **This was not intern couture; this was a staring contest in scrubs.**
Filed against
- Vince Edwards as Dr. Ben Casey
Vince Edwards’s Dr. Ben Casey was the grim twin of bedside charm — intense neurosurgeon, Sam Jaffe’s Dr. Zorba, the chalkboard creed of man, woman, birth, death, infinity. ABC wanted adult hospital drama, not just a smile in scrubs. TV…
- Sam Jaffe as Dr. David Zorba
Sam Jaffe's Dr. David Zorba chalked Ben Casey as the grim twin of Kildare — Vince Edwards's intense neurosurgeon, the creed of man, woman, birth, death, infinity. ABC wanted adult hospital drama, not just bedside charm. TV Flash files him…
- Bettye Ackerman as Dr. Maggie Graham
Bettye Ackerman’s Dr. Maggie Graham walked Ben Casey as the grim twin of Kildare — Vince Edwards’s intense neurosurgeon, Sam Jaffe’s Dr. Zorba, the chalkboard creed of man, woman, birth, death, infinity. ABC wanting adult hospital drama,…