Ben Casey
It Is Getting Dark... and We Are Lost
TV Flash files “It Is Getting Dark... and We Are Lost” as hour 78 of 153 in the TV Flash guide — Ben Casey (1961–1966) on ABC, season 3, episode 15, aired 1963-12-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E15: listed hour 78 of 153 in the Ben Casey guide, hour 15 of 33 in season 3. It aired 1963-12-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “From Too Much Love of Living” (S03E14). Next is “The Last Splintered Spoke on the Old Burlesque Wheel” (S03E16).
Viewer FAQ
Where does It Is Getting Dark... and We Are Lost sit in the Ben Casey guide?
S03E15 is listed hour 78 of 153 — hour 15 of 33 in season 3, season 3 episode 15.
When did Ben Casey S03E15 air?
It Is Getting Dark... and We Are Lost aired 1963-12-18 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,…