Dr. Kildare
Reckoning (4)
TV Flash files “Reckoning (4)” as a desk essential hour — Dr. Kildare (1961–1966) on NBC, season 5, episode 58, aired 1966-04-05, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E58: listed hour 191 of 191 in the Dr. Kildare guide, last listed hour of season 5. It aired 1966-04-05 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “New Doctor In Town (3)” (S05E57). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Reckoning (4)”. Reckoning (4) closes five NBC seasons as a numbered stop: catalog tail of the intern who became a matinee brand.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Reckoning (4) sit in the Dr. Kildare guide?
S05E58 is listed hour 191 of 191 — last listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 58.
When did Dr. Kildare S05E58 air?
Reckoning (4) aired 1966-04-05 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Where should I start?
Kildare under Gillespie at Blair General is the intern-mentor contract: Chamberlain's earnestness, Massey's stern teacher. Patient cases as weekly humility lessons.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Dr. Kildare made Richard Chamberlain a matinee intern under Raymond Massey's Dr. Gillespie, turning hospital halls into teen-magazine terrain. NBC's medical drama ran beside Ben Casey and helped lock the intern-vs-mentor template. Chamberlain's earnest star-making is the moment network medicine learned it could be both civic parable and heartthrob delivery system.
The intern discourse started as a teen-magazine face. Dr. Kildare made Richard Chamberlain a matinee intern under Raymond Massey's Dr. Gillespie, turning hospital halls into heartthrob terrain. NBC's medical drama (1961–1966; five seasons, 191 episodes) ran beside Ben Casey and helped lock the intern-versus-mentor template. Based on characters created by Max Brand; Max Ehrlich and William McCleery were among the television architects. Cases teach humility; handsome idealism wears a white coat. **Chamberlain's…
Filed against
- Richard Chamberlain as Dr. James Kildare
Richard Chamberlain made Dr. Kildare a matinee intern under Raymond Massey's Dr. Gillespie — hospital halls as teen-magazine terrain, NBC medical drama locking the intern-vs-mentor template beside Ben Casey. Earnest star-making, bedside…
- Raymond Massey as Dr. Leonard Gillespie
Raymond Massey played Dr. Leonard Gillespie on Dr. Kildare, NBC’s 1960s medical drama that made Richard Chamberlain a matinee intern under a mentor’s glare — hospital halls as teen-magazine terrain, intern-versus-mentor template locking…