An excellent Season One episode about a young, lively and adorable young woman struck down by an incurable illness. Suzanne Pleshette has never been so attractive and fun to watch. I'd guess she was 23 or 24 when this was filmed, and at least for me, her energy and joy in living completely steal the show. An odd Raymond Massey lecture to young Dr. K near the end, wherein he takes Kildare to task for trying to prompt Pleshette's character into actually doing something with her intelligence and skills, rather than leading the idle life of a wealthy social butterfly. "The world NEEDS ornaments", Dr. Gillespie tells Kildare. Apparently, women shouldn't work or create or maximize their potential because they're more important as "ornaments". Brilliant, Leonard! Despite this moment of idiocy, this episode still belongs to Ms. Pleshette.
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