"Marcus Welby, M.D."

Season 4, Episode 8: Don and Denise
Original Air Date—31 October 1972

Robert Young ... Dr. Marcus Welby
James Brolin ... Dr. Steven Kiley
Elena Verdugo ... Consuelo Lopez
Lindsay Wagner ... Denise Malory
Rick Lenz ... Don Malory
Dana Elcar ... Dr. Tomlinson
Cathleen Cordell ... Mrs. Baxter
Michael Richardson ... Jim Arnold

Director:
Herschel Daugherty

Writers:
Jerry de Bono (writer)
David Victor (creator)

A case involving multiple sclerosis and full of melodramatic overtones. Denise Malory (Lindsay Wagner), a musician's wife discovers she has the crippling disease and decides to leave her husband Don (Rick Lenz) rather than become a burden. Dr. Welby (Robert Young) explains the dreaded affliction, the major reason for the episode, and then gently counsels the young panicky victim.