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Season 1 – Medical Investigation

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Dr. Stephen Connor and Dr. Natalie Durant lead a team of National Institute of Health doctors who take their mobile team wherever there's an outbreak of a mysterious or unexplained disease.
Medical Investigation — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Medical Investigation may have a killer cast and high-end production values, but the drama's premise is decidedly unoriginal.

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Tom Shales Washington Post 12/11/2019
The show has one nifty gimmick: When Dr. Demando looks at the scenes of crimes, they come to life in eerie overlapping images. Otherwise it's one dull medicine show. Go to Full Review Marc Peyser Newsweek 12/11/2019
Would it kill someone on this show to smile just once? Go to Full Review Noel Holston Newsday 12/11/2019
With a cast that includes [Neal] McDonough, Kelli Williams and Christopher Gorham and producers whose credits include Boomtown and Ed, NBC's Medical Investigation ought to be better than it is. Go to Full Review Scott D. Pierce Deseret News (Salt Lake City) 12/11/2019
Medical Investigation combines cutting-edge medical technology with superhero antics that strain credulity. It's yet another show that's mildly entertaining, if you can suspend disbelief. Go to Full Review Alan Pergament Buffalo News 12/11/2019
[Neal] McDonough's clinical, know-it-all character is about as appealing as week-old leftovers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Neal McDonough

Dr. Stephen Connor

Kelli Williams

Dr. Natalie Durant

Troy Winbush

Frank Powell

Christopher Gorham

Dr. Miles McCabe

Anna Belknap

Eva Rossi

Susanna Thompson

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 9, 2004 Pilot A mysterious and deadly illness turns victims blue and the NIH team is called in to search for the source of the epidemic. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 10, 2004 In Bloom Four teenage girls in St. Louis contract encephalitis, and the NIH team searches for the source of the infection; Natalie feels powerless to help a patient participating in a long-term clinical trial. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 17, 2004 Coming Home When four Iraq War veterans die from a pulmonary disease, Dr. Connor suspects Gulf War syndrome until the disease is connected to elderly members of a convalescent home. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 24, 2004 Escape Dr. Connor walks a political tight-rope when he quarantines an entire island where vacationers are dying from an unknown respiratory illness. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 1, 2004 Progeny When children in a remote town begin to suffer deadly muscle inflammation and joint pain, the NIH team targets a local chemical plant as the prime suspect until Natalie discovers another common denominator -- in vitro fertilization. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 8, 2004 Team Several college football players fall victim to a mysterious nerve disease, but when the sorority sisters become sick as well, the NIH team must find the missing link before a horde of alumni arrive for the homecoming game. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 29, 2004 Alienation Dr. Connor and team suspect a lethal strain of anthrax connected to a local newspaper is to blame for a slew of violently ill patients. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 5, 2004 Mutation Dr. Connor and team search for a common link between victims when a mutating and contagious virus kills 10 percent of a West Virginia town's citizens. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 12, 2004 Little Girl A 10-year-old girl is diagnosed as having aplastic anemia, and the team seeks her biological mother for a bone-marrow transplant, then several other people in the area fall victim to an identical strain of the disease. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 19, 2004 Price of Pleasure The team suspects a sexually transmitted disease to be the culprit when adult-film stars begin to die of a strange respiratory illness, but when a suburban mother falls victim to the same symptoms, the search for the contagion begins anew. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 3, 2004 The Unclean Dr. Connor and his team desperately search for a common denominator when a flesh-eating disease quickly spreads throughout a Maryland hospital. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 7, 2005 Spiked Dr. Conner and his team begin to suspect nearby seals of playing a part when a surfer and a volleyball player contract a mysterious disease in a seaside town. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 14, 2005 Tribe When most members of a family come down with a fever and skin rash, Connor and Durant discover they have smallpox, and a rogue scientist is suspected of having unleashed the virus. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 28, 2005 Ice Station Conner and his team are called to a frozen Arctic science station to find the cause of a deadly brain affliction that climaxes when its victims suffer from dementia. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 4, 2005 Mousetrap The team probes evidence of a strange plague near Baltimore, tentatively linking it to infected police officers and a fugitive, until two children also exhibit symptoms of the contagion. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 11, 2005 Survivor Connor splits the team to respond to two emergencies -- one a series of miscarriages on a military base hospital, the other a cluster of spontaneous paralysis among people who worked near the World Trade Center prior to Sept. 11, 2001. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 18, 2005 Half Life When a mysterious contagion puts paramedic Carlos (Anthony Ruivivar) and his patient, a suspect, in the ICU, Dr. Conner and detective Yokas (Molly Price) search for a robbery accomplice, hoping to find the source of the disease. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 25, 2005 The Black Book When a lobbyist and a Capitol Hill police officer contract a mysterious disease, Dr. Connor and his team suspect a terrorist plot until the leader of a known prostitution ring displays the same symptoms. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 18, 2005 Mission La Roca: The Finale A massive earthquake and a murderous jungle insurrection endanger Dr. Connors and the team when they fly to a violent Central American country to combat a mysterious illness. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 25, 2005 Mission La Roca: The Finale Dr. Connor and Frank are taken prisoner by rebels in a Central American country devastated by a meningitis outbreak and a recent earthquake. Details

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Season Info

Network
NBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 9, 2004