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Season 5 – Quincy, M.E.

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A county medical examiner investigates clues for what appear to be normal deaths.
Quincy, M.E. — Season 5

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Glen A. Larson

Creator

Lou Shaw

Creator

Jack Klugman

Dr. R. Quincy

Garry Walberg

Lt. Frank Monahan

Robert Ito

Sam Fujiyama

Val Bisoglio

Danny Tovo

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 20, 1979 No Way to Treat a Flower The horrible death of a 15-year-old girl uncovers the open availability of a deadly chemical that increases marijuana's potency. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 27, 1979 Dead Last During a day at the track, Quincy hears an argument between two jockeys, one of whom is later found apparently trampled to death. Details Episode 3 Aired Oct 4, 1979 By the Death of a Child A serum created in America may be responsible for the deaths of several children in a small island nation; guest Robert Loggia. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 11, 1979 Never a Child A teenage girl's death after a fall from a building leads Quincy to a man (Alan Manson) operating a child-pornography organization. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 18, 1979 Hot Ice Government agents ask Quincy to go under cover in Las Vegas after his autopsy reveals $2 million in smuggled diamonds inside a body. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 25, 1979 Sweet Land of Liberty Sam enlists Quincy's help to determine why his friend (Bill Saito) became violent and killed a police officer; guest Marcia Rodd. Details Episode 7 Aired Nov 1, 1979 Mode of Death An expert (Stephen Elliott) conducts a psychological autopsy to determine if a prominent evangelist's death was suicide or murder. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 8, 1979 Nowhere to Run Quincy is called in to determine whether a pregnant teenager who fell off a cliff to her death committed suicide or was murdered. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 15, 1979 The Money Plague Quincy searches for the missing accomplice of a dead airplane hijacker, whose ransom money is contaminated with anthrax bacilli. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 22, 1979 For the Benefit of My Patients Quincy attacks the policy of a private hospital not to treat people unable to pay when two low-income patients die after transfer. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 29, 1979 Murder by S.O.P. The officials in a small town resent Quincy's investigation of the deaths of four prisoners in a jail fire; guest John Ireland. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 10, 1980 Honor Thy Elders The autopsy of an 80-year-old apparent suicide victim reveals the man had been physically abused by his son; guest Estelle Winwood. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 17, 1980 Diplomatic Immunity An assassin stalks an ailing Latin American dictator visiting the U.S for medical treatment; guests Rene Enriquez, George Wyner. Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 31, 1980 Riot Sam and Quincy enter a prison to investigate the murder of an inmate, and find themselves taken hostage by prisoners during a riot. Details Episode 15 Aired Feb 7, 1980 Cover-Up An inexperienced doctor asks a nurse (Margaret Ladd) to alter her report after his panic causes the death of a heart-attack patient. Details Episode 16 Aired Feb 14, 1980 Unhappy Hour Quincy must determine whether Astin's niece was driving a car that crashed, killing her teen friend; guest Madlyn Rhue. Details Episode 17 Aired Feb 21, 1980 The Winning Edge The autopsy of a gymnast reveals traces of amphetamines, possibly administered by her ambitious coach. Details Episode 18 Aired Feb 28, 1980 New Blood Quincy shortens his vacation to help a doctor (Beverly Sassoon) investigate a prominent politician's death; guest Jane Wyatt. Details Episode 19 Aired Mar 13, 1980 TKO An incompetent surgeon performing operations in his ill-equipped office causes the deaths of a boxer and a chef. Details Episode 20 Aired Mar 20, 1980 The Final Gift An old friend of Quincy's, a plane-crash victim, really dies of arsenic poisoning; guests Joseph Campanella, Ellen Bry. Details Episode 21 Aired Mar 27, 1980 Deadly Arena Quincy and a health-department investigator (Diana Muldaur) search the Los Angeles Coliseum for a source of botulism. Details Episode 22 Aired Apr 30, 1980 No Way to Treat a Patient A gunshot victim's death could have been caused by a doctor's (A Martinez) incompetence, or it could be murder; guest Ana-Alicia. Details
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Season Info

Director
Georg Fenady, Jeffrey Hayden, Alan Cooke, John Peyser, Ray Danton, Rod Holcomb
Creator
Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw
Executive Producer
Robert A. Cinader, Donald P. Bellisario
Screenwriter
Sam Egan, Erich Collier, Robert Crais, Robert A. Cinader, E. Nick Alexander, Aubrey Solomon, Jeri Taylor, Steve Greenberg, Marjorie Worcester, W.T. Zacha
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 20, 1979