Quincy M.E.

Quincy M.E.

The cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths that usually suggest murder.

Genre: CrimeDramaMystery

Cast:Jack KlugmanJohn S. RaginRobert ItoJoseph RomanGarry WalbergVal BisoglioEddie GarrettJohn NolanDiane MarkoffMarc Scott TaylorFilip FieldPeter VirgoAnita GilletteKaren PhilippJames A. Watson Jr.Edward GroverLynnette MetteyJonathan Segal


1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ No Way to Treat a Flower

Thu, Sep 20, 1979

Quincy investigates the death of a teenager who smoked marijuana treated with a chemical that stimulates plant growth.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Dead Last

Thu, Sep 27, 1979

Quincy and Danny go to the tack and, while there, see a horse go wild in the stables. The horse kills one of the jockeys but, after completing his autopsy, Quincy thinks that it wasn't an accident.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ By the Death of a Child

Thu, Oct 4, 1979

A small turbulent South American island republic has babies dying.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Never a Child

Thu, Oct 11, 1979

The death of a teenage girl will draw Quincy into the world of teenage prostitution and child pornography.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Hot Ice

Thu, Oct 18, 1979

Two customs officers want Quincy's help in catching arresting a diamond smuggling ring.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Sweet Land of Liberty

Thu, Oct 25, 1979

A policeman is killed while on a routine visit to a house. The killer turns out to be an old friend of Sam's, the gentlest man Sam has ever known. Arrested he admits that he killed the policeman and then, while in a cell, kills himself.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ Mode of Death

Thu, Nov 1, 1979

An evangelist whose church is being investigated by the government is found dead in a motel room., drugs and alcohol at his bedside table.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Nowhere to Run

Thu, Nov 8, 1979

A girl falls off of a cliff while with her boyfriend. Quincy believes the boy's story that she committed suicide despite everyone else's belief that he killed her.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Money Plague

Thu, Nov 15, 1979

'R.W. Collins', a famous hijacker who escaped by parachuting out of a plane with his money five years ago is found dead, hanging from a tree in the National Park he bailed out over.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ For the Benefit of My Patients

Thu, Nov 22, 1979

After two patients with low income die unnecessarily, Quincy is driven to change the policy of a private hospital that does not treat patients who cannot pay for the services provided.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ Murder by S.O.P.

Thu, Nov 29, 1979

On his way to a Forensic Pathologist convention in Sacramento, the Sheriff stops Quincy on the road. He was trying to stay awake by sticking his head out of the window. The Sheriff decides to put Quincy in jail for his own good.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Honor Thy Elders

Thu, Jan 10, 1980

When an old man commits suicide in a hospital, Quincy discovers the tragedy of parental abuse, and gets involved in a senior citizens center.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Diplomatic Immunity

Thu, Jan 17, 1980

Quincy foils the plans of an assassin who is determined to kill an ill Latin American dictator visiting the United States for medical treatment.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Riot

Thu, Jan 31, 1980

Quincy and Sam are called to a prison to help investigate the murder of one of the inmates. Once there they soon find themselves held hostage by the prisoners when they begin a riot.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Cover-Up

Thu, Feb 7, 1980

An autopsy leads Quincy to a stand-alone clinic where an under-qualified doctor, covering for another M.D., wound up inadvertently ending a life rather than saving one.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Unhappy Hour

Thu, Feb 14, 1980

A teenager is killed during an auto accident.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ The Winning Edge

Thu, Feb 21, 1980

Star gymnast Sally collapses during practice and dies. Quincy suspects that high school coach Virginia Hart is providing the team with performance-enhancing drugs to give them a competitive edge as they head into a national competition.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ New Blood

Thu, Feb 28, 1980

Quincy is upset when Asten makes him go on vacation and calls in a pretty young pathologist to perform the autopsy on a city councilman who was found dead at the base of a stairwell.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ T.K.O.

Thu, Mar 13, 1980

An incompetent surgeon performing operations in his ill-equipped office causes the deaths of a boxer and a chef.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ The Final Gift

Thu, Mar 20, 1980

An old friend of Quincy's is dead following a plane crash.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Deadly Arena

Thu, Mar 27, 1980

Three deaths due to food poisoning are linked to a football stadium where a big championship game is due to take place. Quincy has three days to find the source before 90,000 spectators come to watch and are put in jeopardy.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ No Way to Treat a Patient

Wed, Apr 30, 1980

A gunshot victim's death may have been caused by a doctor's incompetence... or it may have been the work of a professional killer.