The cases of a brilliant, if Irascible, coroner who investigates suspicious deaths that usually suggest murder.
Cast:Jack Klugman , John S. Ragin , Robert Ito , Joseph Roman , Garry Walberg , Val Bisoglio , Eddie Garrett , John Nolan , Diane Markoff , Marc Scott Taylor , Filip Field , Peter Virgo , Anita Gillette , Karen Philipp , James A. Watson Jr. , Edward Grover , Lynnette Mettey , Jonathan Segal
As Quincy looks into the rape and murder of a civil servant; he finds a rash of murders - and a political conspiracy.
Margo Bently is writing her first book, the contents of which could prove very damaging to a certain group of people. She is murdered and brought into the lab as a suspected alcoholic prostitute with cirrhosis.
Roberta Rhodes, a famous movie star, is found dead in her bedroom. The police think that it was probably murder at the hand of a US Congressional candidate, but Quincy suspects suicide instead.
A couple of cat burglars break into a Mexican museum and steal $4 million dollars worth of jewels. Sealing them in the floor of their boat they sail to California with the intention of fencing them there.
While attending a forensic pathologist convention in Tahoe, Quincy's called on to help when hotel guests and staff are stricken with a mysterious illness.
Quincy tries to contain panicked guests in an effort to keep a mysterious illness from spreading outside of the hotel.
A thigh bone is found buried on the building site of a new student union building. Quincy is teaching a class at the university and soon involves himself and his students.
Quincy and Danny go on a fishing holiday to the beautiful lakeside town of Paradise, free from their troubles of restaurant managing and Dr. Asten.
Quincy is delighted to be reunited with his former mentor, Dr. Herbert Stone, until they butt heads over Stone's contradictory findings and potentially perjurious courtroom testimony.
Outside Danny's bar a man is the victim of a hit and run. The woman driving, or thought to be driving, the vehicle was Robbi Parker. She was a friend of Quincy's current girlfriend, Jenny.
A woman about to be autopsied is surprisingly found to be alive
Asten's wife Melissa picks up a young boy wandering at the side of the road at night. Soon afterwards they are involved in an automobile accident.
A medical student asks Quincy to look into the cause of death of a body that was donated to his university. After discovering that the deceased was a key witness in the trial of a corrupt businessman, Quincy believes it's a case of murder.
Quincy is called in on his day off after a car crash victim is brought in and seems to have an extremely high level of radiation in his body.
A hooker tells authorities that a priest with a high profile anti-pornography campaign had paid for her services, had a heart attack and died with her.
An old man dies in a sanatorium, Valleyview, seemingly of a coronary. His grandson doesn't think that he could have died that way and pays for the Medical Examiners office to do an autopsy.
A suspected rapist seeks revenge on Quincy by attacking his friend.
At 4 am one morning Quincy is awoken by the arrival of a man at his boat. He is in a very bad shape and he dies before Quincy can do anything to save him.
When a boxer dies after being in a match, his trainer is being accused of not taking care of him. Quincy discovers there's more going on. And his opponent in the match is dating his sister and her mother is blaming him for her son's death.
A rookie police officer Is involved in a deadly shootout. At first, Quincy doubts the officer's story, but then finds out that not everything he said was a lie.
An alleged accidental drowning at a Health Spa pits Quincy against a slick attorney hired to prevent adverse publicity from affecting profits.
When a young union worker dies, seemingly committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, both leaders come under suspicion.
Quincy races against time and a dwindling oxygen supply to locate a kidnap victim's underground prison after the boy's abductor is killed in a car accident.
Quincy has to persuade a group of hijackers that the plane they, and their hostages, are on has been exposed to a deadly virus.
An autopsy on a college football star reveals a congenital brain disease, and Quincy urges the victim's younger brother to stay out of the next high school game.
A man confesses to murder, thinking that he has killed his boss, but Quincy is not convinced that his blow was the one that killed the man and believes that he is not the guilty party.
Sam's cousin Tad Kimura is a rising young star in the genre of martial arts pictures. Unfortunately, he dies unexpectedly while filming his latest motion picture.
After twelve people in a small town fall victim to a mysterious epidemic Quincy and Sam are sent on a mission to identify the disease, before the victims die.
When Will Preston, a western movie star and one of Quincy's idols, is found dead Quincy clashes with Lt. Monahan over what really happened to cause his death.
After dealing with what seems to be an open and shut murder case Quincy is ready to close his findings. Then he receives a request from a friend of his runs a program that helps old and young people work together.
Quincy is asked to cover for a GP working in a small community north of Los Angeles. There he becomes involved in a case of medical negligence after the death of a local man.
Quincy races against the clock to confirm that the skull of an apparent murder victim is that of a union leader who had disappeared two years earlier.
A woman dies when she interrupts a burglar in her home. Quincy discovers that her death was really the result of prolonged trauma from her husband, an unrepentant wife beater who is politically powerful enough to threaten Quincy's career.
A young woman dies in a bar, apparently of a heart attack. After the autopsy Quincy is sure that something is not quite as it seems and soon discovers some unsettling facts about her husband.
Quincy investigates the death of an eccentric millionaire, whose lavish penthouse was protected by a supposedly impenetrable security system.
Quincy has doubts about Dr. Asten's findings in an autopsy that he performed on a man who died in a nightclub fire. Asten believes that the man is a victim of a homicide, while Quincy believes it could be natural causes.
While working late at the lab Quincy and Sam are taken hostage by syndicate chief Vincent DiNardi. He has been poisoned and wants the two medical examiners to find out how the toxin was administered.
Finally getting to spend a bit of leave time with his latest flame, Barbara, Quincy heads off away from Los Angeles. They nearly get run off the road and then witness an accident.
After a racing car accident proves fatal for a former Grand Prix driver, Quincy's autopsy brands the crash a possible homicide.
Quincy's powers of persuasion are put to the test when he crusades for a 7-year old boys re-evaluation as an autistic child.
A patient dies just hours after having had a successful surgical operation. An 'Affirmative Action' doctor is suspended because of his 'mistake' .
A fire in a small motel room causes the death of the single woman occupying it. The evidence shows that the identity of the woman is Jessica Ross, the country's top newswoman.
Quincy is gravely wounded at the scene of a crime, so it is up to Sam, Asten and Lt. Monaghan to solve the case he was working on and catch the person who shot him.
An apparent murder victim becomes the object of Quincy's thorough investigation and identification when his mother and sister insist that he is still alive.
Quincy's latest lady friend moves into a new apartment and accidentally discovers two mummified bodies.
After four nights of continuous rain a man finds a body by his car. Once Quincy has completed the autopsy he announces that the man died of typhoid, an extremely infectious disease.
The M.E.'s office is helping a hospital with their organ donation program. Quincy goes there to help declare a young man dead and he was told that his kidney would go to a man whose constantly having dialysis.
Quincy investigates the death of a young man at a home for people who have committed a crime but are considered mentally incapable and are therefore not sentenced to proper prison.
A roundup of prostitutes follows the death of an athlete who contracted a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea.
Quincy delves into the world of cosmetic surgery after he autopsies a woman who killed herself because she hated the scars a botched operation caused.
The son of a friend of Quincy's dies of a seizure due to a massive drug overdose. Quincy and the boy's father are determined to find out who prescribed the drugs and why the boy was unable to get help.
Quincy continues in his quest to get close down Dr. Colella's surgery and stop him from continuing to issue prescriptions for drug addicts.
A large passenger jet crash-lands 40 miles outside LA. Quincy and Sam are sent out to start the identification of the bodies and to make sure that the crash scene is kept intact.
Monaghan asks Quincy to push the autopsy of a young car thief to the top of his priority list. The boys' friend is claiming that a police officer chased him down and killed him after they were stopped in their stolen car.
A teenage girl dies after an abortion, and Quincy learns from her boyfriend that the doctor who performed on her may have been drunk. Quincy finds it hard to hold him accountable when everyone around him so willing to cover up for him.
Quincy and Sam have to stay late, going over work that was completed by a Medical Examiner who, it turned out, wasn't qualified for the job.
A Marine recruit's death may have been the result of a drill sergeant's vendetta.
Quincy discovers a construction worker died due to pollution in the ground under his home.
A retired magician's assistant dies performing his mentor's best illusion.
An ailing woman's accidental death outrages Quincy when he discovers that she had been seeing a holistic doctor and had been treated with natural medicines rather than scientific ones.
Quincy investigates the death of a teenager who smoked marijuana treated with a chemical that stimulates plant growth.
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.
A small turbulent South American island republic has babies dying.
The death of a teenage girl will draw Quincy into the world of teenage prostitution and child pornography.
Two customs officers want Quincy's help in catching arresting a diamond smuggling ring.
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.
An evangelist whose church is being investigated by the government is found dead in a motel room., drugs and alcohol at his bedside table.
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.
'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.
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.
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.
When an old man commits suicide in a hospital, Quincy discovers the tragedy of parental abuse, and gets involved in a senior citizens center.
Quincy foils the plans of an assassin who is determined to kill an ill Latin American dictator visiting the United States for medical treatment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
An incompetent surgeon performing operations in his ill-equipped office causes the deaths of a boxer and a chef.
An old friend of Quincy's is dead following a plane crash.
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.
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.
Quincy helps an out of town medical examiner deal with a pair of political scandals involving the death of children of influential persons by tainted drugs and the unsafe condition at a mill which is the main economic force in the town.
Sam tries to persuade the authorities to take notice of a new process he has developed to help track down killers. His tooth print process shows that the man the police have as their suspect in a rape case is not the man who did it.
A lawyer, who also was a small time coke dealer, is murdered by crooks who inject him with a lethal dose of cocaine. The killers try to make it look like an accident by putting him in his car and having it drive off the road and explode.
A mistake at the coroners office concerning a crib death affects not only Quincy and the staff but the parents also.
A track coach comes under fire when his star athlete dies after a grueling, training session. Quincy must determine if the death was from natural causes, or negligent homicide.
When Bubonic Plague strikes a Native American reservation, Quincy must find the source of the outbreak before the opening of a prestigious new golf course puts more lives in jeopardy.
Quincy and Sam travel to a small village in Central America to help identify the remains of a religious icon.
While working as a technical advisor on a reality movie, Quincy uncovers that the murder being filmed was unjustly prosecuted.
Quincy stumbles upon a plot devised by a group of nazi war criminals to use an Egyptian mummy to smuggle rare gems from Cairo to Los Angeles.
When the body of an airline stewardess is found with her stomach cut open, Quincy's investigation runs into interference from Internal Affairs, who is certain that a police officer is involved in the drug smuggling operation.
An Airliner crash in Santa Monica Bay springs Quincy into action fighting for airline passenger safety.
While serving on a jury Quincy finds flaws in the prosecution's case.
When the body of a missing young girl shows up in a dumpster, Quincy's investigation takes him into the world of child molestation and pornography. Can he save the girl's sister before an insidious predator claims another victim?
A tragic death of a teenager sets Quincy into action fighting for orphan drug development.
Quincy gets involved with a woman who may have killed her husband, as a tenacious insurance investigator pursues her.
An assassin killed before the hit has Quincy rushing to expose who the target is before it's too late.
A vigilante group gets in a shoot-out with a killer resulting in the death of an innocent bystander and Quincy uses all of the coroner's office resources to find out what exactly happened and who was responsible.
At a job fair, Quincy sees a woman in terror fall down an escalator. At the hospital, she cannot remember her name or her past. Quincy is determined to figure out who she is, but he's running out of time. Someone wants this woman dead.
When a young girl dies in a car crash, Quincy's investigation leads him to some disquieting numbers about emergency room care and the need for trauma centers to handle the critically injured.
While on a cruise in Tahiti, Quincy and Dr. Janet Carlyle step in and help the crew when a mysterious infectious disease affects the passengers on the ship.
While on a cruise in Tahiti, Quincy steps in and helps the crew when a mysterious illness affects the passengers on the ship.
Quincy gets involved in an anti drunk driving campaign after a tough case involving a pedestrian being killed by a prominent lawyer-with a surprising twist.
Quincy investigates the death of a ranch owner while Dr. Astin and his wife struggle with their foster child.
Quincy gets involved in the world of truckers and illegal toxic dumping when a driver with lung damage ends up in his morgue following an accident.
When a high school student drops dead at basketball practice, Quincy is drawn into an investigation in the dangers of "pep" pills and legal lookalike drugs and the problems in regulating the sales of such items.
When a series of murders committed by the same gun, but by different killers, crosses his table, Quincy goes on the hunt for the gun and investigates the problems surrounding hand gun ownership.
When a fire at a hotel leaves twelve dead, Quincy goes on the hunt for an arsonist, leading him to discover an arson anonymous group, and a vanity fire starter.
When a baby with Downs syndrome's denied medical care after birth, the physician allows it starve to death. Quincy must determine if the death was from natural causes, or if the attending doctor had a different agenda.
A young man diagnosed with schizophrenia brutally murders his father, brother and sister, then surrenders to the police. Quincy believes he may be faking his mental illness.
Quincy goes on a campaign to clean up the Los Angeles air after an old man and a young boy die during an atmospheric inversion.
After a former Vietnam nurse suffering from PTSD turns up dead, Quincy gets involved with a veteran support group in an effort to get the victim's friend, another former nurse, the treatment she needs for her disorder.
A mistake at a hospital leads to a nurses strike which Quincy and Astin try to clear up.
Quincy investigates the murder of an Auschwitz survivor. He also tries to help a friend fight a law suit claiming the Holocaust never happened.
When an agoraphobic young woman witnesses a murder, Quincy must find not only the killer, but the victim as well.
Quincy's reputation is called into question on the eve of the trial of mob boss in which Quincy is the star witness.
After running into an ex-girlfriend he had a fall-out with years ago, Quincey finds himself on the case when her husband dies and must unweave a diabolical plot to reveal the killer's identity.
After a microchip is found in an admiral's body, during an autopsy, Quincy is reinstated into the Navy to find a spy. Unfortunately for Quincy, the old Admiral had more than one secret to keep.
While investigating the death of a child by the family's guard dog, Quincy adopts a dog of his own.
A family goes through the grieving process, while Quincy investigates the death of their son, who was killed during a college hazing ritual.
Quincy gets involved in youth gangs and the probation program after a nine-year old girl is killed in a drive by shooting. A 14-year old boy is set up to take the rap.
When a man dies during bypass surgery, Quincy discovers that the operation was performed by a resident instead of the renowned heart surgeon who was contracted to do the procedure.
Quincy revisits old friends and travels to Washington DC in an effort to get the Orphan Drug act passed, and help a young mother suffering from myoclonus.
After a colleague exhibits unusual behavior at work, Quincy discovers she has a drinking problem.
A new pathologist (Walter Ross) is working in the lab who is disabled. When he looks into a case of electrocution of a handicapped baby he is convinced that the baby was murdered by its father.
Quincy must unravel the mystery of who murdered the town bully in a small community outside of Los Angeles. He runs into opposition as it seems that everyone in town wants to protect the killer, including local law enforcement.
A sick woman with cancer leaves the hospital and dies. Those that have had physical contact with her die. Quincy soon discovers a new virus is the culprit of the deaths and hurries to find the cause.
Quincy takes a look into the world of punk rock, a music that he believes may have contributed to the death of a teenage boy.
Quincy is talked into investigating the case of a police officer who accidentally killed a hostage during a bank robbery shootout.
Michael Moroshima, a cop working undercover with the Asian task force and Sam's best friend, is killed while listening in on a deal between the Yakuza and the Mafia.
A narcissistic psychopath kidnaps the granddaughter of a former Congressman. He says it will be "Divine Retribution" if she dies, and the fault for her death will rest upon the shoulders of the Congressman and Quincy.
Quincy's friend, the estranged son of a mobster, is accused of arson and murder. Can Quincy help save his friend?
After a young girl is found dead along a roadside, Quincy enlists the help of a psychologist in order to determine if the girl committed suicide or if she was murdered by her boyfriend.
When a young man who dies in an industrial accident because he couldn't read the hazard signs. Quincy takes on the problem of adult illiteracy. A problem that hits close to home with Quincy, when he finds that his friend can't read.
A psychic is enlisted to help solve the murders of several young women putting her own life in danger.
After a nightclub entertainer (Roger Miller) is badly burned, Quincy is determined to make everyone aware drugs are no laughing matter.
Quincy is reluctant to plan the wedding of Emily's dreams. But, is it a murder confession holding him back... or something else?!
Quincy's wedding may be cancelled and the widow who believed she caused her husband's death is now certain she's being targeted for murder.
Quincy goes on his honeymoon to a judge's lodge not knowing that he and others had been lured there as part of a killer's plot.
After the tragic death of a newborn, Quincy, together with strong women, crusade to further legitimize the use of Midwives.
A substandard foster home is responsible for the death of a 7 year-old boy. Quincy and Emily, try to start a new program, so that his older brother can be reunited with his troubled family, where a new stable environment be created.
An elderly woman is robbed and murdered in her apartment. Next target, Quincy. Sam takes trace evidence at the lab before Quince goes to hospital, so that Monahan can track the vicious killers. Quincy struggles with anger from the mugging.
A formerly famous theatre star dies at the end of a robber's gun. Her sister (Rosemary DeCamp), Quincy, and Monahan look for the killer. Her agent, Morris Pearmutter, looks for a comeback in the circumstances.
Kenny Kelso, a young father, is seriously injured in a work accident and loses his arm. His arm is found and the paramedics take both him and his limb to a new place, Experiment Hope, where it may be possible to reattach them.
