Quincy, M.E.: Season 3 (1977)

Quincy, M.E, a man who must have been a nightmare to work with! Quincy was a crusading Medical Examiner in Los Angeles, an expert at his job he was always capable of finding something that everyone else missed. A small clue that would go against all the rest of the evidence in a case and would lead to him arguing with his boss, Asten, and/or the investigating detective, nearly always Monahan. Quincy started of as a straight forward crime series with a difference, it was a M.E. investigating not a police officer or private eye.As the series went from strength to strength the writers, probably with a little push from Klugman, started bringing in stories about social injustice rather than criminal. Most of the time this worked, in fact it is sometimes interesting to see that some of the things highlighted still have not changed even now! Sometimes it came over a little preachy but the show can never be faulted for trying to enlighten the eyes of its viewers.


60 mins 9/16/1977 1. No Deadly Secret
	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.
50 mins 9/23/1977 2. A Blow to the Head... A Blow to the Heart
	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.
60 mins 9/30/1977 3. A Dead Man's Truth
	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.
60 mins 10/14/1977 4. A Question of Time
	An alleged accidental drowning at a Health Spa pits Quincy against a slick attorney hired to prevent adverse publicity from affecting profits.
60 mins 10/21/1977 5. Death Casts a Vote
	When a young union worker dies, seemingly committing suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning, both leaders come under suspicion.
60 mins 10/28/1977 6. Tissue of Truth
	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.
60 mins 11/4/1977 7. Holding Pattern
	Quincy has to persuade a group of hijackers that the plane they, and their hostages, are on has been exposed to a deadly virus.
60 mins 11/11/1977 8. Main Man
	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.
60 mins 11/18/1977 9. The Hero Syndrome
	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.
60 mins 12/2/1977 10. Touch of Death
	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.
47 mins 12/9/1977 11. The Deadly Connection
	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.
60 mins 12/16/1977 12. Last of the Dinosaurs
	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.
1/6/1978 13. Crib Job
	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.
60 mins 1/20/1978 14. Matters of Life and Death
	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.
60 mins 1/27/1978 15. Passing
	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.
60 mins 2/3/1978 16. Accomplice to Murder
	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.
60 mins 2/10/1978 17. Ashes to Ashes
	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.
60 mins 2/17/1978 18. Gone But Not Forgotten
	Quincy investigates the death of an eccentric millionaire, whose lavish penthouse was protected by a supposedly impenetrable security system.
60 mins 3/3/1978 19. Double Death
	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.
60 mins 3/10/1978 20. Requiem for the Living
	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.

	Jack Klugman	Dr. R. Quincy / M.E.
	Robert Ito	Sam Fujiyama
	John S. Ragin	Dr. Robert Asten
	Joseph Roman	Sgt. Brill
	Garry Walberg	Lt. Frank Monahan
	Eddie Garrett	Eddie
	Val Bisoglio	Danny Tovo
	John Nolan	Bartender
	Jonathan Segal	Jeff Sellers
	Charles Leland	Chuck
	Bob Harks	Usher
	Gary Downey	Man
	Peggy Crosby	Peggy
	J. Pat O'Malley	Mr. Barrington
	Norman Alden	Shep Nolan
	Peter Mark Richman	Walter Kingman
	Henry Slate	Fred
	Raven Grey Eagle	Boxing Spectator
	Hank Robinson	Reporter
	Ina Balin	Stella Ross