Quincy, M.E.: Season 5 (1979)

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 9/20/1979 1. No Way to Treat a Flower
	Quincy investigates the death of a teenager who smoked marijuana treated with a chemical that stimulates plant growth.
60 mins 9/27/1979 2. Dead Last
	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.
60 mins 10/4/1979 3. By the Death of a Child
	A small turbulent South American island republic has babies dying.
60 mins 10/11/1979 4. Never a Child
	The death of a teenage girl will draw Quincy into the world of teenage prostitution and child pornography.
60 mins 10/18/1979 5. Hot Ice
	Two customs officers want Quincy's help in catching arresting a diamond smuggling ring.
60 mins 10/25/1979 6. Sweet Land of Liberty
	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.
11/1/1979 7. Mode of Death
	An evangelist whose church is being investigated by the government is found dead in a motel room., drugs and alcohol at his bedside table.
60 mins 11/8/1979 8. Nowhere to Run
	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.
60 mins 11/15/1979 9. The Money Plague
	'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.
60 mins 11/22/1979 10. For the Benefit of My Patients
	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.
60 mins 11/29/1979 11. Murder by S.O.P.
	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.
60 mins 1/24/1980 12. Honor Thy Elders
	When an old man commits suicide in a hospital, Quincy discovers the tragedy of parental abuse, and gets involved in a senior citizens center.
60 mins 1/17/1980 13. Diplomatic Immunity
	Quincy foils the plans of an assassin who is determined to kill an ill Latin American dictator visiting the United States for medical treatment.
60 mins 1/31/1980 14. Riot
	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.
60 mins 2/7/1980 15. Cover-Up
	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.
60 mins 2/14/1980 16. Unhappy Hour
	A teenager is killed during an auto accident.
60 mins 2/21/1980 17. The Winning Edge
	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.
60 mins 2/28/1980 18. New Blood
	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.
60 mins 3/13/1980 19. T.K.O.
	An incompetent surgeon performing operations in his ill-equipped office causes the deaths of a boxer and a chef.
60 mins 3/20/1980 20. The Final Gift
	An old friend of Quincy's is dead following a plane crash.
60 mins 3/27/1980 21. Deadly Arena
	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.
60 mins 4/30/1980 22. No Way to Treat a Patient
	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.

	Jack Klugman	Dr. R. Quincy / M.E.
	Robert Ito	Sam Fujiyama
	Garry Walberg	Lt. Frank Monahan
	John S. Ragin	Dr. Robert Asten
	Val Bisoglio	Danny Tovo
	Joseph Roman	Sgt. Brill
	Eddie Garrett	Photographer
	Marc Scott Taylor	Mark
	John Nolan	Bartender
	Diane Markoff	Waitress
	Edward Grover	Agent Devon
	Peter Brocco	Advisor
	Barbara Tarbuck	Claire Morgan
	Paul Lambert	Congressman
	Regis Cordic	Dr. Lawrence Condon
	Valentin de Vargas	Alejandro Fernandez
	Daniel Faraldo	Julio Ruis
	Joseph Sirola	Ron Henner
	Harold 'Hal' Frizzell	Ambulance Attendant
	Peter Virgo	Peter