Quincy, M.E.: Season 4
Season 4 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Quincy, M.E. Season 3.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 4 Progress Shield
The Last Six Hours
Sep 21, 1978
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.
Speed Trap
Oct 12, 1978
After a racing car accident proves fatal for a former Grand Prix driver, Quincy's autopsy brands the crash a possible homicide.
A Test for the Living
Oct 19, 1978
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.
Death by Good Intention
Oct 26, 1978
A patient dies just hours after having had a successful surgical operation. An ‘Affirmative Action' doctor is suspended because of his ‘mistake' and a friend of Quincy's decide
Images
Nov 2, 1978
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. A
Even Odds
Nov 9, 1978
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.
Dead and Alive
Nov 16, 1978
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.
No Way to Treat a Body
Nov 30, 1978
Quincy's latest ladyfriend moves into a new apartment and accidentally discovers two mummified bodies. He finds himself up against a group of oddball residents when he tries to fin
A Night to Raise the Dead
Dec 7, 1978
After four nights of continuous rain a man finds a body by his car. It had been washed down the mountains and ended up in his front yard. Once Quincy has completed the autopsy h
House of No Return
Jan 11, 1979
Quincy investigates the death of a young man at a home for people who have comitted a crime but are considered mentally incapable and are therefore not sentenced to proper prison.
A Small Circle of Friends
Jan 18, 1979
A roundup of prostitutes follows the death of an athlete who contracted a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea.
The Depth of Beauty
Jan 25, 1979
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. He discovers that the plas
Walk Softly Through the Night (1)
Feb 1, 1979
A top children's TV star, and a friend of Quincy's, is shocked when his son dies of a drug overdose. He had no idea his son was even on drugs and is angry when he finds out that a
Walk Softly Through the Night (2)
Feb 1, 1979
Quincy continues in his quest to get close down Dr. Colella's surgery and stop him from continuing to issue prescriptions for drug addicts. This becomes less of a problem though
Aftermath
Feb 7, 1979
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.
Dark Angel
Feb 15, 1979
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 aft
Physician, Heal Thyself
Feb 22, 1979
A seventeen-year old girl collapses and dies after having had an abortion. The family wants an autopsy and tells Asten that they will pay for a private one. Quincy performs it and
Promises to Keep
Mar 1, 1979
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. This makes Quincy miss yet another date
Semper-Fidelis
Mar 15, 1979
Quincy is asked to do an autopsy on the body of a marine who died in an accident during his training. Harry Collier, a friend of Quincy's wants him to give a second opinion, to sto
An Ounce of Prevention
Mar 22, 1979
While completing the autopsy of a construction worker who fell to his death Quincy spots some unusual abnormalities. He gets Sam to run some further tests to see if there was anyth
The Death Challenge
Mar 29, 1979
A world famous magician comes out of retirement to appear on a live television show after his most famous trick leads to the death of his protege. After the autopsy Quincy has to f
The Eye of the Needle
Apr 12, 1979
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 o