Quincy, M.E.: Season 5
Season 5 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 4.
- 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 5 Progress Shield
No Way to Treat a Flower
Sep 20, 1979
Quincy investigates the death of a teenager who smoked marijuana treated with a chemical that stimulates plant growth.
Dead Last
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 wa
By the Death of a Child
Oct 4, 1979
The small nation of San Christos has a new progressive, America friendly, president. His hold on power is fragile and he could be toppled if the rumor of an American supplied Dipht
Never a Child
Oct 11, 1979
After performing an autopsy on a young woman Quincy finds out about a man called' Uncle Harry'. He preys on young girls, runaways, who arrive in Los Angeles alone and scared. Qu
Hot Ice
Oct 18, 1979
Two customs officers want Quincy's help in catching arresting a diamond smuggling ring. A courier they were following was killed when a bus at the airport and, as Quincy is going t
Sweet Land of Liberty
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
Mode of Death
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. Quincy is told to come up with the mode o
Nowhere to Run
Nov 8, 1979
Quincy doesn't believe Monahan's theory that a teenager pushed his pregnant girlfriend to her death. Kenneth Watson: Charles Aidman. Monahan: Garry Walberg. Jeff Cavanaugh: Bill Be
The Money Plague
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
For the Benefit of My Patients
Nov 22, 1979
Quincy has to autopsy a man who died at the county hospital. He is amazed at the ability of the Dr. who tried to save him. It turns out though that the patient was originally taken
Murder by S.O.P.
Nov 29, 1979
On his way to a Forensic Pathologist convention in Sacramento, the Sheriff of a small town stops Quincy on the road. He was trying to stay awake by sticking his head out of the win
Honor Thy Elders
Jan 10, 1980
After Quincy's traces an old man's death to his son's physical abuse he is faced with a similar case involving the exploitation of two elderly women by their unscrupulous nephew.
Diplomatic Immunity
Jan 17, 1980
President Sarejo, the ruler of a small South American country, has come to America for some urgent hospital treatment. He brings with him most of his cabinet so that he can keep an
Riot
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 rio
Cover-Up
Feb 7, 1980
A nurse seeks help from Quincy when a heart-attack victim dies at the medical center where she works. Her boss and the two doctors involved want her help in trying to cover up the
Unhappy Hour
Feb 14, 1980
Dr. Asten's niece is involved in a car accident while drunk and it is up to Quincy to try and establish whether she was the driver of the car or whether it was her friend, who died
The Winning Edge
Feb 21, 1980
While investigating the sudden death of a high school gymnast Quincy begins to think that her teacher was giving her and her other students more than just coaching and advice. His
New Blood
Feb 28, 1980
Asten forces Quincy to take some unwanted vacation time and brings in a temporary replacement, Dr. McCracken, a pathologist rather than a Medical Examiner. That very same day th
TKO
Mar 13, 1980
Two days after winning a boxing championship a young boxer collapses and dies while looking at new cars. At the same time Danny's chef, Alfredo, goes to a cheap doctor for a hernia
The Final Gift
Mar 20, 1980
Two old Korean war buddies of Quincy's, Charlie and Max, have an accident in one of the planes owned by their company. Although the most badly injured of the two should have surviv
Deadly Arena
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 spect
No Way to Treat a Patient
Apr 30, 1980
A young physician may lose his license over his alleged mishandling of a gunshot victim.