Quincy, M.E.: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Quincy, M.E. Season 5.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Last Rights
Sep 16, 1980 · 60 min
A father finds his son dead, having taken a drug overdose. Knowing this will affect his wife he decides to report it as an accidental drowning. Quincy's friend Volmer is the local
A Matter of Principle
Nov 12, 1980 · 60 min
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 the
Last Day, First Day
Nov 19, 1980 · 60 min
Quincy becomes concerned when a medical student accuses a veteran staff doctor of covering up the causes of a homicide while doing an autopsy.
The Night Killer
Nov 26, 1980 · 60 min
Mr. & Mrs. Estes have baby twins and with Bill Estes working all day Madeline is finding it harder and harder to look after the two boys. One night one of the twins dies suddenly i
The Hope of Elkwood
Dec 3, 1980 · 60 min
When a potential Olympic champion is cut down in his prime his coach is accused of negligent homicide. A young lawyer, the only man who is willing to defend him, must rely on Quinc
Welcome to Paradise Palms
Dec 17, 1980 · 60 min
Quincy rushes to an Arizona Native American reservation when he hears that his foster son, Chester, is suffering from bubonic plague. When he confirms this and tries to warn the lo
By Their Faith
Jan 7, 1981 · 60 min
Asten sends Quincy and Sam, at the request of Archbishop Vallejo, to San Remos, Mexico. They are sent to a small village where a young woman is seemingly curing people of their ill
Stain of Guilt
Jan 14, 1981 · 60 min
Quincy is hired as a technical director for a movie that is recreating a famous homicide case. Watching the murder scene being filmed convinces him that the real murderer is still
Dear Mummy
Jan 21, 1981 · 60 min
The smuggling of Nazi-held gems from Cairo to Los Angeles in an Egyptian mummy leaves several corpses in its wake.
Headhunter
Feb 4, 1981 · 60 min
A narcotics officer comes under investigation by the IAD when drugs kill an airline stewardess he knew, and sometimes used for information.
Scream to the Skies
Feb 11, 1981 · 60 min
Quincy investigates a plane crash at sea and discovers that most of the victims died needlessly.
Jury Duty
Feb 18, 1981 · 60 min
When Quincy sits on a jury for a homicide case he realizes that there are errors in the evidence, which could lead to the conviction of an innocent man. Not being one to sit by wit
Who Speaks for the Children?
Feb 25, 1981 · 60 min
Polly Carmody, a young 9 year old girl, is murdered and found in a refuse bin. The police quickly pick up a suspect but Lt. Alex Markasian thinks that he doesn't fit the profile of
Seldom Silent, Never Heard
Mar 4, 1981 · 60 min
A young boy, Jeffrey, dies when he falls from a building, after being chased in there. After the autopsy a doctor turns up wanting to have the brain. Jeffrey had Tourette's Syndrom
Of All Sad Words
Mar 11, 1981 · 60 min
A club near Danny's burns down killing the owner, Lou Chesler. His wife, Elizabeth, is suspected of causing her husband's death, especially by an insurance investigator for the com
To Kill in Plain Sight
Mar 18, 1981 · 60 min
An explosion kills a man who is discovered to be the advance scout for a hitman. Quincy is in a race against time to find the assassin and thwart the plot to kill a government offi
Sugar and Spice
Apr 1, 1981 · 60 min
Quincy does battle, on a live TV show, with the author of a diet book when he discovers that a model that used it has died. His outspoken statements against the book lead to him, a
Vigil of Fear
May 6, 1981 · 60 min
A group of concerned citizens patrol their neighborhood to help keep crime off the streets. After chasing an armed criminal into a warehouse a gun battle takes place and they shoot