Quincy, M.E.: Season 8
Season 8 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 7.
- 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 8 Progress Shield
Baby Rattlesnakes
Sep 29, 1982 · 60 min
When a young girl is killed in a drive by shooting a young 14 year-old boy is quickly arrested. The boy, Ethan, was part of a special program trying to get kids out of gangs and tr
A Ghost of a Chance
Oct 6, 1982 · 60 min
After a life saving heart bypass operation Ted Markham's brother dies from complications. He is incensed that his brother died from what should have been a simple operation. He wan
Give Me Your Weak
Oct 27, 1982 · 60 min
When a young mother suffers from a nerve disease, Quincy fights the drug companies and the government to get her the medication she needs.
Dying for a Drink
Nov 3, 1982 · 60 min
A medical examiner starts making basic mistakes, mistakes that are putting her job on the line and are caused by her alcohol binges. She is heading deeper and deeper into alcoholis
Unreasonable Doubt
Nov 10, 1982 · 60 min
A new pathologist (Walter Ross) is working in the lab who is disabled. When he looks into a case of electrocution of a handicapped baby (Sturge – weber disease) he is convinced
Sleeping Dogs
Nov 17, 1982 · 60 min
Quincy has to testify in the court of a small town. The witnesses in the case are pressurized into lying and Harry Muller, a bullying murderer, goes free. Within half an hour of th
Science for Sale
Nov 24, 1982 · 60 min
A sick woman with cancer leaves the hospital and dies. Those that have had physical contact with her die. Quincy soon discovers a new virus is the culprit of the deaths and hurri
Next Stop, Nowhere
Dec 1, 1982 · 60 min
Emily comes to see Quincy about a young 18 year-old boy he has just completed an autopsy on. He died while slamdancing at a punk rock club, killed while dancing to lyrics about dea
Across the Line
Dec 8, 1982 · 60 min
During an attempted armed robbery a hostage is shot by a police officer by accident. The police immediately suspend him and threaten to kick him off the force. He wants Quincy to u
Sword of Honor, Blade of Death
Dec 15, 1982 · 60 min
Michael Moroshima, a cop working undercover with the Asian task force and Sam's best friend, is killed while listening in on a deal between the Yakuza and the Mafia. Sam explain
The Law Is a Fool
Jan 5, 1983 · 60 min
At the end of a school day a young girl gets into a cab for her daily ride home. She doesn't arrive there and a search is soon started. The real cab driver is soon found and he giv
Guilty Till Proven Innocent
Jan 12, 1983 · 60 min
After his furniture warehouse is burnt down Ted Locke, a friend of Quincy's finds he is suspected of arson and murder. A lack of evidence makes the DA reluctant to press charges th
A Cry for Help
Jan 19, 1983 · 60 min
The body of a young girl is found at the side of a highway. Quincy determines that the body was moved after she died. Monahan thinks that her boyfriend, Toby Kenyon, killed her
A Loss for Words
Jan 26, 1983 · 60 min
A young boy, Tim, goes to do some welding at his workplace and ends up dying in an explosion. One of Asten's top field investigators, Arnold Chatham, thinks that it should not have
Beyond the Open Door
Feb 2, 1983 · 60 min
A woman with psychic powers helps the police track down a serial killer.
On Dying High
Feb 9, 1983 · 60 min
An accident at a club leaves JJ Chandler, a top country singer, badly burned and in intensive care. Sgt, Wendell, a narcotics cop, believes Chandler freebasing cocaine caused the a
Quincy's Wedding (1)
Feb 16, 1983 · 60 min
Quincy and Emily's wedding is fast approaching and there are many things that still need arranging. Emily has brought in Winslow, a wedding arranger to help. While the wedding a
Quincy's Wedding (2)
Feb 23, 1983 · 60 min
Emily calls off the wedding when Quincy fails to make it to the rehearsal, the last straw as far as she is concerned. Quincy seems to be more interested in the tales Edna has to
Murder on Ice
Mar 9, 1983 · 60 min
Quincy and Emily receive the use of a Judge friends' mountain cabin for their honeymoon. They picture a long romantic week alone, skiing and sitting in front of an open log fire.
Women of Valor
Mar 16, 1983 · 60 min
A midwife, Olivia, is approached in the street and asked to help deliver a baby. She knows that she should not get involved but can see that the mother's friend is desperate for he
Suffer the Little Children
Mar 23, 1983 · 60 min
Dr. Asten asks Quincy to stop of on his way to his fishing holiday to do an autopsy on a young boy. The coroner in the area wants back up evidence to help him close down the foster
An Act of Violence
Apr 27, 1983 · 60 min
An old lady is attacked and killed in her own apartment. Quincy is horrified that someone could so callously attack an old woman and is determined to find evidence that will convic
Whatever Happened to Morris Perlmutter?
May 4, 1983 · 60 min
An old lady is shot and killed by a burglar in her own home. When he arrives Quincy recognizes her as being one half of a couple of entertainers he saw in his youth. He remembers r
The Cutting Edge
May 11, 1983 · 60 min
Kenny Kelso, a young father, is seriously injured in a work accident and loses his arm. His arm is found and the paramedics take both him and his limb to a new place, Experiment Ho