| Quincy, M.E. | |
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| Season 7 | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | October 28, 1981 – May 12, 1982 |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes for the seventh season (1981–82) of the NBC television series Quincy, M.E..
The opening theme is once again rearranged to sound similar to Season 5's opening, and the role is now shown with the regular cast credits (e.g., Garry Walberg as Lt. Monahan and John S. Ragin as Astin)
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See also: List of Quincy, M.E. episodes |
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 101 | 1 | "Memories of Allison" | Georg Fenady | Sam Egan | October 28, 1981 | |
| A woman fleeing from an unknown person falls down an escalator at a high school job fair and suffers from amnesia, which prevents Quincy from determining who was chasing her and why someone wants her dead. | ||||||
| 102 | 2 | "The Golden Hour" | Georg Fenady | Sebastian Milito, Deborah Klugman | November 4, 1981 | |
| A father and daughter injured in a car accident have very different outcomes; the father survived serious injuries at a trauma center and the daughter died from less serious ones at a closer, but non-trauma, emergency room. When hearing the trauma center may have to close due to red ink, Quincy spurs into action to stop the closing and prove the need for more trauma centers. | ||||||
| 103 | 3 | "Slow Boat to Madness: Part 1" | Daniel Haller | Sam Egan, Marc Scott Taylor | November 11, 1981 | |
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Quincy and Dr. Janet Carlyle (Diana Muldaur, reprising her role from Season 5's "Deadly Arena") go on a cruise to Tahiti, but the vacation proves to be anything but relaxing as the coroner gets involved in a murder investigation that leads to the discovery of a potentially deadly disease on board. Mimi Rogers guest stars. | ||||||
| 104 | 4 | "Slow Boat to Madness: Part 2" | Daniel Haller | Sam Egan, Marc Scott Taylor | November 18, 1981 | |
| While Quincy and Dr. Janet Carlyle (Diana Muldaur) work to discover the root cause of the illness that has infected their cruise ship, Sam & Mark land on an island to rescue a couple who swam to shore from the island's military installation. | ||||||
| 105 | 5 | "D.U.I." | Georg Fenady | Michael Braverman | December 2, 1981 | |
| In an episode that exposes the weakness in DUI laws in the early 1980s, a prominent lawyer (with a blood-alcohol level of 0.21) hits and kills a pedestrian, and when Quincy discovers the driver will only receive probation and a small fine, the coroner is determined to change the law, but later changes gears when his investigation veers from DUI to murder. | ||||||
| 106 | 6 | "For Want of a Horse" | Ray Danton | Jeri Taylor | December 9, 1981 | |
| The landowner of an equine therapy ranch for handicapped children is murdered by the landowner's nephew, but the murder is observed by a mute child who works at the ranch, and the nephew plots to eliminate the witness. Meanwhile, Dr. Astin's foster son (in a wheelchair after an auto accident that killed his parents) is having trouble adjusting to his new life until the boy is sent to the ranch. | ||||||
| 107 | 7 | "Gentle Into That Good Night" | David Moessinger | Jeri Taylor | December 16, 1981 | |
| Searching for a way to improve the way he interacts with grief-stricken family members, Quincy seeks advice from Dr. Pendleton (Michael Constantine), a psychiatrist who counsels people with terminal illnesses, and is put to the test when he has to assist a dying cancer patient (Tyne Daly) whose husband is resisting her efforts to die peacefully. | ||||||
| 108 | 8 | "Dead Stop" | Ray Danton | Linda Cowgill | December 23, 1981 | |
| A truck driver moonlighting in illegally dumping phosphorus trichloride dies after coming in contact with the toxic waste, and Quincy must race to determine where the chemical is dumped before the rains come, and the waste turns into deadly hydrogen chloride gas. | ||||||
| 109 | 9 | "Bitter Pill" | Georg Fenady | Sam Egan, David Chomsky | January 2, 1982 | |
| The death of a teen-aged basketball player from so-called "look-alike" pep pills (made from OTC ingredients) drives Quincy to organize community action to close a store that sells the highly dangerous, but legal, pills. | ||||||
| 110 | 10 | "Guns Don't Die" | Bob Bender | Jeri Taylor | January 13, 1982 | |
| A mysterious "Saturday night special" gun is responsible for the deaths of a man, a young boy, and a cop, and Quincy is determined to find the gun to stop the carnage; in a twist ending the stolen gun is returned to its owner but the weapon accidentally causes the death of a young child.[1] | ||||||
| 111 | 11 | "When Luck Ran Out" | Georg Fenady | Paul Haggard Jr., Jo Lynne Michael | January 20, 1982 | |
| The death of a prized racehorse belonging to a friend of Quincy's puts the coroner at odds with his girlfriend, an insurance investigator assigned to determine if the horse's death was natural or part of a fraud scheme worth $2 million — and a dead horse vet also plays into the mix. | ||||||
| 112 | 12 | "Smoke Screen" | Georg Fenady | Michael McGreevey | January 27, 1982 | |
| After a deliberately set fire at a hotel kills 12 people (an event loosely based on the 1980 MGM Grand fire), Quincy's investigation of the deaths leads him to a group who tries to cure arsonists of their urge to set fires and an insurance investigator whom Quincy enlists to find the arsonist responsible. Gerald S. O'Loughlin guest stars. | ||||||
| 113 | 13 | "For Love of Joshua" | David Moessinger | Michael Braverman | February 3, 1982 | |
| A baby with Down's Syndrome is allowed to starve to death by a doctor (Allan Arbus) who feels Down's babies are a drain on medical, emotional, and financial resources, and another doctor (Colleen Dewhurst) feels the baby's intentional lack of treatment is grounds for murder. Quincy's investigation reveals how Down's children are treated in the world, and he visits a family (Tyne Daly and Clu Gulager) who care for six such children in their home. | ||||||
| 114 | 14 | "Into the Murdering Mind" | Georg Fenady | Michael Braverman Linda J. Cowgill | February 10, 1982 | |
| A young man diagnosed with schizophrenia brutally murders his father, brother, and sister, but Quincy feels the man is faking his mental illness to get away with murder and sets out to prove it. Conchata Ferrell guest stars as the young man's mother. | ||||||
| 115 | 15 | "To Clear the Air" | Lester Wm. Berke | Sam Egan | February 17, 1982 | |
| The death of an elderly man walking during a smog alert may be linked to emissions from oil refineries near the sanitarium where the man was staying, and Quincy works to prove the connection to force the refineries to cut back their emissions during periods of high smog. | ||||||
| 116 | 16 | "The Shadow of Death" | Georg Fenady | Jeri Taylor | February 24, 1982 | |
| A former nurse who served in the Vietnam War (and suffering from PTSD) is found dead. Her best friend, another Vietnam Vet nurse, is also suffering from the effects of PTSD, and Quincy works with her to find her friend's killer and to get her the help she needs to deal with the nightmares of her Vietnam experiences — while learning just how harshly Vietnam Vets were treated by the public and the government after the war ended. | ||||||
| 117 | 17 | "The Flight of the Nightingale" | William Cairncross | Gene Church, E. Paul Edwards | March 3, 1982 | |
| After a veteran nurse (Georgann Johnson) is accused of and suspended for administering medication without a doctor's order and resulting in the death of a patient, the rest of the nurses go on a sympathy strike to protest the treatment and low wages of the nursing staff. Meanwhile, Quincy and Astin work together to clear the nurse's name and end the strike, all the while dealing with Astin's wife undergoing surgery at the same hospital. David Ruprecht (Supermarket Sweep) guest stars. | ||||||
| 118 | 18 | "Stolen Tears" | Georg Fenady | Sam Egan | March 17, 1982 | |
| A Holocaust survivor is run down and killed after recognizing his Nazi tormentor, and his friend Hyam (Martin Balsam), who runs a Holocaust museum, tries to convince Quincy that the act was murder, all the while dealing with an influential Holocaust denier (Norman Lloyd). | ||||||
| 119 | 19 | "The Face of Fear" | Bob Bender | Michael Braverman | March 24, 1982 | |
| While walking her dog along the beach, a woman suffering from agoraphobia witnesses a murder, and Quincy must find her before her affliction forces her back into the solitude of her home that she had not left for seven years and thereby allowing the killer to go free. Dixie Carter and Jonathan Frakes guest star. | ||||||
| 120 | 20 | "Expert in Murder" | Michael J. Kane | Sam Egan, Marc Scott Taylor | March 31, 1982 | |
| The boss of a major crime family is to go on trial. Quincy and another witness are prepared to testify against him, but the witness is killed and Quincy's reputation is impugned to the point that, unless more evidence is unearthed, the boss will go free. | ||||||
| 121 | 21 | "The Unquiet Grave" | Georg Fenady | Jeri Taylor | April 7, 1982 | |
| A big-time politician (George Gaynes) is found dead in his home after hosting a party, and the investigation turns to the politician's wife (Ina Balin); she was once Quincy's college sweetheart, but he left her because he felt she was psychotic, and he fears she killed her husband to win Quincy back. | ||||||
| 122 | 22 | "The Last of Leadbottom" | Michael Braverman | Michael Braverman | April 28, 1982 | |
| Rear Admiral McKenzie, an old colleague of Quincy's, dies while opening a naval museum named after him. A simple autopsy causes confusion for Quincy and Astin when they encounter a naval commander desperately wanting to take possession of the body, three "Mrs. McKenzies," and the presence of a microchip in his stomach. Soon Quincy has his naval reserve status reactivated and finds himself involved in a cat and mouse game of espionage and counter espionage. | ||||||
| 123 | 23 | "Deadly Protection" | Paul Krasny | Michael McGreevey, Fred Long | May 5, 1982 | |
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A young girl is mauled by her family dog, and Quincy's investigation leads him to a trainer using extreme and abusive methods to train their protection dogs — and during the investigation adopts a dog. Frank Marth guest stars. | ||||||
| 124 | 24 | "The Mourning After" | Jeri Taylor | Sam Egan | May 12, 1982 | |
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The death of a college student during a hazing stunt leads Quincy to a fraternity who seem more interested in covering up what they did than cooperating, and the revelation that, most likely, none of them will go to jail for the death. Meanwhile, the deceased's family are having trouble handling the enormity of the loss. Steve Antin guest stars. | ||||||