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The Best Episodes of Dr. G: Medical Examiner

Dr. G: Medical Examiner documents cases handled by deputy chief medical examiner Dr. Jan C. Garavaglia (aka Dr. G) of Florida's District Nine Medical Examiner's...

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  1. Background image for The Chain of Life and Death
    8.6/10(11 votes)

    #1 - The Chain of Life and Death

    S1:E5

    A 94-year-old woman dies in the hospital after having a convulsion. The case becomes the business of the medical examiner's office when no one will sign her death certificate. Dr. G finds no evidence of a heart attack or stroke. Could the woman's death be related to a childhood incident where she drank lie soap, or was it a complication of her recent hip surgery?A 24-year-old man falls off his bicycle onto the street and subsequently dies. He wasn't wearing a helmet, but a witness to the accident reported that the cyclist seemed to collapse before crashing. His mother says that prior to the accident, the man was acting as if he knew he was going die. Did he die from a head injury, was his death the result of his preexisting heart condition, or could he have been engaging in high risk behaviors that his family was unaware of?A 28-year-old stripper collapses in her home and refuses to go to the hospital. Later, she is found dead in bed. Her brother reveals that the woman used be a man, but recently had a sex change. Needle marks are found on her breasts, but no drugs are found in her system. Dr. G finds that silicone leaks from the puncture marks, but the woman had no breast implants. Had the woman been injecting her breasts with silicone, and did this somehow cause her death?

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  2. Background image for Who Is Watching the Children?
    8.5/10(13 votes)

    #2 - Who Is Watching the Children?

    S1:E6

    An infant and his two-year-old sister are found dead in a house shared by two families. At first, they are believed to have died from carbon monoxide poisoning or cold medicine overdoses. When Dr. G. examines the infant, she finds no apparent cause of death. However, when she examines the two-year-old, she finds teeth imprints on the insides of the child's mouth, indicating that someone had suffocated her. Since the girl's infant brother has no teeth, Dr. G assumes that he too was suffocated. After the police verify the alibis of all the adults living in the house, a 12-year-old girl from the other family living in the house becomes the prime suspect. At first she admits to committing the crime, but later denies it. The neighborhood is outraged that the police would accuse a child of murder, so the girl is sent to live with her grandparents. Not long after the girl moves in with her grandparents, the family dog is found dead. Dr. G must do an autopsy on the dog to find out whether it too has a been suffocated, and if that will be a significant piece of evidence in convincing a jury that the girl is guilty.A 25-year-old pregnant mother checks into a homeless shelter, and reports that she has ovarian cancer. A week later, she falls ill and dies on the way to the hospital. Dr. G first checks the woman's ovaries, but finds no evidence that the woman ever had ovarian cancer. The woman was overweight and had an enlarged heart, which meant that she was at risk of having high blood pressure and and developing blood clots. Were these risk factors what caused the young mother's untimely death?

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  3. Background image for Deadly Mistake
    8.4/10(9 votes)

    #3 - Deadly Mistake

    S8:E6

    A pregnant teen is admitted to a mental hospital after threatening suicide and is found dead two days later; did she kill herself? Dr. G also investigates a murder.

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  4. Background image for A Mother's Love
    8.3/10(14 votes)

    #4 - A Mother's Love

    S1:E9

    While in the process of adopting a five-week-old baby, a mother takes him to work with her. While there, the baby inexplicably obtains a skull fracture while unsupervised. Since the parents cannot provide an explanation as to how the injury occurred, the hospital must investigate for abuse. The baby is taken away from the parents and placed with a foster family. The family's lawyer asks Dr. G to review the evidence. Can Dr. G's professional opinion help reunite a family?Eleven months after becoming paralyzed in a car accident, a 36-year-old woman dies in the hospital. Doctors claim the cause of death was a bacterial infection, a complication from her injuries. The woman's mother strongly believes her daughter was poisoned by her husband while in the hospital. Will Dr. G's autopsy confirm the mother's suspicions, or prove that there was no foul play involved?

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    8.2/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Dangerous Games

    S4:E9

    A 12-year-old boy is found dead in his room with his karate belt wrapped around his neck. The boy had never exhibited suicidal tendencies, but he had been grounded on the weekend of his death for trying to skip school. Dr. G looks for evidence as to whether or not the boy's death was a suicide.A 55-year-old biochemist on sabbatical from Russia collapses and dies while eating lunch with colleagues. When the Russian Embassy and the FBI take interest in the man's death, Dr. G suspects that foul play may be involved.

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  6. Background image for Ashes to Ashes
    8.1/10(8 votes)

    #6 - Ashes to Ashes

    S1:E10

    On a rural Texas highway, a fire is discovered in which three bodies have been burnt beyond recognition. Dr. G finds bullets in all three bodies, and determines that they were all fatally shot before being set on fire. Working together with the Texas Rangers, she must identify the victims and help to find who killed them.A 55-year-old man is dies while on a city bus. No one saw him die, so he is sent to the morgue for an autopsy. With no medical records available, Dr. G must consider all possibilities as she looks for the cause of death.

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    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #7 - Fighting for the Truth

    S1:E11

    An employee is found dead in a restaurant kitchen. Clues found near the body include an empty cash register, a knife, a phone ripped off the wall, and a trail of blood splotches leading to a vandalized car in the parking lot. The man was well known for starting brawls, and alcohol and drug abuse. There are many possibilities as to how the man could have died, so Dr. G must do an autopsy to find exactly who or what killed him.A man dies in the hospital after taking a dangerously high amount of acetaminophen, an over-the-counter pain medication. Before dying, the man claimed that the overdose was a suicide attempt. Normally, acetaminophen overdoses do not result in death. Dr. G works to find evidence to indicate whether this was really a suicide attempt or if the man accidentally killed himself in a scam for medical attention.

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  9. Background image for Dark Waters
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #8 - Dark Waters

    S1:E7

    A decomposing body is found in a pond, and a tent is found in the nearby woods. Dr. G performs the autopsy in the morgue's decomposition room, but finds few clues other than fingerprints, and mouthwash in the stomach. A wallet containing identification is found in the tent, and the fingerprints confirm the identity of the victim. According to the 39-year-old man's friends, he had a drinking problem. Had the man been consuming mouthwash to get drunk, and did this play a role in his death?After a panicked babysitter's 911 call, a 17-month-old baby is found unconscious. The baby dies on the way to the hospital. Dr. G finds evidence that the baby was asphyxiated, and the babysitter claims that the child's neck was pinned between a bed frame and a playpen in a freak accident. Dr. G sends field investigators to the babysitter's house to re-create the incident so she can compare the babysitter's story to her autopsy findings. Will the re-creation confirm the babysitter's story, or will it indicate that she may be guilty of murder?A 52-year-old English tourist has a heated argument with his family and walks back to his hotel. On his way back, he collapses on the sidewalk. Dr. G's autopsy confirms that he died of a heart attack, but his family worries that the stress from the argument may have played a role in his death.

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  10. Background image for Deadly Circumstances
    8.0/10(7 votes)

    #9 - Deadly Circumstances

    S7:E5

    A 52-year-old man is found dead in a motel parking lot. The man was reportedly ill when he checked into the motel two days prior, but Dr. G is also on the lookout for signs of foul play. A 45-year-old father is found dead at the base of his attic ladder. The man had been renovating the attic, making heat stroke and power tool electrocution possibilities. It's up to Dr. Joshua Stephany, Dr. G's youngest medical examiner, to piece together the details of this perplexing case.

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  11. Background image for Twist of Fate
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #10 - Twist of Fate

    S4:E7

    A 75-year-old woman dies in the hospital four days after a minor car accident. The woman reported that she experienced severe pain in her neck, chest, and back just prior to crashing. Hospital tests do not find any apparent medical conditions or injuries that would have caused the woman to die. Dr. G searches for trauma and natural causes of death that the hospital may have missed.An 81-year-old man dies in the hospital while receiving medical tests to diagnose his abdominal pain. Although the man has an extensive medical history, there is no obvious cause of death. Dr. G does an autopsy to try and find a cause of death for the man's death certificate.

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  12. Background image for In the Dead of Night
    7.9/10(12 votes)

    #11 - In the Dead of Night

    S4:E10

    A 71-year-old man collapses at home and is dead on arrival at the hospital. The doctor at the hospital refuses to sign the death certificate due to no apparent cause of death, so the body is sent to the morgue for an autopsy. Dr. G first suspects a cardiac death, but then discovers that the man had a toe infection and was taking antibiotics that caused adverse side effects. Because of the man's complex medical history, Dr. G decides that an autopsy is necessary to determine the cause of death. A 25-year-old man is found dead in a motel room after a night of partying and heavy drinking with friends. The man had a history of unexplained grand mal seizures and was obese, but Dr. G suspects that the cause of death may be related to alcohol and/or cocaine use.

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  13. Background image for Desperate Measures
    7.9/10(11 votes)

    #12 - Desperate Measures

    S8:E2

    After a long battle with addiction, a woman falls ill and dies; did her drug abuse kill her? Plus, Dr G investigates the execution of a man in his home.

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  14. Background image for Fatal Feud
    7.9/10(9 votes)

    #13 - Fatal Feud

    S8:E4

    Natalie is found dead in her bed after a vicious row with her brother-in-law; did he kill her? Dr. G is also mystified by the death of a seemingly healthy teenager.

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  15. Background image for Hidden Killers
    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Hidden Killers

    S7:E2

    An 18-year-old seemingly healthy athlete dies two days after being hospitalized with back pain and a mysterious rash. Dr. G suspects an infection, and is concerned that this case may have public health implications. A 49-year-old woman is found dead on her couch, covered with blood from a head wound. Blood on the stone hearth of the fireplace suggests that woman struck her head. Did she simply fall, or was she assaulted? It's up to Dr. G to find out.

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  16. Background image for Life Interrupted
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #15 - Life Interrupted

    S4:E4

    A 19-year-old female private is abducted from an air force base. A retired military officer claims to have murdered the woman and leads police to her body. Dr. G must do an autopsy to determine whether the suspect is being truthful, or making a false confession to gain attention in a high profile case.A 79-year-old woman dies at home three days after undergoing knee replacement surgery. The woman seemed healthy just prior to her death. Dr. G must find out whether or not the woman died of complications from the surgery.

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  17. Background image for Deadly Holiday
    7.7/10(7 votes)

    #16 - Deadly Holiday

    S8:E3

    A disorientated 58-year-old man slips into a coma and dies; was he infected with rabies? Plus, Dr G investigates a peculiar and fatal case of choking.

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  18. Background image for Dying to be Young
    7.6/10(8 votes)

    #17 - Dying to be Young

    S1:E12

    A healthy 53-year-old woman is found dead in bed. After performing an autopsy and taking blood and tissue samples, Dr. G cannot find the cause of death. Through conversations with the woman's husband, Dr. G finds out that the woman was suffering from symptoms of a hormonal imbalance and taking over forty dietary supplements a day. Dr. G must find which, if any, of these supplements may have caused her death.After a night of drinking, a 60-year-old man leaves a friend's house on his bicycle and is later found dead in a ditch by the side of the road. It is up to Dr. G to find out whether he fell off his bike or died some other way.

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  19. Background image for Toxic Forces
    7.6/10(12 votes)

    #18 - Toxic Forces

    S4:E1

    A 25-year-old woman dies after breaking out in hives and becoming short of breath. The woman had been working with the Hurricane Katrina relief effort in Biloxi, Mississippi where she may have acquired an infectious disease. She also had a history of complications from insect bites. With a number of possibilities as to the cause of the woman’s mysterious illness, Dr. G must look inside the body to find the answers.A 35-year-old man is found dead by his partner just hours after threatening to commit suicide. With a history of suicide attempts, and a number of medications found at the scene, it appears that the man intentionally overdosed. Dr. G must examine the evidence from her autopsy and toxicology reports to determine whether or not the man took his own life.

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  20. Background image for Shock to the System
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #19 - Shock to the System

    S4:E8

    An anonymous tip leads to the discovery of the body of a 60-year-old man in a field. The man had a syringe in his hand and a straight razor was found under his body. The man took daily injections of insulin to treat his diabetes, but his body was found in a high crime neighborhood. Dr. G must find out whether the man's death was a homicide, suicide, accident, or natural death.A charred body is removed from the fiery wreckage of an 18-wheeler on the side of an Interstate highway. Dr. G must try to identify the driver, and find out what caused him to crash.

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  21. Background image for Once Bitten
    7.6/10(10 votes)

    #20 - Once Bitten

    S4:E13

    A 34-year-old man dies while on a business trip to Orlando. The man was an avid rugby player, athletic and presumed to be perfectly healthy. Two days before his death, he developed severe back pain. The man's wife reports she and her husband both received spider bites a few weeks prior, but Dr. G discovers that what the doctors thought were spider bites may have been something far more life-threatening.A 41-year-old father from California dies in a hotel room while vacationing in Orlando with his family. Earlier that day, the man had fallen ill on an amusement park ride on which two other people had previously died. Not only must Dr. G find the cause of death, she must also find out whether the man's death was linked to the amusement park ride.

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  22. Background image for Hit and Run
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #21 - Hit and Run

    S1:E2

    Dr. G preforms an autopsy on an alleged hit-and-run victim found in a parking lot, but finds no evidence of vehicular injury on the 41-year-old man's body. Could his alcoholism have had a role in his death?Dr. G investigates the death of a an 88-year-old woman found dead at the bottom of staircase outside her apartment building. Head trauma indicates that woman did not die of natural causes. Did she accidentally fall down the stairs or was she attacked?A man with a genetic disorder dies from a brain tumor at his 35th birthday party. His mother, who has another son with the same disorder, requests an autopsy to find out whether the tumor was linked to the genetic disorder. If so, is the brother of the victim at risk of dying in the same manner?

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  23. Background image for Deadly Doses
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #22 - Deadly Doses

    S4:E6

    A 36-year-old woman experiencing inexplicable itching all over her body overdoses on antihistamines. The woman appears to be fine for a time at the hospital, but then she goes into cardiac arrest and dies. Dr. G discovers from the woman's medical history that the woman had lupus, an autoimmune disease. Dr. G tries to find out whether the overdose caused the woman's death, or if the woman died of a complication of her condition.A 50-year-old woman collapses at home and dies in the hospital. The woman had been experiencing chronic pain for years due to injuries received in a car accident. The woman experienced depression due to the pain, making suicide a possible cause of death. It's up to Dr. G to find out if the woman took her life, accidentally overdosed on her pain medication, or died in some other way.

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    7.5/10(7 votes)

    #23 - Fatal Encounters

    S7:E6

    A 25-year-old man falls ill soon after arriving in Orlando by plane, and his condition rapidly declines in the hospital. The man abruptly develops mysterious skin lesions, and dies within 18 hours. Fearing a public health emergency, the hospital calls Dr. G and requests an autopsy. A 49-year-old man answers a knock at his back door and is shot multiple times. With few clues as to the killer's identity, police launch a full-scale investigation as Dr. G searches the body for evidence.

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  25. Background image for A Cry for Help
    7.4/10(9 votes)

    #24 - A Cry for Help

    S1:E8

    Police patrolling the night streets hear gunshots and head to the scene. They find a nude middle-aged man in parking lot lying face down in a puddle of blood. When the body reaches the morgue, Dr. G cannot find a bullet wound. When the police search the man's apartment, they find tissues soaked with blood. Could the man have coincidently died from a medical condition at the same time that unrelated gunshots were fired nearby?A 54-year-old theme park security guard calls his girlfriend from his cellular phone. His speech is slurred, and he says he is in trouble, but he cannot tell her what is wrong. Hours later, he is found dead in his car in the parking lot of the theme park where he works. The man had a history of heart trouble. Did he suffer a heart attack, or was he killed by something or someone else?While being visited by her siblings from New York, a woman finds her 31-year-old brother dead in bed. The man suffered from epilepsy, and traces of cocaine were also found in his bedroom. Did he suffer a fatal seizure, or was his death drug-related?

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    7.4/10(8 votes)

    #25 - Twin Terror

    S4:E11

    A mother finds one of her infant twin daughters dead in its crib. Dr. Joshua Stephany, Dr. G's newest medical examiner, must autopsy the baby to find the cause of death, and to see if the surviving twin is at risk of dying in the same manner.A 60-year-old man is found dead in bed by his wife. At first there is no apparent cause of death, but Dr. G finds a hernia during the external exam. When Dr. G looks inside the body, she discovers that the man was not as healthy as originally thought.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Chain of Life and Death" is the best rated episode of "Dr. G: Medical Examiner". It scored 8.6/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/29/2004. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Who Is Watching the Children?".