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The Best Episodes of Quincy, M.E.

Every episode of Quincy, M.E. ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Quincy, M.E.!

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:NBC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

"Seldom Silent, Never Heard" is the best rated episode of "Quincy, M.E.". It scored 8.2/10 based on 125 votes. Directed by Jeffrey Hayden and written by Sam Egan, it aired on 3/4/1981. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Deadly Arena".

  • Seldom Silent, Never Heard
    8.2/10125 votes
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    #1 - Seldom Silent, Never Heard

    Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/1981

    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 Syndrome and the doctor wants to try and find out what causes it and how to cure it. This is the only way he can research it as the drug companies don't think they could make enough money to make it worth their while.

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Deadly Arena
    8.0/1095 votes
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    #2 - Deadly Arena

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/27/1980

    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 spectators come to watch and are put in jeopardy.

    Director: Jeffrey Hayden

    Writer: Sam Egan, Robert A. Cinader

  • Hot Ice
    7.9/1084 votes
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    #3 - Hot Ice

    Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/18/1979

    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 to a Las Vegas to judge a Miss Coroner Contest; they want him to take the couriers place. He has to deliver the diamonds to a known mobster, something he really, really does not want to do!

    Director: Ray Danton

    Writer: Robert Crais

  • Stain of Guilt
    7.9/1084 votes
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    #4 - Stain of Guilt

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 1/14/1981

    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 loose and that the woman in jail for the crime was innocent. He sets out to find the truth but is hampered by the reluctance of the woman convicted to get involved. She only has a few months now until her parole hearing and if she is still trying to prove her innocence she has no chance of getting out if Quincy fails to find the real killer.

    Director: Ray Danton

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Let Me Light the Way
    7.8/10127 votes
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    #5 - Let Me Light the Way

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 5/27/1977

    A suspected rapist seeks revenge on Quincy by attacking his friend

    Director: N/A

    Writer: David Moessinger

  • Double Death
    7.8/10106 votes
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    #6 - Double Death

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/3/1978

    A rushed autopsy by Dr. Asten places Quincy in a difficult position as he tries to clear his bosses' name.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: N/A

  • The Last Six Hours
    7.8/10106 votes
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    #7 - The Last Six Hours

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1978

    Finally getting to spend a bit of leave time with his latest flame, Barbara, Quincy heads off away from Los Angeles. They nearly get run off the road and then witness an accident. Quincy then finds himself in a life or death race to isolate a mysterious poison, found in the woman's body, that has already claimed two lives

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • No Way to Treat a Body
    7.8/10109 votes
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    #8 - No Way to Treat a Body

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1978

    Quincy's latest ladyfriend moves into a new apartment and accidentally discovers two mummified bodies. He finds himself up against a group of oddball residents when he tries to find out what is going on, who the bodies belong to and where they came from.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert Crais

  • The Depth of Beauty
    7.8/10109 votes
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    #9 - The Depth of Beauty

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/25/1979

    Quincy delves into the world of cosmetic surgery after he autopsies a woman who killed herself because she hated the scars a botched operation caused. He discovers that the plastic surgeon isn't in fact a qualified plastic surgeon, only a qualified MD. The law allows anyone who has qualified as a doctor to call himself any kind of specialist he likes.

    Director: Ray Danton

    Writer: Robert Crais

  • Murder by S.O.P.
    7.8/1077 votes
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    #10 - Murder by S.O.P.

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1979

    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 window. The Sheriff decides to put Quincy in jail for his own good. That night a fire starts in the cells and four men die. The towns' authorities call all the deaths accidental but Quincy, doing some of the autopsies to help the local Dr. is convinced that one of the victims was murdered.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Robert Crais

  • Jury Duty
    7.8/1094 votes
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    #11 - Jury Duty

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 2/18/1981

    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 without doing anything he is soon causing uproar in the court with his constant questioning and interrupting.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: N/A

  • Who Speaks for the Children?
    7.8/1089 votes
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    #12 - Who Speaks for the Children?

    Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/1981

    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 a child murderer. He is much more interested in the fact that the 'father' of Polly is in fact her stepfather, and has only been in the house for a couple of months. When the arrested suspects blood type doesn't match the blood found on the victioms clothing Donald Thompson, the stepfather, becomes an even more likely suspect. This is made even more likely when Alex and Quincy discover some disturbing things in Thompsons' background.

    Director: Georg Fenady

    Writer: N/A

  • For Love of Joshua
    7.8/1095 votes
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    #13 - For Love of Joshua

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1982

    A doctor persuades a couple that their new baby, which was born with Down's syndrome, will not have any life outside of hospitals and institutions. The child is then allowed to starve to death, something that causes a second doctor to ask for the original one to be charged with murder. Quincy investigates and finds out more about how children with Down's syndrome are treated in the world. To do this he visits a family that look after six children on their own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Expert in Murder
    7.8/1075 votes
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    #14 - Expert in Murder

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1982

    Quincy is going to be testifying in the appeal of a big mob boss, Victor Ramsay, and his evidence is vital to him staying in prison. Ramsay and his people have other ideas though and have a plan to guarantee his release. They kill the only witness and then set about making sure that Quincy is discredited. Once this is done Quincy and the D.A. have three weeks to come up with more evidence or Victor Ramsay will be released.

    Director: Michael J. Kane

    Writer: Sam Egan

  • Snake Eyes (1)
    7.7/10159 votes
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    #15 - Snake Eyes (1)

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/4/1977

    Quincy, Lee and Danny are all in Lake Tahoe together. Quincy is there for a forensic Pathologist convention and the others for a weekend break. While they are there the guests and staff start coming down with some kind of strange illness. Quincy and a couple of other Forensic Pathologists are called in to help but when some of the patients start dying they still have no clue as to what is killing them. To make things worse the casino owner does not want to admit that anything is wrong, as it will affect his bookings and profits.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joel Oliansky, Michael Sloan

  • Snake Eyes (2)
    7.7/10143 votes
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    #16 - Snake Eyes (2)

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/4/1977

    The disease continues to spread and the rest of the hotel/casino's guests want to know what is going on. They want to get out of the building but Quincy and his colleagues know that they have to keep the disease, and the guests, contained. If the disease gets out of the hotel it could cause an epidemic that could quickly spread all over the country!

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Joel Oliansky, Michael Sloan

  • Visitors in Paradise
    7.7/10165 votes
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    #17 - Visitors in Paradise

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 2/18/1977

    Quincy and Danny go on a fishing holiday to the beautiful lakeside town of Paradise, free from their troubles of restaurant managing and Dr. Asten. Almost as soon as they have started fishing a young woman pulls her boat alongside them and thanks Quincy for coming to investigate her mother's murder! Quincy has no idea what she is on about but is affected by her pleading and agrees to look into it.

    Director: Ivan Dixon

    Writer: Michael Sloan

  • No Deadly Secret
    7.7/10129 votes
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    #18 - No Deadly Secret

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1977

    At 4 am one morning Quincy is awoken by the arrival of a man at his boat. He is in a very bad shape and he dies before Quincy can do anything to save him. He takes him to the morgue and does an autopsy on him. The next morning Quincy is surprised to find that his results and slides have not turned up. When he goes to find out why he finds out that they are not all that is missing, so is the body! Without any proof of a body everyone thinks that he must have been mistaken, especially when Monaghan visits the man's workplace and finds him there!

    Director: Jackie Cooper

    Writer: N/A

  • Matters of Life and Death
    7.7/10110 votes
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    #19 - Matters of Life and Death

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/1978

    Quincy is asked to cover for a GP working in a small community north of Los Angeles. There he becomes involved in a case of medical negligence after the death of a local man.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ashes to Ashes
    7.7/1099 votes
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    #20 - Ashes to Ashes

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1978

    A young woman dies in a bar, apparently of a heart attack. After the autopsy Quincy is sure that something is not quite as it seems and soon discovers some unsettling facts about her husband.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Max Hodge

  • Requiem for the Living
    7.7/10119 votes
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    #21 - Requiem for the Living

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/10/1978

    While working late at the lab Quincy and Sam are taken hostage by syndicate chief Vincent DiNardi. He has been poisoned and wants the two medical examiners to find out how the toxin was administered. Once he knows that he can make sure arrangements are completed for his revenge before he dies.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Images
    7.7/10110 votes
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    #22 - Images

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1978

    A fire in a small motel room causes the death of the single woman occupying it. The evidence shows that the identity of the woman is Jessica Ross, the country's top newswoman. As Quincy begins a press conference confirming her death Jessica walks in through the door, declaring that the rumours of her death are unfounded. Quincy and Asten are shocked but soon Quincy doesn't believe that this woman is Ross, and that his original findings were correct. He thinks that the body was Jessica ross and this woman is an imposter.

    Director: Ray Danton

    Writer: N/A

  • Dead and Alive
    7.7/10106 votes
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    #23 - Dead and Alive

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1978

    An apparent murder victim becomes the object of Quincy's thorough investigation and identification when his mother and sister insist that he is still alive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Night to Raise the Dead
    7.7/10106 votes
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    #24 - A Night to Raise the Dead

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 12/7/1978

    After four nights of continuous rain a man finds a body by his car. It had been washed down the mountains and ended up in his front yard. Once Quincy has completed the autopsy he announces that the man died of typhoid, an extremely infectious disease. The man had been illegally buried in the cemetery at the top of the mountain very recently. Quincy wants the whole cemetery checked to see if there are more infectious bodies buried up there but he comes up against a barrel load of red tape trying to get this authorized.

    Director: Gene Nelson

    Writer: N/A

  • House of No Return
    7.7/1088 votes
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    #25 - House of No Return

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/1979

    Quincy investigates the death of a young man at a home for people who have comitted a crime but are considered mentally incapable and are therefore not sentenced to proper prison. His mother insists that he was forced to fight by the attendants, who run the place like prison warders, in a unofficial boxing contests against other inmates.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A