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The Best Episodes of Strong Medicine

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The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 8 - Bleeding Heart
    9.8/10(10 votes)

    #1 - Bleeding Heart

    S5:E8

    Dr. Campbell is asked to write an endorsement for a new book about female heart health written by a friend and patient. After the author dies of a heart attack, her husband refuses to publically announce her cause of death because he fears it would hurt sales of the book even though her diet had nothing to do with her death (she had heart disease). Lu is shocked when three high school girls come into the ER with similar and shocking symptoms that point towards poisoning.

    Director:Philip Casnoff
    Writer:Laura Wolner

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  2. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 19 - Intensive Care
    9.5/10(14 votes)

    #2 - Intensive Care

    S3:E19

    Dr. Campbell's husband hits her and she kicks him out of their house.

    Director:Jan Eliasberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 1 - The Hero Heart
    9.5/10(11 votes)

    #3 - The Hero Heart

    S4:E1

    In a surprise twist following the suspenseful season finale cliffhanger, Mickey jumped in front of Lu and took the bullet for her; saving her life. Lu quickly rushes him to the hospital but little can be done to save his life besides putting him on a respiratory machine. Andy and Bob try to convince Lu to take him off the respirator. While Lu deals with the emotional trauma of Mickey's death, Andy tries to perform an experimental procedure on a baby in a bubble but is interrupted by Bob with news that the FDA has un-approved the procedure. Meanwhile Andy gets herself into a bureaucritical battle when she tries to get a patient who has no health insurance a free heart transplant. Also, Andy must tell Lizzy and Jesse that she and Les are getting a divorce and that he is moving across the country.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 4 - Rash Decisions
    9.5/10(12 votes)

    #4 - Rash Decisions

    S4:E4

    Andy finds out that a TV chef has leperachy when she develops a rash. Lu must decide between avenging Mickey's death and her own beliefs about the death penalty and honesty when she is asked to testify in the defense of his murderer who clearly is mentally unstable. Lu also is shocked when she discovers her neighbor's body and corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 8 - Temperature's Rising
    9.5/10(12 votes)

    #5 - Temperature's Rising

    S4:E8

    As a heat wave hits Philadelphia, Andy & the staff will need to get used to its disaster plan to cope with heat wave. Claire a patient of Dr. Campbell is told she will develop Alzheimer's disease within 10 years, she also wants to have a baby. Andy & tells her kids about Dr. Morton, her kids question why she can't make time for kids. Clare worries that her kids might have the gene PGD (the gene that leads to finding Alzheimer's early.) A young girl with Down's Syndrome tells Lu she shot a girl to get in a gang. The mother later tells Lu that she had her 16 year old (with Downs Syndrome) confess to the crime to protect her sister who actually committed the crime.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Laura Wolner

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  6. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 18 - Ears, Ho's and Threat
    9.5/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Ears, Ho's and Threat

    S4:E18

    An Indian heiress with a deformity turns to Andy for treatment so that her parents can arrange a marriage for her. Things get complicated when the woman realizes that she will lose the freedoms she has been afforded because of her imperfection. Also, Lu helps an older woman with Alzheimer's use her past for her own benefit. Meanwhile, Andy counsels a young woman who is seeking ""revirginization"" surgery.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 13 - Body Mass Increase
    9.5/10(12 votes)

    #7 - Body Mass Increase

    S5:E13

    Lana bets her pink feather pen that she'll sign up more people than a friend will for the Rittenhouse Breast Cancer Walk. She faces some difficulties, however, and goes to extreme measures to get people to sign up. Lu tells a teenaged patient that she is pregnant and she in turn tells Lu that Lu's son Marc is the father. In a shocking ending, the girl reveals a horrifying secret. Andy, meanwhile, takes action when Lizzy's friends receive ""fat letters"" and instead makes the school food healthier when Lizzy starts to severely diet.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:James Stanley

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  8. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 18 - My Sister, My Doctor, Myself
    9.5/10(13 votes)

    #8 - My Sister, My Doctor, Myself

    S6:E18

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 21 - Dr. Thornton Hears A Who?
    9.5/10(10 votes)

    #9 - Dr. Thornton Hears A Who?

    S6:E21

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 6 - Misdiagnosis Murder
    9.4/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Misdiagnosis Murder

    S4:E6

    Lu faces an ethical dilemma about her doctor/patient confidentiality when an abused, pregnant woman appears to be missing. Andy confronts a doctor whose chauvinism may have cost a patient her life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 20 - Baby BOOM!
    9.4/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Baby BOOM!

    S6:E20

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 21 - Wednesday Night Fever
    9.3/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Wednesday Night Fever

    S1:E21

    It's an all-nighter for Lu at Rittenhouse — and there's not a moment's rest. Robert's wife, Susan, is back in the hospital as her MS progresses. A baby is kidnapped — from a pregnant mother's womb. And Lana's blind date ends in the ER.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 4 - History
    9.3/10(19 votes)

    #13 - History

    S2:E4

    Lu travels to Puerto Rico, where her beloved grandmother urgently needs a bone-marrow transplant to survive. As the headstrong doctor copes with this life-or-death situation, she flashes back to her days as a resident, recalling her first meeting with Peter and Lana. Mary J. Blige guest stars as a moody blues singer named Simone.

    Director:Jesús Salvador Treviño
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 9 - Gunshot Wedding
    9.3/10(11 votes)

    #14 - Gunshot Wedding

    S6:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 19 - Type and Cross
    9.2/10(13 votes)

    #15 - Type and Cross

    S2:E19

    The Rittenhouse doctors cope with a blood shortage in Philadelphia. Dana helps a patient who unknowingly contracted hepatitis from her husband, and Lu deals with a family of illegal dog fighters who have Lyme disease.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 4 - Heartbeat
    9.2/10(17 votes)

    #16 - Heartbeat

    S3:E4

    A teenage cancer patient refuses to continue chemotherapy, Dana makes preparations for what she assumes will be her forthcoming pregnancy, and Lu finds herself in the middle when she suspects abuse in a family.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Sara B. Cooper

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  17. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 7 - Admissions
    9.2/10(17 votes)

    #17 - Admissions

    S3:E7

    Lu has plenty of opinions when it comes to deciding on Dana's replacement, but she soon learns that Dr. Robert Jackson, the chief of staff, has already hired someone for the position. Enter Dr. Andy Campbell, a former Army colonel who has returned to civilian life for the sole purpose of co-directing the Rittenhouse Women's Health Clinic. It's not long before tempers flare and Andy and Lu butt heads over a case involving a wealthy patient who needs a kidney transplant and a poor woman who sells her healthy organ for the money.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tammy Ader

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  18. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 10 - Bad Liver
    9.2/10(14 votes)

    #18 - Bad Liver

    S4:E10

    When Lu's (Rosa Blasi) patient receives a desperately needed transplant, Andy (Patricia Richardson) has designs on the discarded liver. Also, when one of Lu's patient's ex-con husband returns home after more than three years in prison, he may be suffering from more than depression. Meanwhile, Andy considers taking her relationship with Dr. Morton (Richard Biggs) to the next level while Lana's (Jenifer Lewis) life is turned upside down when someone from her past returns. Dr. Biancavilla (Brennan Elliott) faces a moral dilemma when a paramedic friend is pricked by an IV drug user's needle.

    Director:Philip Casnoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 16 - Graft
    9.2/10(19 votes)

    #19 - Graft

    S5:E16

    On a stormy Halloween night, a 7 year old girl suffers a serious burn while trick or treating and the only person who could possibly save her life by giving her a skin transplant is her twin sister. Lu must decide if it is ethical to ask the young girl to proceed with such a risky and painful procedure. Meanwhile, Lizzy and her friends witness a crime in the hospital morque while Peter and Lana get the hospital into the Halloween spirit.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 7 - Do No Harm
    9.1/10(24 votes)

    #20 - Do No Harm

    S1:E7

    After a councilwoman comes to the clinic to see Dr. Dana Stowe, Lu Delgado is trying to get gang members who are angry at the Councilwoman because they are unable to get insurance. The gang members continue arguing with the councilwoman who isn't interested in what they have to say. Seconds later an unknown gunmen began shooting at the clinic and Dana's patient is accidentally shot and is in need of immediate medical attention. The operation helps Dana's patient learn a valuable lesson. Also in this episode, Peter treats a woman who goes berserk at the shooting in the clinic. He later finds that she grew up in Cambodia during the war. But she may be suffering from more than pain from the memories.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 14 - Side Effects
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Side Effects

    S1:E14

    A mother- and father-to-be clash over whether or not to allow Dana to perform in utero surgery to correct a birth defect on their unborn son. Lu must decide whether or not to get involved when a woman she was treating for schizophrenia is charged with murder.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 8 - Rebirth
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    #22 - Rebirth

    S2:E8

    A woman hoping to form a maternal bond with her adopted teenage daughter ignores Dana's advice and proceeds with plans to re-create the child's birth. A second patient of Dana's seeks Lu's care after falling on hard times. Outside the hospital, Marc is caught cheating at school.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 21 - Trauma
    9.1/10(27 votes)

    #23 - Trauma

    S2:E21

    Lu copes with the trauma of being raped by devoting her thoughts to a patient who accidentally overdosed on over-the-counter cough medicine. Dana, meanwhile, grudgingly turns to Dr. Kilner for advice about a pregnant woman with colon cancer.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 3 - Heartbeats and Deadbeats
    9.1/10(10 votes)

    #24 - Heartbeats and Deadbeats

    S4:E3

    Andy and Milo treat a woman with an enlarged heart and conflict about what surgery to perform on her. Lu gets angry with Marc after he stays out until after midnight and insists that she babysit him until he is more responsible. Andy tells a sexually active elderly woman that she has HIV. Lu finds out about a terrible hospital error when trying to find a matching bone marrow for a young leukemia patient. Lana and Peter search the inner city for a woman whose aorta could burst at any time and face some frustrating difficulties.

    Director:Marita Grabiak
    Writer:Laura Wolner

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  25. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 3 - Omissions
    9.1/10(14 votes)

    #25 - Omissions

    S5:E3

    Dr. Campbell treats a patient for what she believes is alcoholism but she won't admit to her drinking problem. The patient's daughter goes to desperate measure to get her mom to stop drinking. Another of Andy's patients needs to get a kidney transplant but nobody in her family is a match. Tammy's mom then reveals a horrible secret that could save her daughter's life. Meanwhile, Lu, Lana, Peter, and Ben go out on the streets to find out what is threatening the lives of young infants.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Bleeding Heart" is the best rated episode of "Strong Medicine". It scored 9.8/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by Philip Casnoff and written by Laura Wolner, it aired on 8/8/2004. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Intensive Care".