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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 6 - Relief
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #1 - Relief

    S2:E6

    Philadelphia baseball fans blame Dana when the home team loses a crucial playoff game. Lu cares for a piano prodigy with scleroderma, a potentially fatal disease that hardens the body's organs. Peter helps a retired research chimp find greener pastures.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 22 - Cutting The Cord
    8.1/10(38 votes)

    #2 - Cutting The Cord

    S5:E22

    Andy must face the questions of people opposed to her becoming Surgeon General while she struggles to get Senate confirmation. Lu's unique way of practicing medicine and their relationship challenge her chances. Kayla and Peter prepare for the next step in their relationship but struggle to find privacy. Lu reads something in a newspaper about Jonas that could change their relationship forever.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:James Stanley

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  3. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 22 - Special Delivery
    8.1/10(43 votes)

    #3 - Special Delivery

    S6:E22

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #4 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Dr. Lu Delgado is running out of money to run her free clinic by herself. When Lu goes to prestigious Rittenhouse Hospital to ask for assistance, famous O.B.G.Y.N./surgeon Dr. Dana Stowe blames Lu for ruining her breast cancer study to find a cure for cancer after Lu tells a woman her opinon about test studies. Dana later is asked by Chief of Staff Dr. Bob Jackson to tour Lu's clinic and see if the clinic should get funded by Rittenhouse . Dana tells one of her patients that she has ovarian cancer and that she will not be able to have any children even though she has the desire to. In the end, Dr. Lydia Emerson comes up with the perfect solution to Lu's problem.

    Director:Rob Lieberman
    Writer:Tammy Ader

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  5. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 20 - Rape Kit
    8.0/10(42 votes)

    #5 - Rape Kit

    S2:E20

    Lu is raped by Rittenhouse's star surgeon — but he insists that the sex was consensual. Meanwhile, Dana attempts to help a critically injured woman whose car crash may or may not have been an accident.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tammy Ader

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  6. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 17 - Seize the Day
    8.0/10(9 votes)

    #6 - Seize the Day

    S4:E17

    Lu deals with the schizophrenic mother who takes her five year old girl who suffers from epilepsy off of her medications in favor of a ""ketogenic diet"" which has stopped all the seizures. Additionally, Andy and Lu have a friendly competition when each one of their patients is studying for a spelling bee. Andy also has to adjust to spending her first Christmas holiday without the kids.

    Director:Philip Casnoff
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 4 - History
    7.9/10(25 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 21 - Trauma
    7.9/10(29 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 4 - Heartbeat
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 4 - Rash Decisions
    7.9/10(16 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 6 - Misdiagnosis Murder
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 14 - Selective Breeding
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Selective Breeding

    S5:E14

    Lu treats a young patient with Bi-Polar disease which causes her to act hazardously violent. Her mother must decide whether to keep her or give her up to a mental institution. Meanwhile, Andy helps a woman have an invitro fertilization. She uses new technology to help the couple have a boy because of a genetic female-only disease in the family but later a web of lies and deceivements is revealed. Peter gets jealous when Kayla dates a man he volunteers for at a zoo.

    Director:Craig Ross Jr.
    Writer:Laura Wolner

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  13. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 9 - Gunshot Wedding
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #13 - Gunshot Wedding

    S6:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 21 - Wednesday Night Fever
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 11 - Like Cures Like
    7.7/10(20 votes)

    #15 - Like Cures Like

    S5:E11

    A victim of a mysterious accident suffers severe brain damage. Kayla, Andy, and the head neurologist at Rittenhouse, along with his wife, must help him decide whether or not he should have an experimental and potentially life-threatening surgery that would place a chip in his brain. When he concentrated, the chip would put his thoughts on a computer screen. His wife worries that he will agree to do the surgery in the hope that he won't survive it. Peter treats a woman with allergies in a surprising way and has devastating results. After giving a patient of Lu's with a less than reputable job a ride home, Bob is in the doghouse and Lana teachs him a lesson he doesn't need to learn.

    Director:Fran Drescher
    Writer:Jordan Hawley

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  16. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 13 - Body Mass Increase
    7.7/10(15 votes)

    #16 - 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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  17. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 20 - Baby BOOM!
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #17 - Baby BOOM!

    S6:E20

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 15 - Blessed Events
    7.6/10(27 votes)

    #18 - Blessed Events

    S1:E15

    It's Christmas at Rittenhouse Hospital. A woman engaged to be married finds out she's pregnant — even though she's a virgin. Robert fires a kitchen employee, assuming her to be drunk on the job. Lu later diagnoses her with Lou Gehrig's disease. Lu's son Marc develops a crush on a runaway teen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 20 - Addicted to Love
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #19 - Addicted to Love

    S3:E20

    Andy Campbell's kids miss their dad and want to know when he is coming home. Dr. Campbell has a hard time telling the kids why there dad moved out. Les Campbell has a hard time watching his temper. Andy isn't sure Jesse & Lizzy should know.

    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 10 - Bad Liver
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 22 - Quarantine
    7.6/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Quarantine

    S4:E22

    Lu treats a patient who may SARS the doctors tell patents about SRS as they wait for the lab tests. Ben comforts a patient. Andy worries that she will lose Jesse if she moves to California.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 4 - Cape Cancer
    7.6/10(16 votes)

    #22 - Cape Cancer

    S5:E4

    Andy and Milo are invited to stay in a beachside cabin owned by a patient of Andy's in a beachside vacation community. The vacation gets interrupted when a young boy suddenly becomes very ill with similar symptoms to Andy's patient who has cancer. Andy is furthur shocked to learn that 9 other residents of the town have died from cancer.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 16 - Graft
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 7 - Do No Harm
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 11 - BRCA2
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #25 - BRCA2

    S1:E11

    Dana takes a leave from the clinic to help her mother through a double mastectomy. Lu's impromptu safe-sex speech at a prep school's career day puts her in the middle of a legal dispute over a date rape. Peter's ""alternative"" approach to pain management for a patient with Hodgkin's disease gets them both arrested. And Dana and Lu must each decide how much they want to know when they are both tested for the mutated BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that would reveal a predisposition to breast cancer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"Relief" is the best rated episode of "Strong Medicine". It scored 8.1/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Steve Gomer and written by Unknown, it aired on 8/19/2001. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Cutting The Cord".