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The Best Episodes of Strong Medicine Season 2

Every episode of Strong Medicine Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Strong Medicine Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 1 - Donors
    6.6/10(24 votes)

    #1 - Donors

    S2:E1

    The second season begins with Dana and Lu at odds over the fate of a dead college student's fertilized eggs. The day is further complicated by the arrival of Peter's mother, who clings to the idea that her heterosexual son is gay. Elsewhere, a dying patient and her husband wait impatiently for a donor heart and Nick's appointment to the ER staff is in doubt.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 2 - Adverse Reactions
    6.9/10(23 votes)

    #2 - Adverse Reactions

    S2:E2

    After denying employment to a candidate who is both overqualified and overweight, Robert faces off against a civil-rights lawyer famous for her plus-size clientele. Elsewhere, Dana comes under fire from the Army when she diagnoses a 14-year veteran with Gulf War Syndrome. Lana cares for the newborn son of a neighborhood streetwalker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 3 - Gray Matter
    7.4/10(21 votes)

    #3 - Gray Matter

    S2:E3

    Dana's bedside manner is put to the ultimate test when a former high-school rival comes to her for treatment. A nurse considers suing the hospital after she tests positive for the HIV virus following an incident in the ER.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Yahlin Chang

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

    #4 - 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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  5. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 5 - Attachments
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Attachments

    S2:E5

    The parents of conjoined twins refuse to have them surgically separated, even though that means they may both die. Lu suspects a leukemia patient may have attempted suicide by starting a fire. Peter is concerned about a patient with a severe rash on her arm and suspects it to be the some kind of virus. Dr. Jackson feels that Rittenhouse needs a good safety & emergency plan and he puts Lana in charge of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #6 - 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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  7. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 7 - Impaired
    7.2/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Impaired

    S2:E7

    An Alzheimer's patient attempts to maintain custody of her 15-year-old son with Down syndrome, and a domestic diva puts the health of her unborn child at risk.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 8 - Rebirth
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 9 - Control Group
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #9 - Control Group

    S2:E9

    Robert's wife's battle with MS becomes more difficult, so he asks Dana to try a new experimental drug on her. Lu treats a young Korean woman for anorexia.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 10 - Zol Zein Gezint
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    #10 - Zol Zein Gezint

    S2:E10

    A patient of Dana's gives birth to twins — one baby is black, the other is white. And Lu suspects that a woman with chronic back pain is addicted to prescription drugs.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writer:Yahlin Chang

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  11. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 11 - Systemic
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Systemic

    S2:E11

    Dana debates whether she should risk her relationship with Nick to comfort a terminally ill flame from her past, while Lu faces off against a Philly police officer who mistook a diabetic for a drunk driver.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 12 - Accidents
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    #12 - Accidents

    S2:E12

    Dana waits for Nick to decide when they will get married, and treats a figure skater who's determined to compete in the Olympics despite being diagnosed with osteoporosis. Elsewhere, Lu takes an instant dislike to her son's new girlfriend's father (Don Michael Paul). Lana looks forward to graduating from high school. Peter finds his new romantic relationship to be fleeting.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 13 - Silent Epidemic
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #13 - Silent Epidemic

    S2:E13

    Dana suspects an Amish woman is infected with mad-cow disease; and Lu treats Lana for a sexual dysfunction stemming from her days as a prostitute.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 14 - Hot Flash
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #14 - Hot Flash

    S2:E14

    A pregnant and very ill pro-life politician has her principles put to the ultimate test when the only treatment that will save her life will result in losing her baby. Meanwhile, a patient of Lu's who is trying to pass herself off as a much younger woman is hampered by the inconvenient arrival of menopause.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 15 - Bloodwork
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    #15 - Bloodwork

    S2:E15

    Dana counsels a woman and her emotionally distant son, who are both being treated for lead poisoning. Also, Lu goes to bat for a stenographer with carpal-tunnel syndrome.

    Director:Steve Gomer
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 16 - Black 'n' Flu
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    #16 - Black 'n' Flu

    S2:E16

    Lu's return to her college alma mater is marred by an outbreak of meningitis. At the clinic, Dana develops symptoms suggesting she is pregnant.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 17 - Precautions
    6.2/10(42 votes)

    #17 - Precautions

    S2:E17

    Dana is troubled when a patient requests new breast implants immediately after her first ones rupture. Elsewhere, Lu fears for the life of a wanted criminal's sickly newborn.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 18 - Shock
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #18 - Shock

    S2:E18

    Striking nurses send the hospital into chaos, forcing Dana to withhold an experimental treatment for a dying baby. Also, an abused patient of Lu's is turned away.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 19 - Type and Cross
    7.5/10(16 votes)

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

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

    #21 - 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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  22. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 22 - Recovery Time
    7.3/10(24 votes)

    #22 - Recovery Time

    S2:E22

    Lu tries to cope with the aftershocks of her rape, she finds her life spinning out of control. Her rage causes Robert to dismiss her from Rittenhouse, and at home her son Marc barely recognizes her. Meanwhile, one of Dana's patients agonizes over whether to continue with in vitro fertilization, which will likely hasten the progress of her deadly disease, LAM.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Donors" is the best rated episode of "Strong Medicine" season 2. It scored 6.6/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by Joe Napolitano and written by Unknown, it aired on 7/15/2001. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Adverse Reactions".