# Quincy, M.E. season 5

This is a list of episodes for the fifth season (1979–80) of the NBC television series Quincy, M.E..
In this season, Donald Bellisario and R. A. Cinader take over as executive producers, and the opening theme is slightly rearranged.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
| 61 | 1 | "No Way to Treat a Flower" | Ray Danton | Jeff Freilich & Christopher Trumbo | September 20, 1979 (1979-09-20) |
| When a young girl and her boyfriend die after smoking marijuana mixed with Colchicine, Quincy works to get the deadly poison off the market while the police and Sam try to stop others from smoking the deadly combination. ||||||
| 62 | 2 | "Dead Last" | Ray Danton | W.T. Zacha & E. Nick Alexander | September 27, 1979 (1979-09-27) |
| Quincy overhears two jockeys arguing at a racetrack and later they both end up dead, each at the supposed hooves of horses... were they killed by horses gone wild or by humans? ||||||
| 63 | 3 | "By the Death of a Child" | Alan Cooke | Robert Crais | October 4, 1979 (1979-10-04) |
| Quincy and Sam are sent to a Latin American country to determine the cause of the deaths of numerous babies, which may require use of an experimental drug to save them, all while trying to walk a diplomatic tightrope. Ina Balin and David Opatoshu guest star. ||||||
| 64 | 4 | "Never a Child" | Ray Danton | Sam Egan | October 11, 1979 (1979-10-11) |
| Quincy's investigation of an alleged suicide by jumping leads the coroner into the murky world of child pornography, where he tries to save another girl from the clutches of a porn producer. ||||||
| 65 | 5 | "Hot Ice" | Ray Danton | S : Ralph Wallace Davenport; T : Robert Crais | October 18, 1979 (1979-10-18) |
| The discovery of $2,000,000 worth of diamonds inside a dead body sends Quincy to Las Vegas for two reasons: To judge a "Miss Coroner" beauty pageant and going undercover to make contact with a group of diamond smugglers. Elaine Giftos, John Karlen, Elsa Raven, and David Sheiner guest star. ||||||
| 66 | 6 | "Sweet Land of Liberty" | Robert Loggia | Erich Collier | October 25, 1979 (1979-10-25) |
| Sam's friend, a former Army soldier, suddenly turns violent, kills a policeman, then takes his own life in jail, and it's up to Quincy to help his assistant determine the reason for his friend's sudden change and to clear his name. ||||||
| 67 | 7 | "Mode of Death" | Rod Holcomb | S : Deborah Klugman; T : Steve Greenberg & Aubrey Solomon | November 1, 1979 (1979-11-01) |
| While researching the alleged suicide of an evangelist whose church is under investigation, Quincy uses his forensic skills in addition to a psychological autopsy to establish if the cause of death was suicide, accidental death, or murder. ||||||
| 68 | 8 | "Nowhere to Run" | Jeffrey Hayden | Linda Elstad & Sam Egan | November 8, 1979 (1979-11-08) |
| Quincy investigates what appears to be an open-and-shut case of a teenage boyfriend pushing his pregnant girlfriend off a cliff to her death, but his investigation points toward a dark secret in the girl's highly respected family. ||||||
| 69 | 9 | "The Money Plague" | Rod Holcomb | S : Allan Cole & Chris Bunch; T : Sam Egan | November 15, 1979 (1979-11-15) |
| In a story drawn from the 1971 D. B. Cooper hijacking, a park ranger finds a skyjacker's skeleton in a forest, but he also finds (and dies from) anthrax spores, and it's up to Quincy and Sam to locate the hijacker's accomplice and the contaminated ransom money before it causes an international anthrax epidemic. ||||||
| 70 | 10 | "For the Benefit of My Patients" | Jeremiah Morris | S : Phillip Edelman; S/T : Erich Collier | November 22, 1979 (1979-11-22) |
| Quincy takes on a private hospital's uncompromising policy of "pay before stay" when two lower-income patients die when being transferred to a public facility for failing to pay upfront. ||||||
| 71 | 11 | "Murder by S.O.P." | Paul Krasny | Robert Crais | November 29, 1979 (1979-11-29) |
| Quincy's investigation into a deadly fire in a small-town jail which killed four prisoners turns into homicide when one of the victims was stabbed and the town's doctor is killed in a car "accident" after getting too close to identifying the killer. ||||||
| 72 | 12 | "Honor Thy Elders" | Ray Danton | Sam Egan | January 10, 1980 (1980-01-10) |
| In an episode that delves into the subject of elder abuse, Quincy finds the suicide of an elderly man and the falling death of an elderly woman both resulted from the cruel abuse of their family members, and after visiting a senior center, he learns the abuse is far more widespread than he originally thought. Julie Adams, Susan French, and Estelle Winwood guest star. ||||||
| 73 | 13 | "Diplomatic Immunity" | Ray Danton | Steve Greenberg & Gregory Crossman | January 17, 1980 (1980-01-17) |
| Quincy must determine the cause of death for several members of a Latin American dictator's staff before the dictator undergoes a life-saving operation amid protests and assassination threats. ||||||
| 74 | 14 | "Riot" | Rod Holcomb | Allan Cole & Chris Bunch | January 31, 1980 (1980-01-31) |
| The death of a prison inmate, allegedly at the hands of an overzealous guard, results in a prison riot, and Quincy must race to find the answers before Sam becomes the next victim. ||||||
| 75 | 15 | "Cover-up" | Paul Stanley | Michael Halperin | February 7, 1980 (1980-02-07) |
| The death of a heart attack victim caused by an inexperienced emergency room physician results in a nurse (and friend of Quincy) bringing charges of a cover-up by the clinic's staff. ||||||
| 76 | 16 | "Unhappy Hour" | Ray Danton | Sam Egan | February 14, 1980 (1980-02-14) |
| The tragedy of teenage alcohol abuse and DUI is explored as Dr. Astin's niece is involved in an auto accident that takes the life of her boyfriend. Quincy has to determine if she was the driver and guilty of manslaughter. Lonny Chapman and Madlyn Rhue guest star. ||||||
| 77 | 17 | "The Winning Edge" | Georg Fenady | William Cairncross & Lester William Berke | February 21, 1980 (1980-02-21) |
| A young gymnast dies suddenly during practice. After an autopsy finds amphetamines in her body, Quincy has to break through a wall of lies from her coach and teammates to uncover the truth. ||||||
| 78 | 18 | "New Blood" | John Peyser | Jeri Taylor | February 28, 1980 (1980-02-28) |
| While Quincy is on a "forced vacation", a young fill-in, Dr. McCracken (Beverly Adams) is tasked with a politically-sensitive autopsy on a dead city councilman, and when Quincy returns, she resents his involvement before joining forces to find the killer. Jane Wyatt guest stars; Dennis Haysbert appears in a small role as a lab assistant. ||||||
| 79 | 19 | "T.K.O." | Lawrence Doheny | S : Deborah Klugman; S/T : Sam Egan | March 13, 1980 (1980-03-13) |
| Quincy determines the deaths of a newly-crowned boxing champion and Danny's chef, Alfredo, are connected to an incompetent surgeon whose facilities lack reliable life-saving equipment and are too remote to an emergency facility. Quincy finds the laws are non-existent in regulating such facilities. ||||||
| 80 | 20 | "The Final Gift" | Georg Fenady | T : R. A. Cinader; S/T : Marjorie Worcester | March 20, 1980 (1980-03-20) |
| Two of Quincy's old Korean War Buddies, Max and Charlie, are involved in a small plane crash. When Max dies after a blood transfusion from Charlie, Quincy discovers arsenic in Max's blood, and needs to determine if Charlie or someone else may be responsible. ||||||
| 81 | 21 | "Deadly Arena" | Jeffrey Hayden | S : R. A. Cinader; S/T : Sam Egan | March 27, 1980 (1980-03-27) |
| Quincy teams up with Health Department investigator Dr. Janet Carlyle (Diana Muldaur) to try to stop a World Cup Soccer title game due to an outbreak of botulism that has killed three people and may sicken more than 90,000 soccer fans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. ||||||
| 82 | 22 | "No Way to Treat a Patient" | Georg Fenady | R. A. Cinader | April 30, 1980 (1980-04-30) |
| A gunshot victim from a professional hit arrives at an emergency clinic, then dies during transport to a hospital from a second (undetected) gunshot wound. Quincy must decide if a young doctor missed the second wound or if it was the finish of a hit job. Ana Alicia and A Martinez guest star. ||||||