Strong Medicine Lifetime (TV network) Schedule June 2, 2006 July 28, 2006

June 2
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "New Blood" 	Rick Schroder joins the cast as Dr. Dylan West. Rittenhouse Hospital is placed on emergency standby while the President is visiting Philly. Lu can't believe that Dr. Dylan was chosen as Andy's replacement. They bumped heads constantly back in med school. They're thrown together when a huge train wreck causes dozens of casualties. Lu and Dylan clash when they disagree about how to deal with the bipolar woman who caused the accident. Lu, still unsure about marrying Jonas, gets shot when she refuses to give up her ring in a late night mugging. Slowly bleeding to death, Dylan is able to save her with the blood on reserve for the President. With Andy in D.C., Kayla must find a place to live. Instead of compromising her stance on premarital cohabitation, she moves in with Lana. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry, Rosa Blasi, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Lori Loughlin   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
June 2
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "New Blood" 	
	 	
June 3
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "The Hero Heart" 	Lu's boyfriend's fate is revealed after being shot by one of her mentally unbalanced patients. Meanwhile, Andy struggles with the emotional trauma of separation from her abusive husband and the effects of this relationship on the delicate psyche of her daughter who has just had back surgery. The pressure is heightened when Andy attempts to help a heart transplant patient without insurance, as well as a couple who have never held their child who was born with an immune deficiency and lives in a bubble. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Rosa Blasi, Patricia Richardson   [CC] [TV-PG NONE]
June 3
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "The Hero Heart" 	
	 	
June 4
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Emergency Contacts" 	Lu must confront her rapist when he arrives in the Rittenhouse ER in need of life saving heart surgery. Andy and Lu's paths cross when a wealthy couple unable to conceive, use their resources to secure an unborn baby to adopt. Lana gets more than she bargained for when she signs up to be a Big Sister, and Peter develops feelings for a kidney dialysis patient. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Gregory Harrison   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 4
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Emergency Contacts" 	
	 	
June 4
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Heartbeats and Deadbeats" 	Lu tries to help a baby with leukemia in need of a bone marrow donor, but whose parents are mysteriously and impossibly, not a match. While Andy and Milo work closely together to save a woman suffering from an enlarged heart, Andy must also break shocking news to a sexually active older woman. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG D]
June 4
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Heartbeats and Deadbeats" 	
	 	
June 9
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Feeling No Pain" 	Dylan points to heroin use as the cause of a young affluent woman's mysterious collapse. He tracks down the dealer when believes there is more to the stories. His suspicion is confirmed when lab results reveal that the drug has been cut with a performance enhancer. Dylan aims to get this deadly mixture off the street. Lu is in the middle when a mom and the nanny install spyware to see if the other is causing the multiple bruises found on a one year old. Lu helps unite the women to provide around the clock care when she diagnoses a rare and deadly disease that leaves the child unresponsive to pain. Lana is thrilled about her degree in psychology. Lu and Dylan agree to let her run free clinic hours to deal with psychological aspects of women's health issues. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry, Lori Loughlin   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
June 9
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Feeling No Pain" 	
	 	
June 10
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Rash Decisions" 	Lu questions her own beliefs when confronted with a death penalty decision in the case of a woman who killed her boyfriend. Also, when her noisy neighbor winds up dead, Lu wonders if it is murder, or a medical mystery. Meanwhile, Andy helps a TV chef with a rash and struggles with the notion of post-divorce dating when Dr. Morton invites her to dinner. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 10
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Rash Decisions" 	
	 	
June 11
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Breathing Lessons" 	Lu investigates whether the recent bitter divorce of a young girl's parents is contributing to her mysterious respiratory illness. Nurse Riggs teaches a co-worker a tough lesson about his wife's pregnancy. While helping two daughters of a woman with Huntington's disease face a life-wrenching decision, Andy must also deal with the repercussions of Lizzy's attempt to bring her father back home. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DLS]
June 11
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Breathing Lessons" 	
	 	
June 11
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Misdiagnosis Murder" 	Lu must face an ethical dilemma about her doctor/patient confidentiality when a battered pregnant woman goes missing. While taking on a misogynistic doctor whose female patient is dying of a brain tumor, Andy must also deal with her youngest daughter's behavior in the aftermath of her divorce. Nick treats the crew of a cruise ship which comes down with an apparent virus. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 11
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Misdiagnosis Murder" 	
	 	
June 16
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Clinical Risk" 	Lu tries to help her patient's 11 year old son, whose behavior is getting him in trouble at school. When the boy attacks a teacher, he is shot with a taser gun resulting in cardiac arrest. Lu is enraged to find that there are no guidelines or restrictions for use of this weapon on a child. Lu discovers that his behavior is due to mercury poison. Dylan, who has an eye for gambling, takes a risk to treat a patient with a rare type of MS. Kayla contacts homeland security when a patient has been exposed to the deadly chemical ricin. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
June 16
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Clinical Risk" 	
	 	
June 17
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Bad Liver" 	When Lu's patient receives a desperately needed transplant, Andy 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 to the next level while Lana's life is turned upside down when someone from her past returns. Dr. Biancavilla faces a moral dilemma when a paramedic friend is pricked by and IV drug user's needle. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
June 17
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Bad Liver" 	
	 	
June 18
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Vaccinations" 	A smallpox vaccine for a hospital worker leads to life-threatening complications for her child. Also, Andy helps a premature baby unknowingly save the life of her mother. Lu teaches a chauvinist a lesson about consent. Andy and Milo's relationship begins to blossom. Peter and a speech specialist help out a troubled teenager with a stutter. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 18
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Vaccinations" 	
	 	
June 18
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Temperature's Rising" 	In the middle of a crushing heat wave, Andy and Milo stop a baby's heart in the fight to save its life. Andy also faces an ethical dilemma when a single woman with Alzheimer's seeks out her help to have a baby. Meanwhile, Lu fights to save a sixteen-year old girl who has been shot in a gang initiation, apparently by a girl with Down's Syndrome. Also, Andy is confronted with telling her daughters that she is dating. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 18
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Temperature's Rising" 	
	 	
June 23
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Differentials" 	Lu's patient, Davina, is devastated when her two children are afflicted with bilateral kidney failure after being exposed to e-coli. She's a match for both, but must choose as she cannot remove both of her own kidneys. When Davina, a trained firefighter, rescues several children from a collapsing building, the mother of one of the rescued kids donates a kidney so that both of Davina's kids can live. Dylan comes to the aide of his mentor and former biology professor from San Diego. The professor is not only fighting for her job as president of the university after remarks she made about women being inherently not suited to pursuits in science but is also fighting an unknown and debilitating neurological disorder. Needless to say, Lu and Dylan are at opposite ends of this argument. Lu does however defend her right to keep her job and encourages her to fight for it. Inspired by Lu, the university president does retain her position and offers Lu an honorary doctorate. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
June 23
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Differentials" 	
	 	
June 24
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Speculum for a Heavyweight"	Lu puts herself on the line when her patient Lyla, a local boxing champ, refuses to drop out of a big match after she receives a near-fatal blow to the head. Andy treats a patient for an ailment she received from her own mother, and discovers the possibility that she has passed it on to her still nursing child. Meanwhile, Lu also treats a woman who contracts syphilis from her husband who has just been released from jail. Andy tries to keep her composure under the emotional strain of her divorce as well as a personal health scare. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Laila Ali   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 24
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Speculum for a Heavyweight"	
	 	
June 25
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Maternal Mirrors" 	Tensions heat up between Andy and Lu when a patient of Andy's dies under questionable circumstances while in Lu's care. Meanwhile, Andy questions whether or not she can trust her daughter after discovering that Jesse was not where she said she'd be in the middle of the night. Also, Andy and Morton must try to save a woman's life with an experimental transplant involving the use of the heart of a baboon. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
June 25
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Maternal Mirrors" 	
	 	
June 25
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Jeaneology" 	Andy and Lu work together to solve a medical mystery when a socialite and a manicurist both appear to be suffering the effects of poison. Meanwhile, Lu helps a young woman decide whether to donate portions of her own liver to her alcoholic mother. Nick befriends an Amish teen who learns about the perils of city life. Shelley Long guest stars. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Shelley Long   [CC] [TV-PG L]
June 25
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Jeaneology" 	
	 	
June 30
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Dying Inside" 	Dylan is mystified when only three people at a prestigious prep school come down with Legionnaires' disease. Eventually he figures out their triangular relationship with all roads leading back to a motel. Lu takes on the prison system and a huge HMO when she does volunteer work for female prisoners and discovers that care and medications have been withheld while the HMO pockets the Federal funds. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DV]
June 30
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Dying Inside" 	
	 	
July 1
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Skin" 	After Andy saves the life of a gunshot-wound victim, she and Robert must decide whether to accept a donation to the health center from the patient's less-than-reputable father. Meanwhile, Lu helps a breast cancer survivor overcome her fears about body image and dating after a mastectomy. Also, while planning Jesse's Sweet Sixteen birthday party, Andy must come to grips with the impending financial limitations that her divorce will place on her family. When one of Andy's patients suffers from a heart attack, she and Lu disagree about the cause. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
July 1
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Skin" 	
	 	
July 2
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Love and Let Die" 	Lu helps a terminally ill patient's family deal with the complicated issues surrounding assisted suicide. Meanwhile, when Andy helps a young couple figure out why they are unable to conceive a child, she stumbles upon a cause that changes their lives forever. As Andy and Milo's relationship becomes serious, he invites her to dinner with his parents. However, Milo's mother Eve, is less than thrilled with Andy being the new woman in his life. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Diahann Carroll   [CC] [TV-PG L]
July 2
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Love and Let Die" 	
	 	
July 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Coming Clean" 	When Andy encounters a young woman with amnesia and her fiance, she must decide which secrets should remain untold. Meanwhile, when a pregnant patient refuses to stop using drugs, Lu faces an ethical dilemma and must decide whether to intervene. Also, Andy treats an unlikely drug addict-an elderly woman who is using a commonly prescribed medication. On a personal note, Lu teaches her son Marc and her childhood teacher some of life's lessons. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
July 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Coming Clean" 	
	 	
July 7
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "The Y Factor" 	Lu is caught in the middle when her patient's affair is revealed to the husband. When the couple's twins are born, one suffers from cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that neither the mother nor her husband carries. Lu helps the young family heal from this devastating double blow. Dylan struggles with the best way to help a young female high school place kicker when he learns that the she has been "juicing" to keep her place on the team. Once her father finds out, he makes things worse by forcing her off cold turkey causing her to attempt suicide. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
July 7
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "The Y Factor" 	
	 	
July 8
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Prescriptions" 	Lu is in conflict about whether to tell her patients about an experimental anti-smoking clinical trial that will pay them money, but could risk their health. Andy helps a patient who is an advice columnist weather the side effects of her by-pass surgery. With Andy and Milo's busy schedules, the couple is having trouble finding time to spend together alone. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
July 8
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Prescriptions" 	
	 	
July 9
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Seize the Day" 	Andy and Lu engage in a friendly competition when Andy's patient and the son of Lu's patient enter into an all-state spelling bee. Also, Lu tries to help a mother who suffers from schizophrenia keep custody of her epileptic daughter; and Andy must adjust to spending her first Christmas holiday without her daughters. Meanwhile, Nick brings holiday cheer back to the life of a John Doe; and, instead of playing Santa for the holidays, Peter and Lana play matchmakers. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
July 9
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Seize the Day" 	
	 	
July 9
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Ears, Ho's and Threat" 	Andy helps a young foreign princess fix a deformity that has prevented her parents from arranging her marriage. However, the princess begins to contemplate whether to try to regain the freedom that her deformity had previously afforded her. Also, a young bride pays Andy a visit to find out whether she can undergo surgery to become a virgin before her wedding day. Meanwhile, Lu treats an elderly woman who suffers from Alzheimer's and helps her find a way to use her tragic past to benefit others. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
July 9
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Ears, Ho's and Threat" 	
	 	
July 14
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Paternity Test" 	An old summer fling of Dylan's, along with her teenage daughter, arrives at the hospital very ill with a severe heart condition. Lu's patient is fished out of the river brain dead and her family decides to disconnect the respirator and donate her organs. But when the plug is pulled, the patient continues to breathe and her family struggles with the decision to insert a feeding tube. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
July 14
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Paternity Test" 	
	 	
July 15
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Weights and Measures" 	Lu intervenes when she finds out that her son's best friend is being abused by her high school boyfriend. While at the hospital, Lu helps a woman living with HIV find a way to feel good about herself again. Although an obese couple is desperate to lose weight, Andy must counsel them on whether becoming thin is worth the risks to their health, and to their relationship. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
July 15
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Weights and Measures" 	
	 	
July 16
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "The Real World Rittenhouse"	Lu meets and immediately butts heads with Ben Sanderson, a filmmaker who is making a documentary for the hospital's benefactors. However, Ben's identity is eventually called into question by Robert and Lu who suspect that he may not be who he says he is. After treating a patient who is unable to have children, Andy decides to take on the issue of legal sterilization. Also, as a young girl becomes deathly ill from the E. Coli virus, Lu helps her parents decide whether to allow their daughter to take an experimental drug with unknown side effects. Grant Show guest stars. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Grant Show   [CC] [TV-PG L]
July 16
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "The Real World Rittenhouse"	
	 	
July 21
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Infectious Love" 	Dylan faces his daughter Araya's fears when he starts dating. Soon, though, he must deal with more than Araya's misgivings when his girlfriend, Sonja, is exposed to a virulent strain of Avian flu. Lu is baffled when her 11-year-old patient continues to gain weight after lifestyle, diet and exercise changes. After numerous warnings from the patient's school, the Department of Family Services takes the child on the pretext of child abuse due to overfeeding. Stunned, Lu takes on the system to solve this mysterious case. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG D]
July 21
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Infectious Love" 	
	 	
July 23
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Quarantine" 	Andy and Jessie's relationship comes to a head while Andy works to treat a suspected SARS case. Lu and Ben are quarantined in the E.R. together. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Grant Show   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
July 23
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Quarantine" 	
	 	
July 28
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Gunshot Wedding" 	Lu's wedding day has arrived! Dylan is hectic covering for Lu. After performing a delicate surgery, Dylan is called away to the courthouse when his daughter, Araya, is arrested for shoplifting. While in family court, a distraught father takes the court hostage and Dylan takes action. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
July 28
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Gunshot Wedding"