Strong Medicine Lifetime (TV network) Schedule April 2, 2006 May 28, 2006

April 2
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Outcomes" 	While struggling with her own fertility issues, Dana helps a family whose child suffers from Fanconi Anemia disease. And, after some careful detective work, Lu discovers that her patient suffers from Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy and realizes she must take action before the outcome becomes fatal. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Arye Gross   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
April 2
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Outcomes" 	
	 	
April 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Stages" 	Lu must deal with the emotional aftermath of rape when a local paramedic asks her out on a date. Meanwhile, Lu treats a woman suffering from a neurological condition known as Myasthenia Gravis. Dana continues to contemplate her future as a mother and decides to use the in vitro fertilization process. Dana realizes her patient, a local minister, suffers from Pseudotumor Cerebri, a disease which eventually leaves the patient blind. Joanna Kerns directs. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Joanna Kerns   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 2
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Stages" 	
	 	
April 7
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Chief Complaints" 	Dylan circumvents an out-of-state insurance company when they mandate his mastectomy patient be released less than 24 hours after surgery. Lu's cerebral palsy patient decides to sue her mother for negligence after she continued to smoke during her pregnancy. Dylan seeks Lu's help when he notices Araya's hormones flaring up over a boy. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
April 7
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Chief Complaints" 	
	 	
April 9
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Heartbeat" 	Dana is caught in an ethical dilema when Mary, a 17-year-old patient with ovarian cancer, refuses treatment. When Mary's parents lovingly insist that all medical measures be taken to prolong their daughter's life, Mary takes drastic measures in order to legally decide her fate. After completing her first in-vitro fertilization, Dana eagerly prepares for her upcoming pregnancy. Meanwhile, Lu finds herself in the middle of a messy family dispute when her initial diagnosis of a patient suggests abuse. Lacey Chabert guest stars. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Lacey Chabert   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 9
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Heartbeat" 	
	 	
April 9
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Compassionate Release" 	Dana becomes nervous when she is approached by top medical specialists who ask her to perform a cutting-edge procedure. In order to save the pregnant patient's baby, Dana must operate on the fetus, in utero. While helping this family, Dana must come to terms with her own maternal desires. Lu encounters prison politics when she treats a patient for cervical cancer. Back at the Rittenhouse Hospital, Lu also counsels a young, healthy patient who suffers from hypochondria. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 9
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Compassionate Release" 	
	 	
April 14
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Promising Treatment" 	Lu works frantically to save two patients in the burn unit. Although they have never seen each other, they offer each other hope and support through the curtain separating them. Kayla and Peter go head-to-head after a 16-year-old boy dies in the ER from heart failure. The two come together to work with the family to establish a fund for the teen's deadly, but detectable, condition. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 14
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Promising Treatment" 	
	 	
April 16
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Discharged" 	Dana takes steps to win custody of the HIV infected baby that she has become so attached to in her care, but at the custody hearing, learns that the baby she wants so badly has a five-year-old sister. Dana makes an instant, life-altering decision that stuns her colleagues at Rittenhouse. While Lu tries to help Dana understand the potential emotional and physical demands that she may soon be facing, Lu also treats a homeless woman for epilepsy. Dana finds herself unexpectedly in another courtroom case when her transsexual patient becomes the center of a courtroom debate over motherhood. Deana Carter guest stars. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
April 16
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Discharged" 	
	 	
April 16
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	Lu is in for a rude awakening when she suspects she'll have input about who her new partner will be at the Clinic. The hospital Chief of Staff, Dr. Robert Jackson, sends Lu in a frenzy when he tells her that he's already been actively pursuing his #1 candidate, a general surgeon and army doctor recently back from duty in Afghanistan, Dr. Andy Campbell. Andy and Lu find themselves instantly at odds, especially when Andy is under the impression that she is ranked to oversee Lu. Robert tries to heal the battle wounds between them, but before Andy can even return home to pack up and move her husband and kids to Philadelphia, she's called in to operate on a patient needing a kidney transplant. Another woman is brought in to see Lu, sick from having an illegal operation to remove her kidney to be sold on the black market. Lu suspects the woman's kidney was transplanted in Andy's patient and a question of ethics creates further tension between the new partners. Patricia Richardson joins cast. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 16
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	
	 	
April 21
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Rhythm of the Heart" 	Lu tackles a rare and deadly disease that does not respond to conventional treatment. Lu circumvents the insurance system for a far less conventional but much more effective medication. Dylan uses his faith to try and convince his patient to fight for her life. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 21
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Rhythm of the Heart" 	
	 	
April 23
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Rape Kit" 	Lu is acquaintance-raped by a prominent and highly-respected surgeon at the hospital who, in response to the allegations, claims that he had consensual, albeit rough, sex with Lu. Dana helps Lu after the rape but still has doubts about the legitimacy of Lu's claim. In the meantime, Dana treats a pregnant woman who's been seriously injured in a car accident. Events lead Dana to believe it was not an accident, but attempted suicide. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Gregory Harrison   [CC] [TV-14 L]
April 23
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Rape Kit" 	
	 	
April 23
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Trauma" 	Lu experiences intense anger when her rapist is acquitted by the Grand Jury. Acting out in a violent rage, she winds up losing her position at the hospital. When Dana becomes overwhelmed trying to cover Lu's duties at the clinic, and deciding whether to continue an in vitro fertilization of a patient who needs a lung transplant, Robert decides to try and hire Lu back. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Mel Harris, Gregory Harrison   [CC] [TV-14 DL]
April 23
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Trauma" 	
	 	
April 28
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth"	With Dylan on vacation with Araya, Lu juggles his heavy caseload and a hectic clinic while the Christmas holidays quickly approach. Lu also searches for someone to take care of three kids abandoned by their meth-addicted mother. Meanwhile, the hospital's Bad Santa dampens Christmas spirits all around the hospital. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
April 28
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth"	
	 	
April 30
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Family History" 	Andy sympathizes with a mother who cannot bring herself to take her young, brain-damaged daughter off of life support. When further research shows that the child didn't choke on her food as the mother claimed, Andy must face the possibility of Shaken Baby Syndrome. Andy also helps Robert get information about a new and unlicensed drug to help treat his wife's Multiple Sclerosis. Meanwhile, Lu is shocked to find out that one of her new patients, Elena, claims to be her sister. After Elena is diagnosed in the late stages of lung cancer, Lu decides to get to know her "sister" better. In her first quarter at college, Lana receives a pledging invitation letter from the Pi-Delts and decides to give it a try. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
April 30
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Family History" 	
	 	
April 30
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "House Calls" 	Andy gets an urgent call from NASA and learns that her old army friend, an astronaut in orbit upon the Space Station, has detected a lump in her breast. Realizing the severity of the situation, Andy takes drastic action to treat her friend while in space. Meanwhile, a former cancer patient of Lu's, now pregnant, returns to the clinic when she suspects something might be wrong with her baby. After running a few tests, Lu realizes her patient is half right -- the baby is okay, but the woman's cancer has recurred. Also, Lu suspects another patient's labored breathing may be more than just a cold. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Janine Turner   [CC] [TV-PG L]
April 30
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "House Calls" 	
	 	
May 5
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "My Sister, My Doctor, Myself" 	When Lu's patient's appendix ruptures, she looks to Dylan to help her save the woman's fertility. Kayla tries to make amends with her estranged twin sister Keisha, but after she becomes unreasonably belligerent, Kayla begins to worry something more than sibling rivalry is troubling her. Tia Mowery guest stars. Rick Schroeder directs. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry, Tia Mowery   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
May 5
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "My Sister, My Doctor, Myself" 	
	 	
May 6
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Flesh and Blood" 	Lu and Andy work together to help a woman whose rash turns out to be flesh-eating bacteria. Also, Andy must weigh the morality of doing a tubal ligation on a schizophrenic patient. Lu helps Peter decide whether or not to go forward with an accusation against a top doctor in the hospital. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Janine Turner   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
May 6
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Flesh and Blood" 	
	 	
May 7
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Blush" 	Lu weighs the risks in prescribing pain medications for a former junkie suffering from chronic pain. Meanwhile, Andy considers a controversial option in treating an up-and-coming attorney for a problem with blushing. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
May 7
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Blush" 	
	 	
May 7
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Deterioration" 	When three separate patients take a dramatic turn for the worse, Andy is forced to question her own skills as a surgeon, while simultaneously finding herself at odds with her daughter whom she suspects harbors a dangerous secret. Meanwhile, Lu treats a pregnant woman who has been exposed to chicken pox. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
May 7
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Deterioration" 	
	 	
May 12
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Unorthodox Treatment" 	Lu tries to save an ill woman who is eight months pregnant without harming her baby. Kayla struggles to keep up the illusion a patient is alive when his unstable girlfriend claims to have a bomb. Peter searches for a missing boy and Lana comforts an elderly man about to enter a nursing home. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 V]
May 12
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Unorthodox Treatment" 	
	 	
May 13
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Poison" 	Lu must face the horror and the memory of her rape when a patient turns to Lu for help in dealing with the release of her brother, a convicted sex offender. A patient of Andy's displays baffling, life-threatening symptoms which leads Andy to suspect foul play. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-14 DL]
May 13
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Poison" 	
	 	
May 14
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "The Philadelphia Chromosome" 	Lu treats a Middle-Eastern patient with leukemia and later finds out the patient is suspected of being a terrorist. Meanwhile, Andy treats a deaf woman for rheumatoid arthritis which has the potential to cripple her hands and silence her ability to "speak." Michelle Banks guest stars. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Janine Turner   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
May 14
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "The Philadelphia Chromosome" 	
	 	
May 14
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "PMS, Lies and Red Tape" 	Andy returns to the army for reserve duty and helps a woman with post polio syndrome (PPS) who is training for the ROTC. Sparks fly for Lu when she is reunited with an old friend from the neighborhood whose mother is one of her patients. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DV]
May 14
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "PMS, Lies and Red Tape" 	
	 	
May 19
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Baby BOOM!" 	Dylan and Lu walk an ethical fine line when their patient shows amazing results to an experimental drug. Araya's estranged maternal grandparents come for a visit and while their family rift mends, they ask Araya to make a huge decision about her future. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-PG NONE]
May 19
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Baby BOOM!" 	
	 	
May 20
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Orders" 	Andy must confront her father when she discovers that he has developed a degenerative nerve condition which may threaten his independence. Lu treats a pregnant woman, whom she later finds out is under investigation for several unexplained infant deaths. Philip Casnoff directs. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG L]
May 20
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Orders" 	
	 	
May 21
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Blocked Lines" 	As word spreads of Dr. Campbell diagnosing the first apparent confirmed case of the West Nile Virus in her area, it causes a near panic in the community. Meanwhile, Lu tries to help a hard-working mother stay close to her son whose disorder of his large intestine forces him to remain in the hospital indefinitely. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
May 21
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Blocked Lines" 	
	 	
May 21
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Intensive Care" 	A heated argument between Andy and her husband alters their relationship forever when he strikes her. When Andy tries to brush it under the rug, Lu helps Andy to see that it's not something that should be easily dismissed or forgiven. As Lu's relationship with Miguel blossoms, she wonders whether she is emotionally ready for real intimacy one year after the trauma of her rape. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Janine Turner   [CC] [TV-PG DLV]
May 21
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Intensive Care" 	
	 	
May 26
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Dr. Thornton Hears a Who?" 	Lu is forced to have a special delivery after she is trapped in a basement. With her medical guidance, Lu's husband, Jonas, performs an emergency c-section. Dylan struggles to save a gunshot patient who tells him the name of the gang member who shot her. After going to the police, Dylan realizes he may have put his family in danger. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Rick Schroder, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Tamera Mowry   [CC] [TV-14 NONE]
May 26
Friday
1:30 am	Strong Medicine "Dr. Thornton Hears a Who?" 	
	 	
May 27
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Addicted to Love" 	While Andy confronts her own case of domestic abuse, she and Lu must also deal with a candystriper who is stealing RU486, the drug known to terminate pregnancies. As they discover the candystriper's motive for stealing the drug, Andy treats a sorority member for alcohol poisoning and deals with her daughter's scoliosis. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Joanna Kerns   [CC] [TV-PG DL]
May 27
Saturday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Addicted to Love" 	
	 	
May 28
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Degeneration" 	Lu makes a point of checking on a street doctor who is treating patients with no financial means of obtaining medical treatment, when she suspects the doctor may be growing senile. Lu also becomes frantic when she learns that a building has collapsed and her fire fighting boyfriend is unaccounted for, while Andy counsels parents who are forced to make an extremely difficult medical decision about which of their two children should have lifesaving surgery. Rita Moreno guest stars. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Rita Moreno   [CC] [TV-PG L]
May 28
Sunday
12:00 am	Strong Medicine "Degeneration" 	
	 	
May 28
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Risk" 	In this season's finale, Lu treats a mentally imbalanced patient who might be a danger to herself and others. Lu also comes under fire from the authorities while protecting her patient's rights to privacy. Andy must deal with the emotional shock of her daughter's back surgery, while facing what the future will hold for her and her husband. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC] [TV-PG LV]
May 28
Sunday
1:00 am	Strong Medicine "Risk"