Strong Medicine Lifetime (TV network) Schedule August 4, 2002 September 22, 2002

August 4
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Stages" (N) 	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 invitro 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   [CC]
August 4
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Stages" (N) 	
	 	
August 11
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Heartbeat" (N) 	Dr. Stowe is caught in an ethical dilemma when Mary (Guest Star Lacey Chabert/"Party of Five") a 17-year-old patient with ovarian cancer, refuses chemotherapy after her long, exhaustive battle against the disease. 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 anticipates and 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. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
August 11
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Heartbeat" (N) 	
	 	
August 18
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Compassionate Release" (N)	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]
August 18
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Compassionate Release" (N)	
	 	
August 25
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Discharged" (N) 	Dana takes steps to win custody of the HIV infected baby that she has become so attached to in her care. At the custody hearing, Dana is prepared to face the judge as well as the baby's drug-addicted mother but what she wasn't expecting was to find out 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. Dr. Lu tries to help Dana understand the potential emotional and physical demands that she may soon be facing. At the clinic, Dr. Lu treats a homeless woman for epilepsy. Dr. Stowe finds herself unexpectedly in another courtroom case when her transsexual patient becomes the center of a courtroom debate over motherhood. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
August 25
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Discharged" (N) 	
	 	
September 8
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Admissions" (N) 	Patricia Richardson ("Home Improvement") joins the cast as Lu's new partner, Dr. Andy Campbell. Dr.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, who he has hired -- a general surgeon and Army Doctor recently back from duty in Afghanistan, Dr. (Colonel) Andy Campbell. Dr. Campbell and Dr. Lu find themselves instantly at odds, especially when Andy is under the impression that she is ranked to oversee Dr. Lu. Dr. Jackson tries to heal the battle wounds between them but before Dr. Campbell 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 Dr. Lu, sick from having an illegal operation to remove her kidney to be sold on the black market. Dr. Lu suspects the woman's kidney was transplanted in Dr. Campbell's patient and a question of ethics creates further tension between the new partners. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
September 8
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Admissions" (N) 	
	 	
September 15
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Contraindications" (N) 	Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
September 15
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Contraindications" (N) 	
	 	
September 22
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Positive" 	With her 39th birthday around the corner, Dana's biological clock continues to tick as she considers approaching a close friend to be a potential sperm donor. While struggling with her own maternal feelings, Dana must deal with the ethical dilemma of helping Dr. Lu's patient get pregnant after learning the woman's husband is HIV positive. Meanwhile, Dr. Lu treats a teenage patient who suffers from pelvic inflammatory disease. When complications arise from her daughter's illness, the distraught mother blames Dr. Lu and takes vengeful action. Guest Star: Loretta Devine. Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Loretta Devine, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
September 22
Sunday
9:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Positive"