Strong Medicine Lifetime (TV network) Schedule June 9, 2003 July 28, 2003

June 9
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	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, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
June 9
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	
	 	
June 15
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "The Hero Heart" (N) 	In the season premiere of "Strong Medicine's" fourth season, Lu's (Rosa Blasi) boyfriend's fate is revealed after being shot by one of her mentally unbalanced patients. Meanwhile, Andy (Patricia Richardson) 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, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
June 15
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "The Hero Heart" (N) 	
	 	
June 16
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Contraindications" 	After the discovery that a woman's heart-breaking third miscarriage is the result of her mother having taken D.E.S. while pregnant with her, Dr. Andy Campbell comes up with an unorthodox solution to bring this estranged family together. A fiery conflict of personal philosophy and medical necessity erupts when Dr. Lu Delgado prescribes a controversial "anti-opiate" drug for an addict, against Dr. Andy Campbell's wishes. Andy believes that the drug, which helps addicts who overdose stay alive until they can get to the emergency room, should only be used in the emergency room and not as a crutch to enable addicts. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
June 16
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Contraindications" 	
	 	
June 22
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Emergency Contacts" (N) 	Lu (Rosa Blasi) must confront her rapist (Gregory Harrison) when he arrives in the Rittenhouse ER in need of life saving heart surgery. Andy (Patricia Richardson) and Lu's paths cross when a wealthy couple unable to conceive use their resources to secure an unborn baby to adopt. Lana (Jenifer Lewis) gets more than she bargained for when she signs up to be a Big Sister. Peter (Josh Coxx) develops feelings for a kidney dialysis patient and escorts her to her sister's wedding. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
June 22
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Emergency Contacts" (N) 	
	 	
June 23
Monday
8:00 pm	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 as yet 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, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
June 23
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Family History" 	
	 	
June 29
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Heartbeats and Deadbeats" (N)	Lu (Rosa Blasi) tries to help a baby with Leukemia that needs a bone marrow donor but whose parents are mysteriously and impossibly, not a match. Andy (Patricia Richardson) and Dr. Morton (Richard Biggs) work closely together to save a woman suffering from an enlarged heart. Also, Andy must break shocking news to a sexually active older woman. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
June 29
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Heartbeats and Deadbeats" (N)	
	 	
June 30
Monday
8:00 pm	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: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
June 30
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Flesh and Blood" 	
	 	
July 6
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Rash Decisions" (N) 	Lu (Rosa Blasi) questions her own beliefs when confronted with a death penalty decision in the case of the 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 (Patricia Richardson) helps a TV chef with a rash, which may be much, much more. Andy also struggles with the notion of post-divorce dating when Dr. Morton (Richard Biggs) invites her to dinner. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
July 6
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Rash Decisions" (N) 	
	 	
July 7
Monday
8:00 pm	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, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
July 7
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Blush" 	
	 	
July 13
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Breathing Lessons" (N) 	Lu (Rosa Blasi) investigates whether the recent bitter divorce of a young girl's parents is contributing to her mysterious respiratory illness. Nurse Riggs (Josh Coxx) teaches a co-worker a tough lesson about his wife's pregnancy. Andy (Patricia Richardson) helps the two daughters of a woman with Huntington's disease face a life-wrenching decision. Also, Andy must deal with the repercussions of Lizzy's (Morgan Flynn) attempt to bring her father back home. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
July 13
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Breathing Lessons" (N) 	
	 	
July 14
Monday
8:00 pm	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, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
July 14
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Deterioration" 	
	 	
July 20
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Misdiagnosis Murder" (N) 	Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
July 20
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Misdiagnosis Murder" (N) 	
	 	
July 21
Monday
8:00 pm	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 Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
July 21
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Poison" 	
	 	
July 27
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Vaccinations" (N) 	Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Patricia Richardson, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
July 27
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Vaccinations" (N) 	
	 	
July 28
Monday
8:00 pm	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 (Guest Star Michelle Banks, "Girlfriends") for Rheumatoid Arthritis which has the potential to cripple her hands and silence her ability to "speak." Starring: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
July 28
Monday
8:00 pm	Strong Medicine "The Philadelphia Chromosome"