Strong Medicine Lifetime (TV network) Schedule April 6, 2003 May 18, 2003

April 6
Sunday
10:00 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]
April 6
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Deterioration" 	
	 	
April 13
Sunday
10:00 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]
April 13
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Poison" 	
	 	
April 20
Sunday
10:00 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]
April 20
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Admissions" 	
	 	
April 27
Sunday
10:00 pm	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, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
April 27
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "PMS, Lies and Red Tape"	
	 	
May 4
Sunday
10:00 pm	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, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson   [CC]
May 4
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Blocked Lines" 	
	 	
May 11
Sunday
10:00 pm	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: Janine Turner, Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot   [CC]
May 11
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Intensive Care" 	
	 	
May 18
Sunday
10:00 pm	Strong Medicine "Addicted to Love" 	While Andy (Patricia Richardson) is dealing with her own domestic abuse from the previous episode, she and Lu must deal with a candystriper who is stealing RU486, the drug known to terminate pregnancies. However, they discover the candystriper's is stealing the drug for entirely different reason. Meanwhile, Andy treats a sorority member for alcohol poisoning, while dealing with her daughter's scoliosis. Starring: Jenifer Lewis, Philip Casnoff, Rosa Blasi, Josh Coxx, Brennan Elliot, Patricia Richardson, Joanna Kerns   [CC]
May 18
Sunday
10:00 pm