"Quincy M.E." The Eye of the Needle (1979)

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Writers:

Glen A. Larson (creator)
Lou Shaw (creator)

Series de televisión:

"Quincy M.E." (1976)

Original Air Date:

12 abril 1979 (Season 4, Episode 23)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Cult TV | Detective | Coroner | Medical

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Decent Quincy episode.

Cast

Jack Klugman	...	Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Thomas Bellin	...	Police Doctor
John Calvin
Anthony James	...	Drifter
Sally Kemp	...	Helen Burnett
Frances Lee McCain
Karen Philipp	...	Secretary
William Sylvester	...	John Burnett
Robert Webber

Decent Quincy episode.

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Quincy M.E.: The Eye of the Needle starts with Los Angeles coroner Quincy (Jack Klugman) & his boss Dr. Asten (John S. Ragin) attending a lecture about holistic medicine by Dr. Barri Stodder (Frances Lee McCain) who is a practitioner of the controversial technique. The next morning & Quincy is outraged to find that the body of Helen Burnett (Sally Kemp) has ended up on his autopsy table after an ulcer burst killing her, Quincy is shocked that the ulcer was in such an advanced & untreated state. After learning that Dr. Stodder treated Helen with naturalistic techniques rather than proved medical ones Quincy talks to her & becomes convinced that she was not responsible for the death, Quincy then has to investigate Helen's death further in order to find out what killed her before Dr. Stodder's holistic clinic is closed down for good...

Episode 23 from season 4 this Quincy story was directed by Ronald Satlof & one can't help but notice & comment on the similarities between The Eye of the Needle & another Quincy episode from season four Death by Good Intentions since they are virtually the same in both plot & resolution. Like in Death by Good Intentions here Quincy has to go back & examine a case to uncover the truth in order to save a friends career which is put in jeopardy when one their patients die & they are blamed for it, Quincy uses his medical expertise to prove that they weren't responsible & that someone committed murder. It's actually quite striking how similar the two episodes are right down to an antagonistic fellow professional who wants to see the said Doctor in question ruined & an expensive lawsuit issued by the relatives of the deceased. So in essence they are pretty much the same & in that regard they are both perfectly entertaining episodes that have a moral message put to the viewer from both sides (although it's made clear which side 'we' should be on) for the first half & more of a murder mystery during the second half as Quincy does what he does best. Not a bad episode at all.

This is yet another unremarkable episode that is functional but not much to look at, the one thing that does stick out in The Eye of the Needle is that it must feature the tallest mugger in history! The guy who plays the mugger is huge! Just look at how long his legs are in full length shots.

The Eye of the Needle is a perfectly entertaining episode of Quincy that mixes the usual moral messages & murder mysteries well enough, I liked it. It's not a classic episode but I liked it.