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Quincy M.E.: Ghost of a Chance (1982)
I disagree...it's a very good episode
Several of Quincy's later episodes were cause related. I happen to think this is one of the better ones. There is a great tension between Royce and Quince, played so well by Ferrar and Klugman. I think they elevate the story quite a bit. It's a very real problem of the day. And shows how the profession protects its own, to a fault. Not every show has to be about a criminal whodunit. Yes it started out that way as part of the mystery wheel, but the show had to evolve over 8 seasons. Everyone remembers and loves Columbo, I certainly do. But Quincy is hands down the most successful of all the wheel shows. And one of my all time favorites.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: The Photographer and the Undertaker (1965)
Intriguing
Interesting set up. I think Cassidy makes a fine villain...he was perhaps the best of all the Columbo murderers in that long series. I don't mind the grinning. Always liked Harry Townes as well....such a great character actor on so many series over the decades. 2 interesting observations:
Cassidy's character is "Mannix?"....is that coincidental or what? Wondering if anyone from this episode was involved in the development of Mannix a few years later?
Mannix is eerily similar to the hitman from the Road to Perdition, played by Jude Law. Essentially the same character. Got to think the latter robbed from the former! How did that slip by.
And as someone else noted, fantasy mirrored reality in terms of Cassidy's actual death...creepy!