Season 5

Season 5, Episode 1 - Last Rights

Tuesday, September 16, 1980

Quincy helps an out of town medical examiner deal with a pair of political scandals involving the death of children of influential persons by tainted drugs and the unsafe condition at a mill which is the main economic force in the town.

Season 5, Episode 2 - A Matter of Principle

Wednesday, November 12, 1980

Sam tries to persuade the authorities to take notice of a new process he has developed to help track down killers. His tooth print process shows that the man the police have as their suspect in a rape case is not the man who did it.

Season 5, Episode 3 - Last Day, First Day

Wednesday, November 19, 1980

A lawyer, who also was a small time coke dealer, is murdered by crooks who inject him with a lethal dose of cocaine. The killers try to make it look like an accident by putting him in his car and having it drive off the road and explode.

Season 5, Episode 4 - The Night Killer

Wednesday, November 26, 1980

A mistake at the coroner's office concerning a crib death affects not only Quincy and the staff but the parents also.

Season 5, Episode 5 - The Hope of Elkwood

3 Dec. 1980

A track coach comes under fire when his star athlete dies after a grueling, training session. Quincy must determine if the death was from natural causes or negligent homicide.

Season 5, Episode 6 - Welcome to Paradise Palms

17 Dec. 1980

When Bubonic Plague strikes a Native American reservation, Quincy must find the source of the outbreak before the opening of a prestigious new golf course puts more lives in jeopardy.

Season 5, Episode 7 - By Their Faith

7 Jan. 1981

Quincy and Sam travel to a small village in Central America to help identify the remains of a religious icon.

Season 5, Episode 8 - Stain of Guilt

14 Jan. 1981

While working as a technical advisor on a reality movie, Quincy uncovers that the murder being filmed was unjustly prosecuted.

Season 5, Episode 9 - Dear Mummy

21 Jan. 1981

Quincy stumbles upon a plot devised by a group of nazi war criminals to use an Egyptian mummy to smuggle rare gems from Cairo to Los Angeles.

Season 5, Episode 10 - Headhunter

4 Feb. 1981

When the body of an airline stewardess is found with her stomach cut open, Quincy's investigation runs into interference from Internal Affairs, who is certain that a police officer is involved in the drug smuggling operation.

Season 5, Episode 11 - Scream to the Skies

11 Feb. 1981

An Airliner crash in Santa Monica Bay springs Quincy into action fighting for airline passenger safety.

Season 5, Episode 12 - Jury Duty

28 Jan. 1981

While serving on a jury Quincy finds flaws in the prosecution's case.

Season 5, Episode 13 - Who Speaks for the Children

25 Feb. 1981

When the body of a missing young girl shows up in a dumpster, Quincy's investigation takes him into the world of child molestation and pornography. Can he save the girl's sister before an insidious predator claims another victim?

Season 5, Episode 14 - Seldom Silent, Never Heard

4 Mar. 1981

A tragic death of a teenager sets Quincy into action fighting for orphan drug development.

Season 5,, Episode 15 - Of All Sad Words

11 Mar. 1981

Quincy gets involved with a woman who may have killed her husband, as a tenacious insurance investigator pursues her.

Season 5, Episode 16 - To Kill in Plain Sight

18 Mar. 1981

An assassin killed before the hit has Quincy rushing to expose who the target is before it's too late.

Season 5, Episode 17 - Sugar and Spice

1 Apr. 1981

Quincy investigates the death of a model.

Season 5, Episode 18 - Vigil of Fear

6 May 1981

A vigilante group gets in a shoot-out with a killer resulting in the death of an innocent bystander and Quincy uses all of the coroner's office resources to find out what exactly happened and who was responsible.