As of July 2026, Quincy, M.E. Season 4 aired in 1978 with 23 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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Quincy, M.E. Season 4

1978 23 Episodes Crime · Drama ⭐ 8/10

Right now you can watch Quincy, M.E. Season 4 on streaming — and it earns its twists rather than manufacturing them. The show says what it needs to say in a single season, no filler. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 119 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Jack Klugman leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Quincy, M.E. Season 4 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The plotting in Quincy, M.E. Season 4 is tight enough that the twists feel earned rather than assembled. Season 4 of Quincy, M.E. Includes 23 episodes. It aired from September 1978 to April 1979. Jack Klugman and Robert Ito lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1978. Quincy, M.E. Season 4 is at its best in the quiet scenes between the plot beats, where the character work actually happens. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

If you cannot walk away from a good mystery, Quincy, M.E. Season 4 will keep you hooked. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Jack Klugman anchors it, but the writing does the real work. If you are going to commit to one crime drama this month, make it this one.

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🎬 Quincy, M.E. Season 4 — Episode Guide

E1
The Last Six Hours
1978-09-21
Finally getting to spend a bit of leave time with his latest flame, Barbara, Quincy heads off away from Los Angeles. They nearly get run off the road and then witness an accident. Quincy then finds himself in a life or death race to isolate a mysterious poison, found in the woman's body, that has al...
E2
Speed Trap
1978-10-12
After a racing car accident proves fatal for a former Grand Prix driver, Quincy's autopsy brands the crash a possible homicide.
E3
A Test for the Living
1978-10-19
Quincy's powers of persuasion are put to the test when he crusades for a 7-year old boys re-evaluation as an autistic child.
E4
Death by Good Intention
1978-10-26
A patient dies just hours after having had a successful surgical operation. An ‘Affirmative Action' doctor is suspended because of his ‘mistake' and a friend of Quincy's decides that he will take the blame to save him, and the ‘Affirmative Action' program. Quincy soon gets involved to try and ...
E5
Images
1978-11-02
A fire in a small motel room causes the death of the single woman occupying it. The evidence shows that the identity of the woman is Jessica Ross, the country's top newswoman. As Quincy begins a press conference confirming her death Jessica walks in through the door, declaring that the rumours of...
E6
Even Odds
1978-11-09
Quincy is gravely wounded at the scene of a crime, so it is up to Sam, Asten and Lt. Monaghan to solve the case he was working on and catch the person who shot him.
E7
Dead and Alive
1978-11-16
An apparent murder victim becomes the object of Quincy's thorough investigation and identification when his mother and sister insist that he is still alive.
E8
No Way to Treat a Body
1978-11-30
Quincy's latest ladyfriend moves into a new apartment and accidentally discovers two mummified bodies. He finds himself up against a group of oddball residents when he tries to find out what is going on, who the bodies belong to and where they came from.
E9
A Night to Raise the Dead
1978-12-07
After four nights of continuous rain a man finds a body by his car. It had been washed down the mountains and ended up in his front yard. Once Quincy has completed the autopsy he announces that the man died of typhoid, an extremely infectious disease. The man had been illegally buried in the ceme...
E10
A Question of Death
1979-01-04
E11
House of No Return
1979-01-11
Quincy investigates the death of a young man at a home for people who have comitted a crime but are considered mentally incapable and are therefore not sentenced to proper prison. His mother insists that he was forced to fight by the attendants, who run the place like prison warders, in a unoffic...
E12
A Small Circle of Friends
1979-01-18
A roundup of prostitutes follows the death of an athlete who contracted a drug-resistant strain of gonorrhea.
E13
The Depth of Beauty
1979-01-25
Quincy delves into the world of cosmetic surgery after he autopsies a woman who killed herself because she hated the scars a botched operation caused. He discovers that the plastic surgeon isn't in fact a qualified plastic surgeon, only a qualified MD. The law allows anyone who has qualified as a...
E14
Walk Softly Through the Night (1)
1979-02-01
A top children's TV star, and a friend of Quincy's, is shocked when his son dies of a drug overdose. He had no idea his son was even on drugs and is angry when he finds out that a doctor prescribed the drugs to him. Quincy and the star, Brock, go to visit the doctor and find an enormous queue of add...
E15
Walk Softly Through the Night (2)
1979-02-01
Quincy continues in his quest to get close down Dr. Colella's surgery and stop him from continuing to issue prescriptions for drug addicts. This becomes less of a problem though after Marty Herrera, the young would be doctor, is arrested for killing Dr. Colella! Quincy doesn't believe the boy ...
E16
Aftermath
1979-02-07
A large passenger jet crash-lands 40 miles outside LA. Quincy and Sam are sent out to start the identification of the bodies and to make sure that the crash scene is kept intact. Once the rest of the Coroners team has arrived and the positions of the bodies have been marked out they are all taken...
E17
Dark Angel
1979-02-15
Monaghan asks Quincy to push the autopsy of a young car thief to the top of his priority list. The boys' friend is claiming that a police officer chased him down and killed him after they were stopped in their stolen car. When the autopsy is completed it can only confirm that the boy, Billy Harri...
E18
Physician, Heal Thyself
1979-02-22
A seventeen-year old girl collapses and dies after having had an abortion. The family wants an autopsy and tells Asten that they will pay for a private one. Quincy performs it and thinks that her death was caused by the negligence of the doctor who performed the abortion. He visits the doctor and th...
E19
Promises to Keep
1979-03-01
Quincy and Sam have to stay late, going over work that was completed by a Medical Examiner who, it turned out, wasn't qualified for the job. This makes Quincy miss yet another date with Lynne, his current girlfriend. When they do get together she proposes to him. He turns her down because he remembe...
E20
Semper-Fidelis
1979-03-15
Quincy is asked to do an autopsy on the body of a marine who died in an accident during his training. Harry Collier, a friend of Quincy's wants him to give a second opinion, to stop the press from calling the death a cover up. What Quincy finds though is what he thinks is evidence of a murder and...

🎭 Cast of Quincy, M.E. Season 4

Jack Klugman
Jack Klugman
Quincy
Robert Ito
Robert Ito
Sam Fujiyama
Val Bisoglio
Val Bisoglio
Danny Tovo
John S. Ragin
John S. Ragin
Robert Asten
Garry Walberg
Garry Walberg
Frank Monahan
JR
Joseph Roman
Sergeant Brill

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