Quincy, M.E. Season 6

If you want a crime drama that treats its mystery as more than a puzzle, Quincy, M.E. Season 6 is available on streaming right now. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. 119 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Jack Klugman leads a cast that carries the story without ever feeling mechanical. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Quincy, M.E. Season 6 is worth clearing space for. At its heart, Quincy, M.E. Season 6 understands what makes crime drama work — character first, plot second. Season 6 of Quincy, M.E. Includes 18 episodes. It aired from September 1980 to May 1981. Jack Klugman and Robert Ito lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1980. The plot mechanics of Quincy, M.E. Season 6 never overwhelm the human cost underneath them. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Viewers who think they have seen every crime drama tend to find Quincy, M.E. Season 6 proves them wrong. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. A contained run means every episode is doing real work. Watch Jack Klugman work — it is a masterclass in the genre. Few crime dramas earn their twists this consistently.

🎬 Quincy, M.E. Season 6 — Episode Guide

Last Rights

1980-09-16

A father finds his son dead, having taken a drug overdose. Knowing this will affect his wife he decides to report it as an accidental drowning. Quincy's friend Volmer is the local coroner and politics lead to him not being able to autopsy the boy. He asks Quincy to help him out. If that was not eno...

A Matter of Principle

1980-11-12

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. The bite mark has to have come from another person. His process bei...

Last Day, First Day

1980-11-19

Quincy becomes concerned when a medical student accuses a veteran staff doctor of covering up the causes of a homicide while doing an autopsy.

The Night Killer

1980-11-26

Mr. & Mrs. Estes have baby twins and with Bill Estes working all day Madeline is finding it harder and harder to look after the two boys. One night one of the twins dies suddenly in its sleep. All the medical and police personnel involved thinks that the baby died from SID (Sudden Infant Death) Synd...

The Hope of Elkwood

1980-12-03

When a potential Olympic champion is cut down in his prime his coach is accused of negligent homicide. A young lawyer, the only man who is willing to defend him, must rely on Quincy to find evidence to clear his clients' name.

Welcome to Paradise Palms

1980-12-17

Quincy rushes to an Arizona Native American reservation when he hears that his foster son, Chester, is suffering from bubonic plague. When he confirms this and tries to warn the local authorities he finds that they have no interest in the potential disaster. They are much more concerned with the for...

By Their Faith

1981-01-07

Asten sends Quincy and Sam, at the request of Archbishop Vallejo, to San Remos, Mexico. They are sent to a small village where a young woman is seemingly curing people of their illnesses. She says that she gained her powers from some bones she found in a cave. Quincy and Sam have to join a group of ...

Stain of Guilt

1981-01-14

Quincy is hired as a technical director for a movie that is recreating a famous homicide case. Watching the murder scene being filmed convinces him that the real murderer is still loose and that the woman in jail for the crime was innocent. He sets out to find the truth but is hampered by the reluct...

Dear Mummy

1981-01-21

The smuggling of Nazi-held gems from Cairo to Los Angeles in an Egyptian mummy leaves several corpses in its wake.

E10

Headhunter

1981-02-04

A narcotics officer comes under investigation by the IAD when drugs kill an airline stewardess he knew, and sometimes used for information.

E11

Scream to the Skies

1981-02-11

Quincy investigates a plane crash at sea and discovers that most of the victims died needlessly.

E12

Jury Duty

1981-02-18

When Quincy sits on a jury for a homicide case he realizes that there are errors in the evidence, which could lead to the conviction of an innocent man. Not being one to sit by without doing anything he is soon causing uproar in the court with his constant questioning and interrupting.

E13

Who Speaks for the Children?

1981-02-25

Polly Carmody, a young 9 year old girl, is murdered and found in a refuse bin. The police quickly pick up a suspect but Lt. Alex Markasian thinks that he doesn't fit the profile of a child murderer. He is much more interested in the fact that the 'father' of Polly is in fact her stepfather, and h...

E14

Seldom Silent, Never Heard

1981-03-04

A young boy, Jeffrey, dies when he falls from a building, after being chased in there. After the autopsy a doctor turns up wanting to have the brain. Jeffrey had Tourette's Syndrome and the doctor wants to try and find out what causes it and how to cure it. This is the only way he can research it as...

E15

Of All Sad Words

1981-03-11

A club near Danny's burns down killing the owner, Lou Chesler. His wife, Elizabeth, is suspected of causing her husband's death, especially by an insurance investigator for the company that held her husbands' life assurance policy. He thinks she has also killed previous men in her life and warns the...

E16

To Kill in Plain Sight

1981-03-18

An explosion kills a man who is discovered to be the advance scout for a hitman. Quincy is in a race against time to find the assassin and thwart the plot to kill a government official at a hotel convention.

E17

Sugar and Spice

1981-04-01

Quincy does battle, on a live TV show, with the author of a diet book when he discovers that a model that used it has died. His outspoken statements against the book lead to him, and the department, being sued by the author.

E18

Vigil of Fear

1981-05-06

A group of concerned citizens patrol their neighborhood to help keep crime off the streets. After chasing an armed criminal into a warehouse a gun battle takes place and they shoot the man. When examining the body Quincy proves he hadn't fired a gun and was so drunk he couldn't even have stood up at...

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