Quincy, M.E. · SEASON 4
An Ounce of Prevention
Episode 21 · 1979-03-22

- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
Episode overview
While completing the autopsy of a construction worker who fell to his death Quincy spots some unusual abnormalities. He gets Sam to run some further tests to see if there was anything that could have made the man fall. The results show that he was killed by a large amount of pesticides, pesticides that were covering the tomatoes he had for lunch. Follow up investigations show that a dumpsite near the town of Rosewood is leaking. The chemicals are infecting the ground in and around the dumpsite and town.
60 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. The Last Six Hours1978-09-21
2. Speed Trap1978-10-12
3. A Test for the Living1978-10-19
4. Death by Good Intention1978-10-26
5. Images1978-11-02
6. Even Odds1978-11-09
7. Dead and Alive1978-11-16
8. No Way to Treat a Body1978-11-30
9. A Night to Raise the Dead1978-12-07
10. A Question of Death1979-01-04
11. House of No Return1979-01-11
12. A Small Circle of Friends1979-01-18
13. The Depth of Beauty1979-01-25
14. Walk Softly Through the Night (1)1979-02-01
15. Walk Softly Through the Night (2)1979-02-01
16. Aftermath1979-02-07
17. Dark Angel1979-02-15
18. Physician, Heal Thyself1979-02-22
19. Promises to Keep1979-03-01
20. Semper-Fidelis1979-03-15
21. An Ounce of Prevention1979-03-22
22. The Death Challenge1979-03-29
23. The Eye of the Needle1979-04-12