Quincy, M.E. · SEASON 5
The Money Plague
Episode 9 · 1979-11-15

- Crime
- Drama
- Mystery
Episode overview
'R.W. Collins', a famous hijacker who escaped by parachuting out of a plane with his money five years ago is found dead, hanging from a tree in the National Park he bailed out over. He died before he hit the ground and has been hanging there, undiscovered, for 5 years now. Quincy and Sam are sent to the scene to see if they can find out whom the man really was. When they reach the park, they find that things are a lot worse than they could have imagined, the anthrax particles he used to hijack the plane were released when the body was found and are spreading throughout the area infecting people who come into contact with it.
60 minutes
Season 5 episodes
1. No Way to Treat a Flower1979-09-20
2. Dead Last1979-09-27
3. By the Death of a Child1979-10-04
4. Never a Child1979-10-11
5. Hot Ice1979-10-18
6. Sweet Land of Liberty1979-10-25
7. Mode of Death1979-11-01
8. Nowhere to Run1979-11-08
9. The Money Plague1979-11-15
10. For the Benefit of My Patients1979-11-22
11. Murder by S.O.P.1979-11-29
12. Honor Thy Elders1980-01-10
13. Diplomatic Immunity1980-01-17
14. Riot1980-01-31
15. Cover-Up1980-02-07
16. Unhappy Hour1980-02-14
17. The Winning Edge1980-02-21
18. New Blood1980-02-28
19. TKO1980-03-13
20. The Final Gift1980-03-20
21. Deadly Arena1980-03-27
22. No Way to Treat a Patient1980-04-30