"Quincy M.E." Women of Valor (1983)

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Director:

Georg Fenady

Writers:

Sebastian Milito (writer) &
Deborah Klugman (writer) ...

TV Series:

"Quincy M.E." (1976)

Original Air Date:

16 March 1983 (Season 8, Episode 20)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Coroner | Murder | Cult Favorite | Courtroom | Amateur Detective

Cast

Jack Klugman	...	Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.
Garry Walberg	...	Lt. Frank Monahan
John S. Ragin	...	Dr. Robert Asten
Val Bisoglio	...	Danny Tovo
Robert Ito	...	Sam Fujiyama
Joseph Roman	...	Sgt. Brill
Elizabeth Huddle	...	Dr. Katherine Reed
Lynn Hamilton	...	Olivia Allen
Philip Abbott	...	Dr. Lloyd Wallace
Anita Gillette	...	Dr. Emily Hanover
Ivan Bonar	...	Dr. Block
Frank Birney	...	Dr. Vale
Allan Hunt	...	Dr. Innis
Antony Alda	...	Paramedic #1
Cindi Eyman	...	Margaret Tracy

More rubbishy outdated moral issues raised in the most boring way.

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Quincy M.E.: Women of Valor starts as unlicensed midwife Olivia Allen (Lynn Hamilton) is approached in the street by a woman who begs her to help deliver her friends baby, against her better judgement Olivia agrees but there are complications & the baby suffers from breathing problems. Olivia takes the baby to Charrington Hospital but dies while Doctor's try to revive it, since Olivia is unlicensed & has no medical training the D.A. decides to go ahead with a murder charge on the assumption that if the baby had been delivered in a hospital it would still be alive. Meanwhile a woman is transfered from Charrington while in labour but the baby dies in the ambulance en-route, concerned about the issues she is witnessing Dr. Katherine Reed (Elizabeth Huddle) ask's the county coroner's office for independent help, Dr. Asten (John S. Ragin) puts his best man Quincy (Jack Klugman) on the case...

Episode 20 from season 8 this Quincy story was directed by Georg Fenady & I have to say Women of Valor is rubbish & coming straight after the brilliant Murder on Ice (1983) it is even more of a disappointment. I personally like the Quincy episodes where he has to solve or prove a crime using his detective skills & medical expertise & conversely I hate the episodes where Quincy barely features & the entire show is hijacked by some awful, dull, irrelevant & outdated moral issue. Here the script tries to argue the case for midwives in California, unfortunately here in the UK we have always had midwives so the basic message is totally lost & irrelevant over here as well as many countries around the world. Add that to the fact that times have changed in America too & I would suggest Women of Valor is one of the most redundant, pointless & when viewed today meaningless Quincy episodes ever & believe me it's up against some strong competition especially during the generally awful season eight. Quincy is barely in it & Women of Valor focuses on the character of Dr. Katherine Reed & her troubles as her association with Olivia causes her all sorts of problems, cue lots of boring personal drama of the dullest kind.

There's not much to comment on Women of Valor, it's bland & shot in a pretty dull way. Strangely this one doesn't feature Quincy's wife Emily at all despite being the episode after they get back from their ill fated honeymoon featured in Murder on Ice. The acting is alright but I really hate the way Quincy is getting less & less screen time, almost like he is being forced out.

Women of Valor is rubbish, when it's good I love Quincy as a show but I'm not blind to it's bad episodes of which there are a fair few especially during season eight & when it's bad damn is it bad! Disappointing in all aspects.