Quincy, M.E.
Matters of Life and Death
TV Flash files “Matters of Life and Death” as hour 31 of 148 in the TV Flash guide — Quincy, M.E. (1976–1983) on NBC, season 3, episode 14, aired 1978-01-20, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S03E14: listed hour 31 of 148 in the Quincy, M.E. guide, hour 14 of 20 in season 3. It aired 1978-01-20 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Crib Job” (S03E13). Next is “Passing” (S03E15).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Matters of Life and Death sit in the Quincy, M.E. guide?
S03E14 is listed hour 31 of 148 — hour 14 of 20 in season 3, season 3 episode 14.
When did Quincy, M.E. S03E14 air?
Matters of Life and Death aired 1978-01-20 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Mystery Movie entry or the long NBC run?
It began on the wheel, then became a weekly crusader hour. Start with Klugman in the morgue; the issue-of-the-week shift is the series' real diet.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Jack Klugman yells at the morgue until the district attorney blinks. Quincy treats the coroner as crusader, not lab furniture, years before forensic gloss became a weekly look. Issue-of-the-week fury, autopsy as argument, and a star who took bureaucracy as a personal insult.
Flash: a morgue, a raised voice, and Jack Klugman treating a district attorney as a personal insult until the autopsy becomes a brief. Quincy refuses to sign off on easy answers. NBC's Quincy, M.E. (1976–1983), from Glen A. Larson and Lou Shaw, began as a Mystery Movie wheel entry and ran eight seasons, 148 episodes, shifting from pure mystery toward social-issue stories. Garry Walberg's Lt. Monahan, John S. Ragin's Dr. Asten, and Robert Ito's Sam Fujiyama filled the lab and the precinct. Issue-of-the-week…
Filed against
- Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy
Jack Klugman’s Oscar Madison made The Odd Couple a slob with a sportswriter’s mouth — 1970s catalog Neil Simon as multi-cam, then Quincy, M.E. stretching the yell into a morgue crusade. TV Flash files him as the roommate who became a…
- Garry Walberg as Lt. Frank Monahan
Garry Walberg played Lt. Frank Monahan on Quincy, M.E. — the precinct ballast while Jack Klugman's coroner yelled at the morgue until the district attorney blinked. Issue-of-the-week fury needed a badge that would not flinch. TV Flash…
- John S. Ragin as Dr. Robert Asten
John S. Ragin’s Dr. Robert Asten took the yelling on Quincy, M.E. — Jack Klugman at the morgue until the district attorney blinks, coroner as crusader, not lab furniture. Issue-of-the-week fury, autopsy as argument, bureaucracy as a…
- Robert Ito as Sam Fujiyama
Robert Ito's Sam Fujiyama steadied Quincy, M.E. while Jack Klugman yelled at the morgue until the district attorney blinked — coroner as crusader, not lab furniture, issue-of-the-week fury years before forensic gloss. TV Flash files him…