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alexanderdavies-99382 "Quincy M.E" was another television triumph for "Universal" after they were on a roll with one successful show after another. The episodes about a crusading coroner based in Los Angeles, quickly caught the interest of the public. The series made a household name of that fine character actor Jack Klugman, who made the main character his own. The show benefited from having some great writing, which guaranteed some classic episodes. Quincy was the kind of character who needed to complete a job regarding a suspicious death (his speciality), no matter that he inevitably rubbed certain people up the wrong way. Amongst these people, were a friend from the Los Angeles police department and Quincy's own boss. There were numerous times when Quincy would be facing some kind of disciplinary action or even being fired! To be fair to him though, he only wanted to do his job and not just because he was very good at it. Quincy genuinely cared about everything that went with his profession, including presenting bad news to someone's loved ones. He was overworked and underpaided but still liked his job. "Quincy M.E" became highly successful, the series ran from 1976 til 1983 and lasted 148 episodes. The theme tune is quite a catchy one. The show began with a season of episodes that lasted 75 minutes each. These episodes were the ideal way to introduce the main characters and the way they operated. It is seldom that I see any television show from today that could hold a single match stick, let alone a candle to classic shows like the above. The quality of actors and writers simply isn't in evidence any longer.

LauraAS It has struck me that despite the implausible pairing of Quincy with much younger women, the clashes with the management and the police, this show covered some pretty controversial topics for a 30 year old mainstream show:- * Teenage alcoholism * Elder abuse * Mental health issues * Legislation for lief jackets on plains * Drunk driving *Public health issues such as food contamination/pollution Yes it can be cheesy but I still find many of them watchable and find the range of issues covered impressive for the times. I also think it's quite cool that Mark was actually a technician not an actor who is now a leading DNA expert!

saculnamron I really don't remember the first time I saw Quincy. I only remember being enchanted by Jack Klugmans real and human portrayal of the Los Angeles county coroner. Quincy's questioning and thorough approach usually spells trouble especially for the long suffering Dr Aston ( John s Ragin) The thing I like about it is that Quincy isn't afraid to stand up and be counted on any issue and against overwhelming odds. Quincy has a warm almost innocent air about him. Holy mackeral he always battles to get what he is looking for and ususaly takes the bull by the horns. Helped by best friend Sam (Robert Ito)the friendship between the two is real warm and touching. The other thing I like is that some of the very serious issues dealt with in the series is balanced out with wonderful humour. It always ends up at Danny's (Val Bisoglio) for an engaging and humorous conclusion. Frank Monighan is played wonderfully by Garry Whalberg and though Quincy's thoroughness is a source of irritation he is always grateful to have Quincy on his side. Sometimes the colleagues have to help each other through personal tragedies such as the episode where Aston loses his much loved niece to alcholism. I cried at the end of that one not least because Aston and his wife are childless and looked on the girl as their own. Quincy as we see time and again although he deals with the real face of feath daily never quite gets used to it and you can see his real puzzlement and anger especially when it's needless. Watch any Quincy episode and you will see that it deals with serious issues in a warmhearted,sincere and real way that no other programme of the type seems to do.

ross robinson I like watching Quincy as it's on UK television (ITV1) it's on everyday (Monday - Friday) I started watching Quincy when i heard about it been on TV again, i watched it and got into it. I think it's a great programme, every episode is about someone dying and Quincy investigates by doing an Autopsy, to find out what was that person's cause of death. Some of the characters in this programme try to stop him but there is no stopping for Quincy for him to do an autopsy on the person who has died.