Episode guide
Strong Medicine: Season 4
22 episodes · premiered Jun 15, 2003
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- Episode 1: The Hero Heart Jun 15, 2003 · 1h In a surprise twist following the suspenseful season finale cliffhanger, Mickey jumped in front of Lu and took the bullet for her; saving her life. Lu quickly rushes him to the hospital…
- Episode 2: Emergency Contacts Jun 22, 2003 · 1h Lu faces the doctor that raped her when he needs surgery that can save his life. Peter goes out with a woman who has terminal diabetes.
- Episode 3: Heartbeats and Deadbeats Jun 29, 2003 · 1h Andy and Milo treat a woman with an enlarged heart and conflict about what surgery to perform on her. Lu gets angry with Marc after he stays out until after midnight and insists that she…
- Episode 4: Rash Decisions Jul 6, 2003 · 1h Andy finds out that a TV chef has leperachy when she develops a rash. Lu must decide between avenging Mickey's death and her own beliefs about the death penalty and honesty when she is…
- Episode 5: Breathing Lessons Jul 13, 2003 · 1h Lu fears that a little girl who keeps getting injured might be being physically abused by her dad. Andy suspects her nanny is stealing valuables from the house. Peter gets through to an…
- Episode 6: Misdiagnosis Murder Jul 20, 2003 · 1h Lu faces an ethical dilemma about her doctor/patient confidentiality when an abused, pregnant woman appears to be missing. Andy confronts a doctor whose chauvinism may have cost a patient…
- Episode 7: Vaccinations Jul 27, 2003 · 1h A smallpox vaccine for a hospital worker leads to life-threatening complications for her child. Also, Andy helps a premature baby unknowingly save the life of her mother.
- Episode 8: Temperature's Rising Aug 10, 2003 · 1h As a heat wave hits Philadelphia, Andy & the staff will need to get used to its disaster plan to cope with heat wave. Claire a patient of Dr. Campbell is told she will develop Alzheimer's…
- Episode 9: Speculum for a Heavyweight Aug 17, 2003 · 1h Dr. Campbell files for divorce from her husband while battling a cough. Lu tries to stop a boxer from fighting her next match. Lu tries to get Andy to look at her but she thinks it's just…
- Episode 10: Bad Liver Sep 7, 2003 · 1h When Lu's (Rosa Blasi) patient receives a desperately needed transplant, Andy (Patricia Richardson) has designs on the discarded liver. Also, when one of Lu's patient's ex-con husband…
- Episode 11: Maternal Mirrors Sep 14, 2003 · 1h When a patient of Andy's takes a turn for the worse under Lu's watchful eye, the two doctors butt heads over whether proper procedure was followed. Meanwhile, Andy questions whether or not…
- Episode 12: Jeaneology Oct 5, 2003 · 1h Andy and Lu put their heads together when each of their patients show signs of being poisoned. It appears their exposure to chemicals may turn out to have more to do with where they shop…
- Episode 13: Skin Oct 12, 2003 · 1h After Andy saves the life of a gunshot-wound victim, she and Robert must decide whether to accept a donation to the health center from the patient's less-than-reputable father. Meanwhile…
- Episode 14: Love and Let Die Nov 2, 2003 · 1h Lu helps a terminally ill patient's family deal with the complicated issues surrounding assisted suicide. Meanwhile, when Andy helps a young couple figure out why they are unable to…
- Episode 15: Coming Clean Nov 9, 2003 · 1h When Andy encounters a young woman with amnesia and her fiance, she must decide which secrets should remain untold. Meanwhile, when a pregnant patient refuses to stop using drugs, Lu faces…
- Episode 16: Prescriptions Dec 7, 2003 · 1h A drug company is offering cash to participants testing a new anti-smoking drug and one of Lu's patients has a very favorable response. An advice columnist Andy is treating loses her…
- Episode 17: Seize the Day Dec 14, 2003 · 1h Lu deals with the schizophrenic mother who takes her five year old girl who suffers from epilepsy off of her medications in favor of a ""ketogenic diet"" which has stopped all the…
- Episode 18: Ears, Ho's and Threat Jan 11, 2004 · 1h An Indian heiress with a deformity turns to Andy for treatment so that her parents can arrange a marriage for her. Things get complicated when the woman realizes that she will lose the…
- Episode 19: Weights and Measures Jan 18, 2004 · 1h A friend of Marc's may be being abused by her boyfriend. Lu treats an HIV-infected woman who looks sicker than she is. An obese couple persues gastric bypass surgery. Dr. Jackson sends…
- Episode 20: The Real World Rittenhouse Jan 25, 2004 · 1h Lu treats a young girl for E. Coli who may have contracted E. Coli from eating undercooked food. Lu meets Ben Sanderson, a man who works for the company that owns Rittenhouse and wants to…
- Episode 21: Identity Crisis Feb 8, 2004 · 1h Ben Sanderson wants to cut screening tests for newborns. A patient of Lu's thinks a patient of Andy's is a fugitive but doesn't believe it. Everyone worries if they will have jobs if…
- Episode 22: Quarantine Feb 15, 2004 · 1h Lu treats a patient who may SARS the doctors tell patents about SRS as they wait for the lab tests. Ben comforts a patient. Andy worries that she will lose Jesse if she moves to California.