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Medical Investigation Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2004 - 2005
Episode 1
Pilot Episode
Thu, Sep 9, 2004 60 mins
In the pilot, an illness dooming diner patrons in New York obsesses Connor; an ailment plaguing an unresponsive newborn preoccupies McCabe. Douglas: Michael Nouri. Novack: Rich Hutchman. Cooly: Glenn Plummer. Lisa: Clare Carey.
Episode 2
In Bloom
Fri, Sep 10, 2004 60 mins
A disease that afflicts four comatose girls baffles the team. Meanwhile, the girls' parents are rattled by early findings linking the illness to sexual activity. Ruby: Katija Pevec. Charlotte: Erica Mer. Sylvia: Cheryl White. Barrett: Shea Whigham.
Episode 3
Coming Home
Fri, Sep 17, 2004 60 mins
Illness ravages Iraq War vets on their return stateside, where the team confronts an anomaly: Nursing-home residents, also stricken, have had no contact with soldiers. Vasquez: Theo Rossi. Lt. Col. Bartek: Carmen Argenziano. Halperin: Lesley Fera. Fidler: Shea Whigham.
Episode 4
Escape
Fri, Sep 24, 2004 60 mins
Danger lurks on a resort isle in the Bahamas, where the team treats guests stricken with a devastating illness that has a mysterious origin. Another puzzling case busies Natalie in Miami. Jenny: Christina Chang. Anne Harring: Tracy Middendorf. Riesen: Patrick Fabian. Diaz: Tony Perez.
Episode 5
Progeny
Fri, Oct 1, 2004 60 mins
When several children in a tiny community fall prey to a crippling muscular ailment, Connor and his team descend upon the town to find out if the symptoms are being caused by a toxin produced in a local chemical plant. But what they uncover proves to be much closer to home than they imagined. Susanna Thompson. Natalie: Kelli Williams.
Episode 6
Team
Fri, Oct 15, 2004 60 mins
A health scare at a college ensues from an inexplicable crippling disease, which fells two virile football jocks and appears to be spreading to an exclusive sorority. Gordon Todd: Page Kennedy. Peter Warren: Rand Holdren. David Weiner: Dean Norris.
Episode 7
Alienation
Fri, Oct 29, 2004 60 mins
Anthrax strikes Philadelphia and spreads fears of bioterrorism that affect the team's work, a search for the source of the contagion afflicting socialites as well as immigrants. Alex: Art Chudabala. Matt: Glenn Horshower. Randall: Jeffrey Scott Kelly.
Episode 8
Mutation
Fri, Nov 5, 2004 60 mins
A mutated form of the flu spells death for residents of a remote Virginia burg, where the NIH team is stymied in its search for the origins of the strain that afflicts a woman attracted to Miles. Lilith: Jolie Jenkins. Stanley Price: Gerry Black. Iris Price: Phyllis Applegate. Sheriff: Phil Reeves. Emily Daniels: Stacy Barnhisel.
Episode 9
Little Girl
Fri, Nov 12, 2004 60 mins
An ailing girl spurs the team to seek the cause of her disease: a noncontagious killer called aplastic anemia that may have been triggered by an exposure to drugs or toxicants. Cyndi: Catherine Wadkins. Carla: Blaire Restaneo. Ms. Russo: Marcy Goldman.
Episode 10
Price of Pleasure
Fri, Nov 19, 2004 60 mins
Scrutinizing plastic surgery in a puzzler about a deadly bacteria infecting an adult-film ingenue, an overweight housewife and a vain male bodybuilder. Marsten: Michael Ironside. Dr. Bender: Maurice Godin. Mike Kirkland: Paul Schulze. Dr. Kramer: Rosalind Chao.
Episode 11
The Unclean
Fri, Dec 3, 2004 60 mins
Terror strikes a hospital, the site of a virulent infection related to "flesh-eating" bacteria that afflicts diverse patients and baffles the team as it tries to determine the origin. Ms. Ballard: Kathryn Harrold. Dr. Lester: Mark Harelik. Nurse Tim: Henri Lubatti. Nurse Molly: Katie MacNichol. Danielle: Shannon Woodward.
Episode 12
Spiked
Fri, Jan 7, 2005 60 mins
Disease sickens beachgoers in California, where seals are also stricken by the virulent ailment. That sounds an alarm bell with a top marine biologist (Marguerite MacIntyre). Sudie: Lauren Mayhew. Landsbury: Erich Anderson. Beth: Katrina Nelson.
Episode 13
Tribe
Fri, Jan 14, 2005 60 mins
Smallpox afflicts campers in Montana, where the NIH team and a forceful FBI agent (Kevin Kilner) probe puzzling links to the contagion that involve a deceased Native American and an unstable biochemist. Shephard: Gil Birmingham. Brooke: Laura Marano.
Episode 14
Ice Station
Fri, Jan 28, 2005 60 mins
A mission sends the team to a scientific station in the Arctic, where psychosis afflicts personnel in the final stages of a fatal disease to which Powell falls victim. Karen: Betsy Brandt. Raymond: Taylor Nichols. Jeff: Russell Soder. Kim Powell: Klea Scott.
Episode 15
Mousetrap
Fri, Feb 4, 2005 60 mins
Dead cops and perps are linked to a frightening disease: bubonic plague. The team searches for the source in a desperate quest that leads to dead ends. Lt. Adams: Michael Cudlitz. Det. Leinberger: Tim Griffin. Cynthia Leinberger: Karina Logue. Det. Garcia: Eddie Magana.
Episode 16
Survivor
Fri, Feb 11, 2005 60 mins
Paralysis cases busy the team in New York, where a 9/11 link is suspected. In Virginia, MDs are baffled by a coincidence of miscarriages that occur among military wives living in the same housing community. Meredith: Lola Glaudini. Amy: Sarah Mack.
Episode 17
Half Life
Fri, Feb 18, 2005 60 mins
In the conclusion of a story begun on "Third Watch," the dual teams track the source of a deadly virus that's infected the 55 Squad's Carlos and whose carrier is a killer on the run. Harry Rush: Jake Muxworthy. Det. Yokas: Molly Price. Levine: Yvonne Jung.
Episode 18
The Black Book
Fri, Feb 25, 2005 60 mins
D.C. politicos are imperiled by a puzzling disease tied to call-girl liaisons: a link hushed up by the NIH director (Susanna Thompson), who clashes with Connor. Rep. Laurence: Robert Curtis Brown. Donna: Larissa Laskin. Rep. Jacobs: Gil Glasgow.
Episode 19
Mission La Roca
Fri, Mar 18, 2005 60 mins
Part 1 of two. Earthquakes trap the team in a fictitious Central American country, where they're probing a disease outbreak and imperiled by insurgents distrustful of U.S. aid. Kris: Claudia Besso. Kate Ewing: Susanna Thompson. Nestor: Jeremy Ray Valdez.
Episode 20
Mission La Roca
Fri, Mar 25, 2005 60 mins
Conclusion. Disease imperils Miles in Central America, where quake aftershocks and uneasy alliances further endanger the team. Kate: Susanna Thompson. Kris: Claudia Besso. Baracas: Jesse Borrego.
