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Strong Medicine Season 4 Episodes

22 Episodes 2003 - 2004

Episode 1

The Hero Heart

Thu, Jun 19, 2003

After Mickey is shot by a mentally ill patient of Lu's, Lu faces a difficult decision whether or not she should keep him on life support or donate his organs to be transplanted; Andy treats a woman who is in need of a heart transplant and tries to help out the parents of a infant son who has a genetic disease.

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Episode 2

Emergency Contact

Sun, Jun 22, 2003

Lu's past comes back to haunt her after her rapist, Dr. Kilner is brought to the emergency room with heart issues.

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Episode 3

Heartbeats and Deadbeats

Sun, Jun 29, 2003

Andy and Dr. Morton work together to treat a woman with an enlarged heart; Lu searches for a bone marrow donor for a young girl with leukemia; Nick and Lana search for a woman whose health is at risk.

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Episode 4

Rash Decisions

Sun, Jul 6, 2003

Andy treats a TV chef with a suspicious rash; Lu questions her beliefs about the death penalty when she is asked to testify on behalf of Mickey's murderer and is suspicious when her neighbor is found deceased.

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Episode 5

Breathing Lessons

Sun, Jul 13, 2003

Lu suspects that a young girl's asthma is caused by the stress of her bickering parents; Andy suspects her nanny of theft which turns out to be orchestrated by her daughter Lizzie who was trying to get her parents back together.

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Episode 6

Misdiagnosis Murder

Sun, Jul 20, 2003

Lu fears the worst when an abused pregnant patient of hers disappears; Andy clashes with a chauvinistic doctor whose behavior causes a misdiagnosis in a teenage girl.

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Episode 7

Vaccinations

Sun, Jul 27, 2003

A nurse's young daughter suffers from a bad reaction to a smallpox vaccine; Peter helps out a teenage boy who stutters.

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Episode 8

Temperatures Rising

Sun, Aug 10, 2003

In the middle of a crushing heat wave, Andy is confronted with the ethical dilemma of whether to help a single woman, pre-destined to have early Alzheimer's disease, have a baby. Also, Lu fights to save a sixteen-year old girl who has been shot in a gang initiation and finds out the truth about a mother who turns in her daughter with Downs Syndrome as the perpetrator of the shooting. Andy struggles with introducing Dr. Milo Morton to her daughters. Elsewhere, Andy and Milo stop a baby's heart in the fight to save its life.

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Episode 9

Speculum for a Heavyweight

Sun, Aug 17, 2003

Lu is concerned about the health of a female boxer who suffered from a serious concussion; as she copes with her impending divorce, Andy faces a serious health crisis.

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Episode 10

Bad Liver

Sun, Sep 7, 2003

Andy fights for the rights to an organ from a liver transplant; Lu helps out a woman whose husband has just been released from prison; Nick treats a paramedic who was stuck with a needle from a drug addict.

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Episode 11

Maternal Mirrors

Sun, Sep 14, 2003

Lu is held responsible after a patient of Andy's dies under suspicious circumstances; Andy clashes with Jesse after she lies to her about her whereabouts.

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Episode 12

Jeaneology

Sun, Oct 5, 2003

Andy and Lu's patients both show signs of being poisoned. It appears their exposure to chemicals may have more to do with where they shop. Lu tries to mediate between an alcoholic and daughter offering a piece of her liver for transplant.

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Episode 13

Skin

Sun, Oct 12, 2003

A businessman offers a big donation to the women's health center; Andy's financial issues affect Jesse's upcoming Sweet 16 party.

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Episode 14

Love and Let Die

Sun, Nov 2, 2003

Lu helps a terminally ill woman who wants to end her pain; Andy meets Dr. Morton's mother; a young couple looking to start a family discover that they're siblings.

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Episode 15

Coming Clean

Sun, Nov 9, 2003

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 an ethical dilemma and must decide whether to intervene.

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Episode 16

Prescriptions

Sun, Dec 7, 2003

Lu contemplates whether or not she should recommend a clinical trial for an experimental anti-smoking drug to her patients.

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Episode 17

Seize the Day

Sun, Dec 14, 2003

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Episode 18

Ears, Ho's & Threat

Sun, Jan 11, 2004

Andy cares for a princess from a foreign country whose family wants her to have surgery to fix her deformity so she can be ready for an arranged marriage and is approached by a woman who wants to regain her virginity before she gets married; Lu helps out a woman with Alzheimer's cope with her tragic past.

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Episode 19

Weights and Measures

Sun, Jan 18, 2004

Marc seeks Lu's help with a friend of his who is being physically abused by her boyfriend; Andy treats a married couple struggling with obesity who decide to treat their problem surgically.

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Episode 20

The Real World Rittenhouse

Sun, Jan 25, 2004

Lu clashes with a man who comes to Rittenhouse to make a fundraising film and treats a young girl who got E-Coli from an undercooked burger; the girlfriend of Nick's sister is diagnosed with lupus; Andy treats a woman who was sterilized without her consent.

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Episode 21

Identity Crisis

Sun, Feb 8, 200460 mins

The staff at Rittenhouse Hospital fear for their jobs when Octavian Systems takes charge of the hospital; Lu clashes with Ben when she learns the hospital plans on cutting screening test for newborn babies; Andy suspects a patient of hers is on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

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Episode 22

Quarantine

Sun, Feb 15, 2004

The emergency room is put under quarantine after a patient of Andy's is suspected of having SARS; Jesse reveals to Andy that she wants to move to California to live with her father; Lana counsels a woman who was sexually assaulted.

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