While attending a forensic pathologist convention in Tahoe, Quincy's called on to help when hotel guests and staff are stricken with a mysterious illness.While attending a forensic pathologist convention in Tahoe, Quincy's called on to help when hotel guests and staff are stricken with a mysterious illness.While attending a forensic pathologist convention in Tahoe, Quincy's called on to help when hotel guests and staff are stricken with a mysterious illness.
Photos
- Lt. Frank Monahan
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- Sam Fujiyama
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- Sgt. Brill
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "Legion Fever" referred to with such dread is legionellosis or Legionnaire's Disease. The disease, caused by inhaling a water-borne bacteria in aerosol, had been first diagnosed the previous summer at a convention of the American Legion in July of 1976. This episode was first broadcast in February of 1977. However, three weeks before the broadcast the CDC announced that it had identified the causative organism behind legionellosis.
- GoofsDuring one of the recurring night club acts two bass players are playing. One is playing a left handed fender bass and strumming the bass for the guitar part.
- Quotes
Ronnie Fletcher: Other hotels have conventions, they get in plumbers, carpenters, you know what we get here? Forensic pathologists, they have a whole name, you know what that is? Coroners. Coroners, the guys in movies that go 'hmmm, guy's hanging by his neck, has a bullet hole in him, and an ice pick in his ear, I suspect it's foul play'.
The show begins with a lounge singer becoming sick while she's performing. Soon, guest of the resort also become sick. The manager is worried--but he's more worried about his resort getting a bad reputation. So, at first, they are slow to respond to the growing crisis. Eventually, they get three pathologists at the conference to help them with the epidemic--and soon several of these victims die! What could it be? There's a worry that it COULD be the dreaded Legionnaire's Disease (here called 'Legion Fever').
This episode is pretty timely, as only a year earlier Legionnaire's was first seen--and by 1977 they STILL weren't exactly sure what caused this to occur. It's also well written, very interesting and among the best shows of the series so far. Episode 1 ends with panic beginning to grip the resort's guests--see part two to find out exactly what occurs next.
- planktonrules
- Mar 3, 2013
Details
- Runtime1 hour
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1