The Last of Leadbottom begins with Quincy (Jack Klugman), Sam (Robert Ito) and Dr. Asten (John S. Ragin) attending the dedication ceremony of a naval museum where an elderly admiral who was Quincy's commanding officer in the Navy is guest of honor. When he suddenly drops dead during the ceremony, Quincy conducts the autopsy and finds a small computer microchip embedded in his stomach which leads to questions of why it was there, what information it contains and was the Admiral murdered for it? To further complicate matters, naval officials and multiple women claiming to be the wives of the Admiral come forward to claim the body as allegations of international spying and treason also begin to surface.
I found this to be a totally ridiculous episode filled with nonsense. One of the main problems I had with it is that here you are featuring a murder investigation in connection with an international spy ring which is supposed to be some pretty heavy stuff, but then in complete contrast nearly every scene in this episode is inundated with corny humor and antics throughout making it very difficult to take any of it seriously. While I usually fully appreciate the humor thrown in here and there for good measure on Quincy, I though that they just went way overboard on this one to the point of parody. I also thought that the plot was an ill fit for this show and would have worked much better on a series like the Bionic Woman which often featured international spy type plots.
All of this combined with tons of plot holes, a silly script and lackluster performances by the guest stars just made for a bad episode in my opinion. Another oddity was that I had to turn up the volume and listen very hard to understand anything that James Gregory (Admiral Brosnick) was saying throughout this episode and I'm not the least bit hard of hearing. I get that you are playing the part of an older, gruff Navy Officer part, but you should still ANNUNCIATE SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING!!!
When I pulled up this episode on here, I could not believe it was rated as high as it was by users. Maybe I'm in the minority or being too critical as clearly others disagree, but there are MUCH better Quincy episodes that you can watch than this which are inexplicably not rated nearly as high on here compared to this silliness.