Strong Medicine

Tough female doctors treat an exclusively female clientele at the Rittenhouse Womens Clinic, tackling female-centric issues and trying to make the world a better place in a male-dominated society.

2000 HD 60min United States English

Whoopi Goldberg Jenifer Lewis Rosa Blasi Philip Casnoff Brennan Elliott Josh Coxx Patricia Richardson Janine Turner Matthew Yang King Tamera Mowry-Housley

Drama

medical drama social class

S1E1 - Pilot 2000-07-23

Dr. Lu Delgado is running out of money to run her free clinic by herself. When Lu goes to prestigious Rittenhouse Hospital to ask for assistance, famous O.B.G.Y.N./surgeon Dr. Dana Stowe blames Lu for ruining her breast cancer study to find a cure for cancer after Lu tells a woman her opinon about test studies. Dana later is asked by Chief of Staff Dr. Bob Jackson to tour Lus clinic and see if the clinic should get funded by Rittenhouse . Dana tells one of her patients that she has ovarian cancer and that she will not be able to have any children even though she has the desire to. In the end, Dr. Lydia Emerson comes up with the perfect solution to Lus problem.

S1E2 - Preexisting Conditions 2000-07-30

As Dana & begin to work together, Dana has to tell a surrogate couple that their unborn baby has a defect that will cause it to be mentally disable. After the surrogate couple tells Dana they will put the baby up for adoption. Dana tries to get the biological mother, who can barely afford to take care of her other children, to keep her baby. Lu finds out that a woman who claims to have had a hysterectomy has not.

S1E3 - Misconceptions 2000-08-06

Dana treats an HIV positive patient of Lus when Lu is out of the clinic and learns that his mother took him off the HIV medication with Lus permission. She is furious and reports the mother. Although the boy suffers terrible side effects from the medication, Dr. Bob Jackson insists that he be put back on it. Dana falls for her handsome intern.

S1E4 - Second Look 2000-08-13

Danas former beauty queen patient doesnt think her husband finds her attractive and insists on having extensive plastic surgery. Dana refuses to perform the surgery but when Terri Ann lands in the ER, she begins to doubt her decision. Peter tries to figure out why a transvestal is having side effects of menopause and counsels Marc about one of the stickier issues of adolescence. Lu and Lana try to find an appropriate punishment for two young teenagers who spray graffiti outside the hospital.

S1E5 - Performance Anxiety 2000-08-20

Lu coaches a teenage basketball team and is troubled when a player faints at a game. She later finds traces of steroids in her blood and wonders if the entire team is on the drugs. Dana is mystified when a complete stranger shows up in the ER with Danas name and phone number in her purse. Dana must make a difficult decision for the women and regrets that she cant find her family so they can decide.

S1E6 - Drug Interactions 2000-08-27

Dana has big problem on her hands when Susan Jackson comes to the hospital with bruises. Dana wonders if Robert Jackson gave her the bruises because their marriage problems. Dana gets the feeling Susan may not be telling her all she knows. After Dana learns Robert found his wife at the bottom of the stairs Susan tells that had double vision leading Dana to believe Susan might have Multiple Sclerosis.

S1E7 - Do No Harm 2000-09-03

After a councilwoman comes to the clinic to see Dr. Dana Stowe, Lu Delgado is trying to get gang members who are angry at the Councilwoman because they are unable to get insurance. The gang members continue arguing with the councilwoman who isnt interested in what they have to say. Seconds later an unknown gunmen began shooting at the clinic and Danas patient is accidentally shot and is in need of immediate medical attention. The operation helps Danas patient learn a valuable lesson. Also in this episode, Peter treats a woman who goes berserk at the shooting in the clinic. He later finds that she grew up in Cambodia during the war. But she may be suffering from more than pain from the memories.

S1E8 - Miracle Cure 2000-09-10

When a command pilot learns she has a brain disorder she must learn to cope with not being able to fly a plane anymore. Dr. Stowe tells Jane that it would be wise to quit her job as an airline pilot before her disease progresses to where she will be unable to do her job properly. Dana questions whether or not to put her patients privacy at risk as well as her own career as a doctor by telling the airline that she cant do her job anymore due to her illness.

S1E9 - Dependency 2000-10-08

Dana goes underground to help the wife of a high-powered real estate developer whose financial grip on his spouse is making her black and blue. Meanwhile, Lu comes between an orphaned boy with attention deficit disorder and his foster guardian when she finds the Ritalin she prescribed has fallen into the wrong hands. Lu finds a bit of romance over a Philly cheesesteak.

S1E10 - BRCA1 2000-10-15

Its Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend at the Rittenhouse Hospital Womens Clinic, where Lu (Rosa Blasi), Lana (Jenifer Lewis) and Peter (Josh Coxx) are hosting a dance-a-thon and a free mammogram clinic. When one womans mammogram reveals a lump, she must choose between losing both her breasts and losing her job. After Dana (Janine Turner) delivers the unexpected results of her breast cancer clinical trial, she learns the very disease thats defined her career has now hit too close to home.

S1E11 - BRCA2 2000-10-15

Dana takes a leave from the clinic to help her mother through a double mastectomy. Lus impromptu safe-sex speech at a prep schools career day puts her in the middle of a legal dispute over a date rape. Peters ""alternative"" approach to pain management for a patient with Hodgkins disease gets them both arrested. And Dana and Lu must each decide how much they want to know when they are both tested for the mutated BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes that would reveal a predisposition to breast cancer.

S1E12 - Brainchild 2000-10-29

A womans advanced Parkinsons disease forces Dana and Robert to decide whether to perform a controversial fetal cell transplant. Peters stint as a nude model leads to a romantic interlude with an aspiring painter whose muse puts her in the emergency room. When Lu treats one of her son Marcs classmates for a broken wrist, she discovers that alcohol has hit junior high.

S1E13 - Second Opinion 2000-12-03

Lu (Rosa Blasi) and Dana (Janine Turner) intervene when a woman with a controversial bone and muscle disease is denied her disability claim. And Dana gets in the middle of an immigration dispute when she finds out that the physical damage on a 15-year-old sexual assault victim was actually inflicted by the girls parents.

S1E14 - Side Effects 2000-12-10

A mother- and father-to-be clash over whether or not to allow Dana to perform in utero surgery to correct a birth defect on their unborn son. Lu must decide whether or not to get involved when a woman she was treating for schizophrenia is charged with murder.

S1E15 - Blessed Events 2000-12-17

Its Christmas at Rittenhouse Hospital. A woman engaged to be married finds out shes pregnant â€” even though shes a virgin. Robert fires a kitchen employee, assuming her to be drunk on the job. Lu later diagnoses her with Lou Gehrigs disease. Lus son Marc develops a crush on a runaway teen.

S1E16 - Fix 2001-01-07

A journalist comes in with an infection on her foot and Dana(Janine Turner)realizes that she is actually a closet heroine addict. Lu (Rosa Blasi) is called to the emergency room when her patients, a deaf family, are brought in following a fire in their apartment building. She worries about their safety and suggests a risky ear surgery for them â€” but the husband disapproves. Lu brings her boyfriend home to meet Marc(Chris Marquette).

S1E17 - Maternity 2001-01-14

Environmental toxins in a low-income housing unit trigger early menopause in one of its 25-year-old residents. A new mother spirals into depression and runs away from home. Dana meets Nicks mother.

S1E18 - Complications 2001-01-21

When a 12-year-old girl is diagnosed with oral gonorrhea, she tells Lu (Rosa Blasi) that she got it from her teacher. Lana (Jenifer Lewis) takes on a new role at Rittenhouse: that of patient. Two of Danas patients deliver babies â€” and both newborns have the same father.

S1E19 - Childcare 2001-02-18

Dana Stowe must help a family consider if they should take Scarlett off of life support because of the disease she has. Scarlett has expressed to her husband that she does want life support, however her mom says her daughter doesnt want life support. Dr. Lu Delgado tries to help a Mom understand that she didnt prescribe medicine to help her daughter speak after not hearing anything from her daughter in two years. Dana tries to comebat her fear of flying and needs to do deliver a baby from 3,000 feet in the air.

S1E20 - Drugstore Cowgirl 2001-02-25

Dana cares for a dying patient who has been disguising herself as a man in order to fulfill her calling to the priesthood. Lu prescribes Demerol for a woman suffering from sickle cell anemia, but the womans local pharmacy will not carry high-priced drugs for fear of robbery.

S1E21 - Wednesday Night Fever 2001-03-04

Its an all-nighter for Lu at Rittenhouse â€” and theres not a moments rest. Roberts wife, Susan, is back in the hospital as her MS progresses. A baby is kidnapped â€” from a pregnant mothers womb. And Lanas blind date ends in the ER.

S1E22 - Mortality 2001-03-11

A mother goes on a hunger strike in the hopes of saving her son from being executed. And when something goes wrong in the OR, Dana wonders whether its time for her to leave Rittenhouse.

S2E1 - Donors 2001-07-15

The second season begins with Dana and Lu at odds over the fate of a dead college students fertilized eggs. The day is further complicated by the arrival of Peters mother, who clings to the idea that her heterosexual son is gay. Elsewhere, a dying patient and her husband wait impatiently for a donor heart and Nicks appointment to the ER staff is in doubt.

S2E2 - Adverse Reactions 2001-07-22

After denying employment to a candidate who is both overqualified and overweight, Robert faces off against a civil-rights lawyer famous for her plus-size clientele. Elsewhere, Dana comes under fire from the Army when she diagnoses a 14-year veteran with Gulf War Syndrome. Lana cares for the newborn son of a neighborhood streetwalker.

S2E3 - Gray Matter 2001-07-29

Danas bedside manner is put to the ultimate test when a former high-school rival comes to her for treatment. A nurse considers suing the hospital after she tests positive for the HIV virus following an incident in the ER.

S2E4 - History 2001-08-05

Lu travels to Puerto Rico, where her beloved grandmother urgently needs a bone-marrow transplant to survive. As the headstrong doctor copes with this life-or-death situation, she flashes back to her days as a resident, recalling her first meeting with Peter and Lana. Mary J. Blige guest stars as a moody blues singer named Simone.

S2E5 - Attachments 2001-08-12

The parents of conjoined twins refuse to have them surgically separated, even though that means they may both die. Lu suspects a leukemia patient may have attempted suicide by starting a fire. Peter is concerned about a patient with a severe rash on her arm and suspects it to be the some kind of virus. Dr. Jackson feels that Rittenhouse needs a good safety & emergency plan and he puts Lana in charge of it.

S2E6 - Relief 2001-08-19

Philadelphia baseball fans blame Dana when the home team loses a crucial playoff game. Lu cares for a piano prodigy with scleroderma, a potentially fatal disease that hardens the bodys organs. Peter helps a retired research chimp find greener pastures.

S2E7 - Impaired 2001-08-26

An Alzheimers patient attempts to maintain custody of her 15-year-old son with Down syndrome, and a domestic diva puts the health of her unborn child at risk.

S2E8 - Rebirth 2001-09-09

A woman hoping to form a maternal bond with her adopted teenage daughter ignores Danas advice and proceeds with plans to re-create the childs birth. A second patient of Danas seeks Lus care after falling on hard times. Outside the hospital, Marc is caught cheating at school.

S2E9 - Control Group 2001-09-16

Roberts wifes battle with MS becomes more difficult, so he asks Dana to try a new experimental drug on her. Lu treats a young Korean woman for anorexia.

S2E10 - Zol Zein Gezint 2001-10-07

A patient of Danas gives birth to twins â€” one baby is black, the other is white. And Lu suspects that a woman with chronic back pain is addicted to prescription drugs.

S2E11 - Systemic 2001-10-14

Dana debates whether she should risk her relationship with Nick to comfort a terminally ill flame from her past, while Lu faces off against a Philly police officer who mistook a diabetic for a drunk driver.

S2E12 - Accidents 2001-10-21

Dana waits for Nick to decide when they will get married, and treats a figure skater whos determined to compete in the Olympics despite being diagnosed with osteoporosis. Elsewhere, Lu takes an instant dislike to her sons new girlfriends father (Don Michael Paul). Lana looks forward to graduating from high school. Peter finds his new romantic relationship to be fleeting.

S2E13 - Silent Epidemic 2001-11-11

Dana suspects an Amish woman is infected with mad-cow disease; and Lu treats Lana for a sexual dysfunction stemming from her days as a prostitute.

S2E14 - Hot Flash 2001-11-18

A pregnant and very ill pro-life politician has her principles put to the ultimate test when the only treatment that will save her life will result in losing her baby. Meanwhile, a patient of Lus who is trying to pass herself off as a much younger woman is hampered by the inconvenient arrival of menopause.

S2E15 - Bloodwork 2001-12-02

Dana counsels a woman and her emotionally distant son, who are both being treated for lead poisoning. Also, Lu goes to bat for a stenographer with carpal-tunnel syndrome.

S2E16 - Black 'n' Flu 2001-12-09

Lus return to her college alma mater is marred by an outbreak of meningitis. At the clinic, Dana develops symptoms suggesting she is pregnant.

S2E17 - Precautions 2002-01-06

Dana is troubled when a patient requests new breast implants immediately after her first ones rupture. Elsewhere, Lu fears for the life of a wanted criminals sickly newborn.

S2E18 - Shock 2002-01-13

Striking nurses send the hospital into chaos, forcing Dana to withhold an experimental treatment for a dying baby. Also, an abused patient of Lus is turned away.

S2E19 - Type and Cross 2002-01-20

The Rittenhouse doctors cope with a blood shortage in Philadelphia. Dana helps a patient who unknowingly contracted hepatitis from her husband, and Lu deals with a family of illegal dog fighters who have Lyme disease.

S2E20 - Rape Kit 2002-02-17

Lu is raped by Rittenhouses star surgeon â€” but he insists that the sex was consensual. Meanwhile, Dana attempts to help a critically injured woman whose car crash may or may not have been an accident.

S2E21 - Trauma 2002-02-24

Lu copes with the trauma of being raped by devoting her thoughts to a patient who accidentally overdosed on over-the-counter cough medicine. Dana, meanwhile, grudgingly turns to Dr. Kilner for advice about a pregnant woman with colon cancer.

S2E22 - Recovery Time 2002-03-03

Lu tries to cope with the aftershocks of her rape, she finds her life spinning out of control. Her rage causes Robert to dismiss her from Rittenhouse, and at home her son Marc barely recognizes her. Meanwhile, one of Danas patients agonizes over whether to continue with in vitro fertilization, which will likely hasten the progress of her deadly disease, LAM.

S3E1 - Positive 2002-07-21

As Danas upcoming birthday makes her decide to seek a volunteer sperm donor so that she can have a child, she is confronted with a newborn who is HIV-positive. Lu is accused by an enraged mother of being responsible for her teenage daughters sexually-transmitted disease because Lu provided the girl with birth control.

S3E2 - Outcomes 2002-07-28

When Danas attorneys make Peters being a sperm donor difficult, Dana considers getting pregnant the old-fashioned way. Lu suspects that a babys mother is the one responsible for the childs mysterious sickness.

S3E3 - Stages 2002-08-04

Although it is now several months since she was raped, Lu is still reluctant when a cute paramedic asks her out on a date.

S3E4 - Heartbeat 2002-08-11

A teenage cancer patient refuses to continue chemotherapy, Dana makes preparations for what she assumes will be her forthcoming pregnancy, and Lu finds herself in the middle when she suspects abuse in a family.

S3E5 - Compassionate Release 2002-08-18

Hospital executives approach Dana to perform a risky procedure to save an unborn childs life; Lu treats a prison inmate for cervical cancer and decides to take on the prison system in regard to womens health care. Also Dana becomes emotionally distraught after her pregnancy ends. Lu tries to stop a patient from utilizing an expensive screening test not covered by the clinic to save the patients money. And Lu fears an elderly patient may be stashing enough medication for a suicide attempt.

S3E6 - Discharged 2002-08-25

Dana tries to win custody of an HIV-infected baby, even though becoming its full-time caregiver will end her career; a transsexual patient tries to win custody of a child, and Lu treats a homeless woman who has epilepsy.

S3E7 - Admissions 2002-09-08

Lu has plenty of opinions when it comes to deciding on Danas replacement, but she soon learns that Dr. Robert Jackson, the chief of staff, has already hired someone for the position. Enter Dr. Andy Campbell, a former Army colonel who has returned to civilian life for the sole purpose of co-directing the Rittenhouse Womens Health Clinic. Its not long before tempers flare and Andy and Lu butt heads over a case involving a wealthy patient who needs a kidney transplant and a poor woman who sells her healthy organ for the money.

S3E8 - Contraindications 2002-09-15

Its Andy Campbells official first day as co-head of the Rittenhouse Womens Health Clinic. But before she can go in and save lives, she needs to help her two young daughters adapt to their new lives. Once she arrives at the hospital, Andy is left scratching her head, wondering what could be causing a womans repeated miscarriages. Later, Lu and Andy face off when a drug-addicted patient almost dies from an overdose.

S3E9 - Family History 2002-10-06

Andy goes beyond the call of duty to expedite the Food and Drug Administrations approval of a drug that could help Roberts wife, who has multiple sclerosis. Also, Andy intervenes when a family is accused of endangering the life of their young daughter. Meanwhile, a woman with terminal lung cancer claims to be Lus half-sister.

S3E10 - House Calls 2002-10-13

When an old colleague with a breast lump calls for Andys helpâ€”from space, of all placesâ€”the former Army colonel is at full attention. At the speed of light, she mobilizes both her hospital and NASA troops to perform a biopsy and, eventually, the removal of a growth. Back on Earth, Lu tries to help a pregnant woman with breast cancer make the delivery of her childâ€”and the removal of the tumorâ€”the happiest day of her life.

S3E11 - Flesh and Blood 2002-10-20

Strange things are brewing at Rittenhouse. A patient seeks Lus treatment for what appears to be a simple rash; but upon closer examination, the condition turns out to be a dangerous flesh-eating bacteria. Meanwhile, Andy is caught in the middle of a sensitive case when a mother wants to have her schizophrenic daughters tubes tied. And Peter tries to piece together clues to close the book on a doc whos up to something sneaky.

S3E12 - Blush 2002-11-10

A local politician hot on the campaign trail needs Andys help to remain cool under pressure. Her issue? She wants to stop blushing. Meanwhile, Lu tries to ease her patient Melissa, a former drug addict, into taking pain medication for a muscular disorder. But after she starts the meds, Melissa is soon rushed into the ERâ€”and Lu must help fight for her patients life.

S3E13 - Deterioration 2002-11-17

Trouble hits home when Andy suspects that her daughter has an eating disorder. On the job, the doctor doubts herself when confronted with the mysterious deaths of three of her patients. Meanwhile, Lu acts quickly to stop a possible outbreak of varicella, aka chicken pox.

S3E14 - Poison 2002-12-08

Lu faces the horrifying memory of her rape when a patient turns to her for help in dealing with her brother, a convicted sex offender. When Andys patient displays baffling, life-threatening symptoms, Andy suspects foul play.

S3E15 - The Philadelphia Chromosome 2002-12-15

Lu goes up against the government when one of her patients turns out to be a suspected terrorist. Meanwhile, Andy treats a deaf woman for rheumatoid arthritis, which has the potential to cripple the handsâ€”silencing her ability to speak.

S3E16 - PMS, Lies and Red Tape 2003-01-05

Andy returns to the Army for reserve duty and helps a woman with post polio syndrome (PPS). Sparks fly for Lu when she is reunited with an old friend whose mother is one of her patients. And when Lana asks if the guy was the ""first"" one Lu answers saying he was the only one.

S3E17 - Orders 2003-01-12

Andy is forced to confront her father after discovering that he has a degenerative nerve condition that could threaten his independence; Lu treats a pregnant woman whom she subsequently discovers is under investigation in connection with several unexplained infant deaths.

S3E18 - Blocked Lines 2003-01-19

Dr. Campbells diagnosis of the first local case of West Nile Virus causes a near panic in the community; Lu tries to help a hard-working mother remain close to her hospital-bound son.

S3E19 - Intensive Care 2003-02-16

Dr. Campbells husband hits her and she kicks him out of their house.

S3E20 - Addicted to Love 2003-02-23

Andy Campbells kids miss their dad and want to know when he is coming home. Dr. Campbell has a hard time telling the kids why there dad moved out. Les Campbell has a hard time watching his temper. Andy isnt sure Jesse & Lizzy should know.

S3E21 - Degeneration 2003-03-09

Academy Award-winning actress Rita Moreno guest stars in this episode of ""Strong Medicine,"" airing March 9, 2003 on LIFETIME Television. Moreno plays a street doctor treating patients who dont have the financial means to obtain medical treatment. Dr. Delgado makes a point of checking on her when she suspects the doctor may be growing senile. Later, Lu becomes frantic when she learns that a building has collapsed and her fire fighting boyfriend is unaccounted for while Andy counsels parents who are forced to make an extremely difficult medical decision about which of their two children should have lifesaving surgery

S3E22 - Risk 2003-03-16

Andy helps Jesse cope having back surgery and trying to set things right between her husband. Lu tries to figure out how to spend time with Mickey and Marc. Lu wonders if Mickey would like to live with her. Andy is worried about whether she should help in her daughters surgery. Dr. Jackson deals with death of a young girl 6 years ago.

S4E1 - The Hero Heart 2003-06-15

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 but little can be done to save his life besides putting him on a respiratory machine. Andy and Bob try to convince Lu to take him off the respirator. While Lu deals with the emotional trauma of Mickeys death, Andy tries to perform an experimental procedure on a baby in a bubble but is interrupted by Bob with news that the FDA has un-approved the procedure. Meanwhile Andy gets herself into a bureaucritical battle when she tries to get a patient who has no health insurance a free heart transplant. Also, Andy must tell Lizzy and Jesse that she and Les are getting a divorce and that he is moving across the country.

S4E2 - Emergency Contacts 2003-06-22

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.

S4E3 - Heartbeats and Deadbeats 2003-06-29

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 babysit him until he is more responsible. Andy tells a sexually active elderly woman that she has HIV. Lu finds out about a terrible hospital error when trying to find a matching bone marrow for a young leukemia patient. Lana and Peter search the inner city for a woman whose aorta could burst at any time and face some frustrating difficulties.

S4E4 - Rash Decisions 2003-07-06

Andy finds out that a TV chef has leperachy when she develops a rash. Lu must decide between avenging Mickeys death and her own beliefs about the death penalty and honesty when she is asked to testify in the defense of his murderer who clearly is mentally unstable. Lu also is shocked when she discovers her neighbors body and corruption in the Philadelphia Police Department.

S4E5 - Breathing Lessons 2003-07-13

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 insensitive husband of a pregnant woman about the pains of carrying a baby.

S4E6 - Misdiagnosis Murder 2003-07-20

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 her life.

S4E7 - Vaccinations 2003-07-27

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.

S4E8 - Temperature's Rising 2003-08-10

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 Alzheimers disease within 10 years, she also wants to have a baby. Andy & tells her kids about Dr. Morton, her kids question why she cant make time for kids. Clare worries that her kids might have the gene PGD (the gene that leads to finding Alzheimers early.) A young girl with Downs Syndrome tells Lu she shot a girl to get in a gang. The mother later tells Lu that she had her 16 year old (with Downs Syndrome) confess to the crime to protect her sister who actually committed the crime.

S4E9 - Speculum for a Heavyweight 2003-08-17

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 its just allergies. Andy treats Blain who doesnt feel good. Lou looks at Lyla who has SIS (Second Impact Syndrome) and wants Lyla to stop boxing because her next match could kill her. Lu heads to the boxing ring to ask Lyla to stop and doesnt listen. Blain learns she has ATL (Adult T-Cell Leukemia.) Lu tries to track down Andys chest x-ray thinking she may have Lung Cancer. Dr. Campbell learns she has lung infection.

S4E10 - Bad Liver 2003-09-07

When Lus (Rosa Blasi) patient receives a desperately needed transplant, Andy (Patricia Richardson) has designs on the discarded liver. Also, when one of Lus patients ex-con husband returns home after more than three years in prison, he may be suffering from more than depression. Meanwhile, Andy considers taking her relationship with Dr. Morton (Richard Biggs) to the next level while Lanas (Jenifer Lewis) life is turned upside down when someone from her past returns. Dr. Biancavilla (Brennan Elliott) faces a moral dilemma when a paramedic friend is pricked by an IV drug users needle.

S4E11 - Maternal Mirrors 2003-09-14

When a patient of Andys takes a turn for the worse under Lus watchful eye, the two doctors butt heads over whether proper procedure was followed. Meanwhile, Andy questions whether or not she can trust her oldest daughter. Also, when Andy and Morton try an experimental xenotransplant (using the heart of a chimpanzee), Peter questions the rights of the animal.

S4E12 - Jeaneology 2003-10-05

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. Lu tries to mediate between an alcoholic and the daughter offering a piece of her liver for transplant.

S4E13 - Skin 2003-10-12

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 patients less-than-reputable father. Meanwhile, Lu helps a breast cancer survivor to overcome her fears about body image and dating after a mastectomy. Also, while planning Jesses Sweet Sixteen birthday party, Andy must come to grips with the impending financial limitations that her divorce will place on her family. When one of Andys patients suffers from a heart attack, she and Lu disagree about the cause.

S4E14 - Love and Let Die 2003-11-02

Lu helps a terminally ill patients family deal with the complicated issues surrounding assisted suicide. Meanwhile, when Andy helps a young couple figure out why they are unable to conceive a child, she stumbles upon a cause that changes their lives forever. As Andy and Milos relationship becomes serious, he invites her to dinner with his parents. However, Milos mother, Eve, is less than thrilled with Andy being the new woman in his life.

S4E15 - Coming Clean 2003-11-09

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.

S4E16 - Prescriptions 2003-12-07

A drug company is offering cash to participants testing a new anti-smoking drug and one of Lus patients has a very favorable response. An advice columnist Andy is treating loses her ability to read after surgery. One of Bobs daughters needs to be taught swimming for gym class. Lana watches over an elderly senile woman who was left at the clinic with a note. Peter is giving flu shots and a patient has a bad reaction. Andy and Milo Morton have trouble reconciling their busy schedules.

S4E17 - Seize the Day 2003-12-14

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 seizures. Additionally, Andy and Lu have a friendly competition when each one of their patients is studying for a spelling bee. Andy also has to adjust to spending her first Christmas holiday without the kids.

S4E18 - Ears, Ho's and Threat 2004-01-11

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 freedoms she has been afforded because of her imperfection. Also, Lu helps an older woman with Alzheimers use her past for her own benefit. Meanwhile, Andy counsels a young woman who is seeking ""revirginization"" surgery.

S4E19 - Weights and Measures 2004-01-18

A friend of Marcs 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 Nurse Riggs on an unusual assignment that may turn into another career.

S4E20 - The Real World Rittenhouse 2004-01-25

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 film the doctors as they work in order to get more donations for the RWHC. Meanwhile, Andy treats a woman who has been trying to have a baby and learns a shocking secret about her Southern past. Also, Lana gives Lu and Andys patients advice, leading to amazing results.

S4E21 - Identity Crisis 2004-02-08

Ben Sanderson wants to cut screening tests for newborns. A patient of Lus thinks a patient of Andys is a fugitive but doesnt believe it. Everyone worries if they will have jobs if Octavian Systems takes over Rittenhouse. Andy is asked to stay on a Rittenhouse, and fights for Dr. Jacksons job.

S4E22 - Quarantine 2004-02-15

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.

S5E1 - Positive Results 2004-06-13

Nick is transferred to Manhatten General. Bens HIV test has a positive result. Also, Ben hires his ex-wife to make up for the damage he caused to her career. Andy learns that her daughter Jesses friend is addicted to cough syrup. Kayla Thorton, a new intern, is pushed into the hustle and bustle of the ER. She gets into trouble when she asks a girl if she is sexually active in front of her mother and things go terribly wrong. Jesse gives her friend CPR to save her life after she loses consciousness due to consuming too much syrup. Andy feels responsible for the incident because Jesses friend was in her care.

S5E2 - Touched by an Idol 2004-06-20

Andy tells a famous rock star and a patient to rest and cancel some of her concerts because of fatigue. The rock star invites Lus young patient who has a terminal disease to spend the day with her. Lus patients mother directs a terrible accusation at the rock star. Ben starts a concierge service to keep the clinic open after it faces financial difficulties.

S5E3 - Omissions 2004-06-27

Dr. Campbell treats a patient for what she believes is alcoholism but she wont admit to her drinking problem. The patients daughter goes to desperate measure to get her mom to stop drinking. Another of Andys patients needs to get a kidney transplant but nobody in her family is a match. Tammys mom then reveals a horrible secret that could save her daughters life. Meanwhile, Lu, Lana, Peter, and Ben go out on the streets to find out what is threatening the lives of young infants.

S5E4 - Cape Cancer 2004-07-11

Andy and Milo are invited to stay in a beachside cabin owned by a patient of Andys in a beachside vacation community. The vacation gets interrupted when a young boy suddenly becomes very ill with similar symptoms to Andys patient who has cancer. Andy is furthur shocked to learn that 9 other residents of the town have died from cancer.

S5E5 - Fractured 2004-07-18

Andy is surprised when ex-husband Les shows up unexpectedly after Lizzy has her knee operated on after a soccer accident. Les learns that his wife is dating Milo. Andy invites Milo to dinner to meet Les and is shocked by the tragedy that ensues. Andy meanwhile treats a prominent judge for hearing loss and has trouble figuring out the cause of it.

S5E6 - Goodbye Slash Rest in Peace 2004-07-25

Andy worries about a patient who continues to ask for surgery to make her breasts perfect even after she has had many surgeries. Andy warns her patient that if she continues to have more surgery she could make it harder for machines to detect a possible sign for breast cancer due to the fact that she has a lot of scar tissue. Andy believes her patient may have a body-image disorder and is worried that her patient could go to extreme measures to improve her body image. Lanas computer breaks down with Marcs thesis on it and Lana, Peter, Ben, Lu, and him must pull an all-nighter to get it done and get the thesis done and turned in in time. Lu must say good-bye when Ben is transferred to Miami and Marc goes away to college.

S5E7 - Healing Touch 2004-08-01

Kayla is frustrated when a patient refuses to let her treat her due to her race and her intern status. Andy refuses to treat her and insists that Kayla handles the patient. A complaint is filed against Andy because she refused to treat the patient. A new doctor at Rittenhouse must take over Milos patients and replace him in the hospital.

S5E8 - Bleeding Heart 2004-08-08

Dr. Campbell is asked to write an endorsement for a new book about female heart health written by a friend and patient. After the author dies of a heart attack, her husband refuses to publically announce her cause of death because he fears it would hurt sales of the book even though her diet had nothing to do with her death (she had heart disease). Lu is shocked when three high school girls come into the ER with similar and shocking symptoms that point towards poisoning.

S5E9 - Prophylactic Measures 2004-08-15

Lu is asked to perform physicals for actors and actresses who are shooting ########### videos. She accidentally tells an actress that she has contracted gonorrhea while she is in the middle of shooting a scene and everybody there hears because the studio has microphones everywhere. Andy loses control of herself in the ER when she is unable to save the life of a woman. She decides she has Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder because of her guilt over not saving Milos life even though there was no way she possibly could have.

S5E10 - Life in the Balance 2004-08-22

An estranged sister must work up the courage to ask her Olympic gymnast sibling to donate her liver to save her life. Andy and Kayla help a clinically depressed and struggling resident get back on track after a suicide attempt. Lu tries to convince Jonas not to build a large discount multi-purpose store in her neighborhood as it would close down many of the mom and pop stores that had been there for years.

S5E11 - Like Cures Like 2004-09-26

A victim of a mysterious accident suffers severe brain damage. Kayla, Andy, and the head neurologist at Rittenhouse, along with his wife, must help him decide whether or not he should have an experimental and potentially life-threatening surgery that would place a chip in his brain. When he concentrated, the chip would put his thoughts on a computer screen. His wife worries that he will agree to do the surgery in the hope that he wont survive it. Peter treats a woman with allergies in a surprising way and has devastating results. After giving a patient of Lus with a less than reputable job a ride home, Bob is in the doghouse and Lana teachs him a lesson he doesnt need to learn.

S5E12 - Cinderella in Scrubs 2004-10-03

Andy diagnoses a patient with uterine cancer. The patient had gone to nine other doctors and all of them had declared her perfectly healthy as they didnt give her the test needed to diagnose the cancer. She is furious and sues her insurance company. In the end, she does something that will shock you. Meanwhile, an adoptive mother of a 5 year old daughter may be forced to return her to her former-drug addict mother who abandoned her at Rittenhouse 5 years before.

S5E13 - Body Mass Increase 2004-10-10

Lana bets her pink feather pen that shell sign up more people than a friend will for the Rittenhouse Breast Cancer Walk. She faces some difficulties, however, and goes to extreme measures to get people to sign up. Lu tells a teenaged patient that she is pregnant and she in turn tells Lu that Lus son Marc is the father. In a shocking ending, the girl reveals a horrifying secret. Andy, meanwhile, takes action when Lizzys friends receive ""fat letters"" and instead makes the school food healthier when Lizzy starts to severely diet.

S5E14 - Selective Breeding 2004-10-17

Lu treats a young patient with Bi-Polar disease which causes her to act hazardously violent. Her mother must decide whether to keep her or give her up to a mental institution. Meanwhile, Andy helps a woman have an invitro fertilization. She uses new technology to help the couple have a boy because of a genetic female-only disease in the family but later a web of lies and deceivements is revealed. Peter gets jealous when Kayla dates a man he volunteers for at a zoo.

S5E15 - A Dose of Reality 2004-10-24

Lu and Andy treat 3 patients that have similar symptoms but seem to have nothing in common. Meanwhile, Andy must meet face-to-face with the drunk driver who killed Milo. Andy is horrified when Jesse befriends him after he gives a speech about the dangers of drunk driving at her school. Meanwhile, Jonas is investigated for insider trading. Later, in a shocking climax, Jesse is in a drunk driving accident.

S5E16 - Graft 2004-10-31

On a stormy Halloween night, a 7 year old girl suffers a serious burn while trick or treating and the only person who could possibly save her life by giving her a skin transplant is her twin sister. Lu must decide if it is ethical to ask the young girl to proceed with such a risky and painful procedure. Meanwhile, Lizzy and her friends witness a crime in the hospital morque while Peter and Lana get the hospital into the Halloween spirit.

S5E17 - Code 2004-12-05

Andy is considered for the prominent Chief of Surgery position (after the current Chief retires) and discovers a competitor bribing members of the board which is going to decide on a replacement. In the midst of this, she must decide whether or not to perform a potentially career-hurting dangerous surgery on a pregnant woman run over by an SUV driver talking on their cell phone. Meanwhile, Lu battles a company that wants to take her financially-deprived patients cells to find a cure for leukemia without paying her. Also, Lana finds romance over dog residue.

S5E18 - Virgin Birth 2004-12-12

With Christmas only a few days away, Lana goes on a frenzy decorating the clinic and organizing a Secret Santa gift exchange. However, when a plan to set up Peter and Kayla backfires, she has a lot of explaining to do. Meanwhile, Lu delivers a virgin surrogate mothers baby but when the parents find out something about the baby, they do the unthinkable. Also, Andy must find a young girl who may die if she doesnt get treated for a deadly disease she may have.

S5E19 - Foreign Bodies 2005-01-09

Lana finds a crafty way to help one of Lus patients, a construction worker with a brain tumor, raise enough money for a necessary surgery. Andy treats a woman who needs to have surgery to save her life. However, the woman refuses to have the surgery performed until she meets her first grandchild, who is about to be born in Paris. Peter tries to find the father of a patients child.

S5E20 - First Response 2005-01-16

In a special episode of Strong Medicine, the Rittenhouse Hospital Emergency Medical Services team is introduced. EMTs Kate and Zach are attacked while trying to save a young girls life, figure out the motive behind it, and reach a dubious resolution. Then, a multiple vehicle accident keeps them and Dr. Vanessa Burke, an African American trauma surgeon and Katies adoptive sister, busy. A chemical spill threatens the lives of those in the accident and a guilty driver makes an impulsive decision. Meanwhile, a pre-teen in the accident needs a transplant and Katie and Lu search homeless shelters for a match. Even after they find one, they still face some difficulties. Vanessa amputates the legs of a man who begged her to let him die and must convince him that life without legs is still worth living.

S5E21 - Implants, Transplants, and Cuban Aunts 2005-01-23

Andy treats a beauty pageant finalist and finds that she has a shocking disease caused in part by her breast implants that requires surgery. Also, Andy tries to find time to talk to her friend, a presidential aide who is visiting from Washington D.C. Meanwhile, Lu deals with the pain and struggling of immigrants when a truckload of them show up on her block and is shocked to learn that all twenty of them are pregnant. Jonas invites Lu to dinner with his extended family and Lu gets a toxic surprise. Later, Lu has difficulty finding a fuel-efficient car and a lost box could ruin her relationship with Jonas family. Finally, Peter and Kayla try to work through the red tape of workplace romance and start a relationship.

S5E22 - Cutting The Cord 2005-01-30

Andy must face the questions of people opposed to her becoming Surgeon General while she struggles to get Senate confirmation. Lus unique way of practicing medicine and their relationship challenge her chances. Kayla and Peter prepare for the next step in their relationship but struggle to find privacy. Lu reads something in a newspaper about Jonas that could change their relationship forever.

S6E1 - New Blood 2005-06-12

Lu meets Andy s replacement, Dr. Dylan West, an obnoxious man she worked with when she was an intern as they struggle to save the lives of the many people involved in a train accident. Later, she discovers something shocking while talking to a bipolar patient. The president is in town and the Secret Service makes sure the hospital keeps plenty of B- blood (the presidents rare blood type) on hand. Dylan tries to help a pregnant patient make the right decision about a potentially hazardous surgery. Meanwhile, Lu contemplates marrying Jonas while dealing with the obnoxious woman who caused Dr. Jackson to lose his job. Later, the unthinkable happens to Lu and she and those close to her struggle to save her life.

S6E2 - Feeling No Pain 2005-06-19

Lu tries to find out why a young patient has mysterious bruises on her body. Lu suspects the mother of child abuse while Dylan suspects the girls nanny. Meanwhile, Dylan helps a patient try to combat her ####### addiction and when she has strange symptoms, he goes undercover to find out why. Kayla moves in with Lana when she has trouble finding an apartment.

S6E3 - Clinical Risk 2005-06-26

After a policewoman uses a stun gun to discipline an 11-year-old boy with behavioral problems, Lu takes a special interest in him and the new technique. Dylan is asked to perform a risky procedure by a multiple sclerosis patient who is willing to risk her life to beat the disease. Kayla finds that a patient has come into contact with the deadly poison ricin and is forced to report it to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.