The Shadow of Death

Episode aired Feb 24, 1982
TV-PG
1h

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

After a former Vietnam nurse suffering from PTSD turns up dead, Quincy gets involved with a veteran support group in an effort to get the victim's friend, another former nurse, the treatment... Read allAfter a former Vietnam nurse suffering from PTSD turns up dead, Quincy gets involved with a veteran support group in an effort to get the victim's friend, another former nurse, the treatment she needs for her disorder.After a former Vietnam nurse suffering from PTSD turns up dead, Quincy gets involved with a veteran support group in an effort to get the victim's friend, another former nurse, the treatment she needs for her disorder.

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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Featured review

5/10

The preachiness continues

I always find that Quincy is better when it is a crime fighting episode. Unfortunately there are also many many episodes where our hero gets caught up in a "noble" cause, and the episode becomes preachy and judgy. I find them boring, but it's almost sacrilegious to admit it because of the nobility of the cause. This was one of those episodes...excellent cause, yes. But not enough exciting, seat of the pants dramatic crime fighting for my liking.

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Trivia
What is called PTSD now was called Shell Shock, it was coined in 1915, although they are the same, there are some differences. The term of Shell shock is used for military, whereas PTSD encompasses people who lived a traumatic situation.

Goofs
Karen Austin's character (Rachael) describes an event in the war as having taken place on September 1970, but Karen Austin would have been under 15 years old at the time.

Quotes
Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.: Rachel, you are not going to chase me away. I happen to think that you're a dynamite girl with the potential to fly to the moon.