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The Worst Episodes of Strong Medicine

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Worst episode
S4E11 Maternal Mirrors
4.825 votes
Best episode
S6E22 Special Delivery
8.143 votes
Top season
Season 5
7.3avg
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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 11 - Maternal Mirrors
    4.8/10(25 votes)

    S4:E11

    When a patient of Andy's takes a turn for the worse under Lu's 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.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Ethlie Ann Vare

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  2. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 15 - Coming Clean
    5.1/10(13 votes)

    S4:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 16 - PMS, Lies and Red Tape
    5.3/10(12 votes)

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 17 - Precautions
    6.2/10(43 votes)

    S2:E17

    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 criminal's sickly newborn.

    Director:David Livingston
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 5 - Dying Inside
    6.3/10(23 votes)

    S6:E5

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 5 - Breathing Lessons
    6.3/10(16 votes)

    S4:E5

    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.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 17 - We Wish You a Merry Cryst-Meth
    6.3/10(16 votes)

    S6:E17

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 1 - Positive
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    S3:E1

    As Dana's 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 daughter's sexually-transmitted disease because Lu provided the girl with birth control.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 2 - Feeling No Pain
    6.3/10(13 votes)

    S6:E2

    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 girl's 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 2 - Outcomes
    6.5/10(20 votes)

    S3:E2

    When Dana's attorneys make Peter's being a sperm donor difficult, Dana considers getting pregnant the old-fashioned way. Lu suspects that a baby's mother is the one responsible for the child's mysterious sickness.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 1 - Donors
    6.6/10(25 votes)

    S2:E1

    The second season begins with Dana and Lu at odds over the fate of a dead college student's fertilized eggs. The day is further complicated by the arrival of Peter's 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 Nick's appointment to the ER staff is in doubt.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 3 - Stages
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    S3:E3

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

    Director:Joanna Kerns
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 12 - It Takes a Clinic
    6.5/10(15 votes)

    S6:E12

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Strong Medicine Season 5 Episode 2 - Touched by an Idol
    6.5/10(14 votes)

    S5:E2

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

    Director:David Solomon
    Writer:Laura Wolner

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  15. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 10 - Zol Zein Gezint
    6.5/10(12 votes)

    S2:E10

    A patient of Dana's gives birth to twins — one baby is black, the other is white. And Lu suspects that a woman with chronic back pain is addicted to prescription drugs.

    Director:Michael Nankin
    Writer:Yahlin Chang

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  16. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 13 - Silent Epidemic
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    S2:E13

    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.

    Director:Randall Zisk
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 8 - Contraindications
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    S3:E8

    It's Andy Campbell's official first day as co-head of the Rittenhouse Women's 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 woman's repeated miscarriages. Later, Lu and Andy face off when a drug-addicted patient almost dies from an overdose.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 16 - Black 'n' Flu
    6.7/10(19 votes)

    S2:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Strong Medicine Season 2 Episode 11 - Systemic
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    S2:E11

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 14 - Love and Let Die
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    S4:E14

    Lu helps a terminally ill patient's 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 Milo's relationship becomes serious, he invites her to dinner with his parents. However, Milo's mother, Eve, is less than thrilled with Andy being the new woman in his life.

    Director:Jan Eliasberg
    Writer:Laura Wolner

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  21. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 21 - Identity Crisis
    6.7/10(14 votes)

    S4:E21

    Ben Sanderson wants to cut screening tests for newborns. A patient of Lu's thinks a patient of Andy's is a fugitive but doesn't 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. Jackson's job.

    Director:Joe Napolitano
    Writer:James Stanley

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  22. Strong Medicine Season 3 Episode 11 - Flesh and Blood
    6.8/10(20 votes)

    S3:E11

    Strange things are brewing at Rittenhouse. A patient seeks Lu's 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 daughter's tubes tied. And Peter tries to piece together clues to close the book on a doc who's up to something sneaky.

    Director:Rick Wallace
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Strong Medicine Season 4 Episode 7 - Vaccinations
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    S4:E7

    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.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown
    Writer:James Stanley

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  24. Strong Medicine Season 6 Episode 15 - Promising Treatment
    6.8/10(19 votes)

    S6:E15

    No description available

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Strong Medicine Season 1 Episode 4 - Second Look
    6.9/10(36 votes)

    S1:E4

    Dana's former beauty queen patient doesn't 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.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Maternal Mirrors" is the worst rated episode of Strong Medicine. It scored 4.8/10 from 25 votes. Directed by Jerry London and written by Ethlie Ann Vare, it aired on September 14, 2003. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Coming Clean".

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