The episode starts out with a man drinking heavily, right out of the bottle actually, running down a pedestrian. Before he hits the guy he is stopped at the curb drinking and clearly seen by a passerby. And after the accident he stops and does not run. He is charged with vehicular manslaughter after he is treated for a knee injury resulting from the crash and then released from the hospital.
Quincy performs the autopsy, and for some reason has the grieving widow of the victim in his office. He connects the widow with a counselor who is in fact a victim of a drunk driver herself - She's paralyzed from the waist down and her son was killed in that same accident.
So this starts out being one of the "social issue" episodes of Quincy where there is lots of screeching about drunk driving and the lack of criminal penalties against offenders. But then it segues into something else entirely with Quincy back in mystery solving mode like he was in earlier seasons. The hints are all there along the way, like breadcrumbs, but you need to be alert to catch them all.
So don't avoid this one because it seems like it's going to be one of the social issue episodes, because it turns out to be quite interesting. And don't ask me what a photo of actor Bret Nighman is doing attached to this episode, because although he does portray a lab technician here, he has nothing to do with the plot.
Quincy performs the autopsy, and for some reason has the grieving widow of the victim in his office. He connects the widow with a counselor who is in fact a victim of a drunk driver herself - She's paralyzed from the waist down and her son was killed in that same accident.
So this starts out being one of the "social issue" episodes of Quincy where there is lots of screeching about drunk driving and the lack of criminal penalties against offenders. But then it segues into something else entirely with Quincy back in mystery solving mode like he was in earlier seasons. The hints are all there along the way, like breadcrumbs, but you need to be alert to catch them all.
So don't avoid this one because it seems like it's going to be one of the social issue episodes, because it turns out to be quite interesting. And don't ask me what a photo of actor Bret Nighman is doing attached to this episode, because although he does portray a lab technician here, he has nothing to do with the plot.