... and I mean oddly even for Quincy.
I remembered this episode from its first run for a couple of reasons. First the "of all sad words" poem really spoke to me at the time, and also because Quincy behaves erratically in this episode.
A woman's mobster husband is killed in a fire at his restaurant. Maybe it's an accident, maybe natural causes, maybe not. So Quincy is on the case. In the process of doing the autopsy he runs into the widow and the two fall for one another, and for Quincy it seems to be more than his typical flirtation. At the same time, Quincy apparently has a doppelganger - About the same age, just as "craggy" (to be kind), just as persistent - except this guy is an insurance investigator who does a deep dive into the grieving widow and her background and is convinced that her husband's death was murder and that this was not her first murder. And it's not like this guy keeps it to himself. He tells Quincy what he thinks and why he thinks it and lets the widow know he is on her trail as well.
When the insurance investigator seems to be closing in on Quincy's girlfriend he plays some games with some vital tests performed on the dead husband's blood that could not only get him fired from the coroner's office but get him arrested for at least obstruction of justice. What goes on here? Watch and find out.
The episode takes some unbelievable turns at the end as far as Quincy taking some chances, but still at least it's one of the mystery episodes of Quincy with a little more intersection with his personal life than is normal, so it was an enjoyable watch.