Strong Medicine

1. S01E01PilotJuly 23, 2000 9.0Dr. Lu Delgado is running out of money to run her free clinic by herself. When Lu goes to prestigious Rittenhouse Hospital to ask for assist
2. S01E02Season's bestPreexisting ConditionsJuly 30, 2000 10.0As 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
3. S01E03MisconceptionsAugust 6, 2000 10.0Dana treats an HIV positive patient of Lu's when Lu is out of the clinic and learns that his mother took him off the HIV medication with Lu'
4. S01E04Second LookAugust 13, 2000—Dana's former beauty queen patient doesn't think her husband finds her attractive and insists on having extensive plastic surgery. Dana ref
5. S01E05Performance AnxietyAugust 20, 2000 8.0Lu 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 won
6. S01E06Drug InteractionsAugust 27, 2000—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
7. S01E07Do No HarmSeptember 3, 2000 10.0After 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 b
8. S01E08Miracle CureSeptember 10, 2000 8.0When 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
9. S01E09DependencyOctober 8, 2000—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 bl
10. S01E10BRCA1October 15, 2000 10.0It's Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend at the Rittenhouse Hospital Women's Clinic, where Lu (Rosa Blasi), Lana (Jenifer Lewis) and Peter (Josh
11. S01E11BRCA2October 15, 2000 10.0Dana takes a leave from the clinic to help her mother through a double mastectomy. Lu's impromptu safe-sex speech at a prep school's career
12. S01E12BrainchildOctober 29, 2000 10.0A woman's advanced Parkinson's disease forces Dana and Robert to decide whether to perform a controversial fetal cell transplant. Peter's st
13. S01E13Second OpinionDecember 3, 2000 10.0Lu (Rosa Blasi) and Dana (Janine Turner) intervene when a woman with a controversial bone and muscle disease is denied her disability claim.
14. S01E14Side EffectsDecember 10, 2000 10.0A 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
15. S01E15Blessed EventsDecember 17, 2000 9.0It's Christmas at Rittenhouse Hospital. A woman engaged to be married finds out she's pregnant — even though she's a virgin. Robert fires
16. S01E16FixJanuary 7, 2001 10.0A journalist comes in with an infection on her foot and Dana(Janine Turner)realizes that she is actually a closet heroine addict. Lu (Rosa B
17. S01E17MaternityJanuary 14, 2001 10.0Environmental toxins in a low-income housing unit trigger early menopause in one of its 25-year-old residents. A new mother spirals into dep
18. S01E18ComplicationsJanuary 21, 2001 10.0When 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) t
19. S01E19ChildcareFebruary 18, 2001 9.0Dana Stowe must help a family consider if they should take Scarlett off of life support because of the disease she has. Scarlett has express
20. S01E20Drugstore CowgirlFebruary 25, 2001 10.0Dana cares for a dying patient who has been disguising herself as a man in order to fulfill her calling to the priesthood. Lu prescribes De
21. S01E21Wednesday Night FeverMarch 4, 2001 10.0It's an all-nighter for Lu at Rittenhouse — and there's not a moment's rest. Robert's wife, Susan, is back in the hospital as her MS progr
22. S01E22MortalityMarch 11, 2001 10.0A 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 w

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

1. S02E01DonorsJuly 15, 2001—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
2. S02E02Season's bestAdverse ReactionsJuly 22, 2001 10.0After denying employment to a candidate who is both overqualified and overweight, Robert faces off against a civil-rights lawyer famous for
3. S02E03Gray MatterJuly 29, 2001 10.0Dana's bedside manner is put to the ultimate test when a former high-school rival comes to her for treatment. A nurse considers suing the ho
4. S02E04HistoryAugust 5, 2001 10.0Lu travels to Puerto Rico, where her beloved grandmother urgently needs a bone-marrow transplant to survive. As the headstrong doctor copes
5. S02E05AttachmentsAugust 12, 2001 10.0The parents of conjoined twins refuse to have them surgically separated, even though that means they may both die. Lu suspects a leukemia pa
6. S02E06ReliefAugust 19, 2001 10.0Philadelphia baseball fans blame Dana when the home team loses a crucial playoff game. Lu cares for a piano prodigy with scleroderma, a pote
7. S02E07ImpairedAugust 26, 2001—An Alzheimer's patient attempts to maintain custody of her 15-year-old son with Down syndrome, and a domestic diva puts the health of her un
8. S02E08RebirthSeptember 9, 2001 10.0A woman hoping to form a maternal bond with her adopted teenage daughter ignores Dana's advice and proceeds with plans to re-create the chil
9. S02E09Control GroupSeptember 16, 2001 10.0Robert's wife's battle with MS becomes more difficult, so he asks Dana to try a new experimental drug on her. Lu treats a young Korean woman
10. S02E10Zol Zein GezintOctober 7, 2001—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 a
11. S02E11SystemicOctober 14, 2001 10.0Dana debates whether she should risk her relationship with Nick to comfort a terminally ill flame from her past, while Lu faces off against
12. S02E12AccidentsOctober 21, 2001 10.0Dana waits for Nick to decide when they will get married, and treats a figure skater who's determined to compete in the Olympics despite bei
13. S02E13Silent EpidemicNovember 11, 2001 10.0Dana suspects an Amish woman is infected with mad-cow disease; and Lu treats Lana for a sexual dysfunction stemming from her days as a prost
14. S02E14Hot FlashNovember 18, 2001 8.0A 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
15. S02E15BloodworkDecember 2, 2001 9.0Dana counsels a woman and her emotionally distant son, who are both being treated for lead poisoning. Also, Lu goes to bat for a stenographe
16. S02E16Black 'n' FluDecember 9, 2001 10.0Lu's return to her college alma mater is marred by an outbreak of meningitis. At the clinic, Dana develops symptoms suggesting she is pregna
17. S02E17PrecautionsJanuary 6, 2002 10.0Dana is troubled when a patient requests new breast implants immediately after her first ones rupture. Elsewhere, Lu fears for the life of a
18. S02E18ShockJanuary 13, 2002 10.0Striking nurses send the hospital into chaos, forcing Dana to withhold an experimental treatment for a dying baby. Also, an abused patient o
19. S02E19Type and CrossJanuary 20, 2002 10.0The Rittenhouse doctors cope with a blood shortage in Philadelphia. Dana helps a patient who unknowingly contracted hepatitis from her husba
20. S02E20Rape KitFebruary 17, 2002 10.0Lu is raped by Rittenhouse's star surgeon — but he insists that the sex was consensual. Meanwhile, Dana attempts to help a critically inju
21. S02E21TraumaFebruary 24, 2002—Lu copes with the trauma of being raped by devoting her thoughts to a patient who accidentally overdosed on over-the-counter cough medicine.
22. S02E22Recovery TimeMarch 3, 2002 10.0Lu 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 Ri

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

1. S03E01Season's bestPositiveJuly 21, 2002 10.0As 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
2. S03E02OutcomesJuly 28, 2002 10.0When Dana's attorneys make Peter's being a sperm donor difficult, Dana considers getting pregnant the old-fashioned way. Lu suspects that a
3. S03E03StagesAugust 4, 2002 10.0Although it is now several months since she was raped, Lu is still reluctant when a cute paramedic asks her out on a date.
4. S03E04HeartbeatAugust 11, 2002 10.0A teenage cancer patient refuses to continue chemotherapy, Dana makes preparations for what she assumes will be her forthcoming pregnancy, a
5. S03E05Compassionate ReleaseAugust 18, 2002 10.0Hospital executives approach Dana to perform a risky procedure to save an unborn child's life; Lu treats a prison inmate for cervical cancer
6. S03E06DischargedAugust 25, 2002—Dana tries to win custody of an HIV-infected baby, even though becoming its full-time caregiver will end her career; a transsexual patient t
7. S03E07AdmissionsSeptember 8, 2002 10.0Lu has plenty of opinions when it comes to deciding on Dana's replacement, but she soon learns that Dr. Robert Jackson, the chief of staff,
8. S03E08ContraindicationsSeptember 15, 2002 10.0It'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 ne
9. S03E09Family HistoryOctober 6, 2002—Andy goes beyond the call of duty to expedite the Food and Drug Administration's approval of a drug that could help Robert's wife, who has m
10. S03E10House CallsOctober 13, 2002—When an old colleague with a breast lump calls for Andy's help—from space, of all places—the former Army colonel is at full attention. A
11. S03E11Flesh and BloodOctober 20, 2002 10.0Strange things are brewing at Rittenhouse. A patient seeks Lu's treatment for what appears to be a simple rash; but upon closer examination,
12. S03E12BlushNovember 10, 2002 10.0A local politician hot on the campaign trail needs Andy's help to remain cool under pressure. Her issue? She wants to stop blushing. Meanwhi
13. S03E13DeteriorationNovember 17, 2002 10.0Trouble hits home when Andy suspects that her daughter has an eating disorder. On the job, the doctor doubts herself when confronted with th
14. S03E14PoisonDecember 8, 2002—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
15. S03E15The Philadelphia ChromosomeDecember 15, 2002 10.0Lu goes up against the government when one of her patients turns out to be a suspected terrorist. Meanwhile, Andy treats a deaf woman for rh
16. S03E16PMS, Lies and Red TapeJanuary 5, 2003—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 o
17. S03E17OrdersJanuary 12, 2003 10.0Andy is forced to confront her father after discovering that he has a degenerative nerve condition that could threaten his independence; Lu
18. S03E18Blocked LinesJanuary 19, 2003 9.0Dr. Campbell's diagnosis of the first local case of West Nile Virus causes a near panic in the community; Lu tries to help a hard-working mo
19. S03E19Intensive CareFebruary 16, 2003—Dr. Campbell's husband hits her and she kicks him out of their house.
20. S03E20Addicted to LoveFebruary 23, 2003 10.0Andy Campbell's 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 mov
21. S03E21DegenerationMarch 9, 2003—Academy Award-winning actress Rita Moreno guest stars in this episode of ""Strong Medicine,"" airing March 9, 2003 on LIFETIME Television. M
22. S03E22RiskMarch 16, 2003 10.0Andy 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

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

1. S04E01The Hero HeartJune 15, 2003—In a surprise twist following the suspenseful season finale cliffhanger, Mickey jumped in front of Lu and took the bullet for her; saving he
2. S04E02Emergency ContactsJune 22, 2003—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.
3. S04E03Season's bestHeartbeats and DeadbeatsJune 29, 2003 10.0Andy 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 stay
4. S04E04Rash DecisionsJuly 6, 2003 10.0Andy finds out that a TV chef has leperachy when she develops a rash. Lu must decide between avenging Mickey's death and her own beliefs abo
5. S04E05Breathing LessonsJuly 13, 2003—Lu fears that a little girl who keeps getting injured might be being physically abused by her dad. Andy suspects her nanny is stealing valua
6. S04E06Misdiagnosis MurderJuly 20, 2003 10.0Lu faces an ethical dilemma about her doctor/patient confidentiality when an abused, pregnant woman appears to be missing. Andy confronts a
7. S04E07VaccinationsJuly 27, 2003—A smallpox vaccine for a hospital worker leads to life-threatening complications for her child. Also, Andy helps a premature baby unknowingl
8. S04E08Temperature's RisingAugust 10, 2003—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
9. S04E09Speculum for a HeavyweightAugust 17, 2003—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 g
10. S04E10Bad LiverSeptember 7, 2003 10.0When Lu's (Rosa Blasi) patient receives a desperately needed transplant, Andy (Patricia Richardson) has designs on the discarded liver. Also
11. S04E11Maternal MirrorsSeptember 14, 2003—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 fo
12. S04E12JeaneologyOctober 5, 2003—Andy and Lu put their heads together when each of their patients show signs of being poisoned. It appears their exposure to chemicals may tu
13. S04E13SkinOctober 12, 2003—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 p
14. S04E14Love and Let DieNovember 2, 2003—Lu helps a terminally ill patient's family deal with the complicated issues surrounding assisted suicide. Meanwhile, when Andy helps a young
15. S04E15Coming CleanNovember 9, 2003—When Andy encounters a young woman with amnesia and her fiance, she must decide which secrets should remain untold. Meanwhile, when a pregna
16. S04E16PrescriptionsDecember 7, 2003—A drug company is offering cash to participants testing a new anti-smoking drug and one of Lu's patients has a very favorable response. An a
17. S04E17Seize the DayDecember 14, 2003—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 ""ket
18. S04E18Ears, Ho's and ThreatJanuary 11, 2004—An Indian heiress with a deformity turns to Andy for treatment so that her parents can arrange a marriage for her. Things get complicated wh
19. S04E19Weights and MeasuresJanuary 18, 2004—A friend of Marc's may be being abused by her boyfriend. Lu treats an HIV-infected woman who looks sicker than she is. An obese couple pers
20. S04E20The Real World RittenhouseJanuary 25, 2004—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
21. S04E21Identity CrisisFebruary 8, 2004—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.
22. S04E22QuarantineFebruary 15, 2004—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 th

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

1. S05E01Positive ResultsJune 13, 2004—Nick is transferred to Manhatten General. Ben's HIV test has a positive result. Also, Ben hires his ex-wife to make up for the damage he cau
2. S05E02Touched by an IdolJune 20, 2004—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 pat
3. S05E03OmissionsJune 27, 2004—Dr. Campbell treats a patient for what she believes is alcoholism but she won't admit to her drinking problem. The patient's daughter goes t
4. S05E04Cape CancerJuly 11, 2004—Andy and Milo are invited to stay in a beachside cabin owned by a patient of Andy's in a beachside vacation community. The vacation gets int
5. S05E05FracturedJuly 18, 2004—Andy is surprised when ex-husband Les shows up unexpectedly after Lizzy has her knee operated on after a soccer accident. Les learns that h
6. S05E06Goodbye Slash Rest in PeaceJuly 25, 2004—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
7. S05E07Healing TouchAugust 1, 2004—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 insist
8. S05E08Bleeding HeartAugust 8, 2004—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 die
9. S05E09Prophylactic MeasuresAugust 15, 2004—Lu is asked to perform physicals for actors and actresses who are shooting ########### videos. She accidentally tells an actress that she ha
10. S05E10Life in the BalanceAugust 22, 2004—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
11. S05E11Like Cures LikeSeptember 26, 2004—A victim of a mysterious accident suffers severe brain damage. Kayla, Andy, and the head neurologist at Rittenhouse, along with his wife, mu
12. S05E12Cinderella in ScrubsOctober 3, 2004—Andy diagnoses a patient with uterine cancer. The patient had gone to nine other doctors and all of them had declared her perfectly healthy
13. S05E13Body Mass IncreaseOctober 10, 2004—Lana bets her pink feather pen that she'll sign up more people than a friend will for the Rittenhouse Breast Cancer Walk. She faces some dif
14. S05E14Selective BreedingOctober 17, 2004—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 g
15. S05E15A Dose of RealityOctober 24, 2004—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
16. S05E16GraftOctober 31, 2004—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 he
17. S05E17CodeDecember 5, 2004—Andy is considered for the prominent Chief of Surgery position (after the current Chief retires) and discovers a competitor bribing members
18. S05E18Virgin BirthDecember 12, 2004—With Christmas only a few days away, Lana goes on a frenzy decorating the clinic and organizing a Secret Santa gift exchange. However, when
19. S05E19Foreign BodiesJanuary 9, 2005—Lana finds a crafty way to help one of Lu's patients, a construction worker with a brain tumor, raise enough money for a necessary surgery.
20. S05E20First ResponseJanuary 16, 2005—In a special episode of Strong Medicine, the Rittenhouse Hospital Emergency Medical Services team is introduced. EMTs Kate and Zach are atta
21. S05E21Implants, Transplants, and Cuban AuntsJanuary 23, 2005—Andy treats a beauty pageant finalist and finds that she has a shocking disease caused in part by her breast implants that requires surgery.
22. S05E22Cutting The CordJanuary 30, 2005—Andy must face the questions of people opposed to her becoming Surgeon General while she struggles to get Senate confirmation. Lu's unique w

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

1. S06E01New BloodJune 12, 2005—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
2. S06E02Feeling No PainJune 19, 2005—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 th
3. S06E03Clinical RiskJune 26, 2005—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 ne
4. S06E04DifferentialsJuly 10, 2005—
5. S06E05Dying InsideJuly 17, 2005—
6. S06E06The Y FactorJuly 24, 2005—
7. S06E07Paternity TestJanuary 1, 2006—
8. S06E08Infectious LoveAugust 14, 2005—
9. S06E09Gunshot WeddingJanuary 1, 2006—
10. S06E10Family BusinessJanuary 1, 2006—
11. S06E11Broken HeartsJuly 10, 2005—
12. S06E12It Takes a ClinicJanuary 1, 2006—
13. S06E13Agony and EcstasySeptember 25, 2005—
14. S06E14Chief ComplaintsOctober 2, 2005—
15. S06E15Promising TreatmentOctober 9, 2005—
16. S06E16Rhythm of the HeartOctober 16, 2005—
17. S06E17We Wish You a Merry Cryst-MethDecember 11, 2005—
18. S06E18My Sister, My Doctor, MyselfJanuary 8, 2006—
19. S06E19Unorthodox TreatmentJanuary 15, 2006—
20. S06E20Baby BOOM!January 22, 2006—
21. S06E21Dr. Thornton Hears A Who?January 29, 2006—
22. S06E22Special DeliveryFebruary 5, 2006—

Season 6 ranked & reviewed