No Way to Treat a Flower (20 Sep. 1979)

A teenage girl dies from a disease that mainly affects the elderly. A few hours later, her boyfriend dies of the same symptoms. Quincy later traces it to a the marijuana they smoked, which ... See full summary »

Director:

Ray Danton

Writers:

Jeff Freilich, Christopher Trumbo,

Stars:

Jack Klugman, Garry Walberg, John S. Ragin

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Klugman	...	Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.
Garry Walberg	...	Lt. Frank Monahan
John S. Ragin	...	Dr. Robert Asten
Robert Ito	...	Sam Fujiyama
Joan Freeman	...	Mrs. Campbell
Charles Bloom	...	Joey Campbell
Paul Kent	...	Dr. Osborn
Gary Wood	...	Magazine Publisher
Whit Bissell	...	Botanist
Barbara Tarbuck	...	Mrs. Westlake
Martin Rudy	...	Jack Price
Paca Thomas	...	Dr. Mark Lieber
Toni Berrell	...	Karen Harris
Karlene Crockett	...	Kathy Campbell
Pat Renella	...	Ken Campbell

Storyline

A teenage girl dies from a disease that mainly affects the elderly. A few hours later, her boyfriend dies of the same symptoms. Quincy later traces it to a the marijuana they smoked, which was treated with a poisonous fertilizer. Quincy then decides to go after the magazine that advertised it in order to try to keep more kids from dying from the tainted weed. He also must find out where the kids got the weed from.

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Crime

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 1979 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lt. Frank Monahan: We'll be here at 6:00 tomorrow morning with 30 officers and a search warrant. And we'll *tear this place apart!*

User Reviews

An interesting topic--but too much speechifying by Quincy.

This episode begins with the death of a 15 year-old. Her internal organs are a mess and it's hard to believe that she seemed healthy and normal just three days earlier. What could have caused this? Eventually, Quincy is able to determine that the girl had smoked some marijuana that was grown with Colchicine--a chemical that was being sold in a pro-drug magazine in order to produce larger and stronger pot plants. The problem is that the chemical is deadly--and the readers of the magazine could potentially buy the product without realizing its effects. So, it's up to Quincy to find others who have bought the Colchicine as well as get that magazine to stop advertising this crazy chemical.

In many ways, it's an interesting episode. But, on the other hand, quite a few times during the show Quincy began making soap box speeches--speeches obviously the result of bad writing, as NO ONE talks that way! It's a shame, as without these incidents, the show could have earned a 7 or even 8.