Welcome to Paradise Palms begins with a young boy in a Native American community falling ill and dying. When another child begins to experience the same symptoms, Quincy (Jack Klugman) is called in to assist in his treatment. Quincy and a local doctor diagnose the illnesses as Bubonic Plague, and this puts them in a race against time to find the origin of the plague before a nearby luxury golf resort has their grand opening. When they try to delay the opening to allow more time for containment of the disease, the owners and local officials oppose them arguing that it could be devastating to the local economy.
This is an OK episode that deals with a public health crisis, a beat the clock scenario and a battle against bureaucracy. While these types of episodes can be entertaining at times, I didn't find this one to be particularly interesting or remarkable and it just seemed to move along at a very slow pace. There is no crime featured or even a mystery really as the illnesses are diagnosed very early on and we see the exact area where the plague originated.
On the positive side, much of this episode takes place on location in an authentic looking southwestern style community, so it is a nice change of pace from LA and the coroner lab. There is also a very tender moment towards the end where the Native American boy who Quincy saves thanks him and tells him that he loves him which was nice to see.
Otherwise, I wouldn't characterize this as much more than a fair Season 6 episode featuring a public health problem/battle against local government which is something that we have seen many times before.