Go Fight City Hall... to the Death
- Episode aired Oct 3, 1976
- TV-PG
- 1h 15m
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7.4/10
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As Quincy looks into the rape and murder of a civil servant; he finds a rash of murders - and a political conspiracy.As Quincy looks into the rape and murder of a civil servant; he finds a rash of murders - and a political conspiracy.As Quincy looks into the rape and murder of a civil servant; he finds a rash of murders - and a political conspiracy.
Hari Rhodes
- Deputy Mayor Collins
- (as Harry Rhodes)
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- TriviaIn the syndicated version, the episode was cut down from 90 minutes (when it originally aired under the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie umbrella) to 60 minutes. In addition, the familiar Quincy opening credit sequence replaced the network-commissioned NBC Mystery Movie opening credits and theme music by Henry Mancini.
- GoofsIn the scene where Quincy and his girlfriend Lee survey the area in Mexico where the first victim was killed by driving over a cliff, a panoramic view of the area beyond the cliff shows that it fronts on the ocean with only water visible. But when Quincy's is later thrown from his car as it is being pushed over the same cliff, a glimpse of the area in the distance shows a large city (probably Los Angeles, not Mexico) with no water in the scene.
- Quotes
[addressing a group of police recruits]
Dr. R. Quincy, M.E.: Gentlemen, you are about to enter the most important and fascinating sphere of police work: the world of forensic medicine, where untold victims of many homicides will reach back from the grave and point back a finger accusingly at their assailant.
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Interesting to see this after seeing the late series entries...
... because Quincy starts out far from where the series ended up.
Here Quincy is the medical examiner in a number of cases that at first look like rape cases perpetrated by some kind of maniac preying on random victims. But then he sees a pattern in the murders and it leads to city hall. It's odd seeing Quincy have such a cynical take on government after watching him screech about needing government intervention in so many of the later episodes, but then you need to remember that this series premiered two years after Watergate, so cynicism towards government was at an all time high.
It looks like Lee, Quincy's girlfriend, was at first going to be some kind of regular character helping Quincy in his sleuthing, but she got dropped after four episodes. Also note that DNA evidence would render lots of these old mysteries moot such as the question - did the same person commit all of these crimes?
Here Quincy is the medical examiner in a number of cases that at first look like rape cases perpetrated by some kind of maniac preying on random victims. But then he sees a pattern in the murders and it leads to city hall. It's odd seeing Quincy have such a cynical take on government after watching him screech about needing government intervention in so many of the later episodes, but then you need to remember that this series premiered two years after Watergate, so cynicism towards government was at an all time high.
It looks like Lee, Quincy's girlfriend, was at first going to be some kind of regular character helping Quincy in his sleuthing, but she got dropped after four episodes. Also note that DNA evidence would render lots of these old mysteries moot such as the question - did the same person commit all of these crimes?
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- Jan 1, 2024
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