List of Medical Investigation episodes

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This is a list of episodes from the medical drama Medical Investigation.

There are 20 episodes in this series.

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Episode Title Writer(s) Director Original airdate
1 "Pilot (aka You're Not Alone)"  Jason Horwitch and Michelle Ashford Marc Buckland September 9, 2004
When people in New York City start turning the color blue, the NIH team is called upon to help cure this outbreak. When searching for the cause, a diner holds an important clue - but what is the ingredient that they all had in common? Only 3 weeks on the job, McCabe is sent to investigate a baby whose parents are thought to have been abusing her. A well-known disease is the answer to the question - brittle bone disease. 
2 "In Bloom"  Jason Horwitch Marc Buckland September 10, 2004
A group of four teenage girls are suspected of having an STD when they are hospitalized for seizures. However, when that's not the case, the NIH team must uncover the true cause of the seizures, and a pair of pants holds a clue. 
3 "Coming Home"  Mark Israel Rick Wallace September 17, 2004
When four soldiers return from Iraq and fall dangerously ill, the natural assumption is exposure to a chemical or biological agent. However, when a group of nursing home residents die of the same symptoms, the NIH team is left baffled. 
4 "Escape"  Daniel Arkin Marc Buckland September 24, 2004
When the guests at a Bahama resort start falling ill, the NIH team is called in by the local government. When a child falls ill with the same symptoms, the team finds the common link. 
5 "Progeny"  Barry M. Schkolnick Rick Wallace October 1, 2004
After years of watching young children fall prey to a crippling muscular ailment, a small community summons the NIH team to hopefully find a cure. At first, Connor suspects a local chemical plant as being the cause of this devastating illness. However, a common link is discovered, and the DNA of the children holds an important clue. 
6 "Team"  Laurence Andries Guy Ferland October 15, 2004
When the jocks of a Midwestern College start falling prey to a crippling disease, the NIH team is summoned to investigate. At first, the suspected agent is Multiple Sclerosis. However, when the coach, as well as some sorority pledges fall ill with similar symptoms, the NIH team is baffled. As it turns out, the girls are not suffering from the same illness. The common links are discovered, and for the jocks, an athletic banquet holds the answer, and for the pledges, a tube of foreign lipstick holds the answer. 
7 "Alienation"  Ayanna Floyd Mike Fresco October 29, 2004
The Team flies to Philadelphia to investigate an outbreak of a mysterious ailment amongst random people. The team identifies it to be Anthrax and it's a race against time to identify the source. 
8 "Mutation"  David Graziano Marc Buckland November 5, 2004
The team flies to a small Virginia town to figure out why people are dying from a deadly strain of the flu. 
9 "Little Girl"  Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle Paul Holohan November 12, 2004
After the victims of a car accident are diagnosed with a deadly disease, a small Maryland town requests the assistance of the NIH team. A little girl survives the crash, which makes her the only living patient, but she requires an urgent bone marrow transplant. With her father dead and mother missing, the team must find a donor for her with time running out, but also find the source of the non-contagious disease. 
10 "Price of Pleasure"  Juan Carlos Coto Norberto Barba November 19, 2004
When adult film stars in Los Angeles start falling prey to a devastating disease, the health department summons the NIH team. At first, being as they are adult film stars, Connor suspects an STD. However, when a housewife falls prey to the same illness, a new link needs to be found and the answer might lie with a plastic surgeon, water and some fish. 
11 "The Unclean"  Mark M. Dodson Elodie Keenee December 3, 2004
A hospital tries to cover up an outbreak of a vicious flesh-eating bacteria and a whistle-blower calls in the NIH. The team exhausts the possibilities and must accept that they have an 'Angel of Death' deliberately infecting patients. 
12 "Spiked"  Peter Egan Elodie Keenee January 7, 2005
A surfer and a volleyball player from a seaside town catch a mysterious disease. Dr. Connor and his staff investigate and find a nearby seal colony is being blamed. Connor must find the source of the disease before the colony is killed. 
13 "Tribe"  Jason Horwitch and David Graziano Marc Buckland January 14, 2005
A family fall into a mysterious disease. Connor finds out another family was infected with the disease. A clue helps them to discover they were infected with smallpox. The team must find out wether the smallpox is human made or natural. 
14 "Ice Station"  Mark M. Dodson and Jeff Braunstein Jeffrey Reiner January 28, 2005
The team is trapped in a snowstorm in the arctic while trying to figure what is causing pneumonia in patients that also causes psychosis. To make matters worse, one of their own goes down with the same illness. 
15 "Mousetrap"  Barry M. Schkolnick, Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle Norberto Barba February 4, 2005
The team travels to Baltimore to help stop an outbreak of the plague, a disease that wiped out much of Europe in the middle ages. But they uncover a string of dirty cops, who were trying to cover up a murder, in the process. 
16 "Survivor"  Ayanna Floyd and Jeff Braunstein Craig Zisk February 11, 2005
Split cases find Connor, Durant, and Powell in New York City trying to cure victims who are presenting paralysis as a result of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks, and Miles and Eva down south trying to figure out what is causing the pregnant wives of military men to miscarry. 
17 "Half Life"  David Ehrman Roxann Dawson February 18, 2005
The NIH team teams up with the officers of the 55th Precinct in New York City to try to figure out what is the source of an outbreak of Marburg, a deadly disease with no known cure. They also try to locate patient zero, a murder suspect on the run, who is helping to spread the disease throughout New York City. A crossover episode with Third Watch. 
18 "The Black Book"  Michael B. Silver Elodie Keenee February 25, 2005
Connor suspects terrorism when two congressmen and an officer fall prey to an unknown disease. However, when the leader of a prostitution ring becomes ill with the same symptoms, an unknown STD becomes the suspected agent. Now it is a race against the clock, and their pesky boss, Dr. Ewing, to find a call girl who may be the source of this deadly outbreak. 
19 "Mission La Roca, Part One"  Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle Karen Gaviola March 18, 2005
Connor and Powell must travel to a small Mexican town after an earthquake strikes, trapping Natalie, Eva, and Miles. Only when they go after Miles, who was trapped in the church Mission La Roca, they are captured by insurgents. 
20 "Mission La Roca, Part Two"  Mark M. Dodson, David Ehrman, Steven Long Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle Paul Holohan March 25, 2005
The team figures out that they are dealing with bacterial meningitis, and the only thing that makes their day worse is a corrupt politician who steals the medicine and holds them to ransom. Elsewhere, the people at Mission La Roca (Miles, Connor, Powell, Nestor, Juan, Kris, and Baracas) make it out before the church collapses, and take the sick ones off to the hospital for treatment.