Medical Investigation

Season 1 Episode 1

You're Not Alone

Air date: Sep 9, 2004

Medical Cases in This Episode

These are the patient stories worth unpacking. Open any case for the real-world medicine, what the episode shows, what it leaves out, and source-backed context.

2 cases identified

Case 1

Mysterious Blue-Turning Illness

People suffer from a mysterious deadly illness that turns them blue.

Episode shows
People suffer from a mysterious deadly illness that turns them blue.
Clinical takeaway
Mysterious Blue-Turning Illness is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, diagnostic, toxicologic, infectious, or public-health scenario.
Accuracy 3.8/5cyanotic-mysterious-illnessoutbreak-investigationpublic-health

Case 2

Potentially Deadly Epidemic Source

The team works to find the source of a potentially deadly epidemic.

Episode shows
The team works to find the source of a potentially deadly epidemic.
Clinical takeaway
Potentially Deadly Epidemic Source is included because episode evidence supports a concrete clinical, diagnostic, toxicologic, infectious, or public-health scenario.
Accuracy 3.6/5potentially-deadly-epidemic-sourceoutbreak-investigationpublic-health

About the Episode

Neal McDonough and Kelli Williams ("The Practice") return to series television as members of a mobile medical team from the National Institutes of Health who are summoned in a heartbeat to scope out -- and hopefully snuff out -- outbreaks of unexplained and fearful diseases. When people are suffering from a mysterious and deadly illness, which turns them blue, the team must work to put the pieces together to find the source of this potentially deadly epidemic. The series also stars Troy Winbush ("John Q."), Christopher Gorham ("Jake 2.0") and Anna Belknap ("The Handler") as part of the elite team.

Medical Relevance

A full clinical context review has not been generated for this episode yet.

The Medical Verdict

Final editorial assessment will be added after review.