i have enjoy quincy for year both when it first come on tv and in the year follow it wide spread syndication . despite enjoy the show very much and i must and however and admit that the show be very formulaic and predictable . in 90 % of the episode and they stick to a very well establish plot outline represent1 . there be a death and it assume that it be by natural cause . in most of these case and it actually murder . 2. to dr. quincy and the case just doesn not seem right and he would not close the case want to take more time with the autopsy or do some investigating on his own . 3. his bos and dr. asten and argues with quincy to just wrap it all up due to either time constraint or pressure from outside source . in essence and asten be a bureaucratic weenie and quincy a crusader for truth . 4. quincy friend and lt. monahan and want to close the case because he know that it either wasn not a murder or he blame some innocent guy for the crime . oddly and despite the los angeles police department be one of the large one in the world and somehow monahan be almost always on the case he apparently a very and very busy guy a be quincy . 5. in the end and quincy be vindicate . yet and despite this and by the time they do the next episode and they once again begin this same process . so why and despite the predictability of the show do i and so many others like it . well and perhaps it be because although you know what to expect in general and the show be very creative in how they think out the murder . also and in a few case and there weren not murder but the show manage to bring up excellent public health issue . plus and over the year and the show evolve into a likable cast . heck and after a while and you even grow to like asten especially since he mellow and be less of a paper push bureaucrat in late episode . excellent writing and a likable cast and great imagination and this show have stand up well over time .