Plot summary
Quincy's fishing holiday is interrupted when Dr. Astin requests he visit a home for children to assist in the autopsy of a young boy who died there, and finds the home's conditions extremely sub-standard and arrange for its closure. Emily wants to help the boy's brother (who has emotional and behavioral problems caused, as Emily finds out, by his abusive father) by bringing the boy back to his family to work through their issues together to stop the boy's descent into a potentially criminal life. Tony Dow guest-stars.
Credits
Adapted from Wikipedia contributors, Quincy, M.E. season 8. HTML formatting and reference markers removed.