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22. A Different Drummer

Inspired by Coma . Recovering from an accident in the hospital, Rockford sees a cadaver's arm moving just as an organ is being removed from elsewhere in the body. When Rockford questions it his doubts are almost assuaged by the operating surgeon, the charming Dr. Lee Yost ( John Considine ). Still, Rockford wonders why Yost's organ clinic is a for-profit operation, and investigates further. Rockford's car develops a problem, which may have been an attempt to kill him. Then Jim talks to Yost’s…

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Inspired by Coma. Recovering from an accident in the hospital, Rockford sees a cadaver's arm moving just as an organ is being removed from elsewhere in the body. When Rockford questions it his doubts are almost assuaged by the operating surgeon, the charming Dr. Lee Yost ( John Considine ). Still, Rockford wonders why Yost's organ clinic is a for-profit operation, and investigates further. Rockford's car develops a problem, which may have been an attempt to kill him. Then Jim talks to Yost’s adopted parents, which gets Jim doubting him more. How much of a psychopath is Yost? Jesse Welles portrays Yost's gullible secretary, and Reni Santoni portrays an asylum inmate who was first to question Yost's true nature. With Carmen Argenziano, Walter Brooke, David S. Cass Sr., Harlan Warde, Fritzi Burr and Ray Stricklyn.

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