It was a major plot point -- that is, that vaccines could be causing autism -- on at least one other show for sure ("Eli Stone"), and if I weren't lazy I'd google, because I'm pretty sure I remember more. It's when I started to conceive my contempt for a lot of mainstream tv screenwriters.
They'll read some bullshit pop psych or medicine and just toss it right into a tv show watched by millions of people, from the mouth of a character that's supposed to be an "expert", taking no responsibility whatsoever for what they're promoting.
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To be clear, tho the vaccine potentially causing autism was the initial plot point during a time when we didn't have the evidence we do now, it was very careful to not provide if the vaccine caused autism, but rather that the manufacturer had a dubious ingredient and wouldn't give it to his own kid.
