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  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • May 1, 1997
  • 45 m
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • May 1, 1997
  • 45 m
Diagnosis Murder

Summary Diagnosis Murder follows Dr. Mark Sloan, the chief of internal medicine, at LA's Community General Hospital. Dr. Sloan, much like Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote, has a magnetic quality that apparently draws murders to him. Every week, Dr. Sloan stumbles across murders, either acting in his role at the hospital, aiding the police a...

Directed By: Oz Scott

Written By: Joyce Burditt

  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • May 1, 1997
  • 45 m
  • TV-14
  • CBS
  • May 1, 1997
  • 45 m
Diagnosis Murder
S4 • Episode 24
The Merry Widow Murder
Air Date: May 1, 1997
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Summary Diagnosis Murder follows Dr. Mark Sloan, the chief of internal medicine, at LA's Community General Hospital. Dr. Sloan, much like Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote, has a magnetic quality that apparently draws murders to him. Every week, Dr. Sloan stumbles across murders, either acting in his role at the hospital, aiding the police a...

Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 19, 1996 • 45 m
Murder by Friendly Fire
A friend of Steve's winds up dead in a friendly-fire incident involving a veteran cop, but the shooting may have been planned all along.
Episode 2 • Sep 26, 1996 • 45 m
Murder Can Be Contagious
Sloan and Jesse make contact with a patient who died from a genetically altered strain of smallpox.
Episode 3 • Oct 3, 1996 • 45 m
Murder on Thin Ice
After faking an attack on herself just to win endorsements, a skater kills her accomplice and frames her rival.
Episode 4 • Oct 10, 1996 • 45 m
X Marks the Murder: Part 1
A string of murders occurs with the same killer signature. One of the victims supposedly called Mark, but it is after she was known to be dead. The case becomes personal when the killer starts calling Mark.
Episode 5 • Oct 10, 1996 • 45 m
X Marks the Murder: Part 2
Mark gets involved in the string of murders when the killer starts calling Mark. It gets more personal when the killer attacks Amanda. She manages to escape. Mark and Steve get closer to finding the killer.
Episode 6 • Oct 17, 1996 • 45 m
A Model Murder
Sloan and Steve probe the murder of a private eye in the not-so-pretty world of modeling.
Episode 7 • Oct 24, 1996 • 45 m
Murder Can Be Murder
A surgeon kills a man on the operating table for insurance money. Foul play is expected as the identity of the man becomes questionable. Mark reluctantly helps Steve with the investigation since the surgeon is a good friend of his.
Episode 8 • Oct 31, 1996 • 45 m
An Explosive Murder
A terrorist bombing leads to an undercover investigation involving an ambitious cop.
Episode 9 • Nov 7, 1996 • 45 m
Murder by the Busload
Sloan discovers a murder victim amongst the trauma patients from a bus accident.
Episode 10 • Nov 14, 1996 • 45 m
A Candidate for Murder
The drug-addicted daughter of a senator is killed during an argument, but a senior aide tries to make it look like an overdose.
Episode 11 • Nov 21, 1996 • 45 m
The ABC's of Murder
Sloan helps a lawyer probe a drive-by shooting at a high school which left a popular teacher dead. But her stubborn insistence that a Korean teen is responsible makes finding the real killer a challenge.
Episode 12 • Dec 12, 1996 • 45 m
Murder in the Family
Sloan's daughter escapes the wrath of her abusive trucker husband who ends up dead.
Episode 13 • Jan 9, 1997 • 45 m
In Defense of Murder
The head pediatric nurse turns out to be an ex-prostitute whose former madam is murdered after declaring her intentions to publish a tell-all book. The suspect nurse is defended by the lawyer and murderer Darren Worthy (David Dukes).
Episode 14 • Jan 16, 1997 • 45 m
A History of Murder
Sloan looks for clues to solve the decades-old murder of his mentor.
Episode 15 • Jan 30, 1997 • 45 m
Murder Two: Part 1
Sloan enlists his friend Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) to defend Jesse, who's accused of murdering a resident.
Episode 16 • Feb 6, 1997 • 45 m
Murder Two: Part 2
With Jesse falsely accused of murdering Eric Spindler, Ben Matlock (Andy Griffith) gathers all the evidence to find the real killer.
Episode 17 • Feb 13, 1997 • 45 m
Hard-Boiled Murder
Sloan assists Joe Mannix (Mike Connors) with an unsolved murder case from 1973.
Episode 18 • Feb 20, 1997 • 45 m
Murder, Country Style
The prime suspects in the murder of a country star are a driven TV producer and her timid songwriter daughter.
Episode 19 • Feb 27, 1997 • 45 m
Delusions of Murder
A psychiatrist hypnotizes his female patients in order to rape them without their knowledge. His wife finds out of what he's doing; he then uses hypnosis to get a patient to murder his wife.
Episode 20 • Apr 3, 1997 • 45 m
A Passion for Murder
A sexy, but sinister, pharmaceutical rep has every intention of winning Sloan's heart.
Episode 21 • Apr 10, 1997 • 45 m
Blood Brothers Murder
A gang member does not want his sister to date Shane and a fight breaks out. Shane and his brother Terry are friends with Mark. When the gang member is found dead, Terry and Shane turn to Mark to prove their innocence.
Episode 22 • Apr 24, 1997 • 45 m
Physician, Murder Thyself
A surgeon drops dead while operating on another doctor.
Episode 23 • Apr 24, 1997 • 45 m
Murder in the Air
The pilot of an airliner escorting Sloan and Amanda to a medical conference in Europe is killed.
Episode 24 • May 1, 1997 • 45 m
The Merry Widow Murder
A wealthy woman, Claire Whitfield (Brynn Thayer) and her lover cook up an elaborate plot to bump off her husband, Elliott (Wayne Tippit).
Episode 25 • May 8, 1997 • 45 m
Comedy Is Murder
A washed up comedian stumbles in his attempts to murder his more successful partner, whose wife ends up dead in the pool. But evidence soon suggests he might not be responsible.
Episode 26 • May 8, 1997 • 45 m
The Murder of Mark Sloan
A mad bomber whom Sloan helped put away breaks out of prison bent on revenge.
8 Seasons

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Dick Van Dyke

Dr. Mark Sloan, Gangster John 'Mr. G' Gotti, J. Edison Nash

Barry Van Dyke

Steve Sloan

Victoria Rowell

Amanda Bentley-Livingston, Danielle Slade

Charlie Schlatter

Dr. Jesse Travis

Michael Tucci

Norman Briggs

Scott Baio

Dr. Jack Stewart

Delores Hall

Nurse Delores Mitchell

Kevin McNally

Paramedic, EMT, Will Sanders

Shane Van Dyke

Alex Smith, Jake Hallman, Shane Marshall

Anne Lockhart

Nurse, Policewoman, Andrea Rivers

Charmin Lee

Det. Cheryl Banks, Detective Cheryl Banks, Detective Cheryl Brooks

Kim Little

Nurse Susan Hilliard

Joanna Cassidy

Madison Wesley

Susan Gibney

Det. Tanis Archer, Maya, Sgt. Tanis Archer, Genevieve Ducasse

Lynda Robertson

Nurse Tanya, Nurse, Sexy Nurse, Young Female Intern

Harry Lennix

Agent Ron Wagner

Carey Van Dyke

Brendan Kelly, Carl Simpson, Craig Wilson, Kelso, Kyle Lewis, Terry Marshall

Lee Newman

Bellman, Cameraman, Dan, Detective, Detective #2, Swarthy Man

Stephanie Niznik

Caitlin Sweeney, Laura Caine

Stephanie Kissner

Reporter No.2, Anchorperson, Reporter, Reporter #1

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