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Diagnosis: Murder

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Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Synopsis

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

Episodes

Seasons & episodes

8 seasons

Episode 1

1. Miracle Cure

Oct 29, 1993 45 min

A priest kills his would-be blackmailers and does everything he can to cover his tracks. Dr. Sloan investigates when details don't quite add up.

Episode 2

2. Amnesia

Nov 5, 1993 45 min

Security is increased at the hospital when Senator Robert Bassett undergoes an operation. Drs. Sloan and Stewart are preoccupied when a beautiful young amnesia patient is brought in. Unbeknownst to them, their beautiful young patient is a professional killer.

Episode 3

3. Murder at the Telethon

Nov 12, 1993 45 min

When an abrasive, washed-up comic is found dead at a Community General benefit telethon, suspicion is cast on everyone from his son to his former writers.

Episode 5

5. The 13 Million Dollar Man

Dec 3, 1993 45 min

After a dying man gives Dr. Sloane a winning lottery ticket, the deceased's family and creditors swarm him, claiming the ticket is theirs.

Episode 6

6. Vanishing Act (1)

Dec 10, 1993 45 min

A group of crooked cops frame Steve for murder after he gets too close to their robbery operation. Jack visits some past friends, now mobsters, to dig up information.

Episode 7

7. Vanishing Act (2)

Dec 17, 1993 45 min

The same gang involved in the Schroeder murder kidnaps Mark's underworld friend, Gus Benedict. Jack and Mark try to save Benedict before time runs out.

Episode 8

8. Shanda's Song

Jan 7, 1994 45 min

Dr. Sloan treats a famous singer,then takes her into his home as a homicidal closes in.

Episode 9

9. The Restless Remains

Jan 14, 1994 45 min

Financier Robin westlin dies in Dr. Sloan's house, but when the paramedics at the scene, the body's gone. Everyone is certain the event was a figment of Mark's imagination. Dr. Sloan goes on a quest to validate his theory.

Episode 10

10. Murder with Mirrors

Jan 21, 1994 45 min

A team of Magicians Clark & Madison, breaks up when Paul Madison decides to go solo. Mark jumps to his friend Clark's aid when Madison turns up dead with Eddie Clark the main suspect.

Episode 11

11. Flashdance with Death

Jan 28, 1994 45 min

Steve's latest girlfriend, a dance instructor, is a suspect in a murder investigation when a dance club's owner dies mysteriously.

Episode 12

12. Reunion with Murder

Feb 4, 1994 45 min

A tell-all book written by one of Amanda's vindictive old college roommates contains embarrassing secrets of all four roommates. Dr. Sloan tries to discover what happened when the author is found dead and Amanda is the main suspect.

Episode 13

13. Lily

Mar 4, 1994 45 min

A prostitute, who tells Jack of her plans to blackmail her clients, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose. Dr. Sloan interviews her clients to discover the real cause of death.

Episode 14

14. Guardian Angel

Apr 1, 1994 45 min

An unhappy politician's wife guns down her husband in an underground garage. Mark sees through her alibi and attempts to confirm his suspicions.

Episode 15

15. Nirvana

Apr 8, 1994 45 min

Chet Brooks, one of Jack's old friends, shows up on the run from gamblers, begging for help. Jack reluctantly loans Chet his car, only to have Chet and the car explode in a fiery wreck. Jack tangles with the underworld to find out what happened.

Episode 16

16. Broadcast Blues

Apr 15, 1994 45 min

A convict, being treated at County General, manages to take a hostage and demand news coverage. When the newscaster covering the event is shot down, Dr. Sloan takes it upon himself to figure out what went wrong.

Episode 17

17. Shaker

Apr 29, 1994 45 min

A Los Angeles earthquake apparently causes an armoire to topple over on top of a good friend of Dr. Sloan's, Martin Garfield, killing him. The dry-eyed Sloan goes to work and discovers that Garfield may have been killed before the earthquake. Jack and Amanda help Mark weed through the wealthy family to find the murderer.

Episode 18

18. The Plague

May 6, 1994 45 min

A gangland 'protector' under surveillance by Steve becomes infected with the plague when a medicine bottle is mysteriously switched. Dr. Sloan tries to find the source of the virus before the murderer starts an epidemic.

Episode 19

19. Sister Michael Wants You

May 13, 1994 45 min

Dr. Sloan goes undercover at a convent when mysterious circumstances surround a murder.

Ensemble

Cast

Dick Van Dyke

Dick Van Dyke

Mark Sloan

Victoria Rowell

Victoria Rowell

Amanda Bentley-Livingston

Charlie Schlatter

Charlie Schlatter

Jesse Travis

Barry Van Dyke

Barry Van Dyke

Steve Sloan

Production

The details

Release

1993

Seasons

8 seasons

Country

United States of America

Studio

Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions

Spoken languages: English

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