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Diagnosis: Murder
1993 - 2001 7.1 (113 votes) 8 Seasons
Genres
Drama Family Mystery
Networks
CBS
Created By
Joyce Burditt

Diagnosis: Murder

A tangled web of mystery. Classic 'whodunit' suspense.

Overview

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

Key Crew

Producer: Fred Silverman, Dean Hargrove, Lee Goldberg, Dick Van Dyke

Top Cast

Dick Van Dyke
Dick Van Dyke

Mark Sloan

Barry Van Dyke
Barry Van Dyke

Steve Sloan

Charlie Schlatter
Charlie Schlatter

Jesse Travis

Victoria Rowell
Victoria Rowell

Amanda Bentley-Livingston

Seasons

Season 0 poster
Season 0 (1991)

No overview available.

6 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: It Never Entered My Mind
1991-03-20

Dr. Sloan is charged with murdering hospital director Havilland, who was investigating him and two other doctors. Jake and the Fatman: Season 4 Episode 19

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Diagnosis of Murder
1992-01-05

Police detective Steve Sloan believes that top manager Nick Osborn has killed his boss, trust-owner Russell Cord. His father, senior hospital doctor Mark Sloan, is convinced that his long-time patient Osborn is innocent and soon discovers three other top employees of the Cord Group who also had reasons for killing their boss.

Runtime: 120 min
Episode 3: The House on Sycamore Street
1992-05-01

Dr Mark Sloan cannot believe that his former student Dr Drummond, an ambitious cosmetic surgeon, has committed suicide. Assisted by his team of hobby detectives, pathologist Amanda Bentley and junior doctor Jack Parker, Sloan tries to investigate the case.

Runtime: 120 min
Episode 4: A Twist of the Knife
1993-02-13

Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital.

Runtime: 120 min
Episode 5: A Town Without Pity
2002-02-06

In Los Rios enroute to Los Angeles, Carol makes an urgent call to her father, Dr. Mark Sloan, pleading for help. Arriving in the small, seemingly pleasant mountain town, Mark investigates but the whole community denies knowing anything about his daughter and her husband.

Runtime: 120 min
Episode 6: Without Warning
2002-04-26

Dr. Mark Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) reprises his role as the crime solving doctor in this tv movie based on the television series. When a large group of Mexican workers are infected with a deadly virus, Dr. Sloan and his friends must figure out the cause and cure for it before it's too late.

Runtime: 120 min
Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1993)

No overview available.

19 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Miracle Cure
1993-10-29

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Amnesia
1993-11-05

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Murder at the Telethon
1993-11-12

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Inheritance of Death
1993-11-19

Mark's cousin, Jonathan Nash, bequeaths his million-dollar fortune to Community General Hospital. His three dastardly children are the main suspects after Nash dies suspiciously... before he has a chance to alter his will.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: The 13 Million Dollar Man
1993-12-03

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

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Vanishing Act (1)
1993-12-10

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Vanishing Act (2)
1993-12-17

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Shanda's Song
1994-01-07

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

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Restless Remains
1994-01-14

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Murder with Mirrors
1994-01-21

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Flashdance with Death
1994-01-28

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

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Reunion with Murder
1994-02-04

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Lily
1994-03-04

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Guardian Angel
1994-04-01

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

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Nirvana
1994-04-08

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Broadcast Blues
1994-04-15

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Shaker
1994-04-29

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: The Plague
1994-05-06

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.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Sister Michael Wants You
1994-05-13

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

Runtime: 45 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1994)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Many Happy Returns
1994-09-16

Dr. Sloan is under suspicion after his tax preparer is killed with Mark spotted 'hovering' over the body.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: A Very Fatal Funeral
1994-09-23

Suspicion is cast on Norman Briggs after the chairman of a philanthropical medical group of which Norman is a part, is murdered. Steve and Mark attend the funeral to nail the culprit, who promptly falls over dead.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Woman Trouble
1994-09-30

Two women involved in a love triangle plot to murder a man, take his millions, and leave the country. Dr. Sloan investigates after his friend's mysterious disappearence.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: The Busy Body
1994-10-07

Dr. Sloan's birthday is less than festive when he discovers the body of a prominent divorce lawyer in the Hospital pharmacy. When Steve arrives, the body is nowhere to be found. Mark and Jack work feverishly to find the body, find the culprit, and lead a tour of potential investors all at the same time.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: My Four Husbands
1994-10-14

A famous actress, a patient at Community General, is implicated in the murder of one of her four ex-husbands. Against everyone's advice, Mark believes in her innocence and sets out to prove it.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Murder Most Vial
1994-10-21

A cantankerous patient at Community General is given a double injection of his medication, eventually leading to his death. Jack suspects a doctor he's had a grudge against for a long time. Despite Mark's objections, Jack sets out to prove his ""enemy"" is the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: You Can Call Me Johnson
1994-10-28

At Jack's request, Mark operates on a Godfather-like mobster, Albert Bartell... and faces retribution from the man's son when Albert dies suddenly.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Georgia on My Mind
1994-11-04

Jack and Steve vie for a young woman's affections as she leads them in an investigation of a PI's death.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Last Laugh (1)
1994-11-11

A plastic surgeon dies due to an overdose of laughing gas... with no shortage of suspects. Mark campaigns furiously to exonerate Bonnie Valin, the victim's wife, while Steve makes a solid case against her. Meanwhile, Amanda's new electronic checking service is less than effective.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: The Last Laugh (2)
1994-11-18

Realizing that he's been duped, Mark goes all out to thwart the murderer's plans. Amanda and Jack go after Wallace Sterling, the crooked financier and art lover by selling a forged painting of a can of Cream of Celery soup.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Death By Extermination
1994-12-02

The body of a dead real estate agent is found in the walk-in closet of Mark's sister's new house. Mark and Steve have to work around Dora Sloan's annoying habits while investigating the murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Standing Eight Count
1994-12-09

The newly crowned boxing champion is found murdered shortly after the bout. Jack and Amanda investigate the deceased's former trainer, his opponent, and his opponent's manager to find a way through a web of lies and deceit.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: The Bela Lugosi Blues
1995-01-06

Mark has some unorthodox theories when several dead bodies are found drained of blood with puncture marks on their neck.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: The New Healers
1995-01-13

When an unpopular actor on a hot new medical drama (being filmed at Community General) suddenly dies, Mark suspects everyone from the writer to other cast members.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Call Me Incontestable
1995-01-20

A rash of murders made to look like suicide leads to a dating service and its beautiful customers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: A Blast From the Past
1995-02-03

One of Steve's old ""collars"" gets out of prison and comes looking for revenge.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Playing for Keeps
1995-02-10

Dr. Sloan investigates the murder of an antagonistic pro volleyball player. Steve searches for an alleged stalker while Amanda and Jack keep an eye on her teammates, none of whom are particularly upset over her death.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Sea No Evil
1995-02-17

IRS Agent Gretchen McCord returns when her lifeguard nephew is accused of murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: How to Murder Your Lawyer
1995-02-24

After Steve's night school law teacher is nearly run down in the parking lot, he and a paralegal investigate shady dealings in their law firm.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Naked Babes
1995-03-31

When Amanda's friend Angela is kidnapped immediately after giving birth to quadruplets, Amanda feigns pregnancy and goes undercover at an adoption agency to locate Angela. Jack and Dr. Sloan try to care for the babies.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Death in the Daytime
1995-04-28

Amanda wins a guest role on The Young and the Restless and walks right into a murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: My Baby is Out of this World
1995-05-05

The death of a popular musician raises suspicious questions. The musicians' pregnant wife, who claims to be carrying an alien's child, complicates matters.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1995)

No overview available.

18 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: An Innocent Murder
1995-12-08

Ashley York murders her wealthy father and cleverly manipulates it to appear as though he killed himself. Dr. Sloan picks away at holes in the story, which leads him directly to Ashley.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Witness to Murder
1995-12-15

Dr. Sloan takes in an abandoned young girl found at the scene of a murder, while Steve and Jesse go about tracking down the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: All-American Murder
1995-12-22

The murder of a beautiful woman around a marine encampment raises suspicions. Dr. Sloan discovers more to her than meets the eye.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Murder in the Courthouse
1995-12-29

Dr. Sloan suspects a cunning D.A. in the murder of an acquited defendant.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Murder on the Run (1)
1996-01-05

A man wrongfully convicted of murder takes Dr. Sloan hostage. Dr. Sloan hears his story and works to prove the man's innocence. Jesse works feverishly to rescue Mark.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Murder on the Run (2)
1996-01-12

Dr. Sloan shields George Karn from both Steve and Lt. Delaney while investigating his wife's murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Love is Murder
1996-01-19

Steve heads up the investigation when a serial cop killer is on the prowl, while inadvertantly dating the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Misdiagnosis Murder
1996-01-26

An exhausted Jesse, coming off a 48-hour stint in the hospital, witnesses a man die in the parking garage. Jesse returns with help only to find the man alive. While everyone believes Jesse to have been delirious, Jesse insists he was correct, and goes all out to prove himself.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Pressure to Murder
1996-02-09

Amanda's cousin falls to his death when his motorcycle suddenly veers off the road. Amanda leads the investigation when it's discovered her cousin was drugged immediately before the accident.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Living on the Streets Can Be Murder
1996-02-16

Dr. Sloan investigates a free health clinic after several homeless people turn up dead... with missing organs.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Murder Murder
1996-02-23

Dr. Sloan tries to solve a friend's murder while Steve investigates the deceased's ex-wife and her identical twin sister.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Murder in the Dark
1996-03-08

A visiting surgeon must deal with his alcoholism after a fellow doctor is murdered during one of his blackouts.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: 35 Millimeter Murder
1996-03-29

When a photo shop erroneously sends Dr. Sloan the wrong set of photographs, he becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of an escort girl. Meanwhile, Amanda's baby is about to come to term.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: The Murder Trade
1996-04-05

In an episode reminiscent of Hitchcock's 'Strangers on a Train'", Dr. Sloan is drawn into a murder pact by a psychiatrist in need of money. The psychiatrist kills a woman pestering Dr. Sloan, expecting Mark to eliminate his 'problem'".

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Mind Over Murder
1996-04-12

Jesse is attracted to a beautiful psychic, who also happens to be the prime suspect in a murder. Amanda copes with the trials of motherhood.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Murder by the Book
1996-04-19

The daughter of one of Mark's friends writes a juicy tell-all expose of the most prominent public figures. Mark takes her in after a crazed stalker starts threatening her and her co-authors.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: FMurder
1996-04-26

Mark investigates a perky morning television personalty for the murder of a Howard Stern-like radio host.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Left-Handed Murder
1996-05-03

Dr. Sloan is the executor of his friend, Preston Michael's, estate after Michaels is found in the body of a shark. Things turn interesting after traces of poison are found in Michaels' body and three women, all apparently married to Michaels, attend the reading of the will.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1996)

No overview available.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Murder by Friendly Fire
1996-09-19

One police officer is accidentally shot by another during a raid gone wrong. Dr. Sloan investigates the victim's wife, the shooter, and a conniving lawyer when he suspects foul play.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Murder Can Be Contagious
1996-09-26

A burglar inadvertently becomes infected with a deadly virus. Dr. Sloan and Jesse are subsequently exposed to the virus after Jesse stumbles upon the thief's dead body. Both Mark and Jesse are confined to Mark's home while Steve and Amanda investigate the drug company that manufactured the virus, in the hopes of discovering an antidote before Jesse runs out of time.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Murder on Thin Ice
1996-10-03

A figure skater hires her ex-coach to attack a rival skater. Dr. Sloan tries to prove her guilt.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: X Marks the Murder (1)
1996-10-10

Mark, Steve, et al, investigate a string of the so-called ""Casanova"" murders. Dr. Sloan loses his detached perspective when the killer begins calling Mark.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: X Marks the Murder (2)
1996-10-10

Mark, Steve, et al, investigate a string of the so-called ""Casanova"" murders. Dr. Sloan loses his detached perspective when the killer begins calling Mark.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: A Model Murder
1996-10-17

Dr. Sloan investigates a photographer, the overly protective mother of Jesse's friend's fiancée, in the murder of a private investigator.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Murder Can Be Murder
1996-10-24

A respected cardiologist murders an innocent man in an insurance scam. Dr. Sloan reluctantly investigates his friend.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: An Explosive Murder
1996-10-31

A young undercover detective investigates a militia-type organization to solve a terrorist bombing witnessed by Mark. She has to decide whether to risk blowing her cover and warn Dr. Sloan of an attempt on his life or finish her assignment.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Murder by the Busload
1996-11-07

A bus accident brings multiple victims into the hospital. Amanda does the bulk of the investigating when its discovered that a casualty in the accident was actually murdered.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: A Candidate for Murder
1996-11-14

His scheming advisor covers up the accidental death of the drug-addicted daughter of a U.S. Senator. Dr. Sloan and Amanda investigate.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: The ABC's of Murder
1996-11-21

An ADA sets out on a vendetta against an Asian youth, against both Mark and Steve's advice, after a drive-by shooting at a high school leaves one teacher dead.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Murder in the Family
1996-12-12

Mark's daughter returns after eight years, leaving an abusive husband who later turns up dead.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: In Defense of Murder
1997-01-09

When a famous prostitute writes a tell-all book, an executive's job at Community General is in serious jeopardy.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: A History of Murder
1997-01-16

Mark investigates a 30-year old murder when the body of his old mentor is discovered entombed in a wall in the hospital.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Murder Two (1)
1997-01-30

Jesse is arrested and charged with murder after a doctor testifying against Jesse in a malpractice suit is poisoned. Mark convinces his old friend, Ben Matlock, to defend Jesse.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Murder Two (2)
1997-02-06

Amanda and Ben investigate the murder of Eric Spindler while Jesse continues to languish in jail.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Hard-Boiled Murder
1997-02-13

Mark aids an old friend, Joe Mannix, in solving a 25-year-old, unsolved murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Murder, Country Style
1997-02-20

When a musician is found murdered at a Country Music Awards ceremony, Dr. Sloan and company rush to find the culprit before the show ends and the crowd disappears.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Delusions of Murder
1997-02-27

A devious psychologist uses hypnotism to facilitate his criminal acts, including the murder of his wife.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: A Passion for Murder
1997-04-03

An aggressive female pharmaceuticals representative stalks the hospital's new chief of staff after a one-night-stand, hoping to break up his marriage and have him all for herself.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Blood Brothers Murder
1997-04-10

A beach boy involved with a gang member's sister is suspected of murdering him. Mark investigates.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Physician, Murder Thyself
1997-04-24

Dr. Sloan investigates when an unpopular colleague drops dead while performing an operation. Mark investigates his fellow doctors when tests reveal the deceased was poisoned.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Murder in the Air
1997-04-24

Dr. Sloan and Amanda investigate when the co-pilot of the airplance carrying them to a medical conference is murdered and the remainder of the flight crew are incapacitated with a mysterious illness.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: The Merry Widow Murder
1997-05-01

A wealthy woman and her boyfriend dupe Mark and plot to murder her husband.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Comedy is Murder
1997-05-08

A bungling comedian seeks revenge on his former partner when he's cheated out of millions.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 26: The Murder of Mark Sloan
1997-05-08

Dr. Sloan is stalked by a mad bomber whom he helped incarcerate. Norman and Mark are the main dissenters in negotiations to sell the hospital to a corporate raider.

Runtime: 45 min
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Season 5 (1997)

No overview available.

25 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Murder Blues
1997-09-18

Steve becomes embroiled in political intrigue after the murder of a city councilman's wife appears to be part of a larger political strategy. Steve investigates two mayoral candidates, the councilman and the chief of police, as well as a rogue detective and his partner, all with strong motives.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Open and Shut
1997-09-25

Mark investigates when a teenage girl is murdered after threatening to reveal her affair with her older lover, a newly appointed state Supreme Court Justice.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Malibu Fire
1997-10-02

A Malibu Hills fire is the backdrop for rising tensions between the residents; a disgraced stockbroker, a naturalist, a worried father, and a land developer. A worried Dr. Sloan deals with his own parental fears when Steve helps fight the fire.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Deadly Games
1997-10-09

Community General is already under increased security, with a high-profile criminal hospitalized, when an important businesswoman is brought in. Mark suspects her security guard has deadly intentions.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Slam-Dunk Dead
1997-10-16

Jesse's new part-time job as trainer of the pro basketball Mustangs turns deadly when he's accused of murdering a star player.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Looks Can Kill
1997-10-23

Dr. Sloan investigates a plastic surgeon when an actress's death apparently results from an infection contracted during surgery.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Fatal Impact (1)
1997-10-30

Mark and Amanda are assigned to the task force investigating an airplane crash. An adversarial FBI agent and Russian mobsters make their assignment more difficult.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Fatal Impact (2)
1997-10-30

Steve and Ron lead the chase for the stolen nuclear material.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Must Kill TV
1997-11-06

The Sloans run into plenty of industry politics when they investigate the death of television network executive, Rachel Woodrall. Seamy revelations about Woodrall's college sorority lead to the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Discards
1997-11-13

Jesse finally reunites with his father. After they narrowly elude an assassin, Jesse begins to realize his father isn't the accountant he's always claimed to be, but rather a spy. The Travis's attempt to discover who's sending the killers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste
1997-11-20

A dead mime leads to an investigation of a crooked auto dealer. Randy Wolfe, a woman who's apparently an expert at everything, leads the investigation while continually annoying Steve.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Down and Dirty Dead
1997-12-11

A motorcycle stunt driver has a fatal accident while filming an action video. Steve investigates.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Retribution (1)
1998-01-08

When Steve is shot and falls into a coma, Mark does all in his power to find the assailant, even threatening a suspect with bodily harm. Mark finds himself the prime suspect when Steve's alleged attacker, Gordon Ganza, is murdered and all clues point directly towards Dr. Sloan.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Retribution (2)
1998-01-15

This episode takes place four months after Mark was convicted of murder. Steve is slowly recovering from his wounds and Mark is still rotting in prison. While Mark endures the taunts of fellow death row inmate Malcolm Trainor, Steve and Tanis Archer launch a rogue investigation to find Ganza's real killers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Drill for Death
1998-01-22

A hospital emergeny preparedness drill turns deadly when an unpopular and ambitious nurse is found dead amid the chaos with an eccentric artist the only witness.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Rain of Terror
1998-01-29

A spat between a girl and her boyfriend leads to an apparent murder, leaving the girl and her mother with a dead body, just as dinner guests Mark and Amanda arrive. Panic sets in, when the body disappears, the power goes out, the roads are impassable, and the attacks begin.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Baby Boom
1998-02-05

A madman charges into a Lamaze class with a bomb, claiming that a fertility doctor was cheating him. Everything is complicated further when said doctor turns up dead.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Talked to Death
1998-02-26

Ratings seeking stunts by TV talk show hosts Darren & Mary has tragic results.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: An Education in Murder
1998-03-05

When a rash of deaths at a high school revolve around one 'helpful' young girl, Dr. Sloan risks his own life to uncover the murderer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Murder at the Finish Line
1998-03-26

Dr. Sloan investigates to find out who's behind the death of a driver in a speedway crash.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: First Do No Harm
1998-04-16

When a young girl is rushed into the hospital in need of immediate treatment, but dies due to a HMO's negligence, Dr. Travis and Community General are sued for negligence. Dr. Sloan must choose between his ethical convictions and the hospital.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Promises to Keep
1998-04-23

The Matthews family is reunited after years apart. Here, Ryan and Tess Matthews come to LA to help Kate when she's in trouble with a con man.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Food Fight
1998-04-30

Dr. Travis gets involved in the treacherous and deadly trade of catering when he oversees the annual charity banquet.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Obsession (1)
1998-05-07

Dr. Sloan insists that a man he helped condemn to death for a series of bombings is guilty, even after a post-execution explosion.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 25: Obsession (2)
1998-05-14

Three months after the execution of Lewis Sweeney, explosions are still rocking the LA area every four days. The unpopular Dr. Sloan continues his efforts to nail Carter Sweeney for the bombings.

Runtime: 45 min
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Season 6 (1998)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Resurrection (3)
1998-09-24

Mark, Steve, Jesse, and Amanda are all trapped in the rubble of Community General in the aftermath of the bombing. Mark tries to shake off the numbing effects of the explosion in time to save Amanda, who's suffering from a punctured lung and broken collarbone. After the dust settles, the hunt for Caitlin Sweeney begins. It's discovered that the Sweeneys belong to a terrorist organization, R.O.A.R.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Resurrection (4)
1998-09-24

Carter and Caitlin kidnap Mark, forcing him to mastermind a 100 million-dollar theft. On the outside, Steve and Ron collaborate to find Mark. Meanwhile, Jesse and the Sloans buy a barbecue joint.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Till Death Do Us Part
1998-10-01

Two fiancées plot to murder the bride's father on their wedding day. The two review their perfect plan the night before the wedding. Unfortunately murder is never as easy as one might plan.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Wrong Number
1998-10-08

Mark stumbles onto a kidnapping case when the kidnapper accidentally calls the Sloan residence with a ransom demand. Steve runs to phone booths across the city a la Dirty Harry to safely rescue the child.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: Blood Will Out
1998-10-15

The hospital is the scene of a manhunt when a corpse comes to life and attacks Amanda, then leads Steve and the police on a chase throughout the entire building during which he kidnaps Jesse's girlfriend Steve. Mark learns the fugitive is on the run from NSA agents, who claim he's an international terrorist.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: Alienated
1998-10-29

Shadowy figures haunt Jesse after he returns after being missing five days and believes aliens may have abducted him. Mark and Steve try to figure out what happened to him, while Jesse tries to stave off hallucinations, clandestine midnight meetings, and secretive government agents.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Write, She Murdered
1998-11-05

When a best-selling mystery author comes down with writer's block, she commits a murder herself in the hopes of stimulating her creative juices. The delusional author has help from her fictional heroine, Danielle Slade.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Rear Windows '98
1998-11-12

Amanda enlists Jesse's computer-nerd friends to find a killer, after she accidentally surfs across an on-line murder. Meanwhile, Jesse's girlfriend, Susan, comes down with a case of food poisoning after dining at Barbecue Bob's.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Last Resort
1998-11-19

Steve and his abrasive, confrontational partner are confined to a therapy home for 90 days after Steve shoots and kills a fleeing suspect. Steve's partner, Reggie, believes his wife and daughter are being held hostage by his nemesis, a belief that is furthered by a series of delusional events. On the outside, Jesse and Amanda work with Tanis Archer to solve the murder of a lab technician.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Murder x 4
1998-12-03

Steve investigates a series of seemingly unconnected murders committed by terminally ill patients, to find the hidden thread.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Dead in the Water
1998-12-17

Jesse's car breaks down while he and Susan are on their way to a fun-filled vacation in Carmel. The two are stranded in a small town where Susan spies a supposedly long dead beau, Greg. They eventually discover that he faked his death in order to plunder a shipwrecked vessel undetected. The townsfolk, all in on the scheme, murder Greg and pin the blame on Jesse and Susan.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Trapped in Paradise
1999-01-07

Steve goes undercover as a doctor in a private community after several mysterious deaths occur within its confines. Steve is 'aided' by a tabloid reporter posing as his wife.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Voices Carry
1999-01-21

Newly retired detective Harry Trumble returns to the force when it appears 'The Clown Killer', a murderer Trumble chased for more than a decade, has emerged from obscurity to kill again. Mark is reluctant to help Harry investigate the Clown, in part due to a rift between the two, but also because Mark suspects Harry has something to do with the Clown's reappearance.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Murder, My Suite
1999-01-28

Mark, Jesse, and Amanda are trapped in a hotel when it's quarantined after a deadly virus is released. They struggle to contain the virus, while at the same time trying to locate its origin. Meanwhile, a scheming seductress carries out her plan, using the virus as a diversion to rob a nearby bank vault.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Murder on the Hour
1999-02-04

A serial murderer strikes Community General every hour on the hour, choosing victims who've been seriously injured but 'brought back to life'.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Rescue Me
1999-02-11

Jesse saves a woman, Chloe, in a traffic accident that claims a jealous lover forced her off the road. Jesse looks out for his patient when her ex-boyfriend threatens her. Jesse rushes to Chloe's aid when her life is threatened by her boyfriend, and inadvertently kills him. Jesse finds himself the victim of Chloe's 'fatal attraction' as she pursues him voraciously. It gradually becomes clear that Chloe was the aggressor in her previous relationship.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Down Among the Dead Men
1999-02-18

A criminal with a death wish stalks Steve.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: Never Say Die
1999-02-25

Steve enlists troubled teenager (he sure looked older than a teenager) Tommy to work as community service at a boxing club after too many brushes with the law. Tommy tries to control his temper. Mark finds that the club's sports drink is drugged, promoting aggressive tendencies in many of the boxers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: Trash TV (1)
1999-04-29

The Community General doctors are dragged back into the world of network television when producer Jackson Burley revamps the pilot for Dr. Danger, the television program based on Dr. Sloan. Mark and Steve investigate when Danger's competition, a masked magician who reveals the profession's secrets, is murdered, possibly as a ratings ploy.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Trash TV (2)
1999-04-29

Mark matches wits with a murderous network executive.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Blood Ties
1999-05-06

Absurdly bland episode lacks the usual Goldberg/Rabkin sizzle. Two female vice-officers uncover four corrupt female homicide cops who murder felons to harvest their organs for those more deserving.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Today is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life
1999-05-13

Dr. Sloan crusades to keep a physician-assisted-suicide advocate from practicing her trade.

Runtime: 45 min
Season 7 poster
Season 7 (1999)

No overview available.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Roast
1999-09-23

A comedy roast in Mark's honor is ruined by a double murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Sleeping Murder
1999-09-30

Mark worries that his sleepwalking brother may be guilty of murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Bringing Up Barbie
1999-10-07

Mark baby-sits Barbie, the daughter of one of Steve's old friends, while her father hides from a gangster.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: Murder at Midterm
1999-10-14

A fiendish med student sells prescription pads to a drug dealer and murders his partner when she becomes too needy. Mark plays Columbo to nail the murderer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: The Flame
1999-10-21

Steve investigates a murder in which the main suspect is the husband of Mark's old flame. Steve and Jesse date the same girl.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: The Killer Within
1999-10-28

A med student, surrogate daughter to Madison Wesley, is sent to a rehab program to kick drugs. Once there, she's wrongly accused of murdering a fellow patient. Mark sets his sights on bringing down the real culprit.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Gangland (1)
1999-11-09

Mark's life becomes hectic when a look-alike gangster moves to LA and is caught up in a struggle for power.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: Gangland (2)
1999-11-09

Susan Gibney [ Maya ], David Marciano [ Eddie Michaels ], Michelle Stafford [ Trish ], Robert Bailey Jr. [ CJ ], Rusty Burns [ Betsy ], Richard Cody [ Kip ], George W. Hartmann [ Tommy ], William Newman [ Chester Chumley ], Kathleen Lloyd [ Emma Bornstein ], Kevin McNally [ Paramedic ], Aaron J. Meeks [ Dion ], John W. Johnston [ Rick ], Patricia Place [ Mrs. Palmer ], Daniel Zacapa [ Waiter ], Channon Roe [ Lucas (uncredited) ] rc: Med Student Alex Mark's life becomes hectic when a look-alike gangster moves to LA and is caught up in a struggle for power.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: The Mouth That Roared
1999-11-11

An outgoing radio host who's hunting for her birth mother is suspected of murdering a phony mother. Jesse's mother visits.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: The Seven Deadly Sins
1999-11-18

Mark matches wits with a beautiful jewel thief who's being framed for murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Santa Claude
1999-12-16

Hospital horticulturist Claude is revealed to be an escaped convict living under an assumed name for the past 10 years. Mark fights to shelter Claude from extradition while striving to prove his innocence.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Man Overboard
2000-01-06

Mark takes on a temporary assignment as physician on a cruise ship and sleuths to uncover the killer of a disagreeable man.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Frontier Dad
2000-01-13

The whole gang, plus Alex Smith and Amanda's rascals, are invited to observe the shooting of an episode of "Frontier Dad", a family series about Wild West hero Dash, starring Carl Simpson.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: Too Many Cooks
2000-01-20

Mark investigates when a philandering chef is murdered during a televised charity cook-off.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Jake's Women
2000-02-03

Mark is stunned to learn that his late friend Jake was married to two women. Steve juggles the investigation of Jake's murder and a blossoming relationship.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Murder by Remote
2000-02-10

A devious home security programmer plots to murder the children of everyone involved in the accidental death of his son.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Teacher's Pet
2000-02-17

A young med student is suspected of killing her abusive husband after her story of murderous burglars proves false.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A.
2000-02-24

Steve meets a new girlfriend on a television game show and then investigates when she's killed. Steve suspects her estranged brother, a doctor at Community General.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: A Resting Place
2000-04-06

Doc Sloan goes undercover as a patient in a retirement home to solve the murder of an ex-cop.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Murder at BBQ Bob's
2000-04-20

Steve teams with a Naval Investigator when the apparent suicide of a military officer turns into a cold-blooded murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: Two Birds With One Sloan
2000-04-27

Mark appears on a quiz show to uncover the killer of a game show contestant.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: Swan Song
2000-05-04

Mark's old friend, singer Danielle Marsh, visits and begins exhibiting erratic behavior while dodging attempts on her life. Mark attempts to fight through Marsh's defensive barriers to help his friend.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 23: Out of the Past (1)
2000-05-11

An old friend of med student Alex Martin is mixed up in the murder investigation of an L.A. 'madam'. Mark suspects Alex's friend may be more deeply involved in the madam's business than she lets on. Meanwhile, Madison Wesley is stalked by a homicidal killer who's recently undergone plastic surgery.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 24: Getting Mad, Getting Even (2)
2000-05-11

Madison moves in with her new paramour, unaware that he's trying to kill her. Jesse is suspected of being the anonymous author of a tell-all book that places hospital workers in spicy relationships.

Runtime: 45 min
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Season 8 (2000)

No overview available.

22 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Death By Design
2000-10-12

Mark's office decorator is murdered.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 2: Blind Man's Bluff
2000-10-19

Young woman is in a car accident and goes blind, Mark must figure out who committed the murder.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 3: Sleight-of-Hand
2000-10-26

A body found on the beach turns out to be Jim, the hospital janitor, but when his twin brother Jeff shows up to identify the body, Mark and Steve become suspicious.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 4: By Reason of Insanity
2000-11-02

Dr. Mark Sloan tries to save one of his former students, a schizophrenic, from a murder charge, but is challenged by the man's seemingly incoherent babbling.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 5: The Patient Detective
2000-11-09

Steve nearly dies in a car accident and think a murder happens. No one believes him.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 6: The Cradle Will Rock
2000-11-16

A nurse's husband is murdered and a teen who works at the hospital and who also had a torrid love affair with the nurse is the prime suspect, but Mark isn't convinced that the young man is the killer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 7: Hot House
2000-11-30

An abusive man who, along with four other people, was a contestant on a reality show is murdered while living in a house that is monitored 24 hours a day. After the killing, Mark enters the house as the man's replacement to see if he can uncover what happened.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 8: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die
2000-12-07

Mark goes after a man who killed a groom on his wedding day.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 9: Confession
2001-01-04

Dr. Mark Sloan, Lt. Steve Sloan and Dr. Amanda Bentley become involved when a priest is accused of murdering an old friend.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 10: Playing God
2001-01-11

Dr. Mark Sloan seeks the murderer who killed a med student, drained his blood, and stored him in the Community General morgue.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 11: Less Than Zero
2001-01-18

An actress with an eating disorder dies from an apparent heart attack. Mark believes her nutritionist murdered her.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 12: Sins Of The Father (1)
2001-02-02

A young woman is assassinated while Dr. Mark Sloan is examining her, setting off an investigation that plunges Mark into dark memories of his own childhood.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 13: Sins Of The Father (2)
2001-02-09

Mark must find out why his dad left him as a child.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 14: You Bet Your Life
2001-02-16

Dr. Mark Sloan investigates the apparent suicide of a gifted heart surgeon who was also a compulsive gambler.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 15: Bachelor Fathers
2001-02-23

Dr. Mark Sloan tries to solve the murder of a young woman whose twin sister claims that Dr. Jesse Travis fathered her infant son.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 16: Being of Sound Mind
2001-03-02

Dr. Sloan tries to save Jesse and Amanda from a murderer who is out to kill them in order to obtain a multi-million dollar inheritance.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 17: Dance Of Danger
2001-03-30

A Tabloid-news paper reporter gets caught up in a murder investigation when one of her sources is stabbed to death on a dance floor.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 18: The Red's Shoes
2001-04-20

Dr. Sloan tries to Amanda when she becomes involved in an incident involving the Chinese government.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 19: No Good Deed
2001-04-27

Dr. Sloan investigates a controversial attorney who confesses to murder while near death but recants after he recovers.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 20: Deja Vous - Deadly Mirage (1)
2001-05-04

While deeply disturbed that his son, Lt. Steve Sloan, is falling in love with a woman who is a dead ringer for his murdered former girlfriend, Dr. Mark Sloan begins watching his neighbors through binoculars and becomes convinced that one of them is a murderer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 21: On the Beach - Deadly Mirage (2)
2001-05-04

While deeply disturbed that his son, Lt. Steve Sloan, is falling in love with a woman who is a dead ringer for his murdered former girlfriend, Dr. Mark Sloan begins watching his neighbors through binoculars and becomes convinced that one of them is a murderer.

Runtime: 45 min
Episode 22: The Blair Nurse Project
2001-05-11

When a filmmaker begins using Community General Hospital as the location for an eerie documentary, Dr. Sloan discovers it may be haunted.

Runtime: 45 min

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