Diagnosis: Murder (season 1)
Diagnosis: Murder's first season originally aired Fridays at 8:00-9:00 pm (EST).[1][2] The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video. It included the 1991 pilot "It Never Entered My Mind" from the fourth season of Jake and the Fatman.
| Diagnosis: Murder | |
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| Season 1 | |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 29, 1993 – May 13, 1994 |
| Season chronology | |
Cast
- Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan
- Scott Baio as Dr. Jack Stewart
- Victoria Rowell as Dr. Amanda Bentley
- Barry Van Dyke as Steve Sloan
- Michael Tucci as Norman Briggs
- Delores Hall as Delores Mitchell
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Miracle Cure" | Michael Lange | James Kramer | October 29, 1993 | 14.60 | |
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Dr. Mark Sloan investigates a hit-and-run death that may involve a priest's confessional. Guest Stars: Robert Guillaume, and Sylvia Sidney. | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Amnesia" | Michael Lange | Teleplay by: Joyce Burditt Story by: Joyce Burditt and David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg | November 5, 1993 | 12.70 | |
| A patient claims to be an amnesiac, but Sloan's probing of her past leads to a mob boss and the possibility that she's plotting to murder a hospitalized senator. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Murder at the Telethon" | Anson Williams | Vance DeGeneres | November 12, 1993 | 12.50 | |
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A comedian who was hosting a telethon for the hospital is murdered, so Sloan investigates. Guest Stars: Dom DeLuise, Dick Martin, Granville Vandusen, Steven Anderson, Dick Van Patten, and Joyce Van Patten. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Inheritance of Death" | Frank Thackery | Gerry Conway | November 19, 1993 | 12.40 | |
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A millionaire dies after declaring his intention to leave his money to the hospital - and Sloan suspects the man's offspring. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The 13 Million Dollar Man" | Anson Williams | Gordon T. Dawson | December 3, 1993 | 12.50 | |
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When a dying man gives him a lottery ticket worth millions, Sloan must fight his way through competing claims in order to give the money to charity. Guest Star: Ken Kercheval | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Vanishing Act: Part 1" | Christian I. Nyby II | Bruce Franklin Singer | December 10, 1993 | 11.20 | |
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Steve is framed for the murder of an internal-affairs officer. Guest Star: Richard Gant, Dennis Lipscomb, John Beck, and Boyd Kestner. | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Vanishing Act: Part 2" | Christian I. Nyby II | Bruce Franklin Singer | December 17, 1993 | 11.10 | |
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Sloan and Jack use connections to the underworld to figure out who set up Steve for murder. Guest Stars: Richard Gant, Boyd Kestner, John Beck, and Don Gordon | |||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Shanda's Song" | Neema Barnette | Craig Volk | January 7, 1994 | 14.80 | |
| Sloan hunts for the stalker of a female pop star. | |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Restless Remains" | Christian I. Nyby II | Teleplay by: Robert Schlitt Story by: John Hill | January 14, 1994 | 16.20 | |
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The body of an infomercial financial guru disappears without a trace. Guest Stars: Ned Romero | |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Murder with Mirrors" | Anson Williams | Gerry Conway | January 21, 1994 | 16.80 | |
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Sloan works to clear a friend in the murder of a magician. Special Guest Star: Emma Samms Guest Stars: Ray Buktenica, Jack Laufer, and Mitchell Whitfield. | |||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Flashdance with Death" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway | January 28, 1994 | 17.20 | |
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Sloan uses a few leads to find out who's responsible for the death of a dance studio's unfavorable co-owner. Guest Stars: Paula Marshall, and Kristoff St. John. Watch for a dancer called Shannon, played by Elizabeth Berkley, star of Showgirls. | |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Reunion with Murder" | Anson Williams | Robin Madden | February 4, 1994 | 16.30 | |
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Amanda is suspected of murdering an old college roommate who had written a tell-all book about her sorority sisters. Note: The dog that Amanda adopts she names "Yoda". | |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Lily" | Frank Thackery | Gerry Conway | March 4, 1994 | 16.60 | |
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When a call girl who was blackmailing some of her clients ends up dead, Mark sorts through her clients to find out who killed her. Guest Star: Gerald Mcraney | |||||||
| 14 | 14 | "Guardian Angel" | Christian I. Nyby II | Bruce Franklin Singer | April 1, 1994 | 13.30 | |
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After the mayor is murdered, Sloan investigates the peculiar behavior of the politician's widow. Guest Star: James McEachin, who plays the police Lt. Frank Daniels in six episodes of Matlock (TV series) and Lt. Ed Brock in the Perry Mason TV movies). (He plays a derelict in this episode.) | |||||||
| 15 | 15 | "Nirvana" | Christian I. Nyby II | Peter Dunne | April 8, 1994 | 13.60 | |
| Sloan follows a few leads to a spa in his investigation of a con man's murder. | |||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Broadcast Blues" | Christian I. Nyby II | James Kramer | April 15, 1994 | 15.30 | |
| A convict that Sloan examines takes everyone at the hospital hostage - and two deaths occur during the situation. | |||||||
| 17 | 17 | "Shaker" | Alan Myerson | Gerry Conway | April 29, 1994 | 13.60 | |
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Sloan suspects foul play after a friend dies in an earthquake. Guest Star: Allan Miller | |||||||
| 18 | 18 | "The Plague" | Peter Ellis | Gerry Conway | May 6, 1994 | 13.90 | |
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Sloan comes to suspect that someone could have deliberately exposed a hit man to bubonic plague. Guest Stars: Julie Sommars (Julie March in the TV Series Matlock), and David Froman (Lieutenant Bob Brooks in Matlock). | |||||||
| 19 | 19 | "Sister Michael Wants You" | Leo Penn | Joyce Burditt | May 13, 1994 | 13.70 | |
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Sloan goes undercover as a priest to help a nun catch a murderer in her convent. Guest Stars: Delta Burke. | |||||||