# Diagnosis: Murder season 1

Diagnosis: Murder's first season originally aired Fridays at 8:00-9:00 pm (EST). 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.

## 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) |
| 1 | 1 | "Miracle Cure" | Michael Lange | James Kramer | October 29, 1993 (1993-10-29) | 14.6 |
| Dr. Mark Sloan investigates the hit-and-run death of an ex-con, who was killed by his uncaught accomplice (Robert Guillaume) in his crime, who is now posing as a priest. Mark also has trouble with a homeless woman (Sylvia Sidney) who is hospitalized with an illness that resembles dementia and keeps running off, unaware she witnessed the murder. |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Amnesia" | Michael Lange | Story by : Joyce Burditt and David Hoffman & Leslie Daryl Zerg Teleplay by : Joyce Burditt | November 5, 1993 (1993-11-05) | 12.7 |
| A woman arrives at the hospital claiming to be an amnesiac, but Sloan's probing of her past leads him to discover she's a mob assassin and believe that she's plotting to murder a hospitalized senator. However, her actual target is the doctor operating on the senator, who is a witness in a case against the mob. |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Murder at the Telethon" | Anson Williams | Vance DeGeneres | November 12, 1993 (1993-11-12) | 12.5 |
| A comedian (Dom DeLuise) who was hosting a telethon for the hospital is murdered, so Sloan investigates. Dick Martin, Granville Vandusen, Steven Anderson, Dick Van Patten, and Joyce Van Patten also guest star. |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Inheritance of Death" | Frank Thackery | Gerry Conway | November 19, 1993 (1993-11-19) | 12.4 |
| A millionaire dies after declaring his intention to leave his money to the hospital - and Sloan suspects the man's offspring. Note: In addition to Sloan, Dick Van Dyke plays the millionaire Johnathan Nash and his sons Julian Nash and J. Edison Nash and his daughter Judith Nash. Guest Star: Michael Champion |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "The 13 Million Dollar Man" | Anson Williams | Gordon T. Dawson | December 3, 1993 (1993-12-03) | 12.5 |
| 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 (1993-12-10) | 11.2 |
| Steve is framed for the murder of an internal-affairs officer by one of his senior officers, one of a group of four dirty cops involved in drug trade. 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 (1993-12-17) | 11.1 |
| Sloan and Jack use connections to the underworld to expose the dirty cops and figure out which one 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 (1994-01-07) | 14.8 |
| Sloan hunts for the stalker of a female pop star who possibly killed a backup singer. |||||||
| 9 | 9 | "The Restless Remains" | Christian I. Nyby II | Story by : John Hill Teleplay by : Robert Schlitt | January 14, 1994 (1994-01-14) | 16.2 |
| An infomercial financial guru arrives at Mark's house claiming to have been poisoned, dies in the living room, and disappears without a trace. His staff and his wife claim he's still alive, but make excuses as to why Mark never sees him and he suspects something's up. A side gag involves Mark diagnosing and treating a security guard at the studio who has jaw pain. Guest Stars: Ned Romero |||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Murder with Mirrors" | Anson Williams | Gerry Conway | January 21, 1994 (1994-01-21) | 16.8 |
| 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 (1994-01-28) | 17.2 |
| 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 Saved by the Bell and Showgirls. |||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Reunion with Murder" | Anson Williams | Robin Madden | February 4, 1994 (1994-02-04) | 16.3 |
| Amanda is suspected of murdering an old college roommate who had written a tell-all book about her sorority sisters. Mark believes the key to finding the true killer is locating the book before the killer does. Note: The dog that Amanda adopts she names "Yoda". |||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Lily" | Frank Thackery | Gerry Conway | March 4, 1994 (1994-03-04) | 16.6 |
| 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 (1994-04-01) | 13.3 |
| 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 (1986 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 (1994-04-08) | 13.6 |
| 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 (1994-04-15) | 15.3 |
| 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 (1994-04-29) | 13.6 |
| 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 (1994-05-06) | 13.9 |
| 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 (1994-05-13) | 13.7 |
| Sloan goes undercover as a priest to help a nun catch a murderer in her convent. Guest Star: Delta Burke |||||||