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The Best Episodes of Diagnosis: Murder Season 1

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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 9 - The Restless Remains
    7.9/10(147 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Robert Schlitt

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  2. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 14 - Guardian Angel
    7.9/10(155 votes)

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Bruce Franklin Singer

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  3. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 12 - Reunion with Murder
    7.8/10(142 votes)

    S1:E12

    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.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Robin Madden

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  4. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 16 - Broadcast Blues
    7.8/10(118 votes)

    S1:E16

    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.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:James Kramer

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  5. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 18 - The Plague
    7.8/10(121 votes)

    S1:E18

    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.

    Director:Peter Ellis
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  6. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 10 - Murder with Mirrors
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  7. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 19 - Sister Michael Wants You
    7.7/10(136 votes)

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Leo Penn
    Writer:Joyce Burditt

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  8. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 7 - Vanishing Act (2)
    7.6/10(135 votes)

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Bruce Franklin Singer

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  9. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 6 - Vanishing Act (1)
    7.5/10(137 votes)

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Bruce Franklin Singer

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  10. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 11 - Flashdance with Death
    7.5/10(146 votes)

    S1:E11

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

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  11. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 13 - Lily
    7.4/10(132 votes)

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Frank Thackery
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  12. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 17 - Shaker
    7.4/10(135 votes)

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  13. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 1 - Miracle Cure
    7.3/10(239 votes)

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:James Kramer

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  14. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 5 - The 13 Million Dollar Man
    7.3/10(150 votes)

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Gordon T. Dawson

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  15. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 15 - Nirvana
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II
    Writer:Peter Dunne

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  16. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 3 - Murder at the Telethon
    7.1/10(184 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Anson Williams
    Writer:Vance DeGeneres

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  17. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 2 - Amnesia
    7.0/10(176 votes)

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Joyce Burditt

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  18. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 4 - Inheritance of Death
    7.0/10(196 votes)

    S1:E4

    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.

    Director:Frank Thackery
    Writer:Gerry Conway

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  19. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 8 - Shanda's Song
    7.0/10(143 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Neema Barnette
    Writer:Craig Volk

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Restless Remains" is the best rated episode of "Diagnosis: Murder" season 1. It scored 7.9/10 based on 147 votes. Directed by Christian I. Nyby II and written by Robert Schlitt, it aired on 1/14/1994. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Guardian Angel".