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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 1 - Miracle Cure
    7.3/10(217 votes)

    #1 - Miracle Cure

    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.

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  2. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 2 - Amnesia
    7.0/10(159 votes)

    #2 - Amnesia

    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.

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  3. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 3 - Murder at the Telethon
    7.1/10(170 votes)

    #3 - Murder at the Telethon

    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.

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  4. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 4 - Inheritance of Death
    6.9/10(176 votes)

    #4 - Inheritance of Death

    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.

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  5. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 5 - The 13 Million Dollar Man
    7.3/10(136 votes)

    #5 - The 13 Million Dollar Man

    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.

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  6. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 6 - Vanishing Act (1)
    7.7/10(124 votes)

    #6 - Vanishing Act (1)

    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.

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  8. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 7 - Vanishing Act (2)
    7.7/10(122 votes)

    #7 - Vanishing Act (2)

    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.

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  9. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 8 - Shanda's Song
    7.0/10(134 votes)

    #8 - Shanda's Song

    S1:E8

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

    Writer:Craig Volk

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  10. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 9 - The Restless Remains
    7.9/10(136 votes)

    #9 - The Restless Remains

    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.

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  11. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 10 - Murder with Mirrors
    7.6/10(127 votes)

    #10 - Murder with Mirrors

    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.

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  12. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 11 - Flashdance with Death
    7.5/10(134 votes)

    #11 - Flashdance with Death

    S1:E11

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

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  13. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 12 - Reunion with Murder
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #12 - Reunion with Murder

    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.

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  14. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 13 - Lily
    7.5/10(118 votes)

    #13 - Lily

    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.

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  15. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 14 - Guardian Angel
    7.8/10(185 votes)

    #14 - Guardian Angel

    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.

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  16. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 15 - Nirvana
    7.6/10(118 votes)

    #15 - Nirvana

    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.

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  17. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 16 - Broadcast Blues
    7.8/10(107 votes)

    #16 - Broadcast Blues

    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.

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  18. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 17 - Shaker
    7.7/10(132 votes)

    #17 - Shaker

    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

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  19. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 18 - The Plague
    7.9/10(107 votes)

    #18 - The Plague

    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

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  20. Diagnosis: Murder Season 1 Episode 19 - Sister Michael Wants You
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    #19 - Sister Michael Wants You

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Leo Penn

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Miracle Cure" is the best rated episode of "Diagnosis: Murder" season 1. It scored 7.3/10 based on 217 votes. Directed by Michael Lange and written by James Kramer, it aired on 10/29/1993. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Amnesia".