7.2/10186 votes#1 - Miracle Cure
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1993
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
- 6.8/10137 votes
#2 - Amnesia
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 11/5/1993
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
- 6.9/10144 votes
#3 - Murder at the Telethon
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 11/12/1993
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
- 6.7/10151 votes
#4 - Inheritance of Death
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1993
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
- 7.2/10116 votes
#5 - The 13 Million Dollar Man
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/3/1993
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
- 7.6/10105 votes
#6 - Vanishing Act (1)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/10/1993
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
- 7.5/10102 votes
#7 - Vanishing Act (2)
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/17/1993
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
- 6.9/10116 votes
#8 - Shanda's Song
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/7/1994
Dr. Sloan treats a famous singer,then takes her into his home as a homicidal closes in.
Director: Neema Barnette
Writer: Craig Volk
- 7.7/10116 votes
#9 - The Restless Remains
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/14/1994
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
- 7.7/10109 votes
#10 - Murder with Mirrors
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/21/1994
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
- 7.7/10113 votes
#11 - Flashdance with Death
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/28/1994
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
- 8.0/10110 votes
#12 - Reunion with Murder
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/4/1994
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
- 7.4/10101 votes
#13 - Lily
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/4/1994
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
- 8.0/10166 votes
#14 - Guardian Angel
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 4/1/1994
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
- 7.5/1099 votes
#15 - Nirvana
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 4/8/1994
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
- 7.6/1092 votes
#16 - Broadcast Blues
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 4/15/1994
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
- 7.5/10119 votes
#17 - Shaker
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/29/1994
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
- 7.8/1094 votes
#18 - The Plague
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 5/6/1994
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
- 7.9/10108 votes
#19 - Sister Michael Wants You
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 5/13/1994
Dr. Sloan goes undercover at a convent when mysterious circumstances surround a murder.
Director: Leo Penn
Writer: Joyce Burditt
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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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Miracle Cure" is the best rated episode of "Diagnosis: Murder" season 1. It scored 7.2/10 based on 186 votes. Directed by Michael Lange and written by James Kramer, it aired on 10/29/1993. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Amnesia".