7.8/10109 votes#1 - The Roast
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1999
A comedy roast in Mark's honor is ruined by a double murder.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Mark Solomon
- 7.3/1090 votes
#2 - Sleeping Murder
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1999
Mark worries that his sleepwalking brother may be guilty of murder.
Director: Ron Satlof
Writer: Chris Abbott
- 7.3/1091 votes
#3 - Bringing Up Barbie
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/1999
Mark baby-sits Barbie, the daughter of one of Steve's old friends, while her father hides from a gangster.
Director: Ron Satlof
Writer: Steve Brown
- 7.5/1095 votes
#4 - Murder at Midterm
Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/1999
A fiendish med student sells prescription pads to a drug dealer and murders his partner when she becomes too needy. Mark plays Columbo to nail the murderer.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Melody Fox, Marc Cushman
- 7.4/1088 votes
#5 - The Flame
Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/1999
Steve investigates a murder in which the main suspect is the husband of Mark's old flame. Steve and Jesse date the same girl.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: Joel Steiger
- 7.7/1086 votes
#6 - The Killer Within
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1999
A med student, surrogate daughter to Madison Wesley, is sent to a rehab program to kick drugs. Once there, she's wrongly accused of murdering a fellow patient. Mark sets his sights on bringing down the real culprit.
Director: Frank Thackery
Writer: Terry Curtis Fox
- 7.5/1095 votes
#7 - Gangland (1)
Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1999
Mark's life becomes hectic when a look-alike gangster moves to LA and is caught up in a struggle for power.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Terry Curtis Fox
- 7.6/1089 votes
#8 - Gangland (2)
Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/9/1999
Susan Gibney [ Maya ], David Marciano [ Eddie Michaels ], Michelle Stafford [ Trish ], Robert Bailey Jr. [ CJ ], Rusty Burns [ Betsy ], Richard Cody [ Kip ], George W. Hartmann [ Tommy ], William Newman [ Chester Chumley ], Kathleen Lloyd [ Emma Bornstein ], Kevin McNally [ Paramedic ], Aaron J. Meeks [ Dion ], John W. Johnston [ Rick ], Patricia Place [ Mrs. Palmer ], Daniel Zacapa [ Waiter ], Channon Roe [ Lucas (uncredited) ] rc: Med Student Alex Mark's life becomes hectic when a look-alike gangster moves to LA and is caught up in a struggle for power.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Terry Curtis Fox
- 7.4/1089 votes
#9 - The Mouth That Roared
Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1999
An outgoing radio host who's hunting for her birth mother is suspected of murdering a phony mother. Jesse's mother visits.
Director: Terrence O'Hara
Writer: Cathryn Michon
- 7.6/1091 votes
#10 - The Seven Deadly Sins
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1999
Mark matches wits with a beautiful jewel thief who's being framed for murder.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Chris Abbott, Steve Brown
- 8.1/1094 votes
#11 - Santa Claude
Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1999
Hospital horticulturist Claude is revealed to be an escaped convict living under an assumed name for the past 10 years. Mark fights to shelter Claude from extradition while striving to prove his innocence.
Director: Nancy Malone
Writer: Steve Brown, Burt Prelutsky
- 7.6/1097 votes
#12 - Man Overboard
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 1/6/2000
Mark takes on a temporary assignment as physician on a cruise ship and sleuths to uncover the killer of a disagreeable man.
Director: Frank Thackery
Writer: Michael Lyons, Kimberley Wells
- 7.5/10101 votes
#13 - Frontier Dad
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2000
The whole gang, plus Alex Smith and Amanda's rascals, are invited to observe the shooting of an episode of "Frontier Dad", a family series about Wild West hero Dash, starring Carl Simpson.
Director: Frank Thackery
Writer: Barry Van Dyke
- 6.7/1081 votes
#14 - Too Many Cooks
Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 1/20/2000
Mark investigates when a philandering chef is murdered during a televised charity cook-off.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Joyce Burditt
- 6.9/1075 votes
#15 - Jake's Women
Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2000
Mark is stunned to learn that his late friend Jake was married to two women. Steve juggles the investigation of Jake's murder and a blossoming relationship.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Mark Solomon
- 7.0/10156 votes
#16 - Murder by Remote
Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 2/10/2000
A devious home security programmer plots to murder the children of everyone involved in the accidental death of his son.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: Terry Curtis Fox
- 7.0/1083 votes
#17 - Teacher's Pet
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/2000
A young med student is suspected of killing her abusive husband after her story of murderous burglars proves false.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Joel Steiger
- 7.6/1087 votes
#18 - The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A.
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/2000
Steve meets a new girlfriend on a television game show and then investigates when she's killed. Steve suspects her estranged brother, a doctor at Community General.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski
Writer: Cathryn Michon
- 7.7/1085 votes
#19 - A Resting Place
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/6/2000
Doc Sloan goes undercover as a patient in a retirement home to solve the murder of an ex-cop.
Director: Farhad Mann
Writer: Burt Prelutsky
- 7.8/1090 votes
#20 - Murder at BBQ Bob's
Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 4/20/2000
Steve teams with a Naval Investigator when the apparent suicide of a military officer turns into a cold-blooded murder.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Paul Bishop
- 7.3/1091 votes
#21 - Two Birds With One Sloan
Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/2000
Mark appears on a quiz show to uncover the killer of a game show contestant.
Director: Nancy Malone
Writer: Terry Curtis Fox
- 7.8/10104 votes
#22 - Swan Song
Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2000
Mark's old friend, singer Danielle Marsh, visits and begins exhibiting erratic behavior while dodging attempts on her life. Mark attempts to fight through Marsh's defensive barriers to help his friend.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Joel Steiger
- 7.7/1095 votes
#23 - Out of the Past (1)
Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/2000
An old friend of med student Alex Martin is mixed up in the murder investigation of an L.A. 'madam'. Mark suspects Alex's friend may be more deeply involved in the madam's business than she lets on. Meanwhile, Madison Wesley is stalked by a homicidal killer who's recently undergone plastic surgery.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Steve Brown
- 7.5/1088 votes
#24 - Getting Mad, Getting Even (2)
Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 5/11/2000
Madison moves in with her new paramour, unaware that he's trying to kill her. Jesse is suspected of being the anonymous author of a tell-all book that places hospital workers in spicy relationships.
Director: Donald L. Gold
Writer: Burt Prelutsky
The Best Episodes of Diagnosis: Murder Season 7
Every episode of Diagnosis: Murder Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Diagnosis: Murder Season 7!
Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.
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Season 7 Ratings Summary
"The Roast" is the best rated episode of "Diagnosis: Murder" season 7. It scored 7.8/10 based on 109 votes. Directed by Christopher Hibler and written by Mark Solomon, it aired on 9/23/1999. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Sleeping Murder".