The Best Episodes of Diagnosis: Murder Season 8

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.8/10(100 votes)

   #1 - Death By Design

   S8:E110/12/2000

   Mark's office decorator is murdered.

   Director:Christopher Hibler

   Writer:Mark Egan

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   Director:Christopher Hibler

   Writer:Mark Egan
2. 

   7.5/10(101 votes)

   #2 - Blind Man's Bluff

   S8:E210/19/2000

   Young woman is in a car accident and goes blind, Mark must figure out who committed the murder.

   Director:Frank Thackery

   Writer:Joel Steiger

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   Director:Frank Thackery

   Writer:Joel Steiger
3. 

   6.9/10(105 votes)

   #3 - Sleight-of-Hand

   S8:E310/26/2000

   A body found on the beach turns out to be Jim, the hospital janitor, but when his twin brother Jeff shows up to identify the body, Mark and Steve become suspicious.

   Director:Nancy Malone

   Writer:Mark Solomon

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   Director:Nancy Malone

   Writer:Mark Solomon
4. 

   7.8/10(93 votes)

   #4 - By Reason of Insanity

   S8:E411/2/2000

   Dr. Mark Sloan tries to save one of his former students, a schizophrenic, from a murder charge, but is challenged by the man's seemingly incoherent babbling.

   Director:Sandy Smolan

   Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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   Director:Sandy Smolan

   Writer:Terry Curtis Fox
5. 

   8.1/10(108 votes)

   #5 - The Patient Detective

   S8:E511/9/2000

   Steve nearly dies in a car accident and think a murder happens. No one believes him.

   Director:Victor Lobl

   Writer:Stephen A. Miller

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   Director:Victor Lobl

   Writer:Stephen A. Miller
6. 

   7.6/10(109 votes)

   #6 - The Cradle Will Rock

   S8:E611/16/2000

   A nurse's husband is murdered and a teen who works at the hospital and who also had a torrid love affair with the nurse is the prime suspect, but Mark isn't convinced that the young man is the killer.

   Director:Victor Lobl

   Writer:Joel Steiger

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   Director:Victor Lobl

   Writer:Joel Steiger
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7. 

   8.1/10(103 votes)

   #7 - Hot House

   S8:E711/30/2000

   An abusive man who, along with four other people, was a contestant on a reality show is murdered while living in a house that is monitored 24 hours a day. After the killing, Mark enters the house as the man's replacement to see if he can uncover what happened.

   Director:Victor Lobl

   Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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   Director:Victor Lobl

   Writer:Terry Curtis Fox
8. 

   7.2/10(95 votes)

   #8 - All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die

   S8:E812/7/2000

   Mark goes after a man who killed a groom on his wedding day.

   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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   Director:Bernard L. Kowalski

   Writer:Terry Curtis Fox
9. 

   6.9/10(92 votes)

   #9 - Confession

   S8:E91/4/2001

   Dr. Mark Sloan, Lt. Steve Sloan and Dr. Amanda Bentley become involved when a priest is accused of murdering an old friend.

   Director:Donald L. Gold

   Writers:Steve Brown, Chris Abbott

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   Director:Donald L. Gold

   Writers:Steve Brown, Chris Abbott
10. 

    7.3/10(84 votes)

    #10 - Playing God

    S8:E101/11/2001

    Dr. Mark Sloan seeks the murderer who killed a med student, drained his blood, and stored him in the Community General morgue.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky
11. 

    7.9/10(88 votes)

    #11 - Less Than Zero

    S8:E111/18/2001

    An actress with an eating disorder dies from an apparent heart attack. Mark believes her nutritionist murdered her.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:Cathryn Michon

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    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:Cathryn Michon
12. 

    8.3/10(109 votes)

    #12 - Sins Of The Father (1)

    S8:E122/2/2001

    A young woman is assassinated while Dr. Mark Sloan is examining her, setting off an investigation that plunges Mark into dark memories of his own childhood.

    Director:Victor Lobl

    Writer:Joel Steiger

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    Director:Victor Lobl

    Writer:Joel Steiger
13. 

    8.2/10(93 votes)

    #13 - Sins Of The Father (2)

    S8:E132/9/2001

    Mark must find out why his dad left him as a child.

    Director:Victor Lobl

    Writer:Joel Steiger

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    Director:Victor Lobl

    Writer:Joel Steiger
14. 

    7.2/10(82 votes)

    #14 - You Bet Your Life

    S8:E142/16/2001

    Dr. Mark Sloan investigates the apparent suicide of a gifted heart surgeon who was also a compulsive gambler.

    Director:Nancy Malone

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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    Director:Nancy Malone

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky
15. 

    7.1/10(85 votes)

    #15 - Bachelor Fathers

    S8:E152/23/2001

    Dr. Mark Sloan tries to solve the murder of a young woman whose twin sister claims that Dr. Jesse Travis fathered her infant son.

    Director:James Nasella

    Writer:Steve Brown

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    Director:James Nasella

    Writer:Steve Brown
16. 

    8.1/10(97 votes)

    #16 - Being of Sound Mind

    S8:E163/2/2001

    Dr. Sloan tries to save Jesse and Amanda from a murderer who is out to kill them in order to obtain a multi-million dollar inheritance.

    Director:Christopher Hibler

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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    Director:Christopher Hibler

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky
17. 

    7.2/10(90 votes)

    #17 - Dance Of Danger

    S8:E173/30/2001

    A Tabloid-news paper reporter gets caught up in a murder investigation when one of her sources is stabbed to death on a dance floor.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writers:Barry Van Dyke, Jeff Glasser

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    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writers:Barry Van Dyke, Jeff Glasser
18. 

    7.3/10(87 votes)

    #18 - The Red's Shoes

    S8:E184/20/2001

    Dr. Sloan tries to Amanda when she becomes involved in an incident involving the Chinese government.

    Director:Frank Thackery

    Writers:Victoria Rowell, Fred Fontana

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    Director:Frank Thackery

    Writers:Victoria Rowell, Fred Fontana
19. 

    7.4/10(89 votes)

    #19 - No Good Deed

    S8:E194/27/2001

    Dr. Sloan investigates a controversial attorney who confesses to murder while near death but recants after he recovers.

    Director:Sandy Smolan

    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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    Director:Sandy Smolan

    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox
20. 

    7.8/10(82 votes)

    #20 - Deja Vous - Deadly Mirage (1)

    S8:E205/4/2001

    While deeply disturbed that his son, Lt. Steve Sloan, is falling in love with a woman who is a dead ringer for his murdered former girlfriend, Dr. Mark Sloan begins watching his neighbors through binoculars and becomes convinced that one of them is a murderer.

    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox

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    Director:Christian I. Nyby II

    Writer:Terry Curtis Fox
21. 

    7.9/10(90 votes)

    #21 - On the Beach - Deadly Mirage (2)

    S8:E215/4/2001

    While deeply disturbed that his son, Lt. Steve Sloan, is falling in love with a woman who is a dead ringer for his murdered former girlfriend, Dr. Mark Sloan begins watching his neighbors through binoculars and becomes convinced that one of them is a murderer.

    Director:Donald L. Gold

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky

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    Director:Donald L. Gold

    Writer:Burt Prelutsky
22. 

    7.4/10(150 votes)

    #22 - The Blair Nurse Project

    S8:E225/11/2001

    When a filmmaker begins using Community General Hospital as the location for an eerie documentary, Dr. Sloan discovers it may be haunted.

    Director:Barry Van Dyke

    Writers:Barry Van Dyke, Carey van Dyke

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    Director:Barry Van Dyke

    Writers:Barry Van Dyke, Carey van Dyke