The BEST episodes of Diagnosis Murder
Every episode of Diagnosis Murder ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Diagnosis Murder!
"Diagnosis Murder" follows the adventures of Dr. Mark Sloan, an amiable and avuncular doctor who is also a genius at solving murders. Dr. Sloan is aided in his homicide investigations by his son, LAPD Lt. Steve Sloan, pathologist/medical examiner Dr. Amanda Bentley, and ER resident Dr. Jesse Travis.
#1 - The Blair Nurse Project
Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/2001
When a filmmaker begins using Community General Hospital as the location for an eerie documentary, Dr. Sloan discovers it may be haunted.
#2 - Witness to Murder
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/15/1995
Dr. Sloan takes in an abandoned young girl found at the scene of a murder, while Steve and Jesse go about tracking down the killer.
#3 - 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.
#4 - Obsession (1)
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/7/1998
Dr. Sloan insists that a man he helped condemn to death for a series of bombings is guilty, even after a post-execution explosion.
#5 - 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.
#6 - 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.
#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.
#8 - Obsession (2)
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/14/1998
Three months after the execution of Lewis Sweeney, explosions are still rocking the LA area every four days. The unpopular Dr. Sloan continues his efforts to nail Carter Sweeney for the bombings.
#9 - Playing God
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/11/2001
Dr. Mark Sloan seeks the murderer who killed a med student, drained his blood, and stored him in the Community General morgue.
#10 - 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.
#11 - The Patient Detective
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/9/2000
Steve nearly dies in a car accident and think a murder happens. No one believes him.
#12 - Murder x 4
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1998
Steve investigates a series of seemingly unconnected murders committed by terminally ill patients, to find the hidden thread.
#13 - A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1997
A dead mime leads to an investigation of a crooked auto dealer. Randy Wolfe, a woman who's apparently an expert at everything, leads the investigation while continually annoying Steve.
#14 - Malibu Fire
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1997
A Malibu Hills fire is the backdrop for rising tensions between the residents; a disgraced stockbroker, a naturalist, a worried father, and a land developer. A worried Dr. Sloan deals with his own parental fears when Steve helps fight the fire.
#15 - Sins of the Father (2)
Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/9/2001
Mark must find out why his dad left him as a child.
#16 - 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.
#17 - 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.
#18 - Blind Man's Bluff
Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/19/2000
Young woman is in a car accident and goes blind, Mark must figure out who committed the murder.
#19 - 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.
#20 - All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die
Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/7/2000
Mark goes after a man who killed a groom on his wedding day.
#21 - The Roast
Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/1999
A comedy roast in Mark's honor is ruined by a double murder.
#22 - Murder, My Suite
Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1999
Mark, Jesse, and Amanda are trapped in a hotel when it's quarantined after a deadly virus is released. They struggle to contain the virus, while at the same time trying to locate its origin. Meanwhile, a scheming seductress carries out her plan, using the virus as a diversion to rob a nearby bank vault.
#23 - The Last Resort
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1998
Steve and his abrasive, confrontational partner are confined to a therapy home for 90 days after Steve shoots and kills a fleeing suspect. Steve's partner, Reggie, believes his wife and daughter are being held hostage by his nemesis, a belief that is furthered by a series of delusional events. On the outside, Jesse and Amanda work with Tanis Archer to solve the murder of a lab technician.
#24 - 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.
#25 - Sleeping Murder
Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/1999
Mark worries that his sleepwalking brother may be guilty of murder.