The BEST episodes of Diagnosis Murder season 6

Every episode of Diagnosis Murder season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Diagnosis Murder season 6!

"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.

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Murder x 4
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7.79
39 votes

#1 - 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.

Directors: Frank Thackery
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Murder, My Suite
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7.68
41 votes

#2 - 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.

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The Last Resort
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7.67
42 votes

#3 - 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.

Writer: Paul Bishop
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Trash TV (1)
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7.63
38 votes

#4 - Trash TV (1)

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1999

The Community General doctors are dragged back into the world of network television when producer Jackson Burley revamps the pilot for Dr. Danger, the television program based on Dr. Sloan. Mark and Steve investigate when Danger's competition, a masked magician who reveals the profession's secrets, is murdered, possibly as a ratings ploy.

Directors: Ron Satlof
Writer: Lee Goldberg
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Blood Ties
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7.58
36 votes

#5 - Blood Ties

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1999

Two female vice-officers uncover four corrupt female homicide cops who murder felons to harvest their organs for those more deserving.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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Rear Windows '98
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7.57
40 votes

#6 - Rear Windows '98

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1998

Amanda enlists Jesse's computer-nerd friends to find a killer, after she accidentally surfs across an on-line murder. Meanwhile, Jesse's girlfriend, Susan, comes down with a case of food poisoning after dining at Barbecue Bob's.

Directors: Vince McEveety
Resurrection (2)
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7.55
38 votes

#7 - Resurrection (2)

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1998

Carter and Caitlin kidnap Mark, forcing him to mastermind a 100 million-dollar theft. On the outside, Steve and Ron collaborate to find Mark. Meanwhile, Jesse and the Sloans buy a barbecue joint.

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Dead in the Water
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7.54
39 votes

#8 - Dead in the Water

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1998

Jesse's car breaks down while he and Susan are on their way to a fun-filled vacation in Carmel. The two are stranded in a small town where Susan spies a supposedly long dead beau, Greg. They eventually discover that he faked his death in order to plunder a shipwrecked vessel undetected. The townsfolk, all in on the scheme, murder Greg and pin the blame on Jesse and Susan.

Directors: Neema Barnette
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Rescue Me
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7.54
39 votes

#9 - Rescue Me

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1999

Jesse saves a woman, Chloe, in a traffic accident that claims a jealous lover forced her off the road. Jesse looks out for his patient when her ex-boyfriend threatens her. Jesse rushes to Chloe's aid when her life is threatened by her boyfriend, and inadvertently kills him. Jesse finds himself the victim of Chloe's 'fatal attraction' as she pursues him voraciously. It gradually becomes clear that Chloe was the aggressor in her previous relationship.

Directors: William Rabkin
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Alienated
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7.53
38 votes

#10 - Alienated

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1998

Shadowy figures haunt Jesse after he returns after being missing five days and believes aliens may have abducted him. Mark and Steve try to figure out what happened to him, while Jesse tries to stave off hallucinations, clandestine midnight meetings, and secretive government agents.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life
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7.50
38 votes

#11 - Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1999

Dr. Sloan crusades to keep a physician-assisted-suicide advocate from practicing her trade.

Directors: Ron Satlof
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
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Down Among the Dead Men
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7.50
38 votes

#12 - Down Among the Dead Men

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1999

A criminal with a death wish stalks Steve.

Directors: Barry Steinberg
Writer: Paul Bishop
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Trapped in Paradise
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7.49
39 votes

#13 - Trapped in Paradise

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1999

Steve goes undercover as a doctor in a private community after several mysterious deaths occur within its confines. Steve is 'aided' by a tabloid reporter posing as his wife.

Directors: Bruce Seth Green
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Never Say Die
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7.46
39 votes

#14 - Never Say Die

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1999

Steve enlists troubled teenager (he sure looked older than a teenager) Tommy to work as community service at a boxing club after too many brushes with the law. Tommy tries to control his temper. Mark finds that the club's sports drink is drugged, promoting aggressive tendencies in many of the boxers.

Directors: Frank Thackery
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Voices Carry
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7.45
38 votes

#15 - Voices Carry

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1999

Newly retired detective Harry Trumble returns to the force when it appears 'The Clown Killer', a murderer Trumble chased for more than a decade, has emerged from obscurity to kill again. Mark is reluctant to help Harry investigate the Clown, in part due to a rift between the two, but also because Mark suspects Harry has something to do with the Clown's reappearance.

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Write, She Murdered
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7.32
69 votes

#16 - Write, She Murdered

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1998

When a best-selling mystery author comes down with writer's block, she commits a murder herself in the hopes of stimulating her creative juices. The delusional author has help from her fictional heroine, Danielle Slade.

Directors: Frank Thackery
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Blood Will Out
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7.31
67 votes

#17 - Blood Will Out

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1998

The hospital is the scene of a manhunt when a corpse comes to life and attacks Amanda, then leads Steve and the police on a chase throughout the entire building during which he kidnaps Jesse's girlfriend Steve. Mark learns the fugitive is on the run from NSA agents, who claim he's an international terrorist.

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Murder on the Hour
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7.30
70 votes

#18 - Murder on the Hour

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1999

A serial murderer strikes Community General every hour on the hour, choosing victims who've been seriously injured but 'brought back to life'.

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Wrong Number
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7.26
69 votes

#19 - Wrong Number

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1998

Mark stumbles onto a kidnapping case when the kidnapper accidentally calls the Sloan residence with a ransom demand. Steve runs to phone booths across the city a la Dirty Harry to safely rescue the child.

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Resurrection (1)
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6.92
40 votes

#20 - Resurrection (1)

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1998

Mark, Steve, Jesse, and Amanda are all trapped in the rubble of Community General in the aftermath of the bombing. Mark tries to shake off the numbing effects of the explosion in time to save Amanda, who's suffering from a punctured lung and broken collarbone. After the dust settles, the hunt for Caitlin Sweeney begins. It's discovered that the Sweeneys belong to a terrorist organization, R.O.A.R.

Till Death Do Us Part
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6.89
38 votes

#21 - Till Death Do Us Part

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1998

Two fiancées plot to murder the bride's father on their wedding day. The two review their perfect plan the night before the wedding. Unfortunately murder is never as easy as one might plan.

Directors: Max Tash
Trash TV (2)
star
5.89
36 votes

#22 - Trash TV (2)

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1999

Mark matches wits with a murderous network executive.

Directors: Ron Satlof