The BEST episodes written by Joyce Burditt
#1 - It Never Entered My Mind
Jake and the Fatman - Season 4 - Episode 19
A doctor is accused of murdering a hospital administrator, so he starts his own investigation with the help of his med students. Note: This episode introduces Dr. Mark Sloan (plated by Dick Van Dyke) and sets up the spin-off series "Diagnosis: Murder."
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#2 - Redemption
Mystery Woman - Season 2 - Episode 4
While engaged in remodeling the bookstore, Samantha and Philby find clues to the murder of a mysterious visitor.
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#3 - Mystery Weekend
Mystery Woman - Season 1 - Episode 2
When Sam invites 3 best-selling authors for a book-signing weekend party, one of them is the victim of a mysterious shooting and later dies.
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#4 - Snapshot
Mystery Woman - Season 1 - Episode 3
Sam's friend Barbara claims to have photographic evidence that her greedy relatives rigged her recently deceased brother's will to make sure they get the bulk of his inheritance. When Barbara is murdered, Sam's own life is in danger as she tries to sort through the complex family relationships to figure out whodunit.
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#5 - Sing Me a Murder
Mystery Woman - Season 1 - Episode 4
When Sam invites Philby's favorite folk music trio for a charity benefit at the bookshop, someone murders their manager at a local bed-and-breakfast.
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#6 - Vision of a Murder
Mystery Woman - Season 1 - Episode 5
When Sam and her friend Cassie visit a health spa for the weekend, one of the guests is murdered and they become suspicious of the psychic who appears to have solved the crime.
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#7 - Oh Baby
Mystery Woman - Season 2 - Episode 3
Samantha Kinsey finds herself in the middle of a country club murder mystery after a mother leaves her baby in Sam's care and disappears.
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#8 - Chrissy, Come Home
Three's Company - Season 2 - Episode 23
Reverend Snow does not approve of Chrissy's lifestyle and decides to take her home.
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#9 - Night and Day
Jake and the Fatman - Season 4 - Episode 8
A hard-boiled PI is determined to make a case against the smuggler who shot her husband, whether Jake helps her or not.
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#10 - Amnesia
Diagnosis Murder - Season 1 - Episode 2
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.
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#11 - The Blind Man's Bluff Mystery
Father Dowling Mysteries - Season 2 - Episode 7
Sister Steve has always been a trusting soul. It's part of her job, of course. So it is no surprise when she opens her heart to a blind man who seems to be in need of assistance. But she soon discovers that she has become an unwitting accomplice in a scheme to blackmail a prominent parishioner.
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#12 - The Murder Trade
Diagnosis Murder - Season 3 - Episode 14
In an episode reminiscent of Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train", Dr. Sloan is drawn into a murder pact by a psychiatrist in need of money. The psychiatrist kills a woman pestering Dr. Sloan, expecting Mark to eliminate his "problem".
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#13 - The Kidnapper
Matlock - Season 4 - Episode 17
When Matlock is kidnapped, Michelle and Conrad go through Ben's old cases to try to figure out who is holding him hostage.
#14 - Sister Michael Wants You
Diagnosis Murder - Season 1 - Episode 19
Dr. Sloan goes undercover at a convent when mysterious circumstances surround a murder.
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#15 - Naked Babes
Diagnosis Murder - Season 2 - Episode 20
When Amanda's friend Angela is kidnapped immediately after giving birth to quadruplets, Amanda feigns pregnancy and goes undercover at an adoption agency to locate Angela. Jack and Dr. Sloan try to care for the babies.
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#16 - Woman Trouble
Diagnosis Murder - Season 2 - Episode 3
Two women involved in a love triangle plot to murder a man, take his millions, and leave the country. Dr. Sloan investigates after his friend's mysterious disappearence.
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#17 - Murder in the Dark
Diagnosis Murder - Season 3 - Episode 12
A visiting surgeon must deal with his alcoholism after a fellow docter is murdered during one of his blackouts.
#18 - Too Many Cooks
Diagnosis Murder - Season 7 - Episode 14
Mark investigates when a philandering chef is murdered during a televised charity cook-off.
#19 - In Defense of Murder
Diagnosis Murder - Season 4 - Episode 13
When a famous prostitute writes a tell-all book, an executive's job at Community General is in serious jeopardy.
#20 - A Blast from the Past
Diagnosis Murder - Season 2 - Episode 16
One of Steve's old "collars" gets out of prison and comes looking for revenge.
#21 - The Merry Widow Murder
Diagnosis Murder - Season 4 - Episode 24
A wealthy woman and her boyfriend dupe Mark and plot to murder her husband.
#22 - Talked to Death
Diagnosis Murder - Season 5 - Episode 18
Ratings seeking stunts by TV talk show hosts Darren & Mary has tragic results.
#23 - Wild West Mystery
Mystery Woman - Season 2 - Episode 2
Being the organizer this year of Walden’s annual Wild West Days, Samantha has been able to bring former TV star Clint Taylor to town for the event. But when the actor stages an accident for publicity, his stand-in is shot for real, and Samantha must figure out which cowboy from the cast of his old show pulled the trigger.
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#24 - The Falling Angel Mystery
Father Dowling Mysteries - Season 2 - Episode 8
An "angel" visits Father Dowling and Sister Steve at the parish and delivers a stern warning that big trouble is hiding just around the next corner. One of the parishioners is about to be "charged" with the "crime" of guilt by association when it is revealed that his late father was connected with the underworld.
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