Diagnosis: Murder (season 5)

Diagnosis: Murder (season 5)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 25
Release
Original network CBS
Original release September 25, 1997 (1997-09-25) – May 14, 1998 (1998-05-14)

This is a list of episodes from the fifth season of Diagnosis: Murder.

Broadcast history

The season originally aired Thursdays at 9:00–10:00 pm (EST).[1][2]

DVD release

The season was released on DVD in two parts and as a whole by Visual Entertainment, Inc. When The Season was released In two parts and as a whole, They did not have the whole episode of Obsession Part 2. The scene where Mark Sloan meets Rob Petrie at the radio station is absent in the single releases. But that scene will be Included In The Complete Collection set of Diagnosis Murder.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
861"Murder Blues"Christian I. Nyby IILee Goldberg & William RabkinSeptember 18, 1997 (1997-09-18)

The investigation of a councilman's wife's murder uncovers a possible conspiracy within the police. Guest Stars: Fred Dryer (plays Police Chief Masters), James Darren, Kent McCord, Angie Dickinson, and Martin Milner.

Murderer:
872"Open and Shut"Christopher HiblerJacquelyn BlainSeptember 25, 1997 (1997-09-25)

A judge's son, David, also a judge, has been having an affair with Allison Porter (Marisa Coughlan), the daughter of a media mogul, since she was 13. On her 18th birthday she announces to David that she is going public, saying "I'm an adult now, and you're not married, so there is no need for secrecy", whereupon he drowns her in the bathtub. Guest Stars: Carol Huston, James Read, and Robert Stack.

Murderer: David McReynolds
883"Malibu Fire"Christian I. Nyby IITeleplay by: Gerry Conway & Wayne Berwick
Story by: Gerry Conway
October 2, 1997 (1997-10-02)

Sloan's house is threatened by a fire spreading through Malibu. Guest Stars: Robert Fuller, Randolph Mantooth, Brian Patrick Clarke, and Richard Gross.

Murderer: Sally Tremont
894"Deadly Games"Christopher HiblerJeff PetersOctober 9, 1997 (1997-10-09)

A wealthy blue blood is stabbed as part of a plot concocted by her chief security guard.

Murderer: Frank Waldeck
905"Slam-Dunk Dead"Vincent McEveetyTeleplay by: Larry Brody and Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin
Story by: Larry Brody
October 16, 1997 (1997-10-16)

Jesse faces being fired and losing his State license because he is blamed for the death of a professional basketball star who took a lethal mixture of medications. Guest Stars: Dan Gilvezan (plays Kent Beaudine), Mark Taylor, Pooh Richardson, Malik Sealy, and Brent Barry.

Murderer: Dwayne (Courtney Gains)
916"Looks Can Kill"Christopher HiblerCraig TepperOctober 23, 1997 (1997-10-23)

A seemingly healthy model, Julia Brush (Signy Coleman), drops dead, and her condition may be related to plastic surgery. The clinic that did her work is investigated.

Murderer:
92/937/8"Fatal Impact"Christian I. Nyby IIPart 1: David Bennett Carren & J. Larry Carroll
Part 2: Jacquelyn Blain
October 30, 1997 (1997-10-30)

Sloan and Amanda participate in the investigation of an airliner's deadly crash. Guest Stars: Harry J. Lennix (plats F.B.I. Agent Ron Wagner), and Steven Anderson.

Murderer:
949"Must Kill TV"Christopher HiblerLee Goldberg & William RabkinNovember 6, 1997 (1997-11-06)

A TV executive's death from a second heart attack leads Sloan to uncover the fact that her nitroglycerin tablets had been replaced by sugar pills. Guest stars: Jaleel White, John Aniston, Erik Estrada, Peter Graves (plays himself doing a Pilot of Doctor Danger as Dr. Mark Sloane, Jane Seymour, Fred Willard, Stephen J. Cannell (plays Jackson Burley), Reginald VelJohnson, Doug E. Doug, Tom Gallop (plays Phil Zarkin), and Dr. Joyce Brothers.

Murderer:
9510"Discards"Christian I. Nyby IIJ. Larry Carroll & David Bennett CarrenNovember 13, 1997 (1997-11-13)

Jesse gets involved in a deadly web of international intrigue when he discovers his father is a secret agent. Guest stars: Robert Culp (plays Dane Travis Jesse's Father), Barbera Bain (played Cinnamon Carter the same character she played on the Mission Impossible TV Series), Robert Vaughn, Phil Morris, and Patrick Macnee.

Murderer:
9611"A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste"Christopher HiblerLee Goldberg & William RabkinNovember 20, 1997 (1997-11-20)

In this comedy, Rachel York stars as an attractive in-your-face polymath who finds a murdered mime in her bed. She will do anything to solve that murder, including stealing Steve's badge and calling herself Lieutenant Stevie Sloane. In the end, Mark and Steve agree that "She is really something!" Guest Star: Ken Kercheval.

Murderer: Lois Clair (Kim Lankford)
9712"Down and Dirty Dead"Ron SatlofBarry Van DykeDecember 11, 1997 (1997-12-11)

A motorcross daredevil's crash during the filming of a stunt turns out to be sabotage. Guest Stars: Carey Van Dyke, and Shane Van Dyke.

Murderer
9813"Retribution: Part 1"Christian I. Nyby IILee Goldberg & William RabkinJanuary 8, 1998 (1998-01-08)

Sloan blames a crime lord for Steve getting hurt in a shoot-out, only to be accused of slaying the mobster. Guest Stars: Susan Gibney (who plays Tanis Archer), Fred Dryer (plays Police Chief Masters), Dennis Lipscomb, Jack Carter, and Connie Blankenship (who plays A.D.A. Sharon Ellison).

Murderer:
9914"Retribution: Part 2"Christian I. Nyby IILee Goldberg & William RabkinJanuary 15, 1998 (1998-01-15)

Sloan comes face to face with an old enemy on death row who may have set him up. Guest Stars: Susan Gibney, Fred Dryer, Dennis Lipscomb, James Stephens, Neal McDonough, and Robb Skyler.

Murderer:
10015"Drill for Death"Ron SatlofRobin MaddenJanuary 22, 1998 (1998-01-22)

During an emergency drill at the hospital the nursing administrator and an artist patient are murdered. Halfway through the episode a subway tunnel collapses and they have a real emergency on top of the drill. Lots of activity, suspects, stars and subplots. Guest stars: Kim Little (plays Nurse Susan Hilliard, Jesse's Girlfriend), Sally Kellerman, Elliott Gould, Loretta Swit, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, and Christopher Norris.

Murderer:Adele Botsford
10116"Rain of Terror"Christian I. Nyby IICraig TepperJanuary 29, 1998 (1998-01-29)

Sloan and Amanda are dinner guests on a rainy night of murder and intrigue that involves a mother and daughter. Guest Stars: John O'Hurley, Phina Oruche, and Adrienne Barbeau.

Murderer:
10217"Baby Boom"Vincent McEveetyJacquelyn BlainFebruary 5, 1998 (1998-02-05)

A man holds a child-birth class hostage, along with Amanda, claiming that one of the expectant women used his sperm without permission. Guest Star: Sam McMuarray

Murderer:
10318"Talked to Death"Christian I. Nyby IIJoyce BurdittFebruary 26, 1998 (1998-02-26)

A pair of talk-show hosts pull a ratings stunt that ends with one murdering the other.

Murderers: Larry Duggin, Tom Grant & Lucy Caruso

Guest Stars: Phyllis Diller, Army Archerd, Mary Frann, Kathie Lee Gifford, Regis Philbin, Ian Ogilvy, Greg Lauren, and Tod Susman.
10419"An Education in Murder"Frank ThackeryTeleplay by: Jacquelyn Blain
Story by: Jacquelyn Blain and D. O'Brien & Paul Rendle
March 5, 1998 (1998-03-05)

A social butterfly plots multiple deaths at a prep school. Guest Star: Kim Little (Nurse Susan Hilliard)

Murderer: Noelle Andrew
10520"Murder at the Finish Line"Christopher HiblerJ. Larry Carroll & David Bennett CarrenMarch 26, 1998 (1998-03-26)

Sloan investigates a speedway crash that killed a stock-car racer. Guest Star: Marina Sirtis (voiced Demona in Disney's Gargoyles and Tommy Kendall as himself)

Murderer: Mary Ann Eagin
10621"First Do No Harm"Vincent McEveetyErnest KinoyApril 16, 1998 (1998-04-16)

A young patient dies in the ER due to red-tape delays involving an HMO, leading Sloan to question managed care. Guest Stars: Alan Oppenheimer, Jason Schombing, Richard Fancy (plays Harold Lomax the new Administrator at Community General Hospital), Neil Dickson, Nancy Youngblut (plays Nurse Nancy Rush), and Davenia McFadden (plays Betty Pearson).

Murderer:
10722"Promises to Keep"Christian I. Nyby IIDavid Bennett Carren & J. Larry CarrollApril 23, 1998 (1998-04-23)

Security guard Ryan Matthews (Gary Graham) shows up to identify the body of his murdered ex-wife, but it's not her. Little does the hospital know that Matthews is being blackmailed by a con artist who is holding her hostage. When the hospital is scammed and Matthews is the sole suspect Solan hatches a plan to expose the con man.

Note: This episode concludes a story that begins on Promised Land in "Total Security".

Guest stars: Troy Evans, Gary Graham, and Christopher John Fields.

Murderer:
10823"Food Fight"Ron SatlofJacquelyn BlainApril 30, 1998 (1998-04-30)

Jesse volunteers to elect the caterer for the annual Benefactor's Ball when a murder is committed. Little does he know just how cutthroat it can get. Guest Stars: Kim Little (plays Nurse Susan Hilliard), Pat Morita, David L. Lander, Leslie Easterbrook, Conrad Janis, Erin Moran, and Donny Most.

Murderer:
10924"Obsession: Part 1"Christian I. Nyby IILee Goldberg & William RabkinMay 7, 1998 (1998-05-07)

Sloan believes that a serial bomber he helped condemn to death is guilty, even when there's another one after his execution. Guest stars: Harry J. Lennix (plays F.B.I. Agent Ron Wagner), Orson Bean (plays Lewis Sweeney the son of Reagen Sweeney and father of Carter and Catlin Sweeney), Arye Gross (plays Carter Sweeney), Stephanie Niznik (plays Catlin Sweeney), and Dennis Boutsikaris (plays D.A. Neil Burnside).

Murderer: Carter Sweeney
11025"Obsession: Part 2"Christian I. Nyby IILee Goldberg & William RabkinMay 14, 1998 (1998-05-14)

After being fired from his job, Mark, Jesse, Amanda, and Steve go on an unauthorized investigation into the bombings in L.A. Guest Stars: Harry J. Lennix (plays F.B.I. Agent Ron Wagner), Arye Gross (plays Carter Sweeney), Stephanie Niznik (plays Catlin Sweeney), Jasper Armstrong Marsalis (plays Amanda's child C.J.), and Dennis Boutsikaris (plays D.A. Neil Burnside). Murderer: Carter Sweeney.

The first two episodes of the next season, with the same writers, Retribution Parts I and II, continue these episodes with Carter Sweeney and his sister Catlin. Also, one of the writers, Lee Goldberg has written a book: Diagnosis Murder #8: The Last Word, which is the last book in his series, in which Carter Sweeney appears again, coming up for an appeal.

References

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