Diagnosis: Murder (season 5)
Diagnosis: Murder (season 5) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 25, 1997 – May 14, 1998 |
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 | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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86 | 1 | "Murder Blues" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 18, 1997 |
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: | |||||
87 | 2 | "Open and Shut" | Christopher Hibler | Jacquelyn Blain | September 25, 1997 |
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 | |||||
88 | 3 | "Malibu Fire" | Christian I. Nyby II | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway & Wayne Berwick Story by: Gerry Conway | October 2, 1997 |
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 | |||||
89 | 4 | "Deadly Games" | Christopher Hibler | Jeff Peters | October 9, 1997 |
A wealthy blue blood is stabbed as part of a plot concocted by her chief security guard. Murderer: Frank Waldeck | |||||
90 | 5 | "Slam-Dunk Dead" | Vincent McEveety | Teleplay by: Larry Brody and Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin Story by: Larry Brody | October 16, 1997 |
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) | |||||
91 | 6 | "Looks Can Kill" | Christopher Hibler | Craig Tepper | October 23, 1997 |
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: | |||||
92/93 | 7/8 | "Fatal Impact" | Christian I. Nyby II | Part 1: David Bennett Carren & J. Larry Carroll Part 2: Jacquelyn Blain | October 30, 1997 |
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: | |||||
94 | 9 | "Must Kill TV" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 6, 1997 |
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: | |||||
95 | 10 | "Discards" | Christian I. Nyby II | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | November 13, 1997 |
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: | |||||
96 | 11 | "A Mime Is a Terrible Thing to Waste" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 20, 1997 |
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) | |||||
97 | 12 | "Down and Dirty Dead" | Ron Satlof | Barry Van Dyke | December 11, 1997 |
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 | |||||
98 | 13 | "Retribution: Part 1" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 8, 1998 |
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: | |||||
99 | 14 | "Retribution: Part 2" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 15, 1998 |
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: | |||||
100 | 15 | "Drill for Death" | Ron Satlof | Robin Madden | January 22, 1998 |
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 | |||||
101 | 16 | "Rain of Terror" | Christian I. Nyby II | Craig Tepper | January 29, 1998 |
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: | |||||
102 | 17 | "Baby Boom" | Vincent McEveety | Jacquelyn Blain | February 5, 1998 |
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: | |||||
103 | 18 | "Talked to Death" | Christian I. Nyby II | Joyce Burditt | February 26, 1998 |
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. | |||||
104 | 19 | "An Education in Murder" | Frank Thackery | Teleplay by: Jacquelyn Blain Story by: Jacquelyn Blain and D. O'Brien & Paul Rendle | March 5, 1998 |
A social butterfly plots multiple deaths at a prep school. Guest Star: Kim Little (Nurse Susan Hilliard) Murderer: Noelle Andrew | |||||
105 | 20 | "Murder at the Finish Line" | Christopher Hibler | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | March 26, 1998 |
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 | |||||
106 | 21 | "First Do No Harm" | Vincent McEveety | Ernest Kinoy | April 16, 1998 |
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: | |||||
107 | 22 | "Promises to Keep" | Christian I. Nyby II | David Bennett Carren & J. Larry Carroll | April 23, 1998 |
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: | |||||
108 | 23 | "Food Fight" | Ron Satlof | Jacquelyn Blain | April 30, 1998 |
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: | |||||
109 | 24 | "Obsession: Part 1" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | May 7, 1998 |
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 | |||||
110 | 25 | "Obsession: Part 2" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | May 14, 1998 |
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. |