Diagnosis: Murder (season 6)
Diagnosis: Murder (season 6) | |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of episodes | 22 |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 24, 1998 – May 13, 1999 |
This is a list of episodes from the sixth 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 complete and available in two parts by Visual Entertainment, Inc.
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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111 | 1 | "Resurrection Part I" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 24, 1998 |
Caitlin Sweeney bombed Community General in the last episode, and a number of characters are trapped in the rubble. Mark worked hard to save Amanda's life. After 4 months pass, the hospital starts to reopen, and Steve announces that Caitlin has started robbing banks to raise money for ROR: The Revolutionary Movement Against the US Shadow Government. Steve and Jesse discuss plans to buy Barbecue Bob's, which is going out of business. Guest Stars: Harry J. Lennix (plays F.B.I. Agent Ron Wagner), Arye Gross (plays Carter Sweeney), Kim Little (plays nurse Susan Hilliard, Jesse's girlfriend, in this and 9 other episodes), and Stephanie Niznik (plays Catlin Sweeney). | |||||
112 | 2 | "Resurrection Part II" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 24, 1998 |
Steve and Jesse ask Mark for a loan to buy Barbecue Bob's. Caitlin and ROR break Carter Sweeney out of prison, and the Sweenies kidnap Mark from his home. They ask Mark to figure out a way to obtain $100 million or they will keep blowing up stores and restaurants, killing innocent people. Mark agrees and comes up with an ingenious plan that works, involving a fake armored car. Guest Stars: Harry J. Lennix (plays F.B.I. Agent Ron Wagner), Arye Gross (plays Carter Sweeney), Kim Little (plays nurse Susan Hilliard, Jesse's girlfriend in this and 9 other episodes), and Stephanie Niznik (plays Catlin Sweeney). | |||||
113 | 3 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Max Tash | Terence Winter | October 1, 1998 |
With help from the groom, a bride plots the murder of her father, planning to frame her stepmother for the crime. Guest Star: Patrick Duffy. | |||||
114 | 4 | "Wrong Number" | Christian I. Nyby II | James L. Novack | October 8, 1998 |
Sloan is tipped off to an abduction when a kidnapper dials the doctor's number by mistake. | |||||
115 | 5 | "Blood Will Out" | Christopher Hibler | Robin Bernheim | October 15, 1998 |
A supposedly dead man escapes from the pathology lab and terrorizes Community General. Guest Star: Kim Little (plays Nurse Susan Hilliard) | |||||
116 | 6 | "Alienated" | Bruce Seth Green | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | October 29, 1998 |
Jesse is apparently abducted by aliens. Note: This episode features several actors from the Star Trek franchise – Walter Koenig, George Takei, Wil Wheaton and Majel Barrett | |||||
117 | 7 | "Write, She Murdered" | Frank Thackery | Jacquelyn Blain | November 5, 1998 |
A mystery novelist murders her agent, hoping the investigation will inspire her next book. Guest Stars: Shelley Long, Adam West and Richard Herd Note: Victoria Rowell also plays the author's fictional heroine Danielle Slade. | |||||
118 | 8 | "Rear Windows '98" | Vincent McEveety | Jacquelyn Blain | November 12, 1998 |
After Amanda reports seeing a murder on the Internet, a hacker messes up all her online transactions. Three hacker friends of Jesse fight back, using The Weasel. Hence ensues the battle of the hackers. Guest Star: Kim Little (plays Nurse Susan Hilliard, Jessie's girlfriend in 10 episodes) | |||||
119 | 9 | "The Last Resort" | Christian I. Nyby II | Paul Bishop | November 19, 1998 |
Steve joins his troubled partner, Reggie Ackroyd (Joe Penny) in a rehab facility for stressed-out cops. Reggie seems delusional and keeps blaming a murderer he caught for abducting his wife and daughter, and Steve encourages him. He and Steve are released and go hunting for them, and find their bodies by following the voices in Reggie's head. But Diagnosis Murder has not gone superstitious; there is a perfectly rational explanation at the end. Guest Stars: Susan Gibney (plays Det. Tanis Archer in 7 episodes), Reginald VelJohnson, and Martin Kove (plays Captain Newman) | |||||
120 | 10 | "Murder x 4" | Frank Thackery | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | December 3, 1998 |
Three apparently senseless murders; the killers are caught but for various reasons don't talk. The police and doctors look for a common thread and find it. The perps are all terminally ill patients; but who is hiring them? How do they get paid? They try to stop the 4th one. | |||||
121 | 11 | "Dead in the Water" | Neema Barnette | Robin Bernheim | December 17, 1998 |
Jesse and Susan get stuck in a small coastal town with car trouble, on their way to Carmel for a romantic getaway. Susan spots her fiancė, Greg (Laurence Lau), who supposedly died 5 years ago. The town seems very affluent without any apparent source of wealth. Greg is murdered, and Jessie and Susan are charged with the crime by Sheriff Kelso (Monte Markham), in an attempt to cover up the town's dirty secret. Guest Star: Kim Little (played Nurse Susan Hilliard, Jesse's girlfriend in 10 episodes.) | |||||
122 | 12 | "Trapped in Paradise" | Bruce Seth Green | Ernie Wallengren | January 7, 1999 |
Steve goes undercover to investigate a series of murders at an exclusive gated community. Guest Star: Martin Kove. | |||||
123 | 13 | "Voices Carry" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 21, 1999 |
A retiring detective Harry Trumble (Jack Klugman) continues to pursue a murderer known as "The Clown Killer", and will lie, cheat and kill to do it. Guest Stars: Jack Klugman (played Quincy on the TV Series Quincy M.E.) | |||||
124 | 14 | "Murder, My Suite" | Jim Johnston | Teleplay by: E.F. Wallengren Story by: Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 28, 1999 |
A devious woman releases a deadly strain of bacteria on the guests of a luxurious hotel, but what is her motive? | |||||
125 | 15 | "Murder on the Hour" | Christopher Hibler | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | February 4, 1999 |
A serial killer murders every hour on the hour at Community General. | |||||
126 | 16 | "Rescue Me" | William Rabkin | Jacquelyn Blain | February 11, 1999 |
An accident victim develops a fatal attraction to Jesse. Guest Star: Kim Little (plays Nurse Susan Hilliard) | |||||
127 | 17 | "Down Among the Dead Men" | Barry Steinberg | Paul Bishop | February 18, 1999 |
A heavily armed criminal seems to have a death wish. Guest Stars: Susan Gibney (plays Tanis Archer), and Travis Tritt. | |||||
128 | 18 | "Never Say Die" | Frank Thackery | Barry Van Dyke | February 25, 1999 |
A juvenile delinquent, Tommy Anders (Shane Van Dyke), is assigned community-service time at a boxing gym, where the death of a young fighter arouses suspicion. He ran in front of a bus to show that he was invincible. (If some of the other delinquents at the gym resemble Tommy, it's no accident, because there are other Van Dyke kids there.) Something in the bottled drinks is making the young boxers very pugnacious. (If some of the other delinquents at the gym resemble Tommy, it's no accident, because there are other Van Dyke kids there.) Other Guest Stars: Carey Van Dyke, Wes Van Dyke, and Taryn Van Dyke. | |||||
129/130 | 19/20 | "Trash TV" | Ron Satlof | Part 1: Lee Goldberg Part 2: David Bennett Carren & J. Larry Carroll | April 29, 1999 |
A masked magician is murdered during a live television special that reveals the secrets behind his illusions – and the killing could have been a ratings stunt. When the murderer is caught, a new case begins in the death of an actor who was fatally shot during the filming of a TV series based on Sloan's life. Guest Stars: Stephen J. Cannell (plays Jackson Burley and Dr. Mark Sloane in the Third Pilot), Dan Gilvezan (plays Kent Beudine), Danny Bonaduce, Randolph Mantooth, Ian Ogilvy, Robert Ito (plays Sam on Quincy M.E.), and Billy Warlock (plays Dr. Mark Sloane in the 2nd Pilot). | |||||
131 | 21 | "Blood Ties" | Bruce Seth Green | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | May 6, 1999 |
A pimp, Milton Wilder (Richard Tanner), is shot in cold blood in an alley by four women who turn out later to be police officers. Two honest cops, Det. Amy Devlin (Kathy Evison), and her unorthodox partner, Det. Taylor Lucas (Zoe McLellan) are investigating this case, but Amy wants to pick up a (female) bail jumper in a bar first. When they are taking her to their car she is shot dead by someone in the alley, and they return fire, wounding the (female) shooter. Taylor shoots herself in the arm so they can find the dirty doctor (Lynn Wanlass) who will have treated her. The doctor tells them the name of the wounded shooter and they realize that the two cases are related. (She is in fact one of the four.) Mark and Amanda notice a pattern, with criminals being shot and turning out to be organ donors, whose organs and blood types just happen to be urgently needed. They figure out where the perps are getting their information on patients urgently needing organs and set a trap for them at the location of their next victim. The four rogue cops are played by the actress/models Brandi Sherwood, Michelle Lintel, Shannon Marketic, and Kelli McCarty. The bail jumper is played by Spice Williams. | |||||
132 | 22 | "Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life" | Ron Satlof | Ernest Kinoy | May 13, 1999 |
Mark Sloan attempts to have a new doctor arrested for murder after she helps a pair of terminally ill patients commit suicide. Guest Star: Kim Little (plays Nurse Susan Hilliard), and Arthur Rosenberg (plays Harold Lomax, in his first appearance he is played by Richard Fancy and is the Administrator at Community General Hospital). Note: This is Susan Hillard's last episode appearance. But she does end up marrying Jesse in The Diagnosis Murder book "The Dead Letter." She appears in most of the Diagnosis Murder books. |