The following is a list of Diagnosis: Murder episodes, a US television show originally airing from October 29, 1993 to May 11, 2001. In all, 178 episodes were aired.
Contents |
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD Release | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | Region 2 | ||||
| Pilot | 1 | 1991 | September 12, 2006 | May 5, 2008 | |
| TV Movies | 3 | 1992–1993 | November 1, 2011 | TBA | |
| 1 | 19 | 1993–1994 | September 12, 2006 | May 5, 2008 | |
| 2 | 22 | 1994–1995 | June 12, 2007 | February 9, 2009 | |
| 3 | 18 | 1995–1996 | December 4, 2007 | July 13, 2009 | |
| 4 | 26 | 1996–1997 | TBA | TBA | |
| 5 | 25 | 1997–1998 | TBA | TBA | |
| 6 | 22 | 1998–1999 | TBA | TBA | |
| 7 | 24 | 1999–2000 | TBA | TBA | |
| 8 | 22 | 2000–2001 | TBA | TBA | |
| TV Movies | 2 | 2002 | January 31, 2012 | TBA | |
Diagnosis: Murder began when Dick Van Dyke starred in It Never Entered My Mind, a fourth season episode of Jake and the Fatman. He played a trauma doctor who solved a difficult murder.
A total five TV movies were made, with the first three (Diagnosis of Murder, The House on Sycamore Street and A Twist of the Knife) being produced before the TV series began. The final two movies (A Town Without Pity and Without Warning) were produced in 2002 after the TV series had ended.
| TV Movie Number | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Diagnosis of Murder | January 5, 1992 |
| 02 | The House on Sycamore Street | May 1, 1992 |
| 03 | A Twist of the Knife | February 13, 1993 |
| 04 | A Town Without Pity | February 6, 2002 |
| 05 | Without Warning | April 26, 2002 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate | Production Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | "Miracle Cure" | Michael Lange | James Kramer | October 29, 1993 | 3901 |
| 1.2 | "Amnesia" | Michael Lange | Joyce Burditt | November 5, 1993 | 3903 |
| 1.3 | "Murder at the Telethon" | Anson Williams | Vance DeGeneres | November 12, 1993 | 3906 |
| 1.4 | "Inheritance of Death" | Frank Thackery | Gerry Conway | November 19, 1993 | 3907 |
| 1.5 | "The 13 Million Dollar Man" | Anson Williams | Gordon Dawson | December 3, 1993 | 3904 |
| 1.6 | "Vanishing Act (1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Bruce Franklin Singer | December 10, 1993 | 3905a |
| 1.7 | "Vanishing Act (2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Bruce Franklin Singer | December 17, 1993 | 3905b |
| 1.8 | "Shanda's Song" | Neema Barnette | Craig Volk | January 7, 1994 | 3902 |
| 1.9 | "The Restless Remains" | Christian I. Nyby II | Robert Schlitt | January 14, 1994 | 3908 |
| 1.10 | "Murder with Mirrors" | Anson Williams | Gerry Conway | January 21, 1994 | 3909 |
| 1.11 | "Flashdance with Death" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway | January 28, 1994 | 3910 |
| 1.12 | "Reunion with Murder" | Anson Williams | Robin Madden | February 4, 1994 | 3911 |
| 1.13 | "Lily" | Frank Thackery | Gerry Conway | March 4, 1994 | 3912 |
| 1.14 | "Guardian Angel" | Christian I. Nyby II | Bruce Franklin Singer | April 1, 1994 | 3915 |
| 1.15 | "Nirvana" | Christian I. Nyby II | Peter Dunne | April 8, 1994 | 3913 |
| 1.16 | "Broadcast Blues" | Christian I. Nyby II | James Kramer | April 15, 1994 | 3917 |
| 1.17 | "Shaker" | Alan Myerson | Gerry Conway | April 29, 1994 | 3916 |
| 1.18 | "The Plague" | Peter Ellis | Gerry Conway | May 6, 1994 | 3916 |
| 1.19 | "Sister Michael Wants You" | Leo Penn | Joyce Burditt | May 13, 1994 | 3918 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.01 | "Many Happy Returns" | Lou Antonio | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 16, 1994 |
| 2.02 | "A Very Fatal Funeral" | Alan Myerson | Gerry Conway | September 23, 1994 |
| 2.03 | "Woman Trouble" | Roy Campanella II | Joyce Burditt | September 30, 1994 |
| 2.04 | "The Busy Body" | Vince McEveety | Dan Wilcox | October 7, 1994 |
| 2.05 | "My Four Husbands" | Christian I. Nyby II | Robin Jill Bernheim | October 14, 1994 |
| 2.06 | "Murder Most Vial" | Richard Compton | Richard Collins | October 21, 1994 |
| 2.07 | "You Can Call Me Johnson" | Christian I. Nyby II | John Wirth | October 28, 1994 |
| 2.08 | "Georgia on My Mind" | Peter Ellis | Brad Kern | November 4, 1994 |
| 2.09 | "The Last Laugh (Part 1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 11, 1994 |
| 2.10 | "The Last Laugh (Part 2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 18, 1994 |
| 2.11 | "Death By Extermination" | Christopher Hibler | Dan Wilcox | December 2, 1994 |
| 2.12 | "Standing Eight Count" | Christopher Hibler | Travis Fine | December 9, 1994 |
| 2.13 | "The Bela Lugosi Blues" | Lee Philips | Michael Gleason | January 6, 1995 |
| 2.14 | "The New Healers" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 13, 1995 |
| 2.15 | "Call Me Incontestable" | Michael Schultz | Dan Wilcox | January 20, 1995 |
| 2.16 | "A Blast From the Past" | Burt Brinckerhoff | Joyce Burditt | February 3, 1995 |
| 2.17 | "Playing for Keeps" | Peter Ellis | Gerry Conway | February 10, 1995 |
| 2.18 | "Sea No Evil" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | February 17, 1995 |
| 2.19 | "How to Murder Your Lawyer" | Leo Penn | Michael Gleason | February 24, 1995 |
| 2.20 | "Naked Babes" | Christian I. Nyby II | Joyce Burditt | March 31, 1995 |
| 2.21 | "Death in the Daytime" | Christian I. Nyby II | Michael Gleason | April 28, 1995 |
| 2.22 | "My Baby is Out of this World" | Christopher Hibler | Richard Collins | May 5, 1995 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.01 | "An Innocent Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Cynthia Deming & William J Royce | December 8, 1995 |
| 3.02 | "Witness to Murder" | Paris Barclay | Cynthia Deming & William J Royce | December 15, 1995 |
| 3.03 | "All-American Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Tom Chehak | December 22, 1995 |
| 3.04 | "Murder in the Courthouse" | Bruce Kessler | Roger Lowenstein | December 29, 1995 |
| 3.05 | "Murder on the Run (Part 1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Maurice Hurley & Steve Hattman | January 5, 1996 |
| 3.06 | "Murder on the Run (Part 2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Maurice Hurley & Steve Hattman | January 12, 1996 |
| 3.07 | "Love is Murder" | Tom Chehak | Nan Hagan | January 19, 1996 |
| 3.08 | "Misdiagnosis Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway | January 26, 1996 |
| 3.09 | "The Pressure of Murder" | Christopher Hibler | Sibyl Gardner | February 9, 1996 |
| 3.10 | "Living on the Streets Can Be Murder" | Christopher Hibler | Carey W. Hayes & Chad Hayes | February 16, 1996 |
| 3.11 | "Murder Murder" | Peter Ellis | Nancy Bond | February 23, 1996 |
| 3.12 | "Murder in the Dark" | Bernie Kowalski | Joyce Burditt | March 8, 1996 |
| 3.13 | "35 Millimetre Murder" | Bruce Seth Green | Steve Hattman | March 29, 1996 |
| 3.14 | "The Murder Trade" | Oz Scott | Joyce Burditt | April 5, 1996 |
| 3.15 | "Mind Over Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway | April 12, 1996 |
| 3.16 | "Murder by the Book" | Christopher Hibler | Tom Chehak & Steve Hattman | April 19, 1996 |
| 3.17 | "FMurder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway & Steve Hattman | April 26, 1996 |
| 3.18 | "Left-Handed Murder" | Jonathan Frakes | Mark Masuoka | May 3, 1996 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.01 | "Murder by Friendly Fire" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gillian Horvath | September 19, 1996 |
| 4.02 | "Murder Can Be Contagious" | Vince McEveety | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 26, 1996 |
| 4.03 | "Murder on Thin Ice" | Christopher Hibler | Robin Madden | October 3, 1996 |
| 4.04 | "X Marks the Murder (Part 1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lindsay Harrison | October 10, 1996 |
| 4.05 | "X Marks the Murder (Part 2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lindsay Harrison | October 10, 1996 |
| 4.06 | "A Model Murder" | Vince McEveety | San Egan | October 17, 1996 |
| 4.07 | "Murder Can Be Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Tom Chehak | October 24, 1996 |
| 4.08 | "An Explosive Murder" | Steve Milner | Dean Hargrove | October 31, 1996 |
| 4.09 | "Murder by the Busload" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 7, 1996 |
| 4.10 | "A Candidate for Murder" | Christopher Hibler | Steve Hattman | November 14, 1996 |
| 4.11 | "The ABC's of Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Steve Hattman | November 21, 1996 |
| 4.12 | "Murder in the Family" | Vince McEveety | Lindsay Harrison | December 12, 1996 |
| 4.13 | "In Defense of Murder" | Vince McEveety | Joyce Burditt & Gerry Conway | January 9, 1997 |
| 4.14 | "A History of Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway | January 16, 1997 |
| 4.15 | "Murder Two (Part 1)" | Christopher Hibler | Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff | January 30, 1997 |
| 4.16 | "Murder Two (Part 2)" | Christopher Hibler | Joel Steiger & Gerald Sanoff | February 6, 1997 |
| 4.17 | "Hard-Boiled Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | February 13, 1997 |
| 4.18 | "Murder, Country Style" | Christopher Hibler | Gerry Conway | February 20, 1997 |
| 4.19 | "Delusions of Murder" | Christopher Hibler | Joyce Burditt | February 27, 1997 |
| 4.20 | "A Passion for Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | April 3, 1997 |
| 4.21 | "Blood Brothers Murder" | Christian I. Nyby II | Barry Van Dyke | April 10, 1997 |
| 4.22 | "Physician, Murder Thyself" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway, Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | April 24, 1997 |
| 4.23 | "Murder in the Air" | Tom Chehak | Tom Chehak | April 24, 1997 |
| 4.24 | "The Merry Widow Murder" | Oz Scott | Joyce Burditt | May 1, 1997 |
| 4.25 | "Comedy is Murder" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg, William Rabkin & Dick Van Dyke | May 8, 1997 |
| 4.26 | "The Murder of Mark Sloan" | Christopher Hibler | Steve Hattman | May 8, 1997 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.01 | "Murder Blues" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 18, 1997 |
| 5.02 | "Open and Shut" | Christopher Hibler | Jacquelyn Blain | September 25, 1997 |
| 5.03 | "Malibu Fire" | Christian I. Nyby II | Gerry Conway | October 2, 1997 |
| 5.04 | "Deadly Games" | Christopher Hibler | Jeff Peters | October 9, 1997 |
| 5.05 | "Slam-Dunk Dead" | Vince McEveety | Larry Brody, Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | October 16, 1997 |
| 5.06 | "Looks Can Kill" | Christopher Hibler | Craig Tepper | October 23, 1997 |
| 5.07 | "Fatal Impact (1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | David Carren, J. Larry Carroll | October 30, 1997 |
| 5.08 | "Fatal Impact (2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Jacquelyn Blain | October 30, 1997 |
| 5.09 | "Must Kill TV" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 6, 1997 |
| 5.10 | "Discards" | Christian I. Nyby II | David Carren & J. Larry Carroll | November 13, 1997 |
| 5.11 | "A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | November 20, 1997 |
| 5.12 | "Down and Dirty Dead" | Ron Satlof | Barry Van Dyke | December 11, 1997 |
| 5.13 | "Retribution (1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 8, 1998 |
| 5.14 | "Retribution (2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 15, 1998 |
| 5.15 | "Drill for Death" | Ron Satlof | Robin Madden | January 22, 1998 |
| 5.16 | "Rain of Terror" | Christian I. Nyby II | Craig Tepper | January 29, 1998 |
| 5.17 | "Baby Boom" | Vince McEveety | Jacquelyn Blain | February 5, 1998 |
| 5.18 | "Talked to Death" | Christian I. Nyby II | Joyce Burditt | February 26, 1998 |
| 5.19 | "An Education in Murder" | Frank Thackery | Jacquelyn Blain, Paul Rendle & D. O. Brien | March 5, 1998 |
| 5.20 | "Murder at the Finish Line" | Christopher Hibler | J. Larry Carroll, David Carren | March 26, 1998 |
| 5.21 | "First Do No Harm" | Vince McEveety | Ernest Kinoy | April 16, 1998 |
| 5.22 | "Promises to Keep" | Christian I. Nyby II | David Carren, J. Larry Carroll | April 23, 1998 |
| 5.23 | "Food Fight" | Ron Satlof | Jacquelyn Blain | April 30, 1998 |
| 5.24 | "Obsession (1)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | May 7, 1998 |
| 5.25 | "Obsession (2)" | Christian I. Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | May 14, 1998 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.01 | "Resurrection (1)" | Christian Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 24, 1998 |
| 6.02 | "Resurrection (2)" | Christian Nyby II | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | September 24, 1998 |
| 6.03 | "Till Death Do Us Part" | Max Tash | Terence Winter | October 1, 1998 |
| 6.04 | "Wrong Number" | Christian I. Nyby II | James L. Novack | October 8, 1998 |
| 6.05 | "Blood Will Out" | Christopher Hibler | Robin Jill Burger | October 15, 1998 |
| 6.06 | "Alienated" | Bruce Seth Green | J. Larry Carroll & David Benett Carren | October 29, 1998 |
| 6.07 | "Write, She Murdered" | Frank Thackery | Jacquelyn Blain | November 5, 1998 |
| 6.08 | "Rear Windows '98" | Vince McEveety | Jacquelyn Blain | November 12, 1998 |
| 6.09 | "The Last Resort" | Christian I. Nyby II | Paul Bishop | November 19, 1998 |
| 6.10 | "Murder x 4" | Frank Thackery | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | December 3, 1998 |
| 6.11 | "Dead in the Water" | Neema Barnette | Robin Jill Berger | December 17, 1998 |
| 6.12 | "Trapped in Paradise" | Bruce Seth Green | E.F. Wallengren | January 7, 1999 |
| 6.13 | "Voices Carry" | Christopher Hibler | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 21, 1999 |
| 6.14 | "Murder, My Suite" | Jim Johnston | E.F. Wallengren, Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | January 28, 1999 |
| 6.15 | "Murder on the Hour" | Christopher Hibler | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | February 4, 1999 |
| 6.16 | "Rescue Me" | William Rabkin | Jackie Blain | February 11, 1999 |
| 6.17 | "Down Among the Dead Men" | Barry Steinberg | Paul Bishop | February 18, 1999 |
| 6.18 | "Never Say Die" | Frank Thackery | Barry Van Dyke | February 25, 1999 |
| 6.19 | "Trash TV (1)" | Ron Satlof | Lee Goldberg | April 29, 1999 |
| 6.20 | "Trash TV (2)" | Ron Satlof | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | April 29, 1999 |
| 6.21 | "Blood Ties" | Bruce Seth Green | Lee Goldberg & William Rabkin | May 6, 1999 |
| 6.22 | "Today is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life" | Ron Satlof | Ernest Kinoy | May 13, 1999 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.01 | "The Roast" | Christopher Hibler | Mark Solomon | September 23, 1999 |
| 7.02 | "Sleeping Murder" | Ron Satlof | Chris Abbott | September 30, 1999 |
| 7.03 | "Bringing Up Barbie" | Ron Satlof | Steve Brown | October 7, 1999 |
| 7.04 | "Murder at Midterm" | Christopher Hibler | Melody Fox | October 14, 1999 |
| 7.05 | "The Flame" | Christian I. Nyby II | Joel Steiger | October 21, 1999 |
| 7.06 | "The Killer Within" | Frank Thackery | Terry Curtis Fox | October 28, 1999 |
| 7.07 | "Gangland (1)" | Victor Lobl | Terry Curtis Fox | November 9, 1999 |
| 7.08 | "Gangland (2)" | Victor Lobl | Terry Curtis Fox | November 9, 1999 |
| 7.09 | "The Mouth That Roared" | Terrence O'Hara | Cathryn Michon | November 11, 1999 |
| 7.10 | "The Seven Deadly Sins" | Christopher Hibler | Chris Abbott & Steve Brown | November 18, 1999 |
| 7.11 | "Santa Claude" | Nancy Malone | Burt Prelutsky & Steve Brown | December 16, 1999 |
| 7.12 | "Man Overboard" | Frank Thackery | Michael Lyons | January 6, 2000 |
| 7.13 | "Frontier Dad" | Frank Thackery | Paul Vincent Picerni & Barry Van Dyke | January 13, 2000 |
| 7.14 | "Too Many Cooks" | Christopher Hibler | Joyce Burditt | January 20, 2000 |
| 7.15 | "Jake's Women" | Victor Lobl | Mark Solomon | February 3, 2000 |
| 7.16 | "Murder by Remote" | Christopher Hibler | Terry Curtis Fox | February 10, 2000 |
| 7.17 | "Teacher's Pet" | Vince McEveety | Joel Steiger | February 17, 2000 |
| 7.18 | "The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A." | Bernie Kowalski | Cathryn Michon | February 24, 2000 |
| 7.19 | "A Resting Place" | Farhad Mann | Charlie Schlatter & Craig Tomashoff | April 6, 2000 |
| 7.20 | "Murder at BBQ Bob's" | Victor Lobl | Paul Bishop | April 20, 2000 |
| 7.21 | "Two Birds With One Sloan" | Nancy Malone | Terry Curtis Fox | April 27, 2000 |
| 7.22 | "Swan Song" | Victor Lobl | Joel Steiger | May 4, 2000 |
| 7.23 | "Out of the Past (1)" | Victor Lobl | Steve Brown | May 11, 2000 |
| 7.24 | "Out of the Past (2)" | Donald L. Gold | Burt Prelutsky | May 11, 2000 |
| Episode number |
Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.01 | "Death By Design" | Christopher Hibler | Mark Egan | October 12, 2000 |
| 8.02 | "Blind Man's Bluff" | Frank Thackery | Joel Steiger | October 19, 2000 |
| 8.03 | "Sleight-of-Hand" | Nancy Malone | Mark Solomon | October 26, 2000 |
| 8.04 | "By Reason of Insanity" | Sandy Smolan | Terry Curtis Fox | November 2, 2000 |
| 8.05 | "The Patient Detective" | Victor Lobl | Stephen A. Miller | November 9, 2000 |
| 8.06 | "The Cradle Will Rock" | Victor Lobl | Joel Steiger | November 16, 2000 |
| 8.07 | "Hot House" | Victor Lobl | Terry Curtis Fox | November 30, 2000 |
| 8.08 | "All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die" | Bernie Kowalski | Terry Curtis Fox | December 7, 2000 |
| 8.09 | "Confession" | Donald L. Gold | Chris Abbott | January 4, 2001 |
| 8.10 | "Playing God" | Christian I. Nyby II | Burt Prelutsky | January 11, 2001 |
| 8.11 | "Less Than Zero" | Christian I. Nyby II | Cathryn Michon | January 18, 2001 |
| 8.12 | "Sins of the Father (1)" | Victor Lobl | Joel Steiger | February 2, 2001 |
| 8.13 | "Sins of the Father (2)" | Victor Lobl | Joel Steiger | February 9, 2001 |
| 8.14 | "You Bet Your Life" | Nancy Malone | Burt Prelutsky | February 16, 2001 |
| 8.15 | "Bachelor Fathers" | James Nasella | Steve Brown | February 23, 2001 |
| 8.16 | "Being of Sound Mind" | Christopher Hibler | Burt Prelutsky | March 2, 2001 |
| 8.17 | "Dance of Danger" | Christian I. Nyby II | Barry Van Dyke & Jeffrey Glasser | March 30, 2001 |
| 8.18 | "The Red's Shoes" | Frank Thackery | Victoria Rowell & Fred Fontana | April 20, 2001 |
| 8.19 | "No Good Deed" | Sandy Smolan | Terry Curtis Fox | April 27, 2001 |
| 8.20 | "Déja vous" | Christian I. Nyby II | Terry Curtis Fox | May 4, 2001 |
| 8.21 | "On the Beach" | Donald L. Gold | Burt Prelutsky | May 4, 2001 |
| 8.22 | "The Blair Nurse Project" | Barry Van Dyke | Carey Van Dyke & Barry Van Dyke | May 11, 2001 |