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Diagnosis Murder Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Death By Design
Thu, Oct 12, 2000 60 mins
Mark investigates the murder of a friend whose dead body is found rolled up in an expensive new carpet that is delivered to Mark's office. Roger: Doug Sheehan. Kendra: Andrea Roth. Jake: Hamilton Van Watts. Lana: Jeannetta Arnette. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 2
Blind Man's Bluff
Thu, Oct 19, 2000 60 mins
Mark invesigates the murder of a doctor who was shot to death only a day after his wife (Stephanie Niznik) was blinded in a traffic accident. Woman: Sonja Christopher. Julie: Lisa Cerasoli. Dave: Sean O'Bryan. Phillips: Gabe Cohen. Albert: Jim Giannini. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Jesse: Charlie Schlatter.
Episode 3
Sleight-of-Hand
Thu, Oct 26, 2000 60 mins
A body found on the beach turns out to be Jim, the hospital janitor, but when his twin brother, Jeff (Nick Chinlund), shows up to identify the body, Mark and Steve become suspicious. Alex: Shane Van Dyke. Dina: Annie Fitzgerald. Det. Cheryl Banks: Charmin Lee. Asia: Phina Oruche. Teri Degan: Deirdre Quinn.
Episode 4
By Reason of Insanity
Thu, Nov 2, 2000 60 mins
A former med student, who studied under Mark and who suffers from schizophrenia, is arrested for murder when he's discovered outside of the dead man's house with blood on him and the murder weapon in his backpack. But Mark doesn't believe the man is guilty and sets out to prove it. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 5
The Patient Detective
Thu, Nov 9, 2000 60 mins
During Steve's hospitalization following a car crash, he becomes convinced that he witnessed a fellow patient being stabbed to death in his room, although the man appears to have died of natural causes. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Jesse: Charlie Schlatter. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 6
Cradle Will Rock
Thu, Nov 16, 2000 60 mins
A nurse's husband is murdered and a teen (Chad Murray) who works at the hospital---and who also had a torrid love affair with the nurse---is the prime suspect, but Mark isn't convinced that the young man is the killer. Stacy: Lisa Thornhill. Santucci: Tony Carreiro. Daniel: Benjamin Parrillo. Carla: Nicole Tarantini. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 7
Hot House
Thu, Nov 30, 2000 60 mins
An abusive man who, along with four other people, was a contestant on a reality show is murdered while living in a house that is monitored 24 hours a day. After the killing, Mark enters the house as the man's replacement to see if he can uncover what happened. Nora: Darby Stanchfield. Gillian: Susan Blakely. Jamal: Geoffrey Thorne. Larry: Bobby Collins. Peter: Todd Stashwick. Alex: Shane Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 8
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die
Thu, Dec 7, 2000 60 mins
Mark attends the wedding of two fashion designer friends, but during the ceremony the groom is killed by an explosion. Rodzinski: Steve Lawrence. Stanley: Don Stark. Nussbaum: Joanne Baron. Nadja: Ellina McCormick. Tammy: Leila Kenzle. Det. Banks: Charmin Lee. Tommy: Stephan Duvall. Sanders: Kevin McNally. Peabody: J.G. Hertzler. Harrison: Douglas Roberts. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Jesse: Charlie Schlatter.
Episode 9
Confession
Thu, Jan 4, 2001 60 mins
A killer confesses a murder to a priest and then attempts to frame him for the crime, while the priest refuses to break his vow and reveal what the man told him during his confession. Amanda: Victoria Rowell. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 10
Playing God
Thu, Jan 11, 2001 60 mins
Three medical students experiment with flatlining to see what death may be like, but one of them takes things too far and intentionally murders his colleague. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke.
Episode 11
Less Than Zero
Thu, Jan 18, 2001 60 mins
An actress with an eating disorder dies from an apparent heart attack, but Mark believes she was murdered---perhaps by her nutritionist. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Amanda: Victoria Rowell.
Episode 12
Sins of the Father
Fri, Feb 2, 2001 60 mins
A young woman is shot to death while Mark examines her. The evidence links the crime to another murder more than 50 years ago that Mark's dad investigated. Part 1 of two. Carrie: Michele Greene. Julia: Alice Rogers. McNamara: Charles Napier. Sloan: Lewis Smith. Burke: Joseph Sirola. Akins: Alan Davidson. Brooks: Cyd Strittmatter. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke.
Episode 13
Sins of the Father
Fri, Feb 9, 2001 60 mins
Conclusion. Mark investigates the murder of a young woman who was shot to death while he examined her. The evidence links the crime to another murder more than 50 years ago that Mark's dad investigated, and may hold the key to why his dad left home. Carrie: Michele Greene. Julia: Alice Rogers. McNamara: Charles Napier. Sloan: Lewis Smith. Burke: Joseph Sirola. Akins: Alan Davidson. Brooks: Cyd Stittmatter. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke.
Episode 14
You Bet Your Life
Fri, Feb 16, 2001 60 mins
A successful cardiologist, who is also a compulsive gambler, commits murder when he can't pay off his gambling debts---but then he is slain himself. Mark: Dick Van Dyke. Steve: Barry Van Dyke.
Episode 15
Bachelor Fathers
Fri, Feb 23, 2001 60 mins
Jesse's ex-girlfriend, Grace (Leah Lail), shows up and tells him he's the father of her baby. She wants Jesse to keep the child while she helps her sister try to pay back money stolen from a drug dealer. Fontenot: John Michael Morgan. Tate: Christopher Darga. Maureen: Amanda Wyss. Chick: Michael Ensign. Mona: O-Lan Jones. Jesse: Charlie Schlatter. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 16
Being of Sound Mind
Fri, Mar 2, 2001 60 mins
Six strangers, heirs to a bitter eccentric's estate, begin to be killed off when it's learned that the fortune will be collected only by the last living heir. And Jesse and Amanda are among the six people in line for the money. Jesse: Charlie Schlatter. Amanda: Victoria Rowell. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 17
Dance of Danger
Fri, Mar 30, 2001 60 mins
A tabloid-newspaper reporter (Kim Quinn) gets caught up in a murder investigation when one of her sources is stabbed to death on a dance floor just before he could give her scandalous information that could bring down the leaders of a new-age religion. Stafford: Scott Paulin. Natwa: Brad Greenquist. Phil: Michael Blake. Woodruff: John Aylward. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 18
The Red's Shoes
Fri, Apr 20, 2001 60 mins
Amanda goes undercover as a dancer when a Chinese ballet star, who was about to defect to the U.S., is murdered by someone who poisoned his acupuncture needles. Amanda: Victoria Rowell. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 19
No Good Deed
Fri, Apr 27, 2001 50 mins
Mark and Steve are suspicious when a celebrated defense attorney (Julius Carry), stabbed in the stomach and believing he's going to die, confesses to a murder---which he recants when he recovers. Betsy Calendar: Vanessa Bell Calloway. Caleb McGaig: Vincent Angell. Sheriff O'Hara: Michael O'Neill. Dr. Mark Sloan: Dick Van Dyke. Dr. Steve Sloan: Barry Van Dyke.
Episode 20
Deadly Mirage
Fri, May 4, 2001 60 mins
Part 1 of two. The man charged with murdering Steve's former girlfriend is set free when the only witness against him is gunned down in the courtroom before he can testify. Also: Mark suspects that his new, rude neighbor murdered his live-in girlfriend and dumped her body in the ocean. Sudie: Cloris Leachman. Abby: Challen Cates. Calvin: Anthony Tyler Quinn. Wilson: Jim Ortlieb. Joan: Amanda Anka. Geraldine Marcy T. Kaplan. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 21
Deadly Mirage: Part 2
Fri, May 4, 2001 60 mins
Conclusion. Steve falls for a woman who strongly resembles his murdered girlfriend, and Mark suspects a neighbor murdered his live-in girlfriend and dumped her body in the ocean. Sudie: Cloris Leachman. Abby: Challen Cates. Calvin: Anthony Tyler Quinn. Wilson: Jim Ortlieb. Joan: Amanda Anka. Geraldine Marcy T. Kaplan. Steve: Barry Van Dyke. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 22
The Blair Nurse Project
Fri, May 11, 2001 50 mins
A young filmmaker (Carey Van Dyke), who's out to make a movie like "The Blair Witch Project," focuses his film on the mysterious disappearance of a nurse 25 years ago in Community General Hospital's basement and discovers evidence that she may have been murdered. Matthews: Eric Pierpoint. Missy: Taryn Van Dyke. Wes: Wes Van Dyke. Alex: Shane Van Dyke. Marie: Connie Danese.
Episode 23
A Town Without Pity
Wed, Feb 6, 2002 60 mins
Part 1 of two. Mark's daughter Carol (Stacy Van Dyke) and her newlywed husband disappear from a remote California town. Mark believes they may be victims of foul play after some of the locals start acting suspiciously and a potential witness is murdered. Campbell: Frederick Coffin. Kelly: Molly Hagan. Antoine: Faran Tahir. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 24
A Town Without Pity
Wed, Feb 6, 2002 60 mins
Conclusion. Mark's daughter Carol (Stacy Van Dyke) and her newlywed husband disappear from a remote California town. Mark believes they may be victims of foul play after some of the locals start acting suspiciously and a potential witness is murdered. Campbell: Frederick Coffin. Kelly: Molly Hagan. Antoine: Faran Tahir. Mark: Dick Van Dyke.
Episode 25
Without Warning
Fri, Apr 26, 2002 60 mins
Part 1 of two. Mark (Dick Van Dyke) tries to stop a potential epidemic from spreading through the L.A. area when a mysterious, deadly disease strikes migrant workers. Alex: Shane Van Dyke. Ellen: Kim Quinn. Selena: Elizabeth Rodriquez. Adams: Ryan Cutrona. Burke: James Waterston. Burkett: Nicholas Pryor.
Episode 26
Without Warning
Fri, Apr 26, 2002 60 mins
Conclusion. Mark (Dick Van Dyke) tries to stop a potential epidemic from spreading through the L.A. area when a mysterious, deadly disease strikes migrant workers. Alex: Shane Van Dyke. Ellen: Kim Quinn. Selena: Elizabeth Rodriquez. Adams: Ryan Cutrona. Burke: James Waterston. Burkett: Nicholas Pryor.