Diagnosis: Murder: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Diagnosis: Murder Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Resurrection (3)
Sep 24, 1998 · 45 min
Mark, Steve, Jesse, and Amanda are all trapped in the rubble of Community General in the aftermath of the bombing. Mark tries to shake off the numbing effects of the explosion in t
Resurrection (4)
Sep 24, 1998 · 45 min
Carter and Caitlin kidnap Mark, forcing him to mastermind a 100 million-dollar theft. On the outside, Steve and Ron collaborate to find Mark. Meanwhile, Jesse and the Sloans buy a
Till Death Do Us Part
Oct 1, 1998 · 45 min
Two fiancées plot to murder the bride's father on their wedding day. The two review their perfect plan the night before the wedding. Unfortunately murder is never as easy as one mi
Wrong Number
Oct 8, 1998 · 45 min
Mark stumbles onto a kidnapping case when the kidnapper accidentally calls the Sloan residence with a ransom demand. Steve runs to phone booths across the city a la Dirty Harry to
Blood Will Out
Oct 15, 1998 · 45 min
The hospital is the scene of a manhunt when a corpse comes to life and attacks Amanda, then leads Steve and the police on a chase throughout the entire building during which he kid
Alienated
Oct 29, 1998 · 45 min
Shadowy figures haunt Jesse after he returns after being missing five days and believes aliens may have abducted him. Mark and Steve try to figure out what happened to him, while J
Write, She Murdered
Nov 5, 1998 · 45 min
When a best-selling mystery author comes down with writer's block, she commits a murder herself in the hopes of stimulating her creative juices. The delusional author has help from
Rear Windows '98
Nov 12, 1998 · 45 min
Amanda enlists Jesse's computer-nerd friends to find a killer, after she accidentally surfs across an on-line murder. Meanwhile, Jesse's girlfriend, Susan, comes down with a case o
The Last Resort
Nov 19, 1998 · 45 min
Steve and his abrasive, confrontational partner are confined to a therapy home for 90 days after Steve shoots and kills a fleeing suspect. Steve's partner, Reggie, believes his wif
Murder x 4
Dec 3, 1998 · 45 min
Steve investigates a series of seemingly unconnected murders committed by terminally ill patients, to find the hidden thread.
Dead in the Water
Dec 17, 1998 · 45 min
Jesse's car breaks down while he and Susan are on their way to a fun-filled vacation in Carmel. The two are stranded in a small town where Susan spies a supposedly long dead beau,
Trapped in Paradise
Jan 7, 1999 · 45 min
Steve goes undercover as a doctor in a private community after several mysterious deaths occur within its confines. Steve is 'aided' by a tabloid reporter posing as his wife.
Voices Carry
Jan 21, 1999 · 45 min
Newly retired detective Harry Trumble returns to the force when it appears 'The Clown Killer', a murderer Trumble chased for more than a decade, has emerged from obscurity to kill
Murder, My Suite
Jan 28, 1999 · 45 min
Mark, Jesse, and Amanda are trapped in a hotel when it's quarantined after a deadly virus is released. They struggle to contain the virus, while at the same time trying to locate i
Murder on the Hour
Feb 4, 1999 · 45 min
A serial murderer strikes Community General every hour on the hour, choosing victims who've been seriously injured but 'brought back to life'.
Rescue Me
Feb 11, 1999 · 45 min
Jesse saves a woman, Chloe, in a traffic accident that claims a jealous lover forced her off the road. Jesse looks out for his patient when her ex-boyfriend threatens her. Jesse ru
Down Among the Dead Men
Feb 18, 1999 · 45 min
A criminal with a death wish stalks Steve.
Never Say Die
Feb 25, 1999 · 45 min
Steve enlists troubled teenager (he sure looked older than a teenager) Tommy to work as community service at a boxing club after too many brushes with the law. Tommy tries to contr
Trash TV (1)
Apr 29, 1999 · 45 min
The Community General doctors are dragged back into the world of network television when producer Jackson Burley revamps the pilot for Dr. Danger, the television program based on D
Trash TV (2)
Apr 29, 1999 · 45 min
Mark matches wits with a murderous network executive.
Blood Ties
May 6, 1999 · 45 min
Absurdly bland episode lacks the usual Goldberg/Rabkin sizzle. Two female vice-officers uncover four corrupt female homicide cops who murder felons to harvest their organs for thos
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life
May 13, 1999 · 45 min
Dr. Sloan crusades to keep a physician-assisted-suicide advocate from practicing her trade.