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With Dick Van Dyke, Scott Baio, Victoria Rowell, Barry Van Dyke. Father Morrissey hits an extortionist in a hit-and-run, but a girl picks up the extortion evidence. When he is taken to the hospital, Morrissey fakes sickness to get near him. Dr. Mark Sloane finds the priest's behavior suspicious.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Michael Lange
- 1993-10-29
"Diagnosis Murder" Miracle Cure (TV Episode 1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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With Father Morrissey's new name & new identity, the crimes he committed under another name can not be used against him because he legally got his new name & new identity, would show that the narrative of this episode is highly flawed, right?
Miracle Cure was the first episode of Series one therefore making it the first episode of the Diagnosis Murder.
When a man says in confessional he knows Father Morrissey has 'sinned', the priest takes a gun from a hollowed Bible, drives his car over him but finds the envelop he looks for gone, stolen seconds earlier by a girl. Father Morrissey even fakes stomach pain to be admitted in the same L.A. hospital, Community General, so he can administer a fatal injection, surprised only by bag lady Alice, who was just admitted for amnesia, however possibly still somewhat treatable.
The physician in charge, Dr. Mark Sloan, smells a rat after Morrissey discharges himself and goes talk to Father Morrissey, coincidentally the parish priest of hospital administrator Norman Briggs. Sloane's son, LAPD Detective Steve Sloan, still only worries about his hair perhaps falling out, but the autopsy by Amanda Bentley allows her witnessing friend, senior resident Dr. Jack Stewart, to trace a dragon tattoo to the Cobras, a gang of convicts a cousin of his belongs to...
Stars:
•Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan
•Victoria Rowell as Dr. Amanda Bentley, Medical Examiner
•Barry Van Dyke as Detective Steve Sloan
•Michael Tucci as Norman Briggs
•Scott Baio as Dr. Jack Stewart (Season 1-2)
Miracle Cure Aired Oct 29, 1993 Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller Reviews Mark's investigation of a hit-and-run death leads him to a priest; Mark is criticized for treating an elderly patient for...
- Dick Van Dyke
- October 29, 1993
"Miracle Cure" displays symptoms of the following tropes: Bluffing the Murderer: Mark ultimately proves Morrissey's guilt when he has Alice come to the church and talk to Morrissey, seemingly remembering him killing Mitch. He takes Alice to the roof, ready to throw her off it, where Steve and other cops are waiting to arrest him.
Oct 28, 1993 · TV. Reviews. Oct 28, 1993 12:00am PT. Diagnosis Murder Miracle Cure. New Dick Van Dyke mystery series with the comedian recapping Dr. Mark Sloan flows well, with Van Dyke comfortable as a...
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Oct 29, 1993 · Summary Diagnosis Murder follows Dr. Mark Sloan, the chief of internal medicine, at LA's Community General Hospital. Dr. Sloan, much like Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote, has a magnetic quality that apparently draws murders to him. Every week, Dr. Sloan stumbles across murders, either acting in his role at the hospital, aiding the police a...
