Diagnosis Murder/Deadly Games

Deadly Games
Season 5, Episode 4
Airdate	October 9, 1997
Written by	Jeff Peters
Directed by	Christopher Hibler
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Diagnosis Murder — Season Five

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Deadly Games is the fourth episode of the fifth season of Diagnosis Murder, and the eighty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Dick Van Dyke (Dr. Mark Sloan), Victoria Rowell (Dr. Amanda Bentley), Charlie Schlatter (Dr. Jesse Travis)

and Barry Van Dyke (Steve Sloan)

Guest Stars: Victoria Tennant (Victoria Larkin), Michael Beck (Frank Waldeck), Patricia Charbonneau (Monica Shattuck), Jack Kehler (Larry Dobbs), Rick Fitts (Bentley Crocker)

Co-Starring: Edward Edwards (Dr. Craig Tobias)

Featuring: Sarah Zinsser (Maid), Keana Hall (Nurse), Andrew Palmer (Regal 2)

Plot Overview

A beautiful visiting socialite is wounded by her bodyguard, an ex-cop who's planning to get the woman into Community General so he can get close to another patient, a tax evader, and get his hands on millions of dollars.

Trivia

Allusions and References

The renegade ex-cop played by Michael Beck is named Frank Waldeck, after a member of the DM crew who eventually became a producer on the series. Waldeck currently is a producer on another hit CBS show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.