Diagnosis Murder/Talked to Death

Talked to Death
Season 5, Episode 18
Airdate	February 26, 1998
Written by	Joyce Burditt
Directed by	Christian I. Nyby II
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Diagnosis Murder — Season Five

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Talked to Death is the eighteenth episode of the fifth season of Diagnosis Murder, and the one hundred third 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: Regis Philbin (Darrin Tate), Kathie Lee Gifford (Mary Montgomery), Todd Susman (Tom Grant), Ian Ogilvy (Larry Duggin)

and Mary Frann (Lucy Caruso)

Special Appearance by: Phyllis Diller (Herself)

Cameo Appearance by: Army Archerd (Himself)

Co-Starring: Greg Lauren (Freddie)

Featuring: Louisa Abernathy (Female Audience Member), Venessa Blair (Bernice), Susan Isaacs (Deborah)

Plot Overview

A talk-show stunt where the host shoots his co-host goes fatally awry when someone substitutes the blanks in the gun with real bullets. Mark discovers that the murdered co-host had quite a lucrative blackmail scheme going.

Trivia

The Show

Only DM would be brave enough to do an episode where Regis shoots Kathie Lee!!