Tim Conway plays Tim Conrad, an old friend of Mark's and a comedian, in 2 episodes. Conway and Van Dyke had previously worked together on The Carol Burnett Show.

Someone kills a medical student, drains his blood and stores the corpse in the Community General morgue.

Cast & Crew

Mariette Hartley (1st and 2nd TV movies only) plays Kate Hamilton the Administrator at Community General Hospital.

National Nielsen Viewership (Nov. 16-22)". The Los Angeles Times. November 25, 1998 . Retrieved June 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com. While Jesse is jogging he sees smoke coming out of a garage, breaks the door but is too late to save Frank Baumgart, the apparent suicide victim. When his ex-boss (who is married to the first woman Mark dated after his wife died, and who was also sleeping with the victim) is accused of the crime, Mark aims to prove his innocence. Peter Graves, who starred alongside Barbara Bain on Mission: Impossible as Jim Phelps did not return as his character, but did make a very brief cameo in "Must Kill TV" and the same scene is seen in part 1 of the Series 6 episode Trash TV Part 1 as "Dr. Sloane" [sic] in a Mission: Impossible-style illusion of his first TV pilot of "Doctor Danger," later replaced during the show. A devious woman releases a deadly strain of bacteria on the guests of a luxurious hotel, but what is her motive? That's what Mark tries to figure before it's too late. Jesse is apparently abducted by aliens. But his efforts to prove it are fruitless. However Mark soons suspect that Jesse's supposed abduction might be a cover up for something sinister.National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 1-7)". The Los Angeles Times. February 10, 1999 . Retrieved June 30, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Steve goes undercover to investigate a series of murders at an exclusive gated community. He is "helped" by a tabloid reporter posing as his wife. Several of the live residents are listed as dead by fingerprint records. Note: This is Susan Hillard's last episode appearance. But she does end up marrying Jesse in The Diagnosis Murder book "The Dead Letter." She appears in most of the Diagnosis Murder books.