
Dr. Mark Sloan is chief of Internal Medicine at Community General Hospital -- and sometime consultant to the local police department. When he's drawn into a case, he combines sleuthing and medicine to solve the crime. That crime is usually one his detective son, Steve, is working on as a member of the local police department. Dr. Sloan's medical colleagues, including doctors Amanda Bentley, Jack Stewart and Jesse Travis, are also frequently drawn into his investigations.

TV fantasy turns into real-life murder when an actor dies during the filming of a medical series at Community General Hospital.

Mark and Jack investigate a dating service that has a history of its male clients committing suicide.

A psychopathic ex-con (guest star Jack Coleman) plans to exact revenge against Sloan's son (Barry Van Dyke) by murdering Sloan (Dick Van Dyke).

Mark investigates when the star player of a professional women's volleyball team, in which Norman has been asked to invest, is murdered.