
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.

Mark delivers quadruplets, then must save them from kidnappers; guests Bo Jackson; Kim Johnston Ulrich.

When Amanda wins a role on a daytime drama, Mark learns of death threats made to its stars; guests Eric Braeden; Lauralee Bell; Melody Thomas Scott; Doug Davidson.

After a woman announces the father of her baby is a space alien, Dr. Sloan tries to find the earthly killer of her rock star husband.

That an ailing neighbor took his own life seems obvious, until Mark finds something odd about the suicide note.