
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.

Dr. Sloan investigates the demise of a television star who may have died because of compulsive dieting.

When a big-time bookie and a gambling heart surgeon turn up dead, Mark bets that something foul is afoot.

Dr. Sloan must baby-sit a 14-year-old girl when Steve's old Army buddy becomes involved with underworld figures.

Dr. Sloan tries to clear his colleague's (Joanna Cassidy) name after she is arrested for selling narcotics.