
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.
When his police detective son, Steve, is framed for the murder of an internal affairs officer, Mark takes on a group of corrupt cops.
Mark and Jack call on contacts in the underworld to clear Steve of murder charges; Mark is caught between striking nurses and the administration.
When a big-time bookie and a gambling heart surgeon turn up dead, Mark bets that something foul is afoot.
Mark takes on the extortionists responsible for murdering the twin sister of a young woman who claims Dr. Travis fathered her infant son.