Dr Sloan suspects that his flame of long ago, famous heart surgeon Dr Rachel Walters, has murdered US Senator Cabot on the occasion of a guest operation at the community hospital.

Mark's cousin, Jonathan Nash, bequeaths his million-dollar fortune to Community General Hospital. His three dastardly children are the main suspects after Nash dies suspiciously... before he has a chance to alter his will.

A team of Magicians Clark & Madison, breaks up when Paul Madison decides to go solo. Mark jumps to his friend Clark's aid when Madison turns up dead with Eddie Clark the main suspect.

Steve's latest girlfriend, a dance instructor, is a suspect in a murder investigation when a dance club's owner dies mysteriously.

A prostitute, who tells Jack of her plans to blackmail her clients, is found dead of an apparent drug overdose. Dr. Sloan interviews her clients to discover the real cause of death.

A Los Angeles earthquake apparently causes an armoire to topple over on top of a good friend of Dr. Sloan's, Martin Garfield, killing him. The dry-eyed Sloan goes to work and discovers that Garfield may have been killed before the earthquake. Jack and Amanda help Mark weed through the wealthy family to find the murderer.

A gangland 'protector' under surveillance by Steve becomes infected with the plague when a medicine bottle is mysteriously switched. Dr. Sloan tries to find the source of the virus before the murderer starts an epidemic.

Suspicion is cast on Norman Briggs after the chairman of a philanthropical medical group of which Norman is a part, is murdered. Steve and Mark attend the funeral to nail the culprit, who promptly falls over dead.

Dr. Sloan investigates the murder of an antagonistic pro volleyball player. Steve searches for an alleged stalker while Amanda and Jack keep an eye on her teammates, none of whom are particularly upset over her death.

An exhausted Jesse, coming off a 48-hour stint in the hospital, witnesses a man die in the parking garage. Jesse returns with help only to find the man alive. While everyone believes Jesse to have been delirious, Jesse insists he was correct, and goes all out to prove himself.

Jesse is attracted to a beautiful psychic, who also happens to be the prime suspect in a murder. Amanda copes with the trials of motherhood.

Mark investigates a perky morning television personalty for the murder of a Howard Stern-like radio host.

When a famous prostitute writes a tell-all book, an executive's job at Community General is in serious jeopardy.

Mark investigates a 30-year old murder when the body of his old mentor is discovered entombed in a wall in the hospital.

When a musician is found murdered at a Country Music Awards ceremony, Dr. Sloan and company rush to find the culprit before the show ends and the crowd disappears.

Dr. Sloan investigates when an unpopular colleague drops dead while performing an operation. Mark investigates his fellow doctors when tests reveal the deceased was poisoned.

A Malibu Hills fire is the backdrop for rising tensions between the residents; a disgraced stockbroker, a naturalist, a worried father, and a land developer. A worried Dr. Sloan deals with his own parental fears when Steve helps fight the fire.