S08E04: By Reason of Insanity
Dr. Mark Sloan tries to save one of his former students, a schizophrenic, from a murder charge, but is challenged by the man's seemingly incoherent babbling.
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Season 1
Miracle Cure
S1E1 / 29 Oct 1993
Amnesia
S1E2 / 05 Nov 1993Murder at the Telethon
S1E3 / 12 Nov 1993
Inheritance of Death
S1E4 / 19 Nov 1993
The 13 Million Dollar Man
S1E5 / 03 Dec 1993
Vanishing Act (1)
S1E6 / 10 Dec 1993
Vanishing Act (2)
S1E7 / 17 Dec 1993
Shanda's Song
S1E8 / 07 Jan 1994
The Restless Remains
S1E9 / 14 Jan 1994
Murder with Mirrors
S1E10 / 21 Jan 1994
Flashdance with Death
S1E11 / 28 Jan 1994
Reunion with Murder
S1E12 / 04 Feb 1994
Lily
S1E13 / 04 Mar 1994
Guardian Angel
S1E14 / 01 Apr 1994
Nirvana
S1E15 / 08 Apr 1994
Broadcast Blues
S1E16 / 15 Apr 1994
Shaker
S1E17 / 29 Apr 1994
The Plague
S1E18 / 06 May 1994
Sister Michael Wants You
S1E19 / 13 May 1994
Season 2
Many Happy Returns
S2E1 / 16 Sep 1994
A Very Fatal Funeral
S2E2 / 23 Sep 1994
Woman Trouble
S2E3 / 30 Sep 1994
The Busy Body
S2E4 / 07 Oct 1994
My Four Husbands
S2E5 / 14 Oct 1994
Murder Most Vial
S2E6 / 21 Oct 1994
You Can Call Me Johnson
S2E7 / 28 Oct 1994
Georgia on My Mind
S2E8 / 04 Nov 1994
The Last Laugh (1)
S2E9 / 11 Nov 1994
The Last Laugh (2)
S2E10 / 18 Nov 1994
Death By Extermination
S2E11 / 02 Dec 1994
Standing Eight Count
S2E12 / 09 Dec 1994
The Bela Lugosi Blues
S2E13 / 06 Jan 1995
The New Healers
S2E14 / 13 Jan 1995
Call Me Incontestable
S2E15 / 20 Jan 1995
A Blast From the Past
S2E16 / 03 Feb 1995
Playing for Keeps
S2E17 / 10 Feb 1995
Sea No Evil
S2E18 / 17 Feb 1995
How to Murder Your Lawyer
S2E19 / 24 Feb 1995Naked Babes
S2E20 / 31 Mar 1995
Death in the Daytime
S2E21 / 28 Apr 1995
My Baby is Out of this World
S2E22 / 05 May 1995
Season 3
An Innocent Murder
S3E1 / 08 Dec 1995
Witness to Murder
S3E2 / 15 Dec 1995
All-American Murder
S3E3 / 22 Dec 1995
Murder in the Courthouse
S3E4 / 29 Dec 1995
Murder on the Run (1)
S3E5 / 05 Jan 1996
Murder on the Run (2)
S3E6 / 12 Jan 1996
Love is Murder
S3E7 / 19 Jan 1996
Misdiagnosis Murder
S3E8 / 26 Jan 1996
The Pressure to Murder
S3E9 / 09 Feb 1996
Living on the Streets Can Be Murder
S3E10 / 16 Feb 1996
Murder Murder
S3E11 / 23 Feb 1996
Murder in the Dark
S3E12 / 08 Mar 1996
35 Millimeter Murder
S3E13 / 29 Mar 1996
The Murder Trade
S3E14 / 05 Apr 1996
Mind Over Murder
S3E15 / 12 Apr 1996
Murder by the Book
S3E16 / 19 Apr 1996
FMurder
S3E17 / 26 Apr 1996
Left-Handed Murder
S3E18 / 03 May 1996
Season 4
Murder by Friendly Fire
S4E1 / 19 Sep 1996
Murder Can Be Contagious
S4E2 / 26 Sep 1996
Murder on Thin Ice
S4E3 / 03 Oct 1996
X Marks the Murder (1)
S4E4 / 10 Oct 1996
X Marks the Murder (2)
S4E5 / 10 Oct 1996
A Model Murder
S4E6 / 17 Oct 1996
Murder Can Be Murder
S4E7 / 24 Oct 1996
An Explosive Murder
S4E8 / 31 Oct 1996
Murder by the Busload
S4E9 / 07 Nov 1996
A Candidate for Murder
S4E10 / 14 Nov 1996
The ABC's of Murder
S4E11 / 21 Nov 1996
Murder in the Family
S4E12 / 12 Dec 1996
In Defense of Murder
S4E13 / 09 Jan 1997
A History of Murder
S4E14 / 16 Jan 1997
Murder Two (1)
S4E15 / 30 Jan 1997
Murder Two (2)
S4E16 / 06 Feb 1997
Hard-Boiled Murder
S4E17 / 13 Feb 1997
Murder, Country Style
S4E18 / 20 Feb 1997
Delusions of Murder
S4E19 / 27 Feb 1997
A Passion for Murder
S4E20 / 03 Apr 1997
Blood Brothers Murder
S4E21 / 10 Apr 1997
Physician, Murder Thyself
S4E22 / 24 Apr 1997
Murder in the Air
S4E23 / 24 Apr 1997
The Merry Widow Murder
S4E24 / 01 May 1997
Comedy is Murder
S4E25 / 08 May 1997
The Murder of Mark Sloan
S4E26 / 08 May 1997
Season 5
Murder Blues
S5E1 / 18 Sep 1997
Open and Shut
S5E2 / 25 Sep 1997
Malibu Fire
S5E3 / 02 Oct 1997Deadly Games
S5E4 / 09 Oct 1997
Slam-Dunk Dead
S5E5 / 16 Oct 1997
Looks Can Kill
S5E6 / 23 Oct 1997
Fatal Impact (1)
S5E7 / 30 Oct 1997
Fatal Impact (2)
S5E8 / 30 Oct 1997
Must Kill TV
S5E9 / 06 Nov 1997Discards
S5E10 / 13 Nov 1997
A Mime is a Terrible Thing to Waste
S5E11 / 20 Nov 1997
Down and Dirty Dead
S5E12 / 11 Dec 1997
Retribution (1)
S5E13 / 08 Jan 1998
Retribution (2)
S5E14 / 15 Jan 1998
Drill for Death
S5E15 / 22 Jan 1998
Rain of Terror
S5E16 / 29 Jan 1998
Baby Boom
S5E17 / 05 Feb 1998
Talked to Death
S5E18 / 26 Feb 1998
An Education in Murder
S5E19 / 05 Mar 1998
Murder at the Finish Line
S5E20 / 26 Mar 1998
First Do No Harm
S5E21 / 16 Apr 1998
Promises to Keep
S5E22 / 23 Apr 1998
Food Fight
S5E23 / 30 Apr 1998
Obsession (1)
S5E24 / 07 May 1998
Obsession (2)
S5E25 / 14 May 1998
Season 6
Resurrection (3)
S6E1 / 24 Sep 1998
Resurrection (4)
S6E2 / 24 Sep 1998
Till Death Do Us Part
S6E3 / 01 Oct 1998
Wrong Number
S6E4 / 08 Oct 1998
Blood Will Out
S6E5 / 15 Oct 1998
Alienated
S6E6 / 29 Oct 1998
Write, She Murdered
S6E7 / 05 Nov 1998
Rear Windows '98
S6E8 / 12 Nov 1998
The Last Resort
S6E9 / 19 Nov 1998
Murder x 4
S6E10 / 03 Dec 1998
Dead in the Water
S6E11 / 17 Dec 1998
Trapped in Paradise
S6E12 / 07 Jan 1999
Voices Carry
S6E13 / 21 Jan 1999
Murder, My Suite
S6E14 / 28 Jan 1999
Murder on the Hour
S6E15 / 04 Feb 1999
Rescue Me
S6E16 / 11 Feb 1999
Down Among the Dead Men
S6E17 / 18 Feb 1999
Never Say Die
S6E18 / 25 Feb 1999
Trash TV (1)
S6E19 / 29 Apr 1999
Trash TV (2)
S6E20 / 29 Apr 1999
Blood Ties
S6E21 / 06 May 1999
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of My Life
S6E22 / 13 May 1999
Season 7
The Roast
S7E1 / 23 Sep 1999
Sleeping Murder
S7E2 / 30 Sep 1999
Bringing Up Barbie
S7E3 / 07 Oct 1999
Murder at Midterm
S7E4 / 14 Oct 1999
The Flame
S7E5 / 21 Oct 1999
The Killer Within
S7E6 / 28 Oct 1999
Gangland (1)
S7E7 / 09 Nov 1999Gangland (2)
S7E8 / 09 Nov 1999
The Mouth That Roared
S7E9 / 11 Nov 1999
The Seven Deadly Sins
S7E10 / 18 Nov 1999
Santa Claude
S7E11 / 16 Dec 1999
Man Overboard
S7E12 / 06 Jan 2000
Frontier Dad
S7E13 / 13 Jan 2000
Too Many Cooks
S7E14 / 20 Jan 2000
Jake's Women
S7E15 / 03 Feb 2000
Murder by Remote
S7E16 / 10 Feb 2000
Teacher's Pet
S7E17 / 17 Feb 2000
The Unluckiest Bachelor in L.A.
S7E18 / 24 Feb 2000
A Resting Place
S7E19 / 06 Apr 2000
Murder at BBQ Bob's
S7E20 / 20 Apr 2000
Two Birds With One Sloan
S7E21 / 27 Apr 2000
Swan Song
S7E22 / 04 May 2000
Out of the Past (1)
S7E23 / 11 May 2000
Getting Mad, Getting Even (2)
S7E24 / 11 May 2000
Season 8
Death By Design
S8E1 / 12 Oct 2000
Blind Man's Bluff
S8E2 / 19 Oct 2000
Sleight-of-Hand
S8E3 / 26 Oct 2000
By Reason of Insanity
S8E4 / 02 Nov 2000
The Patient Detective
S8E5 / 09 Nov 2000
The Cradle Will Rock
S8E6 / 16 Nov 2000
Hot House
S8E7 / 30 Nov 2000
All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Die
S8E8 / 07 Dec 2000
Confession
S8E9 / 04 Jan 2001
Playing God
S8E10 / 11 Jan 2001
Less Than Zero
S8E11 / 18 Jan 2001
Sins Of The Father (1)
S8E12 / 02 Feb 2001
Sins Of The Father (2)
S8E13 / 09 Feb 2001
You Bet Your Life
S8E14 / 16 Feb 2001
Bachelor Fathers
S8E15 / 23 Feb 2001
Being of Sound Mind
S8E16 / 02 Mar 2001
Dance Of Danger
S8E17 / 30 Mar 2001
The Red's Shoes
S8E18 / 20 Apr 2001
No Good Deed
S8E19 / 27 Apr 2001
Deja Vous - Deadly Mirage (1)
S8E20 / 04 May 2001
On the Beach - Deadly Mirage (2)
S8E21 / 04 May 2001
The Blair Nurse Project
S8E22 / 11 May 2001
Dick Van Dyke
Mark Sloan
Victoria Rowell
Amanda Bentley-Livingston
Charlie Schlatter
Jesse Travis
