Episode
Diagnosis: Murder: Wrong Number
Overview
Mark stumbles onto a kidnapping case when the kidnapper accidentally calls the Sloan residence with a ransom demand. Steve runs to phone booths across the city a la Dirty Harry to safely rescue the child.
Details
- Series
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1998-10-08
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Wrong Number is Episode 4 in Season 6 of Diagnosis: Murder. It aired on 1998-10-08. The runtime is 45 min.
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