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Season 1
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S01 E01
Feb 21, 1996
Buried Lies (1) Feb 21, 1996 Dr. Sam Ryan is called to the scene of the tragic death of a six-year-old girl, Sarah Crew, who is thought to have fallen from a rope-swing over a river and drowned and the police surgeon has called in the pathologist. Sam has to work out if her death was an accident or murder.
S01 E02
Feb 22, 1996Buried Lies (2) Feb 22, 1996 Dr. Sam Ryan is called to the scene of the tragic death of a six-year-old girl, Sarah Crew, who is thought to have fallen from a rope-swing over a river and drowned and the police surgeon has called in the pathologist. Sam has to work out if her death was an accident or murder.
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S01 E03
Feb 28, 1996Long Days, Short Nights (1) Feb 28, 1996 Sam investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead by a man walking his dog, the main suspect is Sebastian Bird. Everything leads to Bird. When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in his house they are sure of his guilt. Sam thinks he is innocent and continues to look for the true killer.
S01 E04
Feb 29, 1996Long Days, Short Nights (2) Feb 29, 1996 Sam investigates a ritualistic murder - a man is found dead in his house, the main suspect is Sebastian Bird. Everything leads to Bird. When another body is found and the police discover a book about black magic in his house they are sure of his guilt. Sam thinks he is innocent and continues to look for the true killer.
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S01 E05
Mar 13, 1996Darkness Visible (1) Mar 13, 1996 A man is found dead in his cell. It is clear that he has been murdered. Sam comes to the conclusion that one of the officers who was in the police station at the time of death has to be the killer. A police officer is also found dead, the conclusion is that he killed the man and then committed suicide. Sam thinks that they are both murders and tries to solve the case by finding the real perpetrator of the murders.
S01 E06
Mar 14, 1996Darkness Visible (2) Mar 14, 1996 A man is found dead in his cell. It is clear that he has been murdered. Sam comes to the conclusion that one of the officers who was in the police station at the time of death has to be the killer. A police officer is also found dead, the conclusion is that he killed the man and then committed suicide. Sam thinks that they are both murders and tries to solve the case by finding the real perpetrator of the murders.
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S01 E07
Mar 27, 1996Sins Of The Fathers (1) Mar 27, 1996 Dr. Sam Ryan's advice is sought on when the arranged marriage of a Vietnamese student, Tran, to an older man goes tragically wrong when a charred body is found in the burnt out restaurant owned by Tran's father - The victim is the man which Tran was forced to marry. Sam investigates the murder.
Season 2
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S02 E01
Feb 14, 1997Blood, Sweat And Tears (1) Feb 14, 1997 A boxer dies in the ring and Sam has to investigate his death. She discovers that he had fight before he went into the ring and that that fight indirectly caused his death. The manager of the boxer is found dead in her home, she has been shot. It looks like suicide but Sam suspects that it is murder.
S02 E02
Feb 21, 1997Blood, Sweat And Tears (2) Feb 21, 1997 A boxer dies in the ring and Sam has to investigate his death. She discovers that he had fight before he went into the ring and that that fight indirectly caused his death. The manager of the boxer is found dead in her home, she has been shot. It looks like suicide but Sam suspects that it is murder.
S02 E02
Feb 21, 1997Blood, Sweat, and Tears (Part 2) Feb 21, 1997 The investigation widens. Sam realizes that Terri's death could not have been suicide. The gym is in turmoil, until Keith Jones comes in, declaring he will take over St Paul's, look after Terry and bring in a new trainer. Ross is convinced Jones is not the man he pretends to be and Sam is sure she can place him at Terri's death. Sam goes back to the body, searching for the clue she needs.
S02 E03
Feb 28, 1997Cease Upon The Midnight (1) Feb 28, 1997 Sam has to do a postmortem on the body of Stuart Evans, who was found dead the morning after his party. He was terminally ill with an AIDS realted illness, but Sam finds a suspicious needle track in his foot and is convinced he has been murdered.
S02 E04
Mar 7, 1997Cease Upon The Midnight (2) Mar 7, 1997 Sam has to do a postmortem on the body of Stuart Evans, who was found dead the morning after his party. He was terminally ill with an AIDS related illness, but Sam finds a suspicious needle track in his foot and is convinced he has been murdered.
S02 E05
Mar 21, 1997Only The Lonely (1) Mar 21, 1997 Sam is called to the scene of a woman found strangled with her own tights. Superintendent Peter Ross believes that it is connected to an old unsolved case, but Sam is not so sure. The dead woman was suspected of having an affair with Alan Whyte, and soon his body is also found.
S02 E06
Mar 28, 1997Only The Lonely (2) Mar 28, 1997 Sam is called to the scene of a woman found strangled with her own tights. Superintendent Peter Ross believes that it is connected to an old unsolved case, but Sam is not so sure. The dead woman was suspected of having an affair with Alan Whyte, and soon his body is also found.