Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) An Explosive Murder (1996) User Reviews

A nested pilot that could have been

[safenoe · 7/10 · 27 July 2020]

Tracey Gold stars as undercover agent Amy in this nested/backdoor pilot episode of Diagnosis Murder. Tracey gets lots of screen time in this episode, one which shows her character Amy as almost being Lethal Weaponish in her approach to taking down the bad guys. It's a shame this never led to a series, but who knows maybe it can one day. This episode was broadcast a week before the 1996 US presidential election.

Unbelievable

[zombiemockingbird · 5/10 · 9 October 2022]

Came here to confirm that this was a pilot for some proposed show and I was right. Sorry, but no one is ever going to believe that Tracey Gold is a cop. She's also, unfortunately, not much of an actress. Maybe it was from years of watching Will and Grace, but I also could not buy Eric McCormack as a terrorist leader. I kept expecting Jack to pop out of a closet and everyone to break into a song and dance number. The story wasn't so bad, although it got kind of tiresome, and Amy kept telling everyone on the police force what to do like she was Yoda. My favorite was the scene where she was escaping from the warehouse before it blew up; she ran like she had two wooden legs and rolled out the door like a sack of laundry. Acting was pathetic overall.

Really stinky. Lol.

[reb-warrior · 3/10 · 31 May 2024]

All I could was what is this teenager doing going undercover for the police? Tracey Gold was terribly miscast. Every time she tried to sound tough or look tough, I just plain laughed. Basically, she was her character as Carol Seaver from Growing Pains. That persona and character. Zero change to to get into a completely different character. She was Carole Seaver as a cop. Lol.

Just not believable that anti-government terrorists would trust her. And two of them were enamoured of her. Lol. She was completely unbelievable as an anti-government soldier. The terrorist group were pretty dumb. Eric McCormack just seemed silly as the terrorist leader. He was miscast too.

Look, I realize this was a spinoff attempt. But who in their right mind ever thought this was compelling enough to gain a series? I suppose you could look at it as being unintentionally funny and enjoy that way. But otherwise, it was stinky and I advise skipping it. 3/10.