
Serge Berensky, KGB, loses his life in the line of duty in S1 E9: “Death Takes a Curtain Call.”

Serge Berensky, KGB, loses his life in the line of duty in S1 E9: “Death Takes a Curtain Call.”

Horrible Horatio is the titular wizard in S1 E8: “We’re Off to Kill the Wizard,” although he seems to prefer center stage to hiding behind a curtain.

Michael Gardner, a private investigator formerly known as Mickey Baumgarten, is an intrinsic member of Horatio’s House of Horrors in S1 E8: “We’re Off to Kill the Wizard.”

Alas, poor Dean, done to death in his second scene.

Lila is a beautiful university TA who meets a violent end in S1 E6: “Lovers and Other Killers.”

Allison Brevard is a lady of wealth and maturity. A relatively rarity for MSW, Allison is a completely innocent victim. She is killed by a masked intruder in S1 E6: “Lovers and Other Killers.”

Denton is a wealthy patriarch who meets his end in a suspicious riding accident in S1 E5: “It’s a Dog’s Life.”

Trish is the series’ first character to become both murderer and murder victim in S1 E5: “It’s a Dog’s Life.”

Jerry Lydecker, a Hollywood producer, meets his end before he can produce his cinematic version of “The Corpse Danced at Midnight.”

Al Drake begins a high-flying nightclub owner and ends a dead duck in S1 E3: “Birds of a Feather”.