
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.

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”.

Stephen is the patriarch of the Earl family and has strained relationships with most of his daughters. He is lately, and possibly regretfully, retired from his cosmetics empire.
As a widower, Stephen can relate to Jessica’s grief over the loss of her husband. He shows an interest that might have grown into more than friendship if he hadn’t met with an untimely end.