Nora (Diagnosis Murder)

Nora is the main villainess from "Hot House," episode 8.07 of Diagnosis Murder.

She was played by Darby Stanchfield.

Nora is one of the contestants on the reality series, Hot House, and in the beginning of the episode, the contestants discussing voting out Larry Brown, an obnoxious contestant, with Nora being the only one speaking in his defense. It was during the discussion that Nora was revealed as Larry's lover, with the relationship beginning after Larry's separation from his wife, and the discussion ended with Nora suggesting that they hold off any plans to kick out Larry until the next morning.

However, Nora turned heel and killed Larry, committing the murder at just after 2AM while the other contestants were asleep. The villainess was informed by Larry about a stash of diamonds worth $100,000 that he was hiding from his wife, a stash that would leave the house with Larry if/when he's kicked out. Nora snuck out of her room and headed toward the roof of Larry's room, and used a fishing line to administer a fatal overdose of antidepressant into the sleeping Larry, which killed him. To cover her tracks, the evil Nora switched the tapes in the production truck, replacing a video from the time of Larry's murder with an earlier one of Nora sleeping, creating an alibi for herself.

After Larry's murder, Mark Sloan--with the help of his med student (and Hot House contestant) Alex Smith--went undercover on the show to find his killer. He had a pair of encounters with Nora, with the second one coming when Mark caught Nora looking for the diamonds, which were in the heel of one of his shoes. Nora later stated that Larry promised her the diamonds, but she was still in the clear (at the moment) regarding the murder. Later on, Nora attempted to get Mark kicked out, as she figured out his true role, but not only did her plan fail, she was revealed as Larry's killer after Mark's reenactment resulted in him covering Nora's face with freckles. Mark revealed Nora's entire scheme, which the villainess attempted to deny. Once the tapes were uncovered as being from different times, Nora attempted to escape, only to find two police officers in her way. Nora was later arrested (off-screen) for Larry's murder.