This is a list of Murder, She Wrote episodes in the order that they originally aired on CBS. Most of the episodes took place either in Jessica's fictional hometown of Cabot Cove, Maine, or in New York City, but her travels promoting books or visiting relatives and friends led to cases throughout the U.S. and the English-speaking world.
Beginning in season six, Angela Lansbury cut back her appearances. Thirteen episodes purported to be stories "written" by Jessica, or submitted to her by friends. She would introduce each episode, but generally disappear until the end, when she would wrap up the story. Other sleuths, professional and amateur, including reformed jewel thief turned insurance investigator Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell), retired British intelligence operative Michael Hagarty (Len Cariou), and down-at-heel private eye Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach), took center stage. These episodes became known as "bookend episodes." Viewers, however, didn't like Jessica's frequent absences, and the "replacement detective" policy was eventually dropped.
After the final episode aired in 1996, Lansbury sporadically reprised the character of Jessica Fletcher in a handful of feature-length Murder, She Wrote specials starting in 1997. The last TV movie aired in May 2003. In February 2007, on the ABC daytime talk show The View,[1] Lansbury announced that she hoped to make another Murder, She Wrote TV movie in the near future but only if her son, director Anthony Shaw, could find a suitable story.[2]
Out of the many actors featured on Murder, She Wrote, Lansbury is the only actress to appear in every episode and TV movie, albeit not always playing Jessica Fletcher, but sometimes her cousin Emma McGill (only on two occasions) and her aunt Sarah.
Contents
- 1 Series overview
- 2 Season 1 (1984–85)
- 3 Season 2 (1985–86)
- 4 Season 3 (1986–87)
- 5 Season 4 (1987–88)
- 6 Season 5 (1988–89)
- 7 Season 6 (1989–90)
- 8 Season 7 (1990–91)
- 9 Season 8 (1991–92)
- 10 Season 9 (1992–93)
- 11 Season 10 (1993–94)
- 12 Season 11 (1994–95)
- 13 Season 12 (1995–96)
- 14 TV Movies (1997–03)
- 15 Home releases
- 16 Notes
- 17 References
- 18 External links
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 22 | September 30, 1984 | April 21, 1985 | |
2 | 22 | September 29, 1985 | May 18, 1986 | |
3 | 22 | September 28, 1986 | May 10, 1987 | |
4 | 22 | September 20, 1987 | May 8, 1988 | |
5 | 22 | October 23, 1988 | May 21, 1989 | |
6 | 22 | September 24, 1989 | May 20, 1990 | |
7 | 22 | September 16, 1990 | May 12, 1991 | |
8 | 22 | September 15, 1991 | May 17, 1992 | |
9 | 22 | September 20, 1992 | May 16, 1993 | |
10 | 21 | September 12, 1993 | May 22, 1994 | |
11 | 21 | September 25, 1994 | May 14, 1995 | |
12 | 24 | September 21, 1995 | May 16, 1996 | |
TV movies | November 2, 1997 | May 9, 2003 |
Season 1 (1984–85)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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1/2 | 1/2 | "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes" | Corey Allen | Teleplay: Peter S. Fischer Story: Richard Levinson & William Link and Peter S. Fischer |
September 30, 1984 | 59274 |
Pilot episode. (Airs as two separate episodes during syndication) |
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3 | 3 | "Deadly Lady" | Corey Allen | Peter S. Fischer | October 7, 1984 | 59206 |
After a terrible storm in Cabot Cove, Stephen Earl's four daughters tell Sheriff Tupper that their father died while they were out on the boat. Jessica is only mildly intrigued; she finds Ralph, the older gentleman who has offered to work for food, much more intriguing, especially since it is obvious he comes from money. The women's stories about what happened on the boat change constantly, but once Ralph is found dead and later found to be Stephen Earl, Jessica has to help sheriff Tupper wade through the inconsistencies in the four Earl daughters's stories to determine who killed their father. Which turns out to be Maggie Earl. Guest Stars: Claude Akins, Howard Duff, Dack Rambo, and Anne Lockhart. |
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4 | 4 | "Birds of a Feather" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Robert E. Swanson | October 14, 1984 | 59203 |
Pre-wedding jitters take on a new meaning for the fiancé of Jessica's niece when he's accused of a cabaret owner's murder, before finding out it was Freddie York. Guest Stars: Genie Francis, Jeff Conaway, Gabe Kaplan, Harry Guardino and Carol Lawrence. |
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5 | 5 | "Hooray for Homicide" | Richard A. Colla | Robert van Scoyk | October 28, 1984 | 59201 |
It's lights, camera, murder when Jessica flies to Los Angeles to protest the movie adaptation of one of her novels, but when the producer ends up murdered, she unwittingly gets cast in the role of prime suspect, before revealing Eve Crystal is the true killer. Guest Stars: Claude Akins, Melissa Sue Anderson, Samantha Eggar, Virginia Mayo, John Astin, John Saxon and Lyle Waggoner. |
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6 | 6 | "It's a Dog's Life" | Seymour Robbie | Mark Giles & Linda Shank | November 4, 1984 | 59208 |
Man's best friend gets a bad reputation when a fox hunter dies in a riding accident and the authorities try to blame the heir to his estate, his beloved pooch. Jessica works her skills once again and unmasked the real killers; Marcus Boswell and Trish Langley. Guest Stars: Cathryn Damon, Lynn Redgrave, Dan O'Herlihy, Forrest Tucker, and Dean Jones. |
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7 | 7 | "Lovers and Other Killers" | Allen Reisner | Peter S. Fischer | November 18, 1984 | 59207 |
Jessica is in Seattle university doing lectures, before long has to start searches for clues hidden in rainy Seattle when her personal secretary is accused of murdering his wealthy girlfriend. Matter turn for the worse when the alibi turns up dead, before Jessica unmasked Amelia to be the real killer. Guest Stars: Greg Morris, Peter Graves, Lois Nettleton and Andrew Stevens. |
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8 | 8 | "Hit, Run and Homicide" | Alan Cooke | Gerald K. Siegel | November 25, 1984 | 59216 |
When a Van with a mind of its own, nearly kills one businessman, but then succeeds in running over wealthy businessman colleague, Jessica's very eccentric neighbor is accused of a tricky murder. Jessica along with the neighbor nephew believe other wise, and try to uncover the truth, believe Daniel is not losing his mind. It's soon relieved Leslie Andler Daniel's nephew partner is the real killer. Guest Stars: Claude Akins, Eddie Albert, June Allyson, Van Johnson and Stuart Whitman. |
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9 | 9 | "We're Off to Kill the Wizard" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay by: Peter S. Fischer Story by: Peter S. Fischer and Gerald K. Siegel |
December 9, 1984 | 59204 |
In a case of art imitating life, a disagreeable amusement park owner is found murdered after hiring Jessica to design the House of Horror. Jessica initially doesn't want to deal with the case but soon everyone including the police captain, asked for her help, and before long she proves Phillip Carlson is behide the murder. Guest Stars: James Coco, Kim Darby, Christine Belford, John Schuck, Kristoffer Tabori and Joaquin Phoenix. |
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10 | 10 | "Death Takes a Curtain Call" | Allen Reisner | Paul W. Cooper | December 16, 1984 | 59219 |
It's the final curtain for a man found murdered backstage during the performance of a popular Soviet ballet troupe. When Jessica is whisked away along with prime suspect who wish to defect to the United States. Jessica soon discoverS Irina Katsa as the real killer. Guest Stars: Dane Clark, Hurd Hatfield and William Conrad. The last appearance of Ethan Cragg (played by Claude Akins) on the show without explanation, and is never heard of again. |
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11 | 11 | "Death Casts a Spell" | Allen Reisner | Steve Hensley & Miyoko Hensley | December 30, 1984 | 59211 |
Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance. Jessica manages to figure Andy Townsend is behide the Murder and how he managed to achieve it. Guest Stars: Jose Ferrer, Conrad Janis, Elaine Joyce, Murray Hamilton, Diana Canova, Robert Loggia and Michelle Phillips. |
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12 | 12 | "Capitol Offense" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | January 6, 1985 | 59220 |
Jessica is assigned to fill the empty seat of a deceased congressman for a brief period of time. Jessica soon discovers political games-playing in Washington in connection to the new fishy near cobat cove, and soon discovers press agent Joe Blinn to be the real killer. Guest Stars: Edie Adams, Frank Aletter, Herschel Bernardi, Linda Kelsey, and Gary Sandy. |
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13 | 13 | "Broadway Malady" | Hy Averback | Tom Sawyer | January 13, 1985 | 59209 |
Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings. After being shot, Rita daughter has to pull out of the show, and to the surprise her bother is replaced. Jessica soon digs into rita pass and dicovers her son; Barry Bristol is behide all the trouble. Guest Stars: Milton Berle, Vivian Blaine, Lorna Luft, Robert Morse and Patrick O'Neal. |
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14 | 14 | "Murder to a Jazz Beat" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay by: Paul Savage Story by:Paul Savage and David Abramowitz |
February 3, 1985 | 59212 |
While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died from a heart attack while performing onstage. She soon discovers Eddie Walters, only killed to protect his friend. Guest Stars: Bradford Dillman, Olivia Cole, Cameron Mitchell, Clive Revill and Garrett Morris. |
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15 | 15 | "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean" | Seymour Robbie | Peter S. Fischer | February 10, 1985 | 59210 |
Jessica's niece is terrorized with reminders of her dead husband on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent suicide. Its soon discovered George Reed is behide it all. Guest Stars: Rosemary Forsyth, Vicki Lawrence, Lynda Day George, Leslie Nielsen and Jo Anne Worley. |
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16 | 16 | "Paint Me a Murder" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | February 17, 1985 | 59215 |
The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island, when he is nearly killed. Soon afterwards other people are killed, before Jessica found out Sir John Landry is behind it all. Guest Stars: Capucine, Judy Geeson, Robert Goulet, Stewart Granger and Cesar Romero. |
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17 | 17 | "Tough Guys Don't Die" | Seymour Robbie | Peter S. Fischer | February 24, 1985 | 59223 |
Jessica meets tough-as-nails Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach, in a recurring role) when they must pinpoint the motive for the murder of a private detective, before capturing Ray Kravitz Guest Stars: John McMartin, Barbara Babcock, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Alex Rocco, Fritz Weaver and Paul Winfield. |
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18 | 18 | "Sudden Death" | Edward M. Abroms | Robert E. Swanson | March 3, 1985 | 59217 |
Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team, soon Jessica is being charmed by the other others of the team hoping to buy Jessica share in the team. When Krueger is found dead in the showers, it become clear murder is a foot and its not long before Web McCord is unmasked as the killer. Guest Stars: John Beck. Warren Berlinger, Dick Butkus, David Doyle and Caitlyn Jenner (then known as Bruce Jenner).[a] |
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19 | 19 | "Footnote to Murder" | Peter Crane | Robert E. Swanson | March 10, 1985 | 59221 |
An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention. Jessica reveals the truth Debbie Delancy, was behide the murder but highlights how she acted in self-defense. Guest Stars: Talia Balsam, Pat Harrington, Jr., Kenneth Mars, Ron Masak, Diana Muldaur and Robert Reed. |
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20 | 20 | "Murder Takes the Bus" | Walter Grauman | Michael Scheff & Maryanne Kasica | March 17, 1985 | 59231 |
Jessica and Amos aboarding a bus to travel to a convention in Boston. The bus is forced to take refuge from a fierce storm at a remote diner where one of the passengers is discovered murdered. After a number of strange going Jessica found out the bus driver Ben Gibbons is the killer. Guest Stars: Linda Blair, Michael Constantine, Larry Linville, Rue McClanahan, Albert Salmi and Don Stroud. |
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21 | 21 | "Armed Response" | Charles S. Dubin | Gerald K. Siegel | March 31, 1985 | 59228 |
Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport. She soon discovers Dr Kenyon and Dr Ellison have been murdering pacints. Guest Stars: Eddie Bracken, Stephen Elliott, Kevin McCarthy, Susan Oliver and Martha Raye. |
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22 | 22 | "Murder at the Oasis" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Robert van Scoyk | April 7, 1985 | 59222 |
An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety. Jessica discovers Sergeant Barnes, is the murderer. Guest Stars: Ed Ames, Joey Bishop, Joseph Bottoms, Ken Howard, Piper Laurie and Linda Purl. |
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23 | 23 | "Funeral at Fifty-Mile" | Seymour Robbie | Dick Nelson | April 21, 1985 | 59226 |
Jessica has to unravel the secrets and threats after attending the funeral of a friend in Wyoming. Police believe its suicide but Jessica starts to discovers decades-old secret, is finally explained why Doc Wallace, Sam Breen, Bill Carmody, and Tim Carver killed there former acquaintances Guest Stars: Noah Beery, Jr., Kathleen Beller, Clu Gulager, Donald Moffat, Cliff Potts, Stella Stevens and William Windom. |
Season 2 (1985–86)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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24 | 1 | "Widow, Weep for Me" | Michael A. Hoey | Peter S. Fischer | September 29, 1985 | 60309 |
Jessica's trip to a resort is filled with sun, sand and a murder investigation. Guest Stars: Len Cariou (recurring role), Cyd Charisse, Mel Ferrer, Howard Hesseman, Anne Lockhart, Raymond St. Jacques and Mary Wickes. Murderer: Sheldon Greenberg |
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25 | 2 | "Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly" | Peter Crane | Tom Sawyer | October 6, 1985 | 60305 |
Plans for a new hotel in Cabot Cove must be put on hold when a skeleton is discovered at the construction site and Amos and Jessica find a second body. Guest Stars: John Astin, Chuck Connors, John Ericson, Meg Foster, Michael Sarrazin, David Sheiner and Ken Swofford. Murderer: Del Scott |
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26 | 3 | "Murder in the Afternoon" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Teleplay: Paul Savage Story: Paul W. Cooper |
October 13, 1985 | 60302 |
Jessica's actress niece worries about her job security when the character she plays turns out to be the serial killer. Before long she herself needs to worry when her real-life boss ends up dead and she is a prime suspect. Guest Stars: William Atherton, Paul Burke, Alice Krige, Lloyd Nolan, Mackenzie Phillips, Lurene Tuttle and Jessica Walter. Murderer: Larry Holleran |
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27 | 4 | "School for Scandal" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Robert E. Swanson | October 20, 1985 | 60314 |
Jessica must look between the lines to discover the truth and the murderer. Guest Stars: Polly Bergen, June Lockhart, Roddy McDowall and John Vernon. Murderer: Dr. Alger Kenyon |
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28 | 5 | "Sing a Song of Murder" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | October 27, 1985 | 60306 |
Jessica is devastated to be informed of her cousin Emma's untimely passing, but when she arrives in London she learns that Emma isn't dead after all, but has been in hiding after threats on her life. Jessica goes along with the ruse in the hopes of flushing out the would-be killer. Guest Stars: Sarah Douglas, Olivia Hussey, Barrie Ingham, Glynis Johns, Patrick Macnee and Kristoffer Tabori. Murderer: Kitty Trumbull |
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29 | 6 | "Reflections of the Mind" | Seymour Robbie | Robert E. Swanson | November 3, 1985 | 60304 |
Jessica visits an old friend who claims to be haunted by the ghost of her late husband. But when the woman's second spouse is murdered and she becomes the prime suspect, Jessica is determined to help clear her name. Guest Stars: Ann Blyth, Wings Hauser, Martin Milner, Stacey Nelkin and Esther Rolle. Murderers: Carl/Carson Todd and Cheryl Lodge |
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30 | 7 | "A Lady in the Lake" | Walter Grauman | Robert van Scoyk | November 10, 1985 | 60307 |
Jessica spends a little time at a lakeside inn where she witnesses what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling into the lake. Everyone is convinced that the husband did it, but Jessica isn't quite so sure. Guest Stars: John Astin, William Christopher, Charles Frank, Laurence Luckinbill, Lee Meriwether, and Lauren Tewes. Murderer: Burton Hollis |
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31 | 8 | "Dead Heat" | Peter Crane | J. Miyoko Hensley & Steven Hensley | November 24, 1985 | 60303 |
Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse but then the horse's disagreeable owner is murdered after a dispute. Guest Stars: Priscilla Barnes, Jack Carter, Carole Cook, Norman Fell and Clu Gulager. Murderer: Vicky Gallegos |
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32 | 9 | "Jessica Behind Bars" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Carleton Eastlake | December 1, 1985 | 60316 |
Jessica agrees to teach an English class at a women's prison for her friend Margaret and soon finds herself being held hostage after Dr. Matthews is murdered and the prisoners are convinced that the warden is responsible. Guest Stars: Barbara Baxley, Margaret Avery, Adrienne Barbeau, Yvonne DeCarlo, Linda Kelsey, Janet MacLachlan, Vera Miles, Susan Oliver, Susan Peretz, Eve Plumb and Mary Woronov. Murderer: Amanda Debs |
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33 | 10 | "Sticks and Stones" | Seymour Robbie | Story: Jackson Gillis and Linda Shank & Mark Giles Teleplay: Linda Shank & Mark Giles |
December 15, 1985 | 60301 |
Cabot Cove is flooded with poison pen letters which proves hard for the town to handle as Amos prepares to hand the reins over to a new sheriff, Harry Pierce. Guest Stars: John Astin, Paul Benedict, Joseph Campanella, Marsha Hunt, Evelyn Keyes, Betsy Palmer, Parker Stevenson and Christopher Stone. Murderer: Harry Pierce |
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34 | 11 | "Murder Digs Deep" | Philip Leacock | Maryanne Kasica & Michael Scheff | December 29, 1985 | 60315 |
An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone as a new corpse is dug up. Guest Stars: George Grizzard, David Groh, Randolph Mantooth, Connie Stevens and Robert Vaughn. Filmed:15-21 February 1985 Murderer: Cynthia Armstrong |
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35 | 12 | "Murder by Appointment Only" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Jerry Ross | January 5, 1986 | 60310 |
One of Jessica's former students is murdered and she takes a personal interest in the investigation and finds herself at the heart of a family feud while taking a look into the cosmetics company that Grady is working for now. Guest Stars: Christine Belford, Robert Culp, Robert Desiderio, Herb Edelman, Jayne Meadows and Millie Perkins. Filmed:18 October 1985 Murderer: Norman Amberson |
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36 | 13 | "Trial by Error" | Seymour Robbie | Teleplay: Paul Savage Story: Scott Shepherd |
January 12, 1986 | 60317 |
It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband. The jury alternates between wanting to convict him and wanting to set him free, but Jessica realises there's more than just one murder going on here. Guest Stars: David Ackroyd, Virginia Capers, Macdonald Carey, Jon Cypher, Tom Ewell, Arlene Golonka, Alan Hale, Jr. and Vicki Lawrence. Murderers: Mark Lee Reynolds and Becky Anderson |
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37 | 14 | "Keep the Home Fries Burning" | Peter Crane | Philip Gerson | January 19, 1986 | 60320 |
Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, but a number of the guests fall ill after eating strawberry preserves and one dies. Jessica investigates the murder while everyone in town tries to point the finger at someone else. Guest Stars: Sharon Acker, Norman Alden, Orson Bean, Gary Crosby, Anne Francis, John McCook, Donna Pescow and Marcia Rodd. Murderer: Wilhelmina Fraser |
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38 | 15 | "Powder Keg" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | February 9, 1986 | 60326 |
The justice system is tested when a group of angry rednecks form a lynch party and plan to hang a murder suspect. Guest Stars: Pat Corley, Jackie Earle Haley, Dorian Harewood, Craig Stevens, Stuart Whitman and Larry Wilcox. Murderer: Frank Kelso |
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39 | 16 | "Murder in the Electric Cathedral" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Dick Nelson | February 16, 1986 | 60312 |
Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist and soon finds herself in the middle of a feud between different members of the evangelist's family. Guest Stars: Jack Bannon, Barbi Benton, Frank Bonner, Steve Forrest, Judy Geeson, Art Hindle, Mildred Natwick and Dick Van Patten. Murderer: Ruth Fargo |
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40 | 17 | "One Good Bid Deserves a Murder" | Seymour Robbie | J. Miyoko Hensley & Steven Hensley | February 23, 1986 | 60318 |
Jessica finds herself in a tough spot when one of the auctioneers of a diary is found murdered and she has to rely on Harry McGraw to help her out. Guest Stars: Karen Black, Nancy Lee Grahn, Hurd Hatfield, Edward Mulhare, Cotter Smith and Vic Tayback. Murderer: Albert Cromwell |
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41 | 18 | "If a Body Meet a Body" | Walter Grauman | Steve Stoliar | March 9, 1986 | 60321 |
What begins as a routine murder investigation leads the police to discover that a coffin contains the wrong body. Guest Stars: Robert Donner, Anne Jeffreys, Audrey Landers, Monte Markham, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Stahl and Robert Sterling. Murderer: Connie Vernon |
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42 | 19 | "Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday" | Peter Crane | Gerald K. Siegel | March 30, 1986 | 60311 |
The writing's on the wall when a reputable magazine is acquired by a mercenary publisher who quickly changes it into a tabloid rag. Guest Stars: Bert Convy, Bobby Di Cicco, Carol Lawrence, Alex Rocco and Robert Stack. Murderer: Vanessa D'Argento |
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43 | 20 | "Menace, Anyone?" | Arthur Allan Seidelman | Robert B. Sherman | April 6, 1986 | 60319 |
Jessica struggles to protect her former student Carol, a tennis star whose boyfriend is blown up in Carol's car; Carol is the only suspect. Guest Stars: Dennis Cole, Bryan Cranston, Van Johnson and Linda Hamilton. Murderer: Doris Robinson |
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44 | 21 | "The Perfect Foil" | Walter Grauman | Robert E. Swanson | April 13, 1986 | 60329 |
Jessica travels to New Orleans, but the good times can't roll when her cousin suspected of murder. Guest Stars: Penny Singleton, Barbara Babcock, Peter Bonerz, Cesare Danova, Robert Forster and David Hedison. Murderer: Gilbert Gaston |
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45 | 22 | "If the Frame Fits" | Paul Lynch (director) | Philip Gerson | May 18, 1986 | 60331 |
The picture's not pretty when an art thief is on the loose; an heiress, Julia Granger is killed, and her husband becomes the suspect. Guest Stars: Cliff Gorman, Gordon Jump, John de Lancie, Norman Lloyd, Audrey Meadows and Anne Schedeen. Murderer: Donald Granger |
Season 3 (1986–87)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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46 | 1 | "Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1" | Seymour Robbie | Teleplay: Paul Savage Story: Peter S. Fischer |
September 28, 1986 | 62104 |
When Jessica's niece receives a silver Leprechaun from someone who has been presumed dead for years, Jessica decides to hunt down the mysterious gift giver from beyond the grave. Her search leads her to a circus, where unnatural things are happening in and out of the ring. Guest Stars: Jackie Cooper, Laraine Day, Courteney Cox, Alex Cord, Martin Balsam, and Florence Henderson. To be continued... Murderer: Not revealed until Part 2. |
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47 | 2 | "Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2" | Seymour Robbie | Teleplay: Paul Savage Story: Peter S. Fischer |
October 5, 1986 | 62105 |
One murder leads to another as Jessica finds herself chasing down false alibis and the employees of a rival circus. Just when she thinks she has all the funny business behind her, a stunning confession will throw everyone for a loop. Guest Stars: Jackie Cooper, Laraine Day, Courteney Cox, Alex Cord, Martin Balsam, and Florence Henderson. Murderer: Preston Bartholomew |
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48 | 3 | "Unfinished Business" | Walter Grauman | Jackson Gillis | October 12, 1986 | 62103 |
A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved, in which Seth was a strong suspect, and returns to the lakeside cabins where the murder occurred, gathering all the old suspects together. It isn't long before there's another murder. Guest Stars: Don DeFore, Hayley Mills, J.D. Cannon, Pat Hingle, Lloyd Bochner and Erin Moran. Murderer: Retired Lt. Barney Kale |
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49 | 4 | "One White Rose for Death" | Peter Crane | Peter S. Fischer | October 19, 1986 | 62107 |
While attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder. Guest Stars: Jenny Agutter, Eric Braeden, Bernard Fox and John Glover. Murderer: Andrew Wyckham |
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50 | 5 | "Corned Beef & Carnage" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Robert E. Swanson | November 2, 1986 | 62108 |
Jessica gets involved when her niece Victoria is believed to be connected to the murder of her lecherous boss, who had been trying to barter more than just Victoria's advertising skills to a new client. Guest Stars: Susan Anton, Warren Berlinger, Jeff Conaway, Genie Francis, Richard Kline, Bill Macy, David Ogden Stiers, Ken Swofford and Marcia Wallace as Live-Action Edna Krabappel. Murderer: Aubrey Thornton |
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51 | 6 | "Dead Man's Gold" | Seymour Robbie | Robert van Scoyk | November 9, 1986 | 62102 |
A group of young treasure hunters come to Cabot Cove looking for sunken treasure but after one dies and the other is arrested for her murder, Jessica gets involved both to clear a young man she believes is innocent and to help an old friend she knows tends not to be. Guest Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Grant Goodeve, Sean McClory, Wendy Kilbourne and J. Eddie Peck. Murderer: Susan Ainsley |
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52 | 7 | "Deadline for Murder" | Seymour Robbie | Teleplay: Tom Sawyer Story: John Kennedy & Michael McGough and Tom Sawyer |
November 16, 1986 | 62101 |
A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag. Jessica gets involved after the man ends up dead, but there seems to be more than enough people with motives. Guest Stars: Gretchen Corbett, Harry Guardino, Ken Olin, Eugene Roche and Glynn Turman. Murderer: Billy Simms |
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53 | 8 | "Magnum on Ice" | Peter Crane | Robert E. Swanson | November 23, 1986 | 62121 |
Continued from the Magnum, P.I. episode "Novel Connection": |
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54 | 9 | "Obituary for a Dead Anchor" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay: Robert van Scoyk Story: Bob Shayne |
December 7, 1986 | 62111 |
Cabot Cove becomes a media magnet when a TV news reporter is presumed dead on a chartered boat. But Jessica finds there's even more action off-camera, when the murder turns out to be a publicity ploy by the reporter in order to avoid one of his former sources. Guest Stars: Abby Dalton, Chad Everett, Kathleen Lloyd and Rex Robbins. Murderer: Nick Brody |
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55 | 10 | "Stage Struck" | John Astin | Philip Gerson | December 14, 1986 | 62115 |
The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors, who have a secret of their own to hide. Guest Stars: Don Most, Edward Mulhare, Christopher Norris, Eleanor Parker, John Pleshette, John Schuck and Ann Turkel. Filmed:17 October 1986 Murderer: Julian Lord |
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56 | 11 | "Night of the Headless Horseman" | Walter Grauman | R. Barker Price | January 4, 1987 | 62106 |
Jessica is in the wrong place at the right time to help her friend Dorian Beecher when he is accused of a murder he didn't commit after Nate Findley, his primary rival for Sarah Dupont's affections, is found dead. Guest Stars: Hope Lange, Doug McClure, Charles Siebert, Guy Stockwell, Fritz Weaver and Barry Williams. Murderer: Penn Walker |
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57 | 12 | "The Corpse Flew First Class" | Walter Grauman | Donald Ross | January 18, 1987 | 62114 |
Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London with a plethora of suspects ranging from an older couple to a well-known actress to a former police officer. Guest Stars: Gene Nelson, Mary Jo Catlett, Pat Harrington, Jr., David Hemmings, Kate Mulgrew and Robert Walker Jr. Murderer: Sonny Greer |
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58 | 13 | "Crossed Up" | David Hemmings | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | February 1, 1987 | 62120 |
The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real. Guest Stars: Henry Brandon, Colleen Camp, Tony Dow and Gisele Mackenzie. Murderer: Dody Rogers |
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59 | 14 | "Murder in a Minor Key" | Nick Havinga | Teleplay: Peter S. Fischer and Gerald K. Siegel Story: Arthur Marks |
February 8, 1987 | 62122 |
Bookend episode |
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60 | 15 | "The Bottom Line is Murder" | Anthony Shaw | Steven Long Mitchell & Craig W. Van Sickle | February 15, 1987 | 62110 |
A lying TV consumer advocate is killed and suspicion lands on one of the clients whose products he maligned. Guest Stars: Adrienne Barbeau, Judith Chapman, Barry Corbin, Morgan Stevens and George Takei. Murderer: Robert Warren |
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61 | 16 | "Death Takes a Dive" | Seymour Robbie | Peter S. Fischer | February 22, 1987 | 62112 |
Backdoor pilot episode for The Law & Harry McGraw (running time of 70 minutes, excluding commercials) Filmed:October 1986 Murderer: Sean Shaleen |
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62 | 17 | "Simon Says, Color Me Dead" | Kevin G. Cremin | Robert E. Swanson | March 1, 1987 | 62123 |
When an artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing, Jessica investigates. Guest Stars: Diane Baker, Foster Brooks, Ann Dusenberry, Tess Harper and Dick Sargent. Filmed:13 January 1987 Murderer: Carol Selby |
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63 | 18 | "No Laughing Murder" | Walter Grauman | Tom Sawyer | March 15, 1987 | 62113 |
After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead. Guest Stars: George Clooney, Pat Crowley, George Furth, Buddy Hackett, Arte Johnson, Steve Lawrence and Sheree North. Murderer: Farley Pressman |
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64 | 19 | "No Accounting for Murder" | Peter Crane | Gerald K. Siegel | March 22, 1987 | 62117 |
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect. Guest Stars: Dorothy Lamour, Geoffrey Lewis, Barney Martin, Ron Masak, Patty McCormack, James Noble and Kate Vernon. Murderer: Paul Carlisle |
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65 | 20 | "The Cemetery Vote" | Seymour Robbie | Robert van Scoyk | April 5, 1987 | 62116 |
The reform mayor dies in a so called "accident" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of it. Guest Stars: Joseph Campanella, Bruce Davison, Mitchell Ryan, Charlene Tilton, Marie Windsor, and Jeff Yagher. Murderer: David Carroll |
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66 | 21 | "The Days Dwindle Down" | Michael Lynch | Philip Gerson | April 19, 1987 | 62124 |
Jessica investigates the possibility that Sam, a recent parolee, went to jail for a crime he didn't commit. Guest Stars: Richard Beymer, June Havoc, Art Hindle, Jeffrey Lynn, Harry Morgan, Martha Scott, Susan Strasberg and Gloria Stuart. Filmed:10 February 1987 |
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67 | 22 | "Murder, She Spoke" | Anthony Shaw | Si Rose | May 10, 1987 | 62109 |
A temporary black-out at a recording studio leaves Jessica in the dark when the wealthy soon-to-be-owner is stabbed to death. When the murder weapon matches the cutlery set of an old friend, Jessica takes on the case with a plan to put the real culprit on the record. Guest Stars: William Atherton, G.W. Bailey, Charlie Daniels, Fredric Lehne, Wendy Phillips, Constance Towers and Patrick Wayne. Filmed:9 October 1986 Murderer: Al Parker |
Season 4 (1987–88)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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68 | 1 | "A Fashionable Way to Die" | Nick Havinga | Donald Ross | September 20, 1987 | 63303 |
In Paris, a fashion designer with financial trouble is accused of killing a shady loan shark. Guest Stars: Lee Bergere, Danielle Brisebois, Taina Elg, Juliet Prowse, Barbara Rush and Fritz Weaver. Murderer: Valerie Becht |
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69 | 2 | "When Thieves Fall Out" | Seymour Robbie | Arthur David Weingarten | September 27, 1987 | 63304 |
When a prisoner is released from jail (after 20 years), he returns to Cabot Cove, to prove he was wrongly convicted and rows prove his innocence. But when Jessica looks further into this claims which involves some ex-students, could he be telling the truth? Guest Stars: John Glover, Michael Lembeck, Kenneth McMillan, John Bennett Perry and Dack Rambo. Murderer: Coach Kevin Cauldwell |
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70 | 3 | "Witness for the Defense" | Seymour Robbie | Robert E. Swanson | October 4, 1987 | 63311 |
Jessica goes to Canada to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house. Guest Stars: Stefan Gierasch, Simon Jones, Patrick McGoohan, Juliet Mills and Claire Trevor. Murderer: Judith Harlan |
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71 | 4 | "Old Habits Die Hard" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Chris Manheim | October 11, 1987 | 63308 |
A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide, but did she? Guest Stars: Eileen Brennan, Clu Gulager, Evelyn Keyes, Scott Paulin, Jane Powell, Robert Prosky and Audrey Totter. Murderer: Marian Sampson |
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72 | 5 | "The Way to Dusty Death" | Nick Havinga | Philip Gerson | October 25, 1987 | 63310 |
After the "accidental" death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him. Guest Stars: Joanna Barnes, Richard Beymer, Lynn Carlin, Nancy Dussault, Jenilee Harrison, Richard Jaeckel, Andrea Marcovicci, Joanna Pettet, Lawrence Pressman, Ray Walston and Cornel Wilde. Murderer: Kate Dutton Attempted Murderers: Morgan and Virginia McCormack (acting independently from Kate Dutton) |
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73 | 6 | "It Runs in the Family" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | November 1, 1987 | 63313 |
Bookend Episode |
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74 | 7 | "If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly" | Peter Crane | Wendy Graf & Lisa Stotsky | November 8, 1987 | 63309 |
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some very surprising activity by Martin with the most unexpected people. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Antoinette Bower, Gloria DeHaven, Dody Goodman, Kathryn Grayson, Rick Lenz and Ruth Roman. Murderer: George Tibbits |
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75 | 8 | "Steal Me a Story" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | November 15, 1987 | 63316 |
Jessica makes an appointment with TV Producer Sid Sharkey when she learns he is trying to appropriate her latest novel for his TV show, but when Sid turns up dead, Jessica is one of the prime suspects. Guest Stars: Bradford Dillman, Fionnula Flanagan, Yaphet Kotto, Doug McClure, Gail Strickland and Ken Swofford. Murderer: Bert Puzo |
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76 | 9 | "Trouble in Eden" | Nick Havinga | Teleplay: John D.F. Black and Paul Savage Story: John D.F. Black |
November 22, 1987 | 63301 |
Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister. Guest Stars: Macdonald Carey, Joan Caulfield, Thom Christopher, Betty Garrett, Tricia O'Neil, Roy Thinnes and Stuart Whitman. Murderer: C.J. Dobbs |
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77 | 10 | "Indian Giver" | Walter Grauman | Gerald K. Siegel | November 29, 1987 | 63306 |
A resident of Cabot Cove threatens a Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead. Guest Stars: Theodore Bikel, Heidi Bohay, Lonny Chapman, Gary Lockwood, Richard Paul, Jennifer Salt, Charles Siebert and Bernard White. Murderer: Helen Langley |
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78 | 11 | "Doom With a View" | Walter Grauman | Kenneth A. Berg | December 13, 1987 | 63314 |
Grady gets into trouble, again, when he is found with the body of a woman he had known since college, who had been dating a married frat brother of Grady. Guest Stars: John Callahan, Robert Desiderio, Janet Leigh, Charlotte Rae, Monte Markham and Macon McCalman. Murderer: Mark Havlin |
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79 | 12 | "Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Robert van Scoyk | January 3, 1988 | 63320 |
When Amos's sister and her in-laws descend upon Cabot Cove, Jessica hosts a dinner party with homicidal results, leaving the finger pointing at Sheriff Tupper (Tom Bosley)'s sister. Guest Stars: Anne Meara, Colleen Camp, Henry Gibson, Geoffrey Lewis, Barbara Rhoades, Donnelly Rhodes and Guy Stockwell. Murderer: Kenny Oakes |
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80 | 13 | "Harbinger of Death" | Anthony Shaw | R. Barker Price | January 24, 1988 | 63302 |
While in Washington, Jessica visits her niece Carrie whose husband is an astronomer dedicated to discovering a comet. When a defense contractor is found murdered and the telescope pointed at the scene of the crime, Jessica must prove her nephew-in-law is innocent. Guest Stars: George DiCenzo, Steven Ford, Karen Grassle, Dean Jones, Kate McNeil, Marcia Rodd and Jeffrey Tambor. Murderer: Madeline DeHaven |
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81 | 14 | "Curse of the Daanav" | Walter Grauman | Chris Manheim | February 7, 1988 | 63319 |
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby. Guest Stars: Jane Badler, Douglas Barr, Kabir Bedi, Richard Bradford, Larry Linville and Clive Revill. Murderer: Bert Davies |
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82 | 15 | "Mourning Among the Wisterias" | Walter Grauman | Scott Anderson | February 14, 1988 | 63312 |
Jessica is summoned to help a friend with his play and receives an offer of marriage she didn't expect. Even more surprised are the man's plotting family. Guest Stars: Rene Auberjonois, Penny Fuller, Frank Gorshin, Matt McCoy, Barry Nelson, Lois Nettleton, Linda Purl and Beah Richards. Murderer: Crystal Wendle |
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83 | 16 | "Murder Through the Looking Glass" | Seymour Robbie | Robert van Scoyk | February 21, 1988 | 63307 |
While in Connecticut for a convention, Jessica hears the dying confession of a hit man and uncovers a mysterious safe house housing an important foreign dignitary. Guest Stars: Cliff De Young, Laurence Luckinbill, Robert Reed, Mark Shera, Dan Shor, Gregory Sierra and Karen Valentine. Murderer: Van Buran |
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84 | 17 | "A Very Good Year for Murder" | Walter Grauman | Robert E. Swanson | February 28, 1988 | 63305 |
The Gambini Winery is being extorted by organized crime and it's up to Jessica to uncover who is behind the murder of a Mafia hit man. Guest Stars: Kristian Alfonso, Ina Balin, Bibi Besch, Grant Goodeve, John Saxon, Eli Wallach and Billy Zane. Murderer: Salvatore Gambini |
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85 | 18 | "Benedict Arnold Slipped Here" | Seymour Robbie | Teleplay: Robert van Scoyk Story: Wendy Graf & Lisa Stotsky |
March 13, 1988 | 63323 |
Someone wants an old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure; Jessica is executor of the late owner's will. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Brian Bedford, Barbara Cason, David Clennon, Shea Farrell, Lois Foraker and Dick O'Neill. Murderer: Alistair Andrews |
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86 | 19 | "Just Another Fish Story" | Walter Grauman | Philip Gerson | March 27, 1988 | 63322 |
Jessica is delighted to return to New York City with the announcement of her nephew's impending engagement. But when a restaurant employee is found dead, the engagement is threatened. Guest Stars: Sonny Bono, Jack Carter, Norman Fell, Dick Gautier, Valerie Landsburg and Brenda Vaccaro. Culprit: Donna Mayberry |
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87 | 20 | "Showdown in Saskatchewan" | Vincent McEveety | Dick Nelson | April 10, 1988 | 63315 |
Jessica's niece is smitten with a rodeo rider and refuses to believe he could have committed a murder. Guest Stars: Terry Kiser, Lance LeGault, Paul Le Mat, Kristy McNichol, Larry Wilcox and Cassie Yates. Filmed:4 March 1988 Murderer: Luke Purdue/Carl Mattson |
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88 | 21 | "Deadpan" | E.W. Swackhamer | Teleplay: Maryanne Kasica & Michael Scheff Story: Arthur David Weingarten |
May 1, 1988 | 63318 |
When one of Jessica's former students brings a play based on one of her novels to Broadway, she finds herself in the middle of a war of words between rival critics. Guest Stars: Lloyd Bochner, Miles Chapin, Carole Cook, Rich Little, Christopher Norris, Eugene Roche, Dean Stockwell and Philip Abbott. Murderer: Eliot Easterbrook |
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89 | 22 | "The Body Politic" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | May 8, 1988 | 63317 |
Jessica comes to the aid of yet another dear old friend running as a senatorial candidate. When the candidate's campaign manager is murdered, Jessica must help prove her innocence. Guest Stars: Eddie Albert, Robert Fuller, George Grizzard, Shirley Jones, Harrison Page and Daphne Maxwell Reid. Murderer: Jackson Lane |
Season 5 (1988–89)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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90 | 1 | "J.B. As in Jailbird" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | October 23, 1988 | 63701 |
A chance encounter with her old British intelligence friend Michael Hagarty (Len Cariou in a recurring role) leaves Jessica standing over a dead Bulgarian diplomat and accused of murder. Incarcerated, she has to leave it up to Grady and Michael to prove her innocence. Guest Stars: Maureen Arthur, Sam Behrens, Michael Callan, Maxwell Caulfield, Leslie Easterbrook, Michael McGrady, Ron O'Neal and John Rhys-Davies. Filmed: August 1988 Murderer: Kevin Styles |
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91 | 2 | "A Little Night Work" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | October 30, 1988 | 63706 |
After her publisher announces his impending retirement, Jessica heads to New York where she is simultaneously wooed by potential new publishers and a smooth-talking jewel thief (Keith Michell in the occasional recurring role of Dennis Stanton). Guest Stars: John Dye, Jamie Farr, Leann Hunley, Conrad Janis, Rick Jason, Joe Santos and Julie Parrish. Murderer: Miles Hatcher |
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92 | 3 | "Mr. Penroy's Vacation" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | November 6, 1988 | 63704 |
Jessica is perplexed by the apparent murder of an elderly man points to two spinster sisters with whom he was living. This episode marks the retirement of Cabot Cove Sheriff Amos Tupper, and the beginning of Mort Metzger's tenure as sheriff. Guest Stars: Norman Alden, Candice Azzara, Don Calfa, Tim Choate, Henry Jones, Joan Leslie, Richard Paul and Teresa Wright. Filmed:29 February 1988 Murderer: Marilee Coleson |
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93 | 4 | "Snow White, Blood Red" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | November 13, 1988 | 63709 |
A massive storm results in Jessica snowed in at a ski lodge with an Olympic men's ski team and a murderer on the loose. Guest Stars: Ronnie Claire Edwards, Eric Allan Kramer, John Laughlin, Barry Newman, Tony O'Dell, Cyril O'Reilly, Jamie Rose and Emma Samms. Murderers: Ed and Sylvia McMasters |
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94 | 5 | "Coal Miner's Slaughter" | Walter Grauman | Chris Manheim | November 20, 1988 | 63705 |
Deep in the hills of West Virginia, Jessica looks under the surface of a corrupt mining company that claims no responsibility for the death of two perceptive employees. Guest Stars:Hoyt Axton, Barbara Bain, Chuck Connors, Cliff De Young, William R. Moses, Megan Mullally and Denver Pyle. Murderer: Carlton Reid |
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95 | 6 | "Wearing of the Green" | Seymour Robbie | Peter S. Fischer | November 27, 1988 | 63711 |
In New York City researching her next book, Jessica is drawn into a mystery involving a priceless tiara, a reclusive former actress and a news reporter accused of murder. Guest Stars: Lucie Arnaz, Barbara Bosson, Michael Constantine, Erin Gray, Patty McCormack, John McMartin, David Naughton and Jean Peters. Murderer: Andrea Dean |
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96 | 7 | "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | December 18, 1988 | 63702 |
Jessica is summoned to California where a recently recovered Air Force plane could pin a decades-old murder on her dead husband Frank. Guest Stars: Michael Ansara, Jane Greer, Clifton James, Martin Milner, Dale Robertson, Richard Rountree, Robin Strasser, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Michael Ansara. Murderer: Nicholas Rossi |
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97 | 8 | "Prediction: Murder" | Walter Grauman | Richard Stanley & Ralph Meyering Jr. | January 1, 1989 | 63703 |
When a charismatic psychic's predictions begin to come true a rancher's new age daughter-in-law is convinced that the next one, a fatal fire, is about to happen. Guest Stars: Melody Anderson, David Birney, Steve Kahan, Michael Parks, Lisa Pelikan and Geoffrey Scott. Murderers: Jill and Franchesco |
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98 | 9 | "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Philip Gerson | January 8, 1989 | 63714 |
Grady's wedding day arrives, and so does an unpleasant fate for the shrewish housekeeper of his prospective father-in-law's estate. Guest Stars: Patricia Barry, Ray Buktenica, Conchata Ferrell, Rick Hurst, Bill Macy, Howard Morris, Betsy Palmer, Eugene Roche and Gale Storm. Murderer: Valerie |
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99 | 10 | "Weave a Tangled Web" | Seymour Robbie | Robert E. Swanson | January 15, 1989 | 63712 |
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why. Guest Stars: Pamela Bellwood, George Chakiris, Mel Ferrer, Charles Haid, Gloria Loring and Stanley Kamel. Murderer: Frankie (bartender) |
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100 | 11 | "The Search for Peter Kerry" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | February 5, 1989 | 63719 |
Jessica aids yet another old friend in his search for his missing grandson. Guest Stars: Mason Adams, Michael Beck, Sam Bottoms, Vanessa Brown, Anita Morris, Lorna Patterson, William Prince, Marc Singer and Lane Smith. Murderer: Leona Schubert |
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101 | 12 | "Smooth Operators" | Anthony Shaw | Gerald K. Siegel | February 12, 1989 | 63707 |
While in New York, a missing shoe on the discovered dead body of a homeless person leads Jessica to believe the supposed accidental death was not an accident. Guest Stars: Dirk Benedict, Nicolas Coster, Lise Hilboldt, Shirley Knight, Barney Martin, Michael McGrady, Dennis Patrick and Edward Winter. Murderer: David Latimer |
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102 | 13 | "Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Tom Sawyer | February 19, 1989 | 63716 |
Jessica is suspicious when the appearance of the ghost of a long-dead witch burned at the stake coincides with the release of a book on the very subject. Guest Stars: Juliana Donald, Brad Dourif, Bill Maher, Roddy McDowall, Russell Nype, Christopher Stone, Dee Wallace Stone and John J. York. Murderer: Adam Frobisher |
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103 | 14 | "From Russia with Blood" | Vincent McEveety | Donald Ross | February 26, 1989 | 63717 |
Jessica is detained in Moscow when a spy attempts to smuggle film out of the Soviet Union in her handbag. Guest Stars: Jack Bannon, Peter Donat, Anthony Geary, Jeremy Kemp, David McCallum, Judy Parfitt, Cristine Rose and Adrian Zmed. Murderer: Minister Melnikov |
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104 | 15 | "Alma Murder" | Anthony Shaw | Chris Manheim | March 12, 1989 | 63715 |
A professor is caught standing over the body of a young woman, and insists he killer her. But Jessica believes he didn't. Guest Stars: Jason Beghe, E.G. Marshall, Janice Rule, Dinah Shore, Dana Sparks, Kate Vernon and Ralph Waite. Murderer: D.A. Paul Robbins |
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105 | 16 | "Truck Stop" | Vincent McEveety | Philip Gerson | April 2, 1989 | 63722 |
Jessica is detoured on her way to Los Angeles at a seedy truck stop where a series of murders makes it apparent she isn't there by accident. Guest Stars: Elizabeth Ashley, Mike Connors, Peter Haskell, Ron Karabatsos, Andrew Prine, Jill Schoelen, Ken Swofford and Kristoffer Tabori. Filmed:October 1988 Murderers: Walter Murray, Vera Gerakaris, and Roscoe |
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106 | 17 | "The Sins of Castle Cove" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Robert van Scoyk | April 9, 1989 | 63721 |
A vindictive, tell-all work of fiction mirroring Cabot Cove sends the townspeople into an uproar, and when a murder occurs following the plot of the book it's up to Jessica to separate fact from fiction. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Luke Askew, Frederick Coffin, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson, Page Hannah, Graham Jarvis, Ruth Roman and Fran Ryan. Murderer: Ellis Hilgate |
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107 | 18 | "Trevor Hudson's Legacy" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay: Paul Savage Story: Eric Houston |
April 16, 1989 | 63708 |
Jessica heads to Montana to aid a young friend editing the last manuscript of the late writer Trevor Hudson, but when murder results she must weed through the lies of Hudson's scheming family to uncover the truth. Guest Stars: Georgia Brown, Steve Forrest, Don Galloway, Robert Klein, Michael Learned and Barrie Youngfellow. Murderer: Sheriff Hank Masters and Cat Hudson Drake |
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108 | 19 | "Double Exposure" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | April 30, 1989 | 63728 |
Jessica encounters a man in Boston whom she is convinced is her neighbor from years back, but when the man denies it, and his wife claims the man is dead, Jessica recruits Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach, recurring role) to dig to the bottom of the mystery. Guest Stars: Christine Belford, Earl Boen, Jon Cypher, Robert Hogan, William Lucking, Karen Morrow, Andrew Stevens and Robert Alan Browne. Murderer: Lt. Roy Quinlan |
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109 | 20 | "Three Strikes, You're Out" | Seymour Robbie | Donald Ross | May 7, 1989 | 63729 |
Jessica visits her nephew Johnny, recently recruited onto a Major League Baseball team, and then must solve the murder of a scheming news reporter. Guest Stars: Todd Bryant, Bernie Casey, Tim Dunigan, Vince Edwards, Shea Farrell, Terri Garber, Anne Lockhart, Robert Mandan, Reni Santoni and Paul Sorvino. Murderer: Al Sidell |
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110 | 21 | "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Part 1" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | May 14, 1989 | 63724 |
Eudora McVeigh Shipton, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives. To be continued ... Guest Stars: Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Richard Erdman, David Hedison, Richard Anderson, Daniel McDonald and Shelley Fabares. Filmed:8 March 1989 Murderer: Not Revealed until Part 2 |
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111 | 22 | "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Part 2" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | May 21, 1989 | 63725 |
Jessica fears the worst when Seth is poisoned, meanwhile Cabot Cove is abuzz when Eudora Shipton is determined to fill Jessica's usual role in solving a local murder. This heavily re-written two-parter was the planned swan song for the series but a last minute change of mind by Lansbury, promised a reduced workload, meant the producers had to order heavy rewrites. Guest Stars: Jean Simmons, Ken Howard, Richard Erdman, David Hedison, Richard Anderson, Daniel McDonald and Shelley Fabares. Murderer: Bobby Shipton |
Season 6 (1989–90)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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111 | 1 | "Appointment in Athens" | Vincent McEveety | Tom Sawyer | September 24, 1989 | 65309 |
Jessica is detoured from a scheduled book tour after encountering MI6 agent Michael Hagarty and he convinces her to pose as his wife in Greece. Guest Stars: Len Cariou, June Chadwick, Thom Christopher, Ian Ogilvy, and Richard Todd. Murderer: Harold Baines |
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112 | 2 | "Seal of the Confessional" | Vincent McEveety | Teleplay: Lynne Kelsey Story: Whitney Wherrett Roberson |
October 1, 1989 | 65301 |
Cabot Cove's new curate finds himself in a sticky situation when a murderer confesses his or her crime and he recruits Jessica to help him uncover the truth without violating his oath of the confessional. Guest Stars: Bonnie Bartlett, Hunt Block, Lance Kerwin, Madlyn Rhue, and Robert Horton. Murderer: Marilyn North |
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113 | 3 | "The Grand Old Lady" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | October 8, 1989 | 65305 |
Bookend episode |
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114 | 4 | "The Error of Her Ways" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | October 15, 1989 | 65311 |
Jessica help proves a wife killed her real estate developer husband. But when $3 million goes missing, and the wife protests her innocence, did Jessica get it wrong? Guest Stars: Susan Blakely, Katherine Cannon, Paul Gleason, Elliott Gould, Barbara Parkins and Marshall Thompson. Murderer: Pauline Byrne |
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115 | 5 | "Jack and Bill" | Chuck Bowman | Peter S. Fischer & Chuck Bowman | October 29, 1989 | 65312 |
Bookend episode Filmed:25 May 1989 Murderer: Stephen Bowman |
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116 | 6 | "Dead Letter" | Anthony Shaw | Paul Schiffer | November 5, 1989 | 65302 |
Where there's smoke there's fire, and possibly murder, when a furniture store is torched by an arsonist, and the deceased firefighter inside is found to have died from a blow to the head rather than the blaze. Guest Stars: Susan Anspach, Rosemary DeCamp, George Furth, Max Gail, Jonathan Goldsmith, Richard Paul, Robin Riker and Al Waxman. Murderer: Stanley Holmes |
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117 | 7 | "Night of the Tarantula" | Vincent McEveety | Chris Manheim | November 12, 1989 | 65310 |
A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica, when Jessica visits an old friend. Guest Stars: Cheryl Arutt, Hurd Hatfield, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, John Rhys-Davies, Nancy Valen and Shani Wallis. Murderer: Jean-Pierre Dusant |
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118 | 8 | "When the Fat Lady Sings" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | November 19, 1989 | 65304 |
There's more drama backstage than onstage, on opening night of the opera, where a world-renowned tenor is accused of murder but claims it was self-defence. Guest Stars: Kathleen Beller, Theodore Bikel, Lila Kaye, Carol Lawrence, Keith Michell, Walter Olkewicz and Jerry Stiller. Murderer: Maria Deschier |
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119 | 9 | "Test of Wills" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | November 26, 1989 | 65303 |
A wealthy lumberman, Mr. Reynard, invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him. Guest Stars: Philip Abbott, Gene Barry, John Callahan, Keir Dullea, Marj Dusay, Curt Lowens, Morgan Woodward and Cassie Yates. Culprit: Kimberly Carson |
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120 | 10 | "Class Act" | Allen Reisner | Peter S. Fischer | December 3, 1989 | 65316 |
Bookend episode |
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121 | 11 | "Town Father" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Philip Gerson | December 17, 1989 | 65306 |
Cabot Cove gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Orson Bean, John Considine, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson, Basil Hoffman, William Lanteau, Richard Paul, Lee Purcell, Ruth Roman and Holland Taylor. Murderer: Winifred Thayer |
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122 | 12 | "Goodbye Charlie" | Anthony Shaw | Robert van Scoyk | January 7, 1990 | 65307 |
Bookend episode |
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123 | 13 | "If the Shoe Fits" | Anthony Shaw | Lynne Kelsey | January 21, 1990 | 65324 |
A single mother is accused of killing her landlord who is always harassing her. Guest Stars: Jonathan Brandis, Bruce Glover, Bridget Hanley, John Harkins, Season Hubley, Lorna Luft and Kiel Martin. Murderer: Danny Snow |
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124 | 14 | "How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying" | Walter Grauman | Teleplay: Robert E. Swanson Story: Charles Leinenweber |
February 4, 1990 | 65313 |
When Jessica's stockbroker is murdered, she finds a wealth of suspects in the ruthless world of high finance. Guest Stars: Morgan Brittany, Edd Byrnes, Farley Granger, David Groh, Lela Ivey, Kevin Tighe and Barry Van Dyke. Murderer: Jerome Ashcroft |
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125 | 15 | "The Fixer-Upper" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Teleplay: Oliver Hailey Story: Paul Schiffer |
February 11, 1990 | 65315 |
Jessica's niece, a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer. Guest Stars: Dean Butler, Chad Everett, Genie Francis, Vicki Frederick, Marty Ingels, Andrea King, George Maharis, Ken Olandt, Dack Rambo, Brenda Vaccaro and Jo De Winter. Murderer: Claire Hastings |
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126 | 16 | "The Big Show of 1965" | Jerry Jameson | Robert van Scoyk | February 25, 1990 | 65319 |
Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry. Guest Stars: Anne Francis, Elaine Joyce, Joy Garrett, Sheldon Leonard, Gavin MacLeod, Don Most, Donald O'Connor, Connie Stevens and Jeff Yagher. Murderers: Marge Haley and Lee Haley |
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127 | 17 | "Murder - According to Maggie" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | March 4, 1990 | 65314 |
Bookend episode |
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128 | 18 | "O'Malley's Luck" | Michael J. Lynch | Teleplay: Lynne Kelsey Story: Gerald K. Siegel |
March 25, 1990 | 65308 |
Bookend episode |
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129 | 19 | "Always a Thief" | Walter Grauman | Peter S. Fischer | April 8, 1990 | 65322 |
Bookend episode |
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130 | 20 | "Shear Madness" | Walter Grauman | Chris Manheim | April 29, 1990 | 65318 |
When a murder is committed shortly after the release of a mentally handicapped man, Jessica helps the man's sister prove his innocence. Guest Stars: Barbara Babcock, Dennis Christopher, Shirley Jones, William Lucking, Doris Roberts, Robert Walker Jr. and Bryan O'Byrne. Murderers: George Owens and Rosemary Taylor |
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131 | 21 | "The Szechuan Dragon" | Kevin G. Cremin | Tom Sawyer | May 6, 1990 | 65317 |
Bookend episode |
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132 | 22 | "The Sicilian Encounter" | Kevin G. Cremin | Robert E. Swanson | May 20, 1990 | 65326 |
Bookend episode |
Season 7 (1990–91)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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133 | 1 | "Trials and Tribulations" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | September 16, 1990 | 66304 |
While in New York, Jessica is forced to defend herself after Edward Stone dies during a jail escape. His daughter is suing Jessica for $50 million, and the prime witness in the case years ago has changed his story. Guest Stars: Michael Beck, Molly Cheek, Stephen Furst, Carrie Hamilton, George Hearn, Kim Hunter, George Maharis, Ben Masters and Molly McClure. No Murderer: (actually a suicide) |
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134 | 2 | "Deadly Misunderstanding" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | September 23, 1990 | 66320 |
Jessica finds herself embroiled in a Cabot Cove murder case when the husband of her temporary typist is murdered and a young reporter agrees to help the grieving widow cover up the crime. Guest Stars: Lise Cutter, Geoffrey Lewis, David McCallum, Janet Margolin, David Oliver and Mary Ann Pascal. Murderer: Rita Garrison |
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135 | 3 | "See You in Court, Baby" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | September 30, 1990 | 66321 |
Bookend episode |
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136 | 4 | "Hannigan's Wake" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | October 28, 1990 | 66308 |
A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book. Guest Stars: Emory Bass, Bradford Dillman, Anthony Geary, Cynthia Harris, Van Johnson, Mala Powers, Raphael Sbarge, Guy Stockwell, Stephen Young and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Murderer: Eddie Flokes Jr. |
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137 | 5 | "The Family Jewels" | Jerry Jameson | Tom Sawyer | November 4, 1990 | 66318 |
Jessica looks into the matter when she makes a new friend in Westchester County, who just happens to have a penchant for jewelry theft, that ends up being arrested for the murder of her chauffeur. Guest Stars: John Considine, Richard Davalos, Mike Farrell, Stanley Kamel, Jonna Lee, Howard McGillin, Charles Rocket and Brenda Vaccaro. Murderer: Charles Lockner |
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138 | 6 | "A Body to Die For" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | November 11, 1990 | 66302 |
Eve Simpson is at a loss to explain how the body of Fred Keppard ended up in her bedroom. When Wayne Bennett, owner of a trendy local gym, is suspected of the crime, Jessica agrees to look into the matter after receiving a request from a surprising source. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Jason Beghe, Ruta Lee, Ernie Lively, Patricia McPherson, Hugh O'Brian, James Olson and Sally Struthers. Murderer: Clarence La Rue |
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139 | 7 | "The Return of Preston Giles" | Walter Grauman | Tom Sawyer | November 18, 1990 | 66307 |
Preston Giles, Jessica's former publisher and the first murderer she ever caught, has been released from jail after serving six years of his sentence. When an old rival is murdered shortly after Giles returns to work, Jessica has to determine if Giles is being framed or if he has committed his third murder. Guest Stars: Lois Chiles, George Coe, Arlene Golonka, Arthur Hill, Michael McKean, Todd Susman, Brynn Thayer, Gordon Thomson and Kriss Turner. Murderer: Millie Bingham Stafford |
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140 | 8 | "The Great Twain Robbery" | Jerry Jameson | Steve Brown | November 25, 1990 | 66314 |
Bookend episode |
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141 | 9 | "Ballad for a Blue Lady" | Jerry Jameson | William Bigelow | December 2, 1990 | 66322 |
Jessica heads to Nashville to visit old friends and finds herself embroiled in the middle of a convoluted murder mystery. Guest Stars: Florence Henderson, Jimmy Dean, Daphne Ashbrook, Jeri Gaile, Mickey Gilley, Blake Gibbons, Gary Grubbs, Brandon Maggart and Sheb Wooley. Murderer: Patti Sue Diamond |
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142 | 10 | "Murder in F Sharp" | Kevin G. Cremin | William Bigelow | December 16, 1990 | 66312 |
Bookend episode |
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143 | 11 | "Family Doctor" | Walter Grauman | Robert van Scoyk | January 6, 1991 | 66306 |
In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive. Guest Stars: Tige Andrews, Robert Costanzo, Diane Franklin, Rose Gregorio, Vincent Irizarry, Monte Markham and Amy Yasbeck. Murderer: Rosa Abruzzi |
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144 | 12 | "Suspicion of Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Peter S. Fischer | January 20, 1991 | 66313 |
Bookend episode |
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145 | 13 | "Moving Violation" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | February 3, 1991 | 66324 |
Things get messy in Cabot Cove when Bradley Hellman, the son of an influential ambassador, is murdered only an hour after making bail for drunken driving. Jessica is determined to protect Sheriff Metzger (Ron Masak), who has been accused of Hellman's murder by Bradley's father, who had tried to bribe Metzger not to arrest his son. Guest Stars: Susan Clark, Jack Colvin, Lois De Banzie, Robert Ginty, Harry Guardino, Philip Baker Hall, Stephen Macht, Richard Paul and Suzanne Snyder. Murderer: Meredith Hellman |
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146 | 14 | "Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?" | Walter Grauman | Lynne Kelsey | February 10, 1991 | 66309 |
A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead. Guest Stars: Max Baer Jr., Janet Blair, Betty Garrett, Earl Holliman, Terry Moore, Margaret O'Brien, Jamie Rose, Tom Schanley, Lyman Ward, Marie Windsor and Jane Withers. Murderer: Mitchell Lawrence |
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147 | 15 | "The Taxman Cometh" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | February 17, 1991 | 66311 |
The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered. Guest Stars: Gregg Henry, Macon McCalman, Kent McCord, Phyllis Newman, Roy Thinnes, Fred Willard and Max Wright. Murderer: Richard Wellstood |
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148 | 16 | "From the Horse's Mouth" | Jerry Jameson | Gerry Day | February 24, 1991 | 66301 |
Jessica teams up with Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) when an argument over stud fees results in someone ending up dead. Guest Stars: Melvin Belli, Helena Carroll, Maxwell Caulfield, Patricia Charbonneau, Robert Donner, Nanette Fabray, Kevin McCarthy and Tricia O'Neil. Murderer: Derek Padley |
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149 | 17 | "The Prodigal Father" | Anthony Shaw | Maryann Kasica & Michael Scheff | March 10, 1991 | 66303 |
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople. Guest Stars: Claudia Christian, Don Galloway, Robert Lansing, Kathleen Nolan, Richard Paul, Andrew Prine, Donnelly Rhodes, Abe Vigoda and Larry Wilcox. Murderer: Elton Summers |
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150 | 18 | "Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy" | John Llewellyn Moxey | Peter S. Fischer | March 17, 1991 | 66310 |
Bookend episode |
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151 | 19 | "Thursday's Child" | Anthony Shaw | Robert E. Swanson | April 7, 1991 | 66305 |
A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder. Jessica turns to her old friend, Clint Phelps, for help, but he doesn't have any answers he can give her. After the woman and her son end up mixed up in a murder investigation, Jessica agrees to solve the case, but does so with a heavy heart. Guest Stars: John Anderson, John Beck, Jim Boeke, Lindsay Frost, Alan Fudge, Richard Gilliland, Paul Gleason, Vera Miles, Martin Milner and Jennifer Warren. Murderer: Cynthia Olston |
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152 | 20 | "Murder, Plain and Simple" | Vincent McEveety | Chris Manheim | April 28, 1991 | 66319 |
When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder. Guest Stars: John Ireland, Martha Byrne, Michael Sarrazin, Jennifer Runyon, Jay Robinson and Hunt Block. Killer: Sarah Lapp (not murder as it is determined she acted in self-defense) |
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153 | 21 | "Tainted Lady" | Vincent McEveety | Robert van Scoyk | May 5, 1991 | 66316 |
A local man dies of heart failure, but when someone find arsenic the suspicion points to the local diner, where the owner was once tried for murder, but when someone else died from the same condition, is the owner really a serial killer? Guest Stars: Marshall Colt, Mary Crosby, Nina Foch, Sam Freed, Jack Kruschen, Gary Lockwood, Don Swayze and Dee Wallace. Murderer: Laura Corman |
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154 | 22 | "The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane" | Walter Grauman | Tom Sawyer | May 12, 1991 | 66323 |
The brewery family is angry when they find out their spokesperson has written an expose. (Like Season five's finale, this was written as the possible swan song for the series. After having to heavily rewrite that finale, the producers filmed two endings as it was not clear if the series was continuing. The second ending has Jessica wink at the camera in the event the series did continue.) Guest Stars: Leslie Easterbrook, Pat Harrington Jr., Alex Hyde-White, Tony Lo Bianco and Michael McGrady. Murderer: Phil Mannix |
Season 8 (1991–92)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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155 | 1 | "Bite the Big Apple" | David Moessinger | David Moessinger | September 15, 1991 | 67501 |
Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something inside her apartment. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, John Considine, Alan Feinstein, Rosemary Forsyth, Scott McGinnis, Eugene Roche and Liz Sheridan. Murderer: Lt. Jack Boyle |
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156 | 2 | "Night Fears" | Anthony Shaw | J. Michael Straczynski | September 22, 1991 | 67503 |
A former policeman, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder. Guest Stars: Tim Choate, Wings Hauser, Bobby Hosea, John Lavachielli, Alan Oppenheimer, Roxie Roker and Julie St. Claire. Murderer: Professor Wallace Evans |
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157 | 3 | "Unauthorized Obituary" | Walter Grauman | Robert E. Swanson | September 29, 1991 | 67512 |
After a sensationalist biographer writing an exposé on Jessica's good friend is found dead, suspicion falls on the subject's husband. Guest Stars: Barbara Bain, Sam Behrens, Bradford Dillman, Cathy Podewell, David Spielberg, Andrea Thompson and Jessica Walter. Murderer: Steve Lockner |
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158 | 4 | "Thicker Than Water" | Anthony Shaw | Lawrence DiTillio | October 6, 1991 | 67504 |
When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Mort relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case. (Louis Herthum joined the cast as a recurring character as Sheriff Metzger's new deputy, Andy Broom). Guest Stars: Bruce Abbott, Luke Askew, Pat Hingle, Ted Markland and Marjorie Monaghan. Murderer: Zack Franklin |
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159 | 5 | "Lines of Excellence" | Walter Grauman | J. Michael Straczynski | November 3, 1991 | 67517 |
Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students. Guest Stars: Carmine Caridi, Charles Cyphers, Charles Frank, Alan Fudge, David Groh, Randee Heller, Conrad Janis, Tricia O'Neil and Alan Oppenheimer. Murderer: Derek St. James |
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160 | 6 | "Judge Not" | Chuck Bowman | Gerald DiPego | November 10, 1991 | 67505 |
The death of a rhythm and blues legend and subsequent murder of his bass player reopen the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's mistress. Guest Stars: William Atherton, Randy Brooks, Olivia Cole, Julius Harris, William Lucking, Logan Ramsey and Beah Richards. Murderer: Prosecutor Andy Henley |
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161 | 7 | "Terminal Connection" | Walter Grauman | Robert E. Swanson | November 17, 1991 | 67519 |
Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a long list of suspects who wished him dead. Guest Stars: Douglas Barr, Chad Everett, Steve Forrest, Kerrie Keane, Lois Nettleton, Jameson Parker and Lisa Pelikan. Murderer: Allison Franklin |
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162 | 8 | "A Killing in Vegas" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | November 24, 1991 | 67513 |
Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder. Guest Stars: Andreas Katsulas, Howard Keel, Stephen Macht, Amy O'Neill, Richard Portnow, Shelley Smith, David Soul and Connie Sawyer. Murderer: Wes McSorley |
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163 | 9 | "The Committee" | Jerry Jameson | J. Michael Straczynski | December 1, 1991 | 67524 |
The governing committee of an exclusive men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer--who likely serves on the committee. Guest Stars: John Kapelos, Norman Lloyd, John McMartin, Nicholas Pryor, Robin Thomas, Edward Winter, George Wyner and Darrell Zwerling. Murderer: Theo Cayle |
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164 | 10 | "The List of Yuri Lermentov" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | December 15, 1991 | 67516 |
Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder. Guest Stars: Richard Beymer, Theodore Bikel, Louis Giambalvo, Janet Julian, Brian McNamara and Mitchell Ryan. Murderer: Harry Neville |
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165 | 11 | "Danse Diabolique" | Alexander Singer | Jo William Philipp | January 5, 1992 | 67507 |
When a beautiful ballerina dies during her premiere performance in a new ballet, Jessica is convinced it is murder. Guest Stars: Marisa Berenson, Ernie Lively, Stephen Nichols, Adrian Paul, Daniel Pilon, Robert Torti and Nancy Valen. Murderer: Edward Hale |
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166 | 12 | "The Witch's Curse" | Jerry Jameson | Tracy Friedman | January 12, 1992 | 67506 |
The people of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th-century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch. Guest Stars: David Ackroyd, Julie Adams, Mary Crosby, Louis Herthum, Marian Mercer, Ed Nelson, Marian Seldes and Robert Vaughn. Murderer: Lydia Winthrop |
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167 | 13 | "Incident in Lot 7" | Anthony Shaw | J. Michael Straczynski | January 19, 1992 | 67527 |
Jessica travels to Hollywood to discuss the film version of her latest novel and discovers the Producer dead on the set. This episode is a tribute to the film Psycho. Guest Stars: Jackie Gayle, Henry Gibson, Ron Glass, Michelle Johnson, Ron Leibman, Lar Park-Lincoln, Paula Prentiss and Stuart Whitman. Filmed:4 December 1991 Murderer: Willy Montego |
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168 | 14 | "The Monte Carlo Murders" | Jerry Jameson | Bruce Lansbury | February 2, 1992 | 67525 |
Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds in Monaco. Guest Stars: Neill Barry, Patrick Bauchau, David Birney, Maryam d'Abo, Lise Hilboldt, Bo Hopkins, Dina Merrill and Ian Ogilvy. Murderer: Inspector Charles Morel |
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169 | 15 | "Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief" | Peter Salim | Robert E. Swanson | March 1, 1992 | 67528 |
No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they don't want her to believe it, either. Guest Stars: Lloyd Bochner, Kim Braden, Richard Davies, Trevor Eve, Sharon Maughan, Derrick O'Connor and Nick Tate. Murderer: Daisy Collins |
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170 | 16 | "Ever After" | Anthony Shaw | Robert van Scoyk | March 8, 1992 | 67521 |
A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and the victim -- her millionaire husband. Guest Stars: Marcia Cross, Marj Dusay, Kevin McCarthy, Michael McGrady, Kate Mulgrew, Tony Roberts and Mitchell Whitfield. Murderers:Joanna Rollins and Sonny Lane |
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171 | 17 | "To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee" | Walter Grauman | J. Michael Straczynski | March 15, 1992 | 67536 |
All of Jessica's intuitive and deductive skills are called into play when she sets out to clear a university colleague of murder. Guest Stars: Cameron Dye, Cliff Gorman, George Hearn, John Karlen, Richard Lynch and Mark Rolston. No Murderer: (actually a suicide) |
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172 | 18 | "Programmed for Murder" | Jerry Jameson | Tom Sawyer | April 5, 1992 | 67526 |
There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Hunt Block, Judith Chapman, Boyd Gaines, Louis Herthum, Judith Hoag, Alex Hyde-White and Will Lyman. Murderer: Alan Wooster |
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173 | 19 | "Day of the Dead" | Anthony Shaw | Mark A. Burley | April 26, 1992 | 67535 |
The theft of a priceless artifact from a Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma. Guest Stars: James Coburn, Alex Colón, Míriam Colón, Grant Cramer, Kamala Lopez, Tomas Milian, Shelley Morrison, Gregory Sierra and Geno Silva. Murderer: Cyrus Ramsey |
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174 | 20 | "Angel of Death" | Walter Grauman | Robert E. Swanson | May 3, 1992 | 67532 |
While Jessica is in Carmel, California consoling a well known playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, another family member is murdered. Guest Stars: Stephen Bogardus, Doran Clark, Sondra Currie, Ken Kercheval, Darren McGavin, Austin Pendleton and Noble Willingham. Murderer: Alex Erickson |
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175 | 21 | "Badge of Honor" | David Moessinger | David Moessinger | May 10, 1992 | 67539 |
Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder. Guest Stars: Tony Becker, Daniel Davis, Cliff De Young, Louis Herthum, Robert Lansing, Gail O'Grady, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Pamela Susan Shoop and Douglas Rowe. Murderer: Neal Dishman |
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176 | 22 | "Murder on Madison Avenue" | Jerry Jameson | Bruce Lansbury | May 17, 1992 | 67531 |
Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime. Guest Stars: Barbara Babcock, Joel Fabiani, Hallie Foote, John Hillerman, Leo Rossi, Harley Venton and Caroline Williams. Murderer: Sylvia Moffet |
Season 9 (1992–93)
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Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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177 | 1 | "Murder in Milan" | Anthony Shaw | Laurence Heath | September 20, 1992 | 67905 |
While in Milan attending the premiere of a film adapted from one of her books, Jessica searches for the killer when the producer is murdered. Guest Stars: Susan Blakely, George Coe, Robert Desiderio, George DiCenzo, Paul Gleason, Gary Kroeger, Leah Pinsent and Cesar Romero. Filmed:31 July 1992 Murderer: Tom Hiller |
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178 | 2 | "Family Secrets" | Walter Grauman | Robert Hamner | September 27, 1992 | 67907 |
One of Jessica's former students is murdered when he returns to Cabot Cove to write a book exposing new information on a 30-year-old town scandal. Guest Stars: Louis Herthum, Brian McNamara, David Newsom, Phyllis Thaxter, Richard Venture and Caroline Williams. Murderer: Janet Weymouth |
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179 | 3 | "The Mole" | Peter Salim | Tom Sawyer | October 4, 1992 | 67902 |
The police refuse to believe Jessica after she is mistaken for a government informant and kidnapped by the town's most respected citizen. Guest Stars: Joseph Bologna, Melinda Culea, Herb Edelman, Francis Guinan, and Ken Howard. Murderer: Fred Chandler |
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180 | 4 | "The Wind Around the Tower" | Walter Grauman | J. Michael Straczynski | November 1, 1992 | 67901 |
While they are visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and her friend are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes. Guest Stars: Michael Alldredge, Pat Crawford Brown, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Shay Duffin, Shirley Anne Field, John P. Finnegan, George Hearn, Don Knight, Dakin Matthews and Richard Riehle. Murderers: Anne Gillen and Francis O'Reilly |
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181 | 5 | "The Dead File" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | November 15, 1992 | 67910 |
Jessica is threatened with lawsuits after she is depicted in a newspaper comic strip accusing some of Manhattan's leading citizens of crimes. Guest Stars: Harvey Fierstein, George Furth, Kris Kamm, Rodney Kageyama, Susan Kellermann, Patrick Macnee and Jon Polito. Filmed:28 August 1992 Murderer: Teddy Graves |
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182 | 6 | "Night of the Coyote" | Jerry Jameson | Mark A. Burley | November 22, 1992 | 67914 |
Jessica helps the sheriff of an old Western town solve a murder that is connected to a legendary stagecoach robber's long-lost treasure. Guest Stars: Steve Forrest, Graham Greene, Mariette Hartley, James Stephens, Floyd Westerman and Joanelle Romero. Murderer: Charles Strickland |
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183 | 7 | "Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice" | Vincent McEveety | Robert E. Swanson | November 29, 1992 | 67903 |
Michael Hagarty's daughter's fiance is involved in a merger with a Hong Kong financial institution operated by drug lords and arms smugglers. When Hagarty is found standing over the dead body of his almost son-in-law, he is accused of the murder. Jessica knows better and helps Hagarty prove his innocence. Guest Stars: James Handy, Lenore Kasdorf, Kevin Kilner, James Shigeta, Kim Johnston Ulrich and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Murderer: Laura Downing |
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184 | 8 | "The Classic Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Robert van Scoyk | December 6, 1992 | 67906 |
Jessica investigates the mysterious disappearance of her editor's millionaire father along with $150 million from his corporate account. Guest Stars: John D'Aquino, Michael E. Knight, Louise Latham, Natalija Nogulich, John Rubinstein, Wayne Tippit and Jessica Tuck. Murderer: George Foster |
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185 | 9 | "A Christmas Secret" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | December 13, 1992 | 67912 |
Jessica uncovers embezzlement and blackmail after a Cabot Cove newcomer is suspected of shooting a woman at the local Christmas celebration. It is notable for being the only episode of the series in which no character is killed. The victim recovers, and the perpetrator is only charged with attempted murder. Guest Stars: Diane Baker, Corinne Bohrer, Amy Brenneman, Louis Herthum, Sean O'Bryan, Ken Swofford and Larry Wilcox. Attempted Murderer: Amy Wainwright |
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186 | 10 | "The Sound of Murder" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | January 3, 1993 | 67909 |
Jessica records one of her novels for the blind. While at the recording studio she gets an invitation to the taping of a rock video. A murder takes place during the taping and Jessica sets off to seek out clues to the mystery. Guest Stars: Richard Beymer, Edd Byrnes, Mary Beth Evans, Robert Knepper, Miles O'Keeffe, Michael Tolan and Jonathan Goldsmith. Murderer: Charles George Drexler |
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187 | 11 | "Final Curtain" | Walter Grauman | J. Michael Straczynski | January 10, 1993 | 67913 |
The community center of Cabot Cove is getting ready to produce a pre-off Broadway play with retired actor, David North at the helm. What follows is interrupted rehearsals and a murder in town. The search is then on for clues to the murder. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Dennis Christopher, Keene Curtis, Bradford Dillman, Peter Donat, Kathryn Evans and Louis Herthum. Filmed:26 October 1992 Murderer: David North |
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188 | 12 | "Double Jeopardy" | Anthony Shaw | Laurence Heath | January 17, 1993 | 67921 |
A not-guilty verdict in the murder of a community activist leads to threats of violence while Jessica is teaching a mystery writing class at a Catholic church in an ethnically mixed neighborhood. She goes in search of the facts. Guest Stars: Robert Beltran, Julius Carry, Raymond Cruz, Rosanna DeSoto and Dan Ferro. Murderer: Raymond Fernandez |
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189 | 13 | "Dead Eye" | Jerry Jameson | Tom Sawyer | February 7, 1993 | 67920 |
Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy assassination are all part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve her current case. Guest Stars: Lonny Chapman, Julian Christopher, Ben Masters, Stewart Moss, Linda Purl, Wayne Rogers and Al Ruscio. Murderer: Frank Hemet and Laura Callan |
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190 | 14 | "Killer Radio" | Peter Salim | Carlton Hollander | February 14, 1993 | 67917 |
While on a book tour, Jessica agrees to guest on a local radio talk show that has feuding co-owners. Jessica gets the last word in when she is interviewed by a rude and disrespectful interviewer. When a murder takes place Jessica helps sort out the tangled webs of confusion to bring the killer to justice. Guest Stars: Victor Brandt, Stephen Caffrey, Lindsay Crouse, Harry Guardino, William Lucking, Lyman Ward and Jeff Yagher. Murderer: Danny Cochran |
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191 | 15 | "The Petrified Florist" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | February 21, 1993 | 67916 |
While observing the guests at a dinner party held by a Beverly Hills gossip magazine editor, Jessica envisions the plot for her next murder mystery. Guest Stars: Gary Beach, Sandahl Bergman, Penny Fuller, John Gabriel, Richard Herd, Sally Kellerman, Denise Miller, Taylor Nichols and Gregory Sierra. Filmed:22 January 1993 Actually J.B. Fletcher imagines a story whose Murderer is: Junie Cobb. * Only episode where the killer appears to succeed in killing Fletcher. |
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192 | 16 | "Threshold of Fear" | Vincent McEveety | James L. Novack | February 28, 1993 | 67916 |
Jessica helps a neighbor in her New York building who has a phobia about leaving her apartment since she saw her mother murdered five years ago. Guest Stars: Eddie Barth, Herb Edelman, Margot Kidder, Cynthia Nixon, Jamie Rose and David Soul. Murderer: Peter Morgan |
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193 | 17 | "The Big Kill" | Jerry Jameson | Mark A. Burley | March 7, 1993 | 67929 |
Two murders result when the CEO of a defense corporation tries to save his company by illegally selling leftover components. Guest Stars: Julie Adams, Michael Beck, Chad Everett, Gregg Henry, Louis Herthum, Hope Lange and Don Stroud. Murderer: Brian Bentall |
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194 | 18 | "Dead to Rights" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | March 21, 1993 | 67927 |
Jessica agrees to help clear a former research assistant of killing her new employer, despite the fact that the woman is a pathological liar. Guest Stars: Sam Anderson, Christine Belford, Molly Hagan, Stephen Kay, Evelyn Keyes, Wallace Langham, Richard Libertini, Jeffrey Nordling and Edward Winter. Murderer: Bruce Hastings |
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195 | 19 | "Lone Witness" | Walter Grauman | Maryanne Kasica & Michael Scheff | April 4, 1993 | 67932 |
Jessica helps solve a murder when the only witness, a local delivery boy whom she has befriended. Guest Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Beth Howland, Laurence Luckinbill, Sheila MacRae, John Bennett Perry, Kario Salem and Raymond Serra. Murderers: Fred Turner and Lt. Steve Warren |
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196 | 20 | "Ship of Thieves" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | May 2, 1993 | 67935 |
While on a cruise, Jessica helps old friend Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell), now a ship's security chief, investigate when a woman is found dead in the cargo area. Guest Stars: Jon Cypher, Michelle Johnson, Lee Meriwether, Albie Selznick and Jane Withers. Murderers: Janet Fisk and Leslie Hunter |
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197 | 21 | "The Survivor" | Anthony Shaw | Robert van Scoyk | May 9, 1993 | 67919 |
Jessica becomes involved in an internal police investigation when a colleague is left for dead in an accident in which a rookie policeman is killed. Guest Stars: Ned Bellamy, Wolfgang Bodison, Don Calfa, Kasi Lemmons, Monte Markham, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Ed O'Ross, Stan Shaw and Nancy Sorel Murderer: Jimmy Haynes |
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198 | 22 | "Love's Deadly Desire" | Robert M. Williams, Jr. | Chris Manheim | May 16, 1993 | 67925 |
Jessica investigates the murder of a visiting romance novelist's assistant, who was having an affair with the writer's publisher husband. Guest Stars: Carroll Baker, Louis Herthum, William Katt, Christopher Murray, Andrea Roth and Yvonne Suhor. Murderer: Sibella Stone |
Season 10 (1993–94)
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No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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199 | 1 | "A Death in Hong Kong" | Vincent McEveety | Laurence Heath | September 12, 1993 | 69103 |
Jessica's trip to Hong Kong is interrupted by the murder of an American businessman negotiating a merger with a Chinese tycoon. Guest Stars: Teri Austin, Barrie Ingham, Dustin Nguyen, France Nuyen, Soon-Tek Oh and David Warner. Murderer: Louise Walton |
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200 | 2 | "For Whom the Ball Tolls" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | September 26, 1993 | 69104 |
When Jessica agrees to help preserve a historic brownstone, she winds up trying to clear her editor of the murder of an opposing developer. Guest Stars: Ray Abruzzo, Barbara Babcock, Jeff Conaway, Herb Edelman, Hallie Foote, Lela Ivey, Kevin Kilner, Robert Pine and Susan Walters. Murderer: Lee Gillrich |
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201 | 3 | "The Legacy of Borbey House" | Walter Grauman | Danna Doyle & Debbie Smith | October 3, 1993 | 69107 |
While restoring her house in Cabot Cove, Jessica worries that her contractor is preoccupied by the remodeling of another house until the project is put on hold when the client is found murdered. Guest Stars: David Birney, Roy Dotrice, Richard Gilliland, Louis Herthum, Ron Masak, Lawrence Pressman and Madlyn Rhue. Murderer: Charles Weatherly |
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202 | 4 | "The Phantom Killer" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | October 24, 1993 | 69106 |
Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher. Guest Stars: Vanessa Angel, Herb Edelman, Janet Julian, Reiner Schöne, Alan Thicke and Scott Valentine. Murderer: Kathryn Schofford |
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203 | 5 | "A Virtual Murder" | Lee Smith | Carlton Hollander | October 31, 1993 | 69105 |
Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company. Guest Stars: Julia Campbell, Kate McNeil, Allan Miller, Phil Morris, Shawn Phelan and Kevin Sorbo. Murderer: Sharon Baskin |
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204 | 6 | "Bloodlines" | Don Mischer | Teleplay: Robert Hamner Story: Michael Berlin & Eric Estrin |
November 9, 1993 | 69115 |
A racehorse trainer is murdered as he is on his way to expose a racing fraud and there is some friction concerning his daughter's permission to ride in the race. Guest Stars: Ami Dolenz, Blake Gibbons, Tippi Hedren, Stephen Macht, Don Murray, Sean O'Bryan, Mickey Rooney, Shawnee Smith and Don Swayze. Murderer: Tracey Noble |
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205 | 7 | "A Killing in Cork" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | November 21, 1993 | 69118 |
While visiting Ireland, Jessica searches for clues when a widowed friend's son is suspected of killing an American relative. Guest Stars: Wendy Benson, Gordon Currie, Fionnula Flanagan, Dakin Matthews, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Cyril O'Reilly, Donnelly Rhodes, Andrew Robinson, Mark Rolston and Bridgette Wilson. Murderer: Dennis Moylan |
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206 | 8 | "Love and Hate in Cabot Cove" | Anthony Shaw | Robert van Scoyk | November 28, 1993 | 69122 |
Jessica returns to Cabot Cove to discover why her accountant is not paying her bills. Guest Stars: Richard Beymer, Wings Hauser, Louis Herthum, Ron Masak, Carrie Snodgress, Liz Vassey and Penelope Windust. Murderer: Irene Macinoy |
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207 | 9 | "Murder at a Discount" | Walter Grauman | Rick Mittleman | December 5, 1993 | 69123 |
One of Jessica's best-selling mysteries makes her the target of a lawsuit by a man who was tried and acquitted for murder. Guest Stars: Sam Anderson, Herb Edelman, Morgan Fairchild, Spencer Garrett, Bruce Gray, Elaine Joyce, Julianna Margulies and George Segal. Murderer: Iris Novaro |
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208 | 10 | "Murder in White" | Vincent McEveety | Lawrence Vail | December 19, 1993 | 69116 |
When Jessica is called to London to rewrite the stage adaptation of her novel, she must prove her actress friend innocent of killing a producer. Guest Stars: Pauline Brailsford, Davis Gaines, Norman Lloyd, Jean Marsh, Anne Meara, Ian Ogilvy, Michael Palance, Dedee Pfeiffer, Jim Piddock and Robin Sachs. Murderer: Oliver Hopkins |
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209 | 11 | "Northern Explosion" | Anthony Shaw | Mark A. Burley | January 2, 1994 | 69114 |
While stranded in a small Canadian town, Jessica helps the Mounties solve two local murders. Guest Stars: Ana Alicia, Alan Fudge, Graham Greene, Jerry Hardin, Ernie Lively and Scott Plank. Murderer: Marie Comuche |
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210 | 12 | "Proof in the Pudding" | Jerry Jameson | Lisa Seidman | January 9, 1994 | 69124 |
Jessica discovers clues to a puzzling murder when she is a guest star on a friend's television cooking show. Guest Stars: Fran Bennett, Michael Brandon, Bobby Di Cicco, Tony Lo Bianco, John Saxon, Liza Snyder and Heidi Swedberg. Murderer: Jeannine Bonelli |
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211 | 13 | "Portrait of Death" | Vincent McEveety | Donald Ross | January 16, 1994 | 69127 |
Jessica comes to the rescue when a friend's sculpture is used as a murder weapon. Guest Stars: David Ackroyd, Herb Edelman, Edward Hibbert, Taylor Nichols, Lee Purcell, Diane Salinger, Loretta Swit and Kristoffer Tabori. Murderer: Wanda Ray Skutnik/Frances McMahon |
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212 | 14 | "Deadly Assets" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | January 23, 1994 | 69129 |
Jessica attempts to clear the name of a Cabot Cove fisherman who is suspected of murdering a Chicago hit man. Guest Stars: Frederick Coffin, Anthony Mangano, Ron Masak, Matt Mulhern, Eamonn Roche and Wayne Rogers. Filmed:1994 Murderer: Harvey Terhune |
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10.15 | 213 | "Murder on the Thirtieth Floor" | Walter Grauman | Robert van Scoyk | February 6, 1994 | 69130 |
Jessica refuses to believe that the editor of her latest book has committed suicide and is determined to find out the truth. Guest Stars: Jay Acovone, Dennis Boutsikaris, Robert Curtis Brown, Lisa Darr, Robert Desiderio, Bruce Gray and Lisa Wilcox. Murderer: Leonard Ambler |
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214 | 16 | "Time to Die" | Anthony Shaw | Laurence Heath | March 6, 1994 | 69128 |
Infrared cameras seem to prove Jessica's writing student is guilty of killing his abusive stepfather. Guest Stars: Robert Beltran, Marta DuBois and Janet MacLachlan. Murderer: Mario Fernandez |
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215 | 17 | "The Dying Game" | Jerry Jameson | Bruce Lansbury | March 13, 1994 | 69133 |
Financial problems lead to a double murder at a department store, forcing Jessica to prove the innocence of a friend. Guest Stars: Peter Donat, Joel Fabiani, Mimi Kuzyk, Andrew Lauer, Martin Milner and Kate Mulgrew. Murderer: Floyd Larkin |
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216 | 18 | "The Trouble with Seth" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | March 27, 1994 | 69138 |
Jessica searches for Seth when he suddenly disappears. Guest Stars: Katherine Cannon, Paul Mantee, Ron Masak, Ben Masters, Ethan Embry, Kim Johnston Ulrich and Jay Underwood. Murderer: Connie Anderson |
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217 | 19 | "Roadkill" | Walter Grauman | Mark A. Burley | May 1, 1994 | 69134 |
While visiting a friend in Texas, Jessica attempts to help the owner of a small trucking company clear his son of a murder charge. Guest Stars: Dirk Blocker, Joanna Cassidy, Patrick Cassidy, Beth Grant, Melora Hardin, Earl Holliman, Whip Hubley, Gary Lockwood and Reni Santoni. Murderer: Sam Mercer |
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218 | 20 | "A Murderous Muse" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | May 15, 1994 | 69140 |
Jessica searches for the truth when a legendary maestro, who is about to lose control of his protege, is found murdered and an innocent man is charged with the crime. Murderers: Vanessa Cross and Steven Hoyt |
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219 | 21 | "Wheel of Death" | Walter Grauman | Robert van Scoyk | May 22, 1994 | 69141 |
The arrival of a traveling carnival in Cabot Cove coincides with a rash of burglaries and the murder of the troupe's owner. Murderer: Richard Binyon |
Season 11 (1994–95)
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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220 | 1 | "A Nest of Vipers" | Anthony Shaw | Rick Mittleman | September 25, 1994 | 69503 |
While researching her newest novel at a California zoo, Jessica finds herself in the middle of a murder involving a black mamba snake. Filmed:August 1994 Murderer: Joyce Hacker |
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221 | 2 | "Amsterdam Kill" | Jerry Jameson | Jerry Ludwig | October 2, 1994 | 69532 |
Jessica's investigation of a novelist's kidnapping leads her into the dark world of diamond smuggling and murder. (Produced during the tenth season but aired during the eleventh season.) Murderer: Colin Biddle |
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222 | 3 | "To Kill a Legend" | Anthony Shaw | J. Larry Carroll & David Bennett Carren | October 9, 1994 | 69504 |
Jessica accidentally discovers a letter from George Washington that leads to a hero's disgrace and a director's murder. Filming Date:25 August 1994 Murderer: Nancy Godfrey |
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223 | 4 | "Death in Hawaii" | Don Mischer | Laurence Heath | October 16, 1994 | 69505 |
Jessica's vacation to Honolulu becomes chaotic when the son of her host, power broker Matt Kinkaid, vanishes during a hotly contested U.S. Senate election. Murderer: Liz Doughtery |
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224 | 5 | "Dear Deadly" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | October 23, 1994 | 69506 |
When a newspaper columnist becomes the target of a crazed gunman, Jessica's advice to be careful is ignored. Murderer: Alexis Hill |
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225 | 6 | "The Murder Channel" | Walter Grauman | Jerry Ludwig | November 6, 1994 | 69513 |
In a friend's apartment, Jessica and her friends are amused by and then puzzled by the strange drama unfolding on TV. Jessica slowly realizes that the "TV show" is actually the feed from a surveillance camera, and she may be witnessing the planning of a robbery and murder. Murderer: Augie Blumbacher |
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226 | 7 | "Fatal Paradise" | Jerry Jameson | Tom Sawyer | November 13, 1994 | 69508 |
Private investigator Charlie Garrett is in luck when Jessica is in Martinique for her vacation at the same time he is accused of murdering the woman he's been trying to locate for a client. Murderer: Maurice Delagre |
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227 | 8 | "Crimson Harvest" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | November 20, 1994 | 69518 |
The mysterious deaths of a winery matriarch's son and a rival vintner lead Jessica into a world of greed and betrayal. Murderer: Edgar Warner |
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228 | 9 | "Murder by Twos" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | November 27, 1994 | 69522 |
Jessica searches for a link between the town bully's death and the death of the woman he was having an affair with. Murderer: Al Wallace |
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229 | 10 | "Murder of the Month Club" | Walter Grauman | Donald Ross | December 4, 1994 | 69520 |
The taping of an infomercial by Jessica and two fellow novelists is plagued by problems including the mysterious death of an audience member. Murderers: Arnold Wynn/Jason Bayer Saxon and Joellen Waller |
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230 | 11 | "An Egg to Die For" | Robert M. Williams, Jr. | Maryanne Kasica & Michael Scheff | December 11, 1994 | 69511 |
Jessica helps a Russian police officer capture the elusive mastermind behind the theft of a Faberge egg. Filmed:2-4 October 1994 Murderer: Victor Roscoe |
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231 | 12 | "The Scent of Murder" | Anthony Shaw | Laurence Heath | January 9, 1995 | 69517 |
The pervasive stench of death looms over Jessica and Seth's visit to his cousin's South Carolina plantation. Murderer: Sargeant John Lindley |
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232 | 13 | "Death 'n Denial" | Jerry Jameson | Mark A. Burley | January 22, 1995 | 69516 |
Jessica takes a trip to Egypt to finalize a cultural exchange program and ends up searching for a killer and a stolen artifact. Murderer: Sally Otterburn |
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233 | 14 | "Murder in High-C" | Anthony Shaw | Jerry Ludwig | February 5, 1995 | 69525 |
An opera singer tries to make her debut before a stalker can fulfill his promise to kill her. Murderer: Jonas Cole |
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234 | 15 | "Twice Dead" | Walter Grauman | Paul Schiffer | February 12, 1995 | 69515 |
When a brilliant scientist fakes his own death and is then actually murdered, Jessica sets the record straight when the wrong man is arrested. Filmed:23 November 1994 Murderer: Liz White |
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235 | 16 | "Film Flam" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | February 19, 1995 | 69535 |
Homicide haunts the release of a restored movie, and Jessica investigates the current crime and the 1960 murder that prevented the original release. Murderer: Joan Kemp |
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236 | 17 | "Murder a la Mode" | Jerry Jameson | Laurence Heath | February 26, 1995 | 69537 |
Jessica's excursion into the world of the fashion elite in Paris leads to murder, sweatshops and smugglers. Filmed:January/February 1995 Murderer: Denise Naveau |
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237 | 18 | "The Dream Team" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | March 19, 1995 | 69529 |
The townspeople of Cabot Cove are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady. Murderer: Noah Farmer |
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238 | 19 | "School for Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Teleplay: Robert Brennan and Jerry Ludwig Story: Robert Brennan |
April 30, 1995 | 69534 |
It seems that more than schoolboy pranks are going on between a Cabot Cove prep school and its rival. Filmed:February 1995 Murderer: Irving Tripler/Joey Mallo |
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239 | 20 | "Another Killing in Cork" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | May 7, 1995 | 69528 |
While Jessica is enjoying her stay at a fishing lodge in Ireland, she finds out the owner is beset by a consortium that wants to buy his land for a strip mine. Filmed:February 1995 Murderer: Nellie Ruddy |
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240 | 21 | "Game, Set, Murder" | Walter Grauman | Philip John Taylor | May 14, 1995 | 69530 |
A domineering father forces a teenager to play beyond her desire and she suffers emotional problems. Filmed:May 1995 Murderer: Andy Bascombe |
Season 12 (1995–96)
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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241 | 1 | "Nailed" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | September 21, 1995 | K0201 |
Jessica uses her head to weave through the makeup and hairspray concealing the murderer of a financier at a beauty salon. Guest Stars: Daphne Ashbrook, Rosalind Chao, Leslie Easterbrook, John O'Hurley, Sean O'Bryan and Vic Polizos. Murderers: Nancy Rayburn and Kathy Stafford |
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242 | 2 | "A Quaking in Aspen" | Vincent McEveety | Tom Sawyer | September 28, 1995 | K0205 |
Jessica is fired up to find the true murderer of her friend's husband, but private detective Charlie Garrett is unwittingly putting out the flames. Guest Stars: Wendy Benson-Landes, Thom Bierdz, Tom Everett, Kurt Fuller, Elizabeth Gracen, Deborah Lacey, Gerald McRaney and Wayne Rogers. Murderer: Mr. Vernon/Grant Boswell |
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243 | 3 | "The Secret of Gila Junction" | Anthony Shaw | Jerry Ludwig | October 5, 1995 | K0203 |
While visiting a friend in Arizona, a novice sheriff asks Jessica for her help investigating a murder that followed the discovery of a stash of cash. Guest Stars: Lawrence Bayne, Guy Boyd, Dorothy Lyman, Robert Rusler, Bo Svenson, Jay Underwood and Kari Whitman. Filmed:18 April 1995 Murderer: Spencer |
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244 | 4 | "Big Easy Murder" | Vincent McEveety | Cynthia Deming & William Royce | October 12, 1995 | 69533 |
Jessica travels to New Orleans and is caught up in a web of voodoo related murders. (Produced during the eleventh season but aired during the twelfth season.) Guest Stars: Elizabeth Ashley, G.W. Bailey, Olivia Cole, Robert Forster, Juliette Jeffers, Anne-Marie Johnson, Nick LaTour, Brian McNamara and Mitchell Ryan. Murderer: Mal Carter |
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245 | 5 | "Home Care" | Anthony Shaw | Robert van Scoyk | October 19, 1995 | 69538 |
Jessica immerses herself in the medical profession when a young nurse is accused of murdering two patients to whom she was providing home care. (Produced during the eleventh season but aired during the twelfth season.) Guest Stars: Frances Bay, Megan Follows, Zeljko Ivanek, Audra Lindley, Ron Masak, Ed Nelson, Stephanie Niznik, Madlyn Rhue and Elizabeth Wilson. Murderer: Justin Haynes |
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246 | 6 | "Nan's Ghost: Part 1" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | November 2, 1995 | K0217 |
Jessica is in Ireland visiting an old friend and staying at a bed and breakfast at Ballynook Castle. A haunted spirit and antique smugglers are just a few challenges Jessica faces on her Irish vacation. Guest Stars: Leslie Bevis, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Fionnula Flanagan, John Karlen, Ross Kettle, Thomas Kopache, Christopher Neame, Raphael Sbarge, Wendy Schaal and Rod Taylor. Murderer: Not Revealed until Part 2 |
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247 | 7 | "Nan's Ghost: Part 2" | Anthony Shaw | Bruce Lansbury | November 9, 1995 | K0217 |
Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer. Guest Stars: Leslie Bevis, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Fionnula Flanagan, John Karlen, Ross Kettle, Thomas Kopache, Christopher Neame, Raphael Sbarge, Wendy Schaal and Rod Taylor. Murderer: Superintendent Arthur Joyce Attempted murderer: Zuleika Brown |
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248 | 8 | "Shooting in Rome" | Vincent McEveety | Jerry Ludwig | November 16, 1995 | K0214 |
Jessica travels to Rome to help rewrite the script for the filming of one of her books, but the filming takes a tragic turn when a stuntman dies. Guest Stars: Bruce Abbott, Lisa Banes, Lorenzo Caccialanza, Mike Connors, Allen Cutler, Louis Giambalvo and Sam Hennings. Murderer: Lucy Hendrix |
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249 | 9 | "Deadly Bidding" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | November 23, 1995 | K0215 |
Charlie Garrett's outrageous bid at an auction arouses Jessica's suspicions, after the artist becomes the subject of a homicide photographer. Guest Stars: Tyrees Allen, Kathleen Garrett, Doug Hutchison, Martin Jarvis, Renée Jones, Paul Lieber, Craig Richard Nelson and Wayne Rogers. Filmed:1 September 1995 Murderer: Giles Havelock |
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250 | 10 | "Frozen Stiff" | Paul Lazarus | Mark A. Burley | November 30, 1995 | K0204 |
When Jessica arrives at an ice cream company for a charity event, the company's co-founder is murdered. Murderer: Susan McGregor |
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251 | 11 | "Unwilling Witness" | Anthony Shaw | Robert van Scoyk | December 14, 1995 | K0216 |
After being subpoenaed to testify at the jury probe of a brokerage house, Jessica is charged with contempt for speaking to a witness who is killed. Murderer: Federal Prosecutor Annette Rayburn |
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252 | 12 | "Kendo Killing" | Walter Grauman | Laurence Heath | January 4, 1996 | K0208 |
Jessica's delivery to a motorcycle racer in Japan speeds up a series of events that result in the death of another racer. Murderer: Bill Dawson |
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253 | 13 | "Death Goes Double Platinum" | Anthony Shaw | Philip John Taylor | January 7, 1996 | K0222 |
The members of an up-and-coming Latin instrumental band get an offer they can't refuse just when they are getting noticed by a more reputable company. Filming Date:7 November 1995 Murderer: Sam DeSoto |
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254 | 14 | "Murder in Tempo" | Kevin Corcoran | Teleplay: Laurence Heath Story: David Thoreau |
January 11, 1996 | K0210 |
Seth's benefit concert to save the woods near Cabot Cove is endangered when the lead singer named Tommy Vaughn is permanently silenced. Murderer: Hal Palmer |
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255 | 15 | "The Dark Side of the Door" | Anthony Shaw | James L. Novack | February 1, 1996 | K0221 |
When the police are reluctant to become involved, Jessica links a recent murder, a possible suicide and an 11-year-old kidnapping. Murderer: Terry Garman Holbert |
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256 | 16 | "Murder Among Friends" | Vincent McEveety | Jerry Ludwig | February 8, 1996 | K0220 |
When the Producer of a hit twenty-something TV series is murdered, Jessica does some directing of her own. Filmed:6 December 1995 Murderer: Dyan Emery |
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257 | 17 | "Something Foul in Flappieville" | Anthony Shaw | Teleplay: Robert van Scoyk Story: Dan Wilcox |
February 15, 1996 | K0202 |
After Jessica's short story for children becomes a television puppet show, she must find the fiend who used one of the puppets as a murder weapon. Filmed:4 January 1996 Murderer: Parker Foreman |
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258 | 18 | "Track of a Soldier" | Vincent McEveety | Bruce Lansbury | February 25, 1996 | K0227 |
A vacation in the Grand Tetons turns into work when the man threatening Jessica's host with blackmail is murdered. Murderer: Juan |
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259 | 19 | "Evidence of Malice" | Anthony Shaw | Tom Sawyer | March 28, 1996 | K0230 |
Jessica has to solve two murders to clear the name of her old friend Deputy Andy, who becomes a suspect when a murder weapon is found in his car. Murderer: Meg Berringan |
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260 | 20 | "Southern Double-Cross" | Walter Grauman | Mark A. Burley | April 4, 1996 | K0229 |
Jessica travels to Australia to prove that she is the rightful heir to 130,000 acres (530 km2) of grazing land, but her arrival results in two murders. Murderer: Tim Jarvis |
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261 | 21 | "Race to Death" | Vincent McEveety | Teleplay: Laurence Heath Story: Peter Barwood and Laurence Heath |
April 25, 1996 | K0213 |
Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and the daughter of his rival is charged with the crime. Murderer: Jon Vandervelt |
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262 | 22 | "What You Don't Know Can Kill You" | Kevin Corcoran | Robert van Scoyk | May 2, 1996 | K0232 |
When a young man dies in a motorcycle crash, and a local attorney is murdered, Jessica looks for links between the two seemingly unrelated deaths. Filmed:March 1996 Murderer: Tom Sampson |
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263 | 23 | "Mrs. Parker's Revenge" | Anthony Shaw | Anne C. Collins | May 9, 1996 | K0231 |
Jessica gets caught up in a web of international intrigue and rogue government agents when a deadly virus is stolen from the Biological Research Institute. Filmed:26 March 1996 Murderers: Carl Van Ness and FBI Agent Ed Crider |
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264 | 24 | "Death by Demographics" | Anthony Shaw | Donald Ross | May 16, 1996 | K0226 |
In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is murdered after changing their image by firing every staff member who is past a certain age and changing the format from classical music to hard rock. Filmed:11 April 1996 Murderer: T.T. Baines |
TV Movies (1997–03)
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "South by Southwest" | Anthony Shaw | Teleplay: Derek Marlowe and Mark A. Burley Story: Derek Marlowe |
November 2, 1997 |
Jessica is warned away by an FBI agent while following clues to Agua Verde where a woman who left her purse apparently lives. Filmed:25 September 1997 Note:This TV movie was originally titled "The Killer Among Us" Murderers: Sarah and Jack Ogden |
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2 | "A Story to Die For" | Anthony Shaw | J. Michael Straczynski | May 18, 2000 |
Jessica Fletcher puts her sleuthing skills to work at a writers's conference after a Russian author is found dead. Murderer: Warren Pierce |
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3 | "The Last Free Man" | Anthony Shaw | Matthew Sommer | May 2, 2001 |
Jessica Fletcher uncovers a shocking link between her family history and the death of a slave in the 1860s. Murderer: Charles Hobbs |
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4 | "The Celtic Riddle" | Anthony Shaw | Teleplay: Rosemary Anne Sisson and Bruce Lansbury Based on the novel by: Lyn Hamilton |
May 9, 2003 |
Jessica travels to Ireland, where she attends the reading of an old acquaintance's will. The will contains the clues to finding a secret treasure, one that will require an already strained family to work together in order to solve the mystery. It was based on The Celtic Riddle by Lyn Hamilton. Guest Stars: Fionnula Flanagan, Cyril O'Reilly, Timothy V. Murphy, Sean Lawlor, Andrew Connolly, Geraldine Hughes, Helena Carroll, Sean Lawlor, William Morgan Sheppard, Sarah-Jane Potts and Peter Donat. Murderer: Mr. McCafferty |
Home releases
Notes
- ^ Jenner changed her name due to gender transition in 2015.[3]
References
- ^ "The View Recaps". ABC.com. Retrieved 2007-02-26.
- ^ "Murder, She Wrote: Could Jessica Fletcher Return?". TVSeriesFinale.com. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- ^ Leibovitz, Annie (June 1, 2015). "Introducing Caitlyn Jenner". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
External links
- List of Murder, She Wrote episodes at the Internet Movie Database
- List of Murder, She Wrote episodes at TV.com
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