Murder, She Wrote: Hit, Run and Homicide

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Air Date

Sunday November 25, 1984

Production Code

59216

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After a driverless car runs down Charles Woodley, who is in Cabot Cove looking up a former employee who happens to be Jessica's friend, Jessica tries to help Daniel O'Brien prove that he wasn't connected to Woodley's near-fatal accident, or the death of Woodley's partner, Dean Merrill, who had also come to Cabot Cove at Woodley's request. Although Daniel's nephew and longtime friend Katie are convinced of his innocence, Tony's fiancée Leslie also seems to be believing that Daniel could have been responsible for Merrill's death and suggests to Tony that Daniel may be losing his mind.

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Guest Cast
- David Ashrow Umpire
- G.R. Smith Deputy
- Harry Stephens Doctor
- Ed Morgan Local #2
- Douglas Stevenson Gas Attendant
- Dee Croxton Cora McIntyre
- Lois Foraker Eliza Bates
- Bruce Gray Dean Merrill
- Stuart Whitman Charles Woodley
- Van Johnson Daniel O'Brien
- Patti D'Arbanville Leslie Andler
- June Allyson Katie Simmons
- Edward Albert Tony Holiday
- Claude Akins Ethan Cragg
- Roger Price (I) Local #1

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The arcade game Ethan is playing in the grocery is 'Spy Hunter' by Bally Midway. [edit]
At the beginning of the episode, Jessica is seen riding her bicycle past a sign that reads: CABOT COVE POP. 3560. [edit]
Jessica does not have a driver's licence, and walks or bikes anywhere she needs to go in Cabot Cove. She also jogs every single morning. [edit]

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Tony Holiday: Ms. Fletcher, uh, anything knew on the investigation?
Jessica Fletcher: Oh, Sheriff Tupper's exploring several possibilities?
Daniel O'Brien: Got out his old Ouija board again, huh? [edit]
Ethan Cragg: Jess, I'm worried about Amos. I think he's in over his head.
Jessica Fletcher: And you think he'd like some help.
Ethan Cragg: Well, he sure is clearing his throat a lot.
Jessica Fletcher: Clearing his throat?
Ethan Cragg: Come on, woman. You play checkers with him. Every time he doesn't know what to do he starts to clear his throat. (sniffs) I've never told him about that little habit, 'cause I play poker with him too. (takes a bite of the cookie) [edit]
(Ethan comes in to tell Jessica that Dean Merrill was hit by a car.)
Jessica Fletcher: The same car from the picnic.
Ethan Cragg: Nobody knows 'cause nobody saw it, but a little while ago Ernie Tatum's kids saw that same station wagon headin' north on -- (Jessica hands him a cookie) thank you -- on the county road.
Jessica Fletcher: Were they sure?
Ethan Cragg: Kids have a way of remembering when they see a car guzzlin' along with no driver at the wheel. [edit]