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Murder, She Wrote

CBS (Ended 1996)
 
 
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Powder Keg

After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small...

 
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8.5 Great
624 votes

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Murder, She Wrote ranks 1,511 out of the 18,229 shows on TV.com.

The 557 users who count themselves as Murder, She Wrote fans have written a total of 33 reviews.

Status

Ended

Premiered

September 30, 1984

Ended

May 19, 1996

Genre

Drama, Action/Suspense

Theme

Mystery

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Episode Score
 
8.3

The Celtic Riddle

Jessica's vacation in Ireland is nearly ruined when her friends start dying, and soon this curse of death seems to spread to the other townsfolk as well while one person fights to keep a decades old secret buried.

Aired: 05/09/03

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Murder seems to follow Jessica Fletcher, a former English teacher and a mystery writer full of charm, zest-for-life, and personality; who happens to become "the investigator" when traveling around the country to promote a series of novels. Murder always occurs when she is present. Even in Cabot Cove!
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  • looking for episode

    I need to find the episode that takes place at the beauty salon. A lottery ticket is taken by possibly an mailman. I searched for the title numerous times but can't seem to come up with title. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

    6 comments, last one Apr 22, 2009 + Add Comment
  • Similar show, but more mystery/action

    Hi. I really like "Murder she wrote", but the majority of the episodes are to much drama, and to little mystery and/or acti...more »

    1 comments, last one Apr 13, 2009 + Add Comment
  • Season 10

    Universal is planning to release Season 10 on DVD but they're trying to get some information from us first. There's an episode that was made in season 10 but didn't air until season 11 and they want to know which season it should be in. http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=11520

    1 comments, last one Mar 18, 2009 + Add Comment
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    8.5 Great

    A classic, but seasons 1-7 are the best hide « show »

    I have been working my way through the DVD sets and it has been wonderful to watch. I love Angela Lansbury - she was so charming in every episode and created a wonderful character in JB Fletcher. It's historically interesting to watch all the old sexist comments and eighties and nineties feminist push back ... and then there is JB Fletcher who really is from a whole different era than we are now. The murder mysteries are sometimes good sometimes extremely predictable or silly, but watching JB deal with all the different guest stars and solve them is somehow lots of fun regardless. But, after season seven the quality of the writing really does drop off.
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    6.5 Fair

    Not the best mysteries hide « show »

    The show revolved around the day-to-day life of a retired English teacher who, after being widowed in her early fifties, became a very successful mystery writer. "Murder She Wrote" seems to be the only program that continued to bring back actors and actresses from movies and television that I always wondered where they are now. Silly, isn't it?! The settings may have been spectacular but the plots were pretty routine. The level of violence is so low that it is surprising it's about murders. A guilty pleasure, but only that for me. For such a small town, Cabot Cove has a horrifying murder rate. Who can believe that?
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    10 Perfect

    Great show hide « show »

    Well seeing as this show was produced from 1984-1996 (although being born in 1991 i didn't see it until the 2000s on reruns) i daresay the main plot, character etc, are all well known, so down to the review.

    All in all this is a good show. It is entertaining, has a catchy theme, a well made opening sequence, excellent incidental and accompanying music and a nice simple but effective spinning fade to next scene device which all work well to produce a well made show. The plots, although a trifle hard to believe, are not out of the usual in that a murder happens in each episode, at least in tv universes.

    The characters are all well written and have good lines, and have interesting and varied personalities. The writing is good and the plots usually are interesting, varied and entertaining.

    Overall smashing show.
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    7 Good

    Um, what? hide « show »

    I was really too young to realize the basics for this show. I actually found it quite boring and I couldn't think of the reasons why it was a television show. All I really understood was that there was a murder of some sort and it had to be solved some way. The old lady was really boring. I think I never watched a full episode because it just was too boring for my liking. The only reason I tried to watch was because there was nothing else on television. Overall, I must say that it wasn't a bad show as I think that it was okay for what it was supposed to be. Thank you.
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    10 Perfect

    The mysteries of Jessica Fletcher. hide « show »

    This is the single most greatest mystery show ever! It's one of my all-time favorite show. You really get into the storyline and you feel like your mind is going through every single clue trying to piece together. I don't even mind watching the reruns, even knowing who is the criminal. That's extremely rare to find in a mystery show. I really wish they make more mystery shows like that than the ones like CSI because it deals more with people and how they think instead with actual physical evidence. It reminds me of those old detective style books they used to have. It's a must see show!
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