Murder, She Wrote

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

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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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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!

Although Angela Lansbury was the only regular character throughout the series entire run, she was frequently joined by a number of recurring and special guest stars, including Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper in the early seasons and Ron Masak as Sheriff Mort Metzger in the later seasons, William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt, Michael Horton as her nephew Grady Fletcher (one of her many, many relatives), and from time to time Jerry Orbach would appear as private eye Harry McGraw. Orbach's role later led into a short-lived spin-off, The Law & Harry McGraw.

The series aired a total of 263 color episodes from 7 October 1984 through 19 May 1996 and five telemovies (including the pilot movie, which aired in September of 1984).

The first and second seasons have been released on DVD, and the third season was released in March 2006.less «

• 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!

  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! less «

  mcab25 Last online Nov 3, 2008
  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 »

  Hi. I really like "Murder she wrote", but the majority of the episodes are to much drama, and to little mystery and/or action. One of my favorite episodes are often the ones that are a bit more mysterious/spooky/a bit more action/technical ways of murdering :) Like the episode with the remote driven car, the bus drive in the rain, and the indian burial cite, Jessica in woman jail episodes. What similar shows can you recomend that have more of this ? Thanks less «

  Premak Last online Apr 15, 2009
  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

  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 less «

  Zoiepoop Last online Apr 4, 2009
  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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  sramv9 Added May 14, 2009 All my reviews
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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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  Gotal_LCP Added Apr 27, 2009 All my reviews
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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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  Atomius1 Added Feb 28, 2009 All my reviews
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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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  cactusjack39 Added Feb 4, 2009 All my reviews
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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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  ravenclawmoon Added Jan 10, 2009 All my reviews