Murder, She Wrote
CBS (ended 1996)
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Season 12
- Ep 24Death by Demographics5/19/96
In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is trying to change their image by firing every staff member who is past a certain age and playing music for teen-agers only. - Ep 23Mrs. Parker's Revenge5/12/96
Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal. - Ep 22What You Don't Know Can Kill You5/5/96
Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die "accidentally" before the event. - Ep 21Race To Death4/28/96
Jessica is the honorary commodore of the World's Cup Race, featuring Kyle Kimball's Buccaneer and Ned Larkin's Free Spirit. There is much ill-will and Ned is injured, too much to skipper his craft. His daughter replaces him and then Kyle is killed. This is no way to run a regatta! - Ep 20Southern Double-Cross4/4/96
Jessica is booked for a seminar in Australia when she gets word that she may have claim to an inheritance in the area--land used for sheep grazing. The natives are not all happy with this. - Ep 19Evidence of Malice3/28/96
Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect. - Ep 18Track of a Soldier2/25/96
The scene is a guest lodge in the Grand Tetons. Two of the guests are hiding secrets, but only one of them can have the diamond. - Ep 17Something Foul in Flappieville2/15/96
The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.
- Ep 16Murder Among Friends2/8/96
A TV sitcom, Buds, turns out to be less friendly than the producer hoped. - Ep 15The Dark Side of the Door2/1/96
The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than coincidence would suggest. - Ep 14Murder in Tempo1/11/96
A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove. - Ep 13Death Goes Double Platinum1/7/96
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. - Ep 12Kendo Killing1/4/96
Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.
- Ep 11Unwilling Witness12/14/95
Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number. - Ep 10Frozen Stiff11/30/95
Jessica means to find out the secret ingredient in the ice cream and see that the donation for the literary foundation is paid as promised. - Ep 9Deadly Bidding11/23/95
Jessica agrees to go to New York to bid on a manuscript purportedly by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and while there, she gets mixed up in the murder of a local forger who had been involved in the theft of a priceless Degas painting two years earlier when she tries to help Charlie Garrett out of a jam.moreless - Ep 8Shooting in Rome11/16/95
A movie set in Rome is the setting for a more than they planned while filming a J.B. Fletcher novel. - Ep 7Nan's Ghost (2)11/9/95
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. - Ep 6Nan's Ghost (1)11/2/95
A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a hidden treasure. - Ep 5Home Care10/19/95
Lila Nolan returns to Cabot Cove after nursing in Boston for a few years but her troubles from there follow her when her patients start dying, including Jessica's best friend Maggie. Jessica and Seth look into the murders trying to clear Lila's name and prove who the real murderer is. - Ep 4Big Easy Murder10/12/95
Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings. - Ep 3The Secret Of Gila Junction10/5/95
People in a sleepy Arizona town are threatened by a truck-stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters. - Ep 2A Quaking In Aspen9/28/95
Jessica is in Aspen, Colorado, to appear on her long-time friend Laney Boswell's interview show only to find out that she is the prime suspect in the recent murder of her husband, Grant.
- Ep 1Nailed9/21/95
Jessica finds the link between a number of recent break-ins in New York City and the murder of a sleazy wannabe entrepreneur whose body is found in one of the hottest salons in the city.
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Season 11
- Ep 21Game, Set, Murder5/14/95
A domineering father forces a teenager to play beyond her desire and she suffers emotional problems. - Ep 20Another Killing in Cork5/7/95
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. - Ep 19School for Murder4/30/95
It seems that there is more than schoolboy pranks going on between a Cabot Cove prep school and its rival. - Ep 18The Dream Team3/19/95
The townspeople are concerned about a massive development on their shore and it is further complicated for Jessica since the firm employs her nephew, Grady. - Ep 17Murder a la Mode2/26/95
Parisian slave-labor sweatshops provide the setting for the crimes, and the pretentious world of fashion is where Jessica solves them. - Ep 16Film Flam2/19/95
Jessica sets out to prove that the death of a young movie buff is murder. - Ep 15Twice Dead2/12/95
When a brilliant scientist fakes his own death and is then murdered, Jessica sets the record straight when the wrong man is arrested. - Ep 14Murder in High "C"2/5/95
Jessica finds herself crime-solving in a highly intense world of opera while in Genoa, Italy. - Ep 13Death 'n Denial1/22/95
A dear friend's involvement with the theft of a priceless Egyptian relic and a murder birng Jessica to the rescue. - Ep 12The Scent of Murder1/8/95
Jessica helps Seth solve family problems when his rich southern cousin is murdered. - Ep 11An Egg to Die For12/11/94
A book fair in Miami becomes Jessica's backdrop when she teams with a Russian detective to solve an art theft and murder. - Ep 10Murder of the Month Club12/4/94
Murder, plagiarism, and blackmail stalk those around Jessica on her promotional book tour. - Ep 9Murder by Twos11/27/94
Cabot Cove resident Sam Bryce dies in what appears to be an accident, but no one in Cabot Cove seems to care. - Ep 8Crimson Harvest11/20/94
Jessica investigates two brutal murders at a struggling winery in Sonoma Valley. - Ep 7Fatal Paradise11/13/94
Private investigator Charlie Garrett is in luck when Jessica is in Martinique vacationing at the same time he is accused of murdering the woman he's been trying to locate for a client. - Ep 6The Murder Channel11/6/94
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. - Ep 5Dear Deadly10/23/94
While Jessica prepares her book for serialization of her book in a newspaper, real trouble is brewing in the newsroom. - Ep 4Death in Hawaii10/16/94
Poor Jessica can't take a vacation without finding mystery or murder. In this case, it is an election campaign gone bad. - Ep 3To Kill A Legend10/9/94
Jessica investigates the murder of an unpopular director while an old document may mean that Cabot Cove has to rewrite their local history. - Ep 2Amsterdam Kill10/2/94
While on a visit to Amsterdam, Jessica meets up with fellow novelist and old friend Nigel Allison. When Allison goes missing, Colin Biddle, who claims to be Allison's publishing liaison, try to convince her that nothing is wrong. Jessica soon realises that both Nigel and Colin are secret agents, and despite Colin's request for her to stay out of it, Jessica investigates Allison's disappearance and soon convinces a previously reluctant inspector that there is something terribly wrong. At the same time, Philip and Lydia de Kooning are trying to make a deal in diamonds, and when Philip turns up dead after Jessica gets a note supposedly from him, Jessica is the prime suspect in his murder.moreless - Ep 1A Nest of Vipers9/25/94
When Jessica spends some time at a zoo researching her latest novel, she soon gets drawn into a case of murder when the body of Mark Atwater, the fianc of one of the zoo workers, is found murdered (death by snake venom), and another employee is charged with his murder. In the course of her investigation, she soon learns that a number of people had a motive to want Mark dead.moreless
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Season 10
- Ep 21Wheel of Death5/22/94
When the carnival comes to town, Mort is faced with a former girlfriend who left him years ago for another man, and the two are the prime suspects when her husband's crooked partner is murdered. - Ep 20A Murderous Muse5/15/94
The strict mentor of a piano prodigy is found dead. The prime suspect is the girl's recently returned father, himself a failed jazz musician who had abandoned his daughter years before when he couldn't deal with the death of his wife. Jessica doubts his guilt, and thinks the mystery hangs on an odd piece of music the victim was playing just before he died.moreless - Ep 19Roadkill5/1/94
A truck hijacker comes to the end of the road. - Ep 18The Trouble with Seth3/27/94
Seth vanishes and every one is sure there was foul play, but that's not the only game in town as two newcomers seem to have it in for Evan Rafferty. - Ep 17The Dying Game3/13/94
An old established store has closed for the last time and its accountant won't have to find another job. - Ep 16Time to Die3/6/94
A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist. - Ep 15Murder on the Thirtieth Floor2/6/94
Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office. - Ep 14Deadly Assets1/23/94
A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000. - Ep 13Portrait of Death1/16/94
A piece of sculpture does double duty as a murder weapon. - Ep 12Proof In The Pudding1/9/94
When the chef of a restaurant who recently had over half his stock bought up by a well-known mobster dies, suspicion turns to Jessica's young friend Lorna Thompson, but when the mobster himself dies, Jessica realises there is more than meets the eye to this case. - Ep 11Northern Explosion1/2/94
Jessica winds up in the middle of a battle between a mining company and the local native tribe when her plane can't get her out of a small British Columbia town in time for a wedding in Vancouver, and finds herself answering questions about the murder of a retired Ottawa police officer.moreless - Ep 10Murder in White12/19/93
A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London. - Ep 9Murder at a Discount12/5/93
A man acquitted of his wife's murder sues Jessica after her latest book appears to be depicting the murder itself and pointing the finger at him. When Dave Novaro turns up dead, suspects include not only Jessica herself, but also Dave's business partners and high school chums Neil Fraser and Lillian Conway.moreless - Ep 8Love and Hate in Cabot Cove11/28/93
There are three suspects in the murder of a crooked deputy: a CPA, an illegal casino owner and his daughter's jilted lover. - Ep 7A Killing in Cork11/21/93
An American nephew, out to get the family business, gets a different kind and the Irish widow's son is suspected. - Ep 6Bloodlines11/7/93
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. - Ep 5A Virtual Murder10/31/93
Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder. - Ep 4The Phantom Killer10/24/93
A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as smoke. - Ep 3The Legacy of Borbey House10/3/93
Newcomer Lawrence Baker seems to have everyone in Cabot Cove at his beck and call, including the contractor who is supposed to be working on Jessica's bathroom. When Baker is found dead, a stake through his heart, Cabot Cove ends up buzzing about vampires. - Ep 2For Whom the Ball Tolls9/26/93
Jessica agrees to throw her support in to save an old brownstone, and finds herself investigating the murder of Walter Gillrich, the brother of the developer looking to raze the place. - Ep 1A Death In Hong Kong9/12/93
Jessica's first visit to Hong Kong is marred by the death of a good friend when Brian Dunbar is poisoned at the annual dinner celebrating his fashion company, the House of Dunbar.
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Season 9
- Ep 22Love's Deadly Desire5/16/93
The death of a novelist's assistant seemed to be a case of mistaken identity. - Ep 21The Survivor5/9/93
Jessica's computer tech becomes an inadvertent target when she dates an undercover cop, whom she has just met. - Ep 20Ship of Thieves5/2/93
A pleasant cruise is marred by the discovery that there are thieves on board and possibly a murderer. - Ep 19Lone Witness4/4/93
A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim. - Ep 18Dead to Rights3/21/93
Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so she has no reason to believe her now. - Ep 17The Big Kill3/7/93
The town is concerned when a local fisherman dies, but concern turns to confusion when a second body is discovered aboard a fishing boat. Both men died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but seem to have no connection until the fisherman's daughter receives her father's logbook and nautical charts in the mail.moreless - Ep 16Threshold of Fear2/28/93
At her home in New York, desk manager Richie enlists Jessica's help when Alice Morgan, a reclusive young woman living in the apartment complex, begins to see the man she believes killed her mother Lillian five years ago on television. Jessica decides to investigate Alice's certainty that Jordan Barnett killed her mother, but when Barnett himself turns up dead, Jessica is left with no suspects but a sneaking suspicion that the two murders are connected as she wades through a complicated web involving a manipulative psychiatrist, a greedy step-brother, and a missing step-father.moreless - Ep 15The Petrified Florist2/21/93
Jessica wonders if a Beverly Hills florist killed because he was supplying more than flowers for gossip magazine editors. - Ep 14Killer Radio2/14/93
The prospective owner of a radio station in the prairies is killed before the sale goes through. - Ep 13Dead Eye2/7/93
Jessica wonders if the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same year are connected. - Ep 12Double Jeopardy1/17/93
The confessional is the site of the last rites as an estranged father seeks absolution from his priest son. - Ep 11Final Curtain1/10/93
The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage. - Ep 10The Sound of Murder1/3/93
The last sound the producer hears is not from a record. - Ep 9A Christmas Secret12/13/92
The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancée is marred by his big secret. - Ep 8The Classic Murder12/6/92
After a tycoon disappears, a psychic divines that he has been murdered -- then she is found dead! - Ep 7Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice11/29/92
Jessica is in San Francisco for a book convention and runs into her old friend, Michael Hagarty, who is in town investigating his daughter Andrea's fianc. When Paul is found murdered at the hotel, Michael is arrested, and Jessica alternates between comforting a distraught Andrea and trying to clear Michael's name.moreless - Ep 6Night of the Coyote11/22/92
Jessica heads to Chaco Springs, New Mexico, to visit with her old friend Susan, who spends a great deal of time in a local tourist trap named Silverville. After Max Teller, the owner of Silverville, is found murdered, Jessica realises that the key to finding out who killed Teller is the same key to finding the long-lost treasure of legendary stage coach robber Cutter McGee and enlists the help of the local sheriff.moreless - Ep 5The Dead File11/15/92
Jessica is appalled when, upon returning to New York City, she finds herself caricatured as a fox in a politically satirical comic strip with libelous dialogue. - Ep 4The Wind Around the Tower11/1/92
While they are visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and friend Seas are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes. - Ep 3The Mole10/4/92
Jessica is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped at the airport. When the woman she is mistaken for is killed, Jessica finds the murderer. - Ep 2Family Secrets9/27/92
Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families. - Ep 1Murder in Milan9/20/92
During the Milan Film Festival, famous film producer Catherine Wayne is murdered. Jessica goes to bat for the man accused of the crime, the screenwriter of the latest film adaptation of one of her novels. She discovers that the late producer was widely disliked, and that a budget shortfall on her most recent movie may be connected to her death.moreless
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Season 8
- Ep 22Murder On Madison Avenue5/17/92
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. - Ep 21Badge of Honor5/10/92
Jessica intervenes when a long-lost Army buddy of her friend Seth is accused of murder. - Ep 20Angel of Death5/3/92
While Jessica is in Carmel, California, consoling a well-known playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, another family member is murdered. - Ep 19Day of the Dead4/26/92
The theft of a priceless artifact from Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma. - Ep 18Programmed for Murder4/5/92
There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute. - Ep 17To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee3/15/92
All of Jessica's intuitive and deductive skills are called into play when she sets out to clear a university colleague of a murder charge. - Ep 16Ever After3/8/92
A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and the victim--her millionaire husband. - Ep 15Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief3/1/92
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. - Ep 14The Monte Carlo Murders2/2/92
Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds in Monaco. - Ep 13Incident in Lot 71/19/92
The Bates House of the movie, Psycho, is to be the setting of Jessica's book in the film made at Universal Studios. - Ep 12The Witch's Curse1/12/92
The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch. - Ep 11Danse Diabolique1/5/92
When a beautiful ballerina dies during her premiere performance in a new ballet, Jessica is convinced it is murder. - Ep 10The List of Yuri Lermentov12/15/91
Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder. - Ep 9The Committee12/1/91
The governing committee of an exclusive men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer--who likely serves on the committee. - Ep 8A Killing in Vegas11/24/91
Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder. - Ep 7Terminal Connection11/17/91
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. - Ep 6Judge Not11/10/91
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 wife. - Ep 5Lines of Excellence11/3/91
Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students. - Ep 4Thicker Than Water10/6/91
When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sheriff Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case. - Ep 3Unauthorized Obituary9/29/91
After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.moreless - Ep 2Night Fears9/22/91
Former policeman Wallace Evans, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder. - Ep 1Bite The Big Apple9/15/91
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 that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.moreless
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