MURDER SHE WROTE
Season 1 (1984-1985)
Episode # 1
Sep. 30--The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (pilot episode)
Synopsis: Jessica attends a costume party at
her
publisher's home where "Sherlock
Holmes" is murdered and Grady is arrested for the crime.
Episode # 2
Oct. 07--Deadly Lady
Synopsis: Four daughters claim their
multimillionaire
father was swept
overboard from his yacht during a hurricane.
Episode # 3
Oct. 14--Birds of a Feather
Synopsis: Jessica arrives in San Francisco for
a family
wedding only to
face the task of clearing the groom-to-be of murder charges.
Episode # 4
Oct. 28--Hooray for Homicide
Synopsis: Jessica is suspected of murdering a
movie
producer who wanted to turn her novel into a trashy film.
Episode # 5
Nov. 04--It's a Dog's Life
Guests: Dean
Jones, Lynn Redgrave
Synopsis: Jessica delves into two
investigations when both her cousin and
his daughter die mysteriously.
Episode # 6
Nov. 18--Lovers and Other Killers
Synopsis: Jessica sets out to prove her
secretary isn't a
murder suspect.
Episode # 7
Nov. 25--Hit, Run and Homicide
Synopsis: An eccentric inventor is accused of
murdering
his former partner.
Episode # 8
Dec. 09--We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the murder of an
amusement
park owner.
Episode # 9
Dec. 16--Death Takes a Curtain Call
Synopsis: A special night at the ballet turns
grisly when
Jessica
encounters murder.
Episode # 10
Dec. 30--Death Casts a Spell
Synopsis: A flamboyant hypnotist is murdered in
front of
several
journalists who are in a trance.
Episode # 11
Jan. 06--Capitol Offense
Synopsis: Blackmail and political intrigue
await Jessica
when she is
assigned to replace a deceased congressman in Washington, D.C.
Episode # 12
Jan. 13--Broadway Melady
Guests: Milton
Berle
Synopsis: A Broadway legend's
life is
threatened after her daughter
is seriously injured in a mugging.
Episode # 13
Feb. 03--Murder to a Jazz Beat
Synopsis: Jessica searches for clues when a famous
musician drops
dead onstage.
Episode # 14
Feb. 10--My Johnny Lies over the Ocean
Synopsis: Jessica's niece, recovering from her husband's
suicide, is terrorized
on a cruise.
Episode # 15
Feb. 17--Paint Me a Murder
Guests: Robert
Goulet, Cesar Romero
Synopsis: A famous artist's birthday
celebration ends tragically when
he is murdered at his island villa.
Episode # 16
Feb. 24--Tough Guys Don't Die
Synopsis: In doing research for her next book,
Jessica
hires a PI to investigate
a 25 year old unsolved murder case. The PI is murdered and in steps
Harry McGraw
to take his place and to help Jessica solve the case.
Episode #
17
Mar. 03--Sudden Death
Synopsis: Jessica must whittle down a list of
suspects
when the unpopular owner of a football team is found dead.
Episode # 18
Mar. 10--Footnote to Murder
Synopsis: Jessica sets out to clear the name of
a friend
who is a prime suspect
in a murder case.
Episode # 19
Mar. 17--Murder Takes the Bus
Synopsis: Jessica's bus trip to Portland,
Maine, takes a
dismal
turn when a passenger is murdered.
Episode # 20
Mar. 31--Armed Response
Synopsis: Jessica, hospitalized with a
fractured leg,
investigates
the murder of a fellow patient.
Episode # 21
Apr. 07--Murder at the Oasis
Guests: Joey Bishop
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the death of
her college roommate's husband.
Episode # 22
Apr. 21--Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Synopsis: While attending the funeral of her
late
husband's military buddy,
Jessica unravels the mystery behind another mourner's death.
Season
2
(1985-1986)
Episode # 23
Sep. 29--Widow Weep For Me
Synopsis: Jessica masquerades as a wealthy
widow at a
luxurious tropical
hotel in an effort to trap the murderer of her good friend.
Episode # 24
Oct. 06--Joshua Peabody Died Here-Possibly
Synopsis: A cheap tycoon with many enemies is
found dead
on the
construction site of his high-rise hotel.
Episode # 25
Oct. 13--Murder in the Afternoon
Synopsis: Jessica's niece, an actress in a
daytime drama,
becomes
a suspect when the head writer for the show is murdered.
Episode # 26
Oct. 20--School for Scandal
Guests: Polly
Bergen, June Lockhart, Roddy MCDowell
Synopsis:
Jessica's latest murder investigation ends with two innocent people
confessing to the crime.
Episode # 27
Oct. 27--Sing a Song of Murder
Synopsis: Jessica's cousin, a famous actress in
England,
calls for
help when she is a target for murder.
Episode # 28
Nov. 03--Reflections of the Mind
Synopsis: Jessica tries to discover who is
terrorizing
her wealthy friend.
Episode # 29
Nov. 10--A Lady in the Lake
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the drowning of
a
championship swimmer.
Episode # 30
Nov. 24--Dead Heat
Synopsis: Jessica is determined to prove that
her niece,
an aspiring
jockey, isn't responsible for the murder of a horse owner.
Episode # 31
Dec. 01--Jessica Behind Bars
Synopsis: Jessica races against time to find
the culprit
responsible for the
death of a prison doctor.
Episode # 32
Dec. 15--Sticks and Stones
Synopsis: Jessica attempts to uncover the
evidence that
links a land sale
to a murder.
Episode # 33
Dec. 29--Murder Digs Deep
Guests: Connie
Stevens, Robert Vaughn
Synopsis:
A New Mexico archaeological dig leads Jessica on the trail
of a murder.
Episode # 34
Jan. 05--Murder by Appointment Only
Guests: Robert
Culp, Jayne Meadows
Synopsis:
Jessica's former student gets entangled in a love triangle
that ends in murder.
Episode # 35
Jan. 12--Trial by Error
Guests: David
Ackroyd
Synopsis:
Jessica's stint as a juror leads to her investigation of a double
murder.
Episode # 36
Jan. 19--Keep the Home Fries Burning
Synopsis: Tainted strawberry preserves seem to
be the
cause of a woman's
death at a popular inn.
Episode # 37
Feb. 09--Powder Keg
Synopsis: An aspiring singer is unjustly
accused of
murdering his
girlfriend's brother.
Episode # 38
Feb. 16--Murder in the Electric Cathedral
Synopsis: Murder plays a part in the death of a
wealthy
woman who
leaves her fortune to an evangelist instead of her family.
Episode # 39
Feb. 23--One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
Synopsis: A famous actor's murder revolves
around a
woman's tragic past.
Episode # 40
Mar. 09--If a Body Meet a Body
Synopsis: Jessica takes on a baffling case when
two dead
bodies vanish
and then reappear.
Episode # 41
Mar. 30--Christopher Bundy-Died on Sunday
Synopsis: The ruthless owner of a periodical is
murdered.
Episode # 42
Apr. 06--Menace Anyone?
Synopsis: In Boston, Jessica is honorary
chairperson at a
charity tennis tournament. When two murders take place, Jessica has to
sift through
a maze of clues to find the truth and clear an innocent woman.
Episode # 43
Apr. 13--The Perfect Foil
Synopsis: The Mardi Gras in New Orleans turns
criminal
when Jessica's
distant cousin is charged with murder during the celebration.
Episode # 44
May. 18--If the Frame Fits
Guests: Audrey
Meadows
Synopsis:
Jessica works on solving two crimes: a string of art
thefts and a murder.
Season
3
(1986-1987)
Episode # 45a
Sep. 28--Death Stalks the Big Top-part one
Guests: Jackie Cooper
Synopsis:
Jessica goes to extreme lengths to clear her brother-inlaw,
a clown at an accident-plagued circus, when he is suspected of murder.
Episode # 45b
Oct. 05--Death Stalks the Big Top-part two
Synopsis: See Above...
Episode # 46
Oct. 12--Unfinished Business
Guests: Hayley Mills
Synopsis:
Ulterior motives prompt a retired lieutenant to open up an unsolved
murder case.
Episode # 47
Oct. 19--One White Rose for Death
Synopsis: A mysterious man involves Jessica in the
defection of two
European musicians and the murder of a British intelligence agent.
Episode # 48
Nov. 02--Corned Beef and Carnage
Synopsis: Jessica's niece is the top suspect when her
boss is murdered.
Episode # 49
Nov. 09--Dead Man's Gold
Synopsis: Murder interrupts a determined man's quest to
find buried treasure.
Episode # 50
Nov. 16--Deadline for Murder WATCHED
Synopsis: Jessica joins an old friend to investigate a
corrupt publisher's
unexpected death.
An Episode of Magnum PI
Nov. 21--Novel Connection
Guests: Tom Selleck
Synopsis: When mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher is brought in
to
investigate an assassin, Magnum is not pleased.
Episode # 51
Nov. 23--Magnum on Ice WATCHED
Guests: Tom Selleck
Synopsis: While in Hawaii at the request of a friend in trouble,
Jessica
attempts to uncover evidence that will clear Thomas Magnum of two
murder charges.
Episode # 52
Dec. 07--Obituary for a Dead Anchor
synopsis: Murder overshadows the taping of a TV interview
featuring
Jessica and Cabot Cove.
Episode # 53
Dec. 14--Stage Struck
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the death of an understudy
who dies
onstage during opening night.
Episode # 54
Jan. 04--Night of the Headless Horseman
Synopsis: The new poetry teacher in town, in order to
impress a girl, tells her that Jessica Fletcher is his mother.
When a local rival of his is found murdered, minus his head, the
teacher is blamed as his sword is found with blood on it.
Jessica must prove the innocense of her young friend.
Episode #55
Jan. 18--The Corpse Flew First Class
Synopsis: A London-bound plane is the setting for the
murder of an
heiress's bodyguard and the theft of a valuable necklace.
Episode # 56
Feb. 01--Crossed Up
Synopsis: Jessica overhears a telephone conversation
between two men
who are plotting a murder.
Episode #57
Feb. 08--Murder in a Minor Key
Synopsis: Jessica narrates her latest novel: the story of
three bright
graduate students who find themselves involved in plagiarism and murder.
Episode # 58
Feb. 15--The Bottom Line is Murder
Synopsis: Jessica's trip to Denver to appear on a
television book-review
program coincides with the murder of a controversial consumer activist.
Episode # 59
Feb. 22--Death Takes a Dive
Guests: Ernest Borgnine, Adam West
synopsis: Harry McGraw asks for Jessica's help in Boston. Harry
inherets
controlling interest in a boxer and needs money to get out from under a
loan shark.
When a crooked fight promoter is murdered, Harry is the number one
suspect and
it's up to Jessica to prove him innocent.
Episode # 60
Mar. 01--Simon Says, Color Me Dead
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the murder of one of Cabot
Cove's most
illustrious citizens, a world-famous artist.
Episode # 61
Mar. 15--No Laughing Matter
Guests: George Clooney, Buddy Hackett, Arte Jphnson, Steve
Lawrence
Synopsis: The father of the bride is stabbed in the back at an
engagement
party for the offspring of two feuding comics.
Episode # 62
Mar. 22--No Accounting for Murder
Guests: Dorothy lamour,
Synopsis: Jessica investigates when her nephew Grady, a junior
executive
for a large accounting firm, is charged with tax fraud and the murder
of his boss.
Episode # 63
Apr. 05--The Cemetery Vote
Synopsis: Political graft and gambling play important
roles in two murders.
Episode # 64
Apr. 19--The Days Dwindle Down
Synopsis: Jessica attempts to prove a man is innocent of
a murder that occured 30 years ago.
Episode # 65
May. 10--Murder She Spoke
Synopsis: A murder occurs while Jessica is recording one
of her novels
for the Mystery Books for the Blind series.
Season 4 (1988-1989)
Episode # 66
Sep. 20--A Fashionable Way to Die
Guests: Juliet Prowse
Synopsis: Murder is around the corner when Jessica travels to
Paris
to attend the premiere of an old friend's fashion collection.
Episode # 67
Sep. 27--When Thieves Fall Out
Synopsis: A retiring high-school coach and a mysterious
stranger
provide Jessica with new leads in a 20-year-old case.
Episode # 68
Oct. 04--Witness for the Defense
Synopsis: Jessica travels to Canada to testify at the
trial of a colleague
accused of murdering his wife.
Episode # 69
Oct. 11--Old Habits Die Hard
Synopsis: The investigation of an elderly nun's apparent
suicide reveals long-hidden
secrets during Jessica's reunion with an old friend, now a Mother
Superior.
Episode # 70
Oct. 25--The Way to Dusty Death
Synopsis: Murder is on the agenda when top executives and
their wives meet at a powerful
tycoon's estate.
Episode # 71
Nov. 01--It Runs in the Family
Synopsis: Angela Lansbury reprises her role as Jessica's
British cousin Emma MacGill,
who is charged with an old flame's murder.
Episode # 72
Nov. 08--If it's Thursday, It Must be Beverly
Synopsis: Jessica helps Sheriff Tupper when his seemingly
harmless deputy is accused of murder.
Episode # 73
Nov. 15--Steal Me a Story
Synopsis: In Los Angeles to promote her new novel,
Jessica learns her latest mystery
has been appropriated by an unscrupulos Hollywood producer.
Episode # 74
Nov. 22--Trouble in Eden
Synopsis: Jessica's friend is hit by a car shortly after
being notified of her sister's death.
Episode # 75
Nov. 29--Indian Giver
Synopsis: The descendant of an American Indian tribe that
once lived in the Cabot Cove
area brandishes a land grant that seems to prove his claim to the
territory.
Episode # 76
Dec. 13--Doom With a View
Guests: Janet Leigh
Synopsis: Jessica's nephew, Grady, is a suspect when their stay
at a luxury hotel is
interrupted by murder.
Episode # 77
Jan. 03--Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Synopsis: Shortly after Sheriff Tupper's sister leaves
her husband and seeks refuge in Cabot Cove, a murder occurs.
Episode # 78
Jan. 24--Harbinger of Death
Guests: Dean Jones
Synopsis: An unhappy wife, a government official, a lovesick
assistant and a self-centered
astronomer are suspects in the murder of a young executive.
Episode # 79
Feb. 07--Curse of the Daanu
Synopsis: A man (Seth's brother) presents his new wife
with a priceless cursed ruby, but he is later found strangled,
with the gem missing.
Episode # 80
Feb. 14--Mourning Among the Wisterias
Guests: Frank Gorshin
Synopsis: When Jessica visits a celebrated playwright friend,
she encounters murder
and an unexpected marriage proposal.
Episode # 81
Feb. 21--Murder Through the Looking Glass
Synopsis: Jessica hears the confession of a dying hit man
who has just completed an
assignment, only to find the victim isn't dead.
Episode # 82
Feb. 28--A Very Good Year for Murder
Synopsis: A vintner's heirs become suspects when a body
is found in a wine cellar.
Episode # 83
Mar. 13--Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Synopsis: Arguments over a piece of historic Cabot Cove
property lead to murder.
Episode # 84
Mar. 27--Just Another Fish Story
Guests: Sonny Bono
Synopsis: Jessica invests in a trendy New York restaurant where
murder is apparently
on the menu.
Episode # 85
Apr. 10--Showdown in Saskatchewan
Synopsis: Jessica travels to Canada to visit her niece
and winds up investigating a murder on the rodeo circuit.
Episode # 86
May. 01--Deadpan
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the murder of a drama
critic who reviewed a play based
on one of her novels.
Episode # 87
May. 08--The Body Politic
Guests: Eddie Albert, Shirley Jones
Synopsis: Jessica is caught in a game of deadly
politics when a
close friend's campaign
is threatened by scandal.
Season 5 (1987-1988)
Episode
# 88
Oct. 23--JB as in JailBird
Synopsis: When Jessica is arrested for murder,
secret
agent Michael Haggerty and her nephew
Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real
killer.
Episode # 89
Oct. 30--A Little Night Work
Synopsis: While at a swank fund-raiser in New York, a
mysterious stranger turns
up on Jessica's balcony. The next day she finds out a murder took place
in the
room directly above hers. With suspects galore, Jessica sets out to
prove her
mysterious stranger innocent of the crime. Keith Mitchell appears as
Dennis Stanton.
Episode # 90
Nov. 06--Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Synopsis: Mort Metzger takes Amos Tupper's place as
Sheriff of Cabot Cove.
His first mystery is investigating a corpse (Mr. Penroy) found in the
garden of two old
spinsters boarding house. With Jessica's help the crooks don't stand a
chance.
Episode # 91
Nov. 13--Snow White, Blood Red
Synopsis: A jealous husband, an angry wife, a frustrated
agent and a lodge full of competitors are suspects in a champion
skier's death.
Episode # 92
Nov. 20--Coal Miner's Slaughter
Guests: Chuck Connors
Synopsis: Jessica goes to West Virginia to bail out a former
student who
has been arrested for murder as the murder weapon was found in her car.
The unfriendly town hinders Jessica's investigation for clues.
Episode # 93
Nov. 27--Wearing of the Green
Synopsis: While doing research for her next book, Jessica
visits a New York jewelry store.
While there, an explosion occurs and the fabled Queen of Tara diamond
tiara turns
up missing. The trail of the theft leads in many directions. Lucie
Arnez and Patricia
McCormack do a spoof of Cagney & Lacey in this episode.
Episode # 94
Dec. 18--The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
Guests: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Synopsis: An old war plane,a C97 used during the Korean war,
surfaces with a dead
body found aboard. Jessica's deceased husband was part of the military
crew aboard the plane. Now
the authorities are trying to find the killer and evidence points to
Frank Fletcher.
Jessica, along with many of Franks military friends, is searching for
clues to
prove Frank was innocent of the crime.
Episode # 95
Jan. 01--Prediction: Murder
Synopsis: Jessica visits long-time friend Lee, at his
ranch in Arizona,
At a barbecue, a psychic entertains the group and his predictions start
to come true. A kidnapping and a murder have Jessica helping her old
friend
eliminate suspects.
Episode # 96
Jan. 08--Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Guests: Gale Storm
Synopsis: At Grady and Donna's wedding the maid turns up dead
with a meat
thermometer in her back. Jessica must clear up the mystery so that the
wedding
can take place.
Episode # 97
Jan. 15--Weave a Tangled Web
Synopsis: Jessica discovers that one of Cabot Coves
prominent female residents is a bigamist. When she is seen at the scene
of a murder, an arrest is made and the truth must come out about her
two husbands.
An investigation is then launched to find the real killer.
Episode # 98
Feb. 05--The Search for Peter Kerry
Synopsis: Jessica attends a funeral in New York of a
long-time friend, who
had spent the past few years searching for her missing son. While in
town, Jessica
has dinner with the son's old roommate. At dinner the roommate hears a
song he
knows was written by the missing son. This launches a search to find
the answers
to several mysteries.
Episode # 99
Feb. 12--Smooth Operators
Synopsis: Jessica discovers corrupt physicians while
investigating the death
of a wino. To help with the case is Lieutenant Timothy Hanratty, one of
Manhattans best.
Episode # 100
Feb. 19--Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
Synopsis: A sighting of the ghost of a Pilgrim woman
accused of witchcraft forshadows a
Cabot Cove murder.
Episode # 101
Feb. 26--From Russia with Blood
Synopsis: Jessica is accused of espionage while attending
a writers conference in Moscow.
Episode # 102
Mar. 12--Alma Murder
Guests: E.G. Marshall,Dinah Shore
Synopsis: Jessica learns that an old college professor has
admitted to murder
and has been jailed. She travels to New Hampshire to get the facts to
clear his name.
Episode # 103
Apr. 02--Truck Stop
Synopsis: Jessica and her screenwriter are stranded near
a dilapidated desert motel and diner when their car breaks down.
Having to stay the night, they witness much tension and an ultimate
death takes place. Complicated
plot twists done in film noir makes Jessica a perfect gumshoe
for the case.
Episode # 104
Apr. 09--The Sins of Castle Cove
Synopsis: The town is buzzing over a new book about Cabot
Cove.
Supposedly fiction, about a town called Castle Cove, it has more than
one person worried that the wrong prople will read the book.
When a murder takes place, everyone looks to the book for answers to
who the killer might
be. Jessice has to sort out fact from fiction to solve the crime.
Episode # 105
Apr. 16--Trevor Hudson's Legacy
Synopsis: Jessica recommends a young writer to help edit
a dying
mans notes for his final book. When Jessica visits, she finds the young
writer in
a distressed state. The notes are mere ramblings. When the young writer
is found
dead in the library, Jessica sets out to find his killer.
Episode # 106
Apr. 30--Double Exposure
Synopsis: While in Boston, Jessica runs into an old
friend who denies knowing her. This leaves Jessica very puzzled. She
calls his wife in Chicago and
she states that her huband died a few weeks earlier. Jessica gets her
old friend Harry McGraw to help her sort out the mystery.
Episode # 107
May. 07--Three Strikes, You're Out
Synopsis: Jessica visits her baseball player nephew,
Johnny, in
Arizona. When a TV pre-game hostess is
murdered, Johnny's friend is the prime suspect. Jessica, feeling him
innocent, sets out to prove that someone else did the crime.
Episode # 108a
May. 14--Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall: Part One
Synopsis: A fading mystery writer, who is jealous of
Jessica's continued
success, becomes a prime murder suspect.
Episode # 108b
May. 21--Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall: Part Two
Synopsis: See Above!
Season 6 (1989-1990)
Episode # 109
Sep. 24--Appointment in Athens
Synopsis: While in Athens, Michael Haggerty talks Jessica
into posing as a
rich lumber heiress to help save a fellow M16 agent that has been
kidnapped.
When a murdered woman is found in Jessica's hotel room, Jessica is
under suspician and ordered
not to leave town. Jessica sets out to clear her name.
Episode # 110
Oct. 01--Seal of the Confessional
Synopsis: A young priest faces a moral dilemma when a
parishioner confesses to a murder
and an innocent man is charged with the crime.
Episode # 111
Oct. 08--The Grand Old Lady
Guests: Robert Vaughn
Synopsis: The death of a legendary mystery writer prompts
Jessica to recount a 1947 murder
aboard the Queen Mary.
Episode # 112
Oct. 15--The Error of Her Ways
Synopsis: The puzzling suicide of a woman who has been
charged with her husband's murder
prompts Jessica to question her guilt.
Episode # 113
Oct. 29--Jack and Bill
Synopsis: When Jessica's private-eye friend agrees to
dog-sit, he finds himself involved in
murder and an attempted assassination.
Episode # 114
Nov. 05--Dead Letter
Synopsis: An undelivered letter that Jessica finds in an
antique bureau unleashes arson
and murder.
Episode # 115
Nov. 12--Night of the Tarantula
Synopsis: While visiting a friend in Jamaica, Jessica
encounters voodoo and black magic
when a family celebration is marred by murder.
Episode # 116
Nov. 19--When the Fat Lady Sings
Synopsis: Jessica becomes involved in a double-murder
investigation when she attends
an opera opening with old friend Dennis Stanton in San Francisco.
Episode # 117
Nov. 26--Test of Wills
Synopsis: Jessica is invited to visit the island retreat
of a millionaire who
believes his life is in danger.
Episode # 118
Dec. 03--Class Act
Synopsis: A Los Angeles homicide detective confronts a
baffling murder case with political
overtones which places his career in jeopardy.
Episode # 119
Dec. 17--Town Father
n town claiming
Cabot Cove's bachelor mayor is the father of her five children.
Episode # 120
Jan. 07--Goodbye Charlie
Synopsis: The questionable identity of a body found by a
railroad track leads to
murder and becomes the inspiration for Jessica's latest novel.
Episode # 121
Jan. 21--If the Shoe Fits
Synopsis: Jessica comes to the defense of a Cabot Cove
newcomer who is suspected in the murder
of the town lecher.
Episode # 122
Feb. 04--How to Make a Killing Without Really Tryiing
Guests: Barry Van Dyke
Synopsis: Jessica enters the world of high finance when she
attempts to solve the murder
of her stockbroker, a partner in a prestigious Wall Street firm.
Episode # 123
Feb. 11--The fixer-Upper
Synopsis: While in California, Jessica is reunited with
her niece, Victoria, a real estate
broker who becomes a suspect when a wealthy client is murdered.
Episode # 124
Feb. 25--The Big Show of 1965
Guests: Anne Francis, Connie Stevens
Synopsis: Jessica attends a variety-show reunion to research a
25-year-old unsolved murder case.
Episode # 125
Mar. 04--Murder - Accordiing to Maggie
Synopsis: Jessica's former student, creater of a highly
rated television series,
becomes a suspect when the network programmer is murdered.
Episode # 126
Mar. 25--O'Malley's Luck
Synopsis: Jessica's old friend, NYPD Detective Lt.
O'Malley, investigates the suspicious suicide
of a wealthy New York developer's wife.
Episode # 127
Apr. 06--Always a Thief
Synopsis: Charming jewel thief Dennis Stanton, now an
insurance investigator, becomes involved in two murders while checking
into the theft of a valuable silver dollar.
Episode # 128
Apr. 29--Shear Madness
Guests: Shirley Jones
Synopsis: While Jessica is in Texas to attend her cousin Ann's
wedding, the bridegroom is murdered, as
was Ann's first fince 15 years earlier.
Episode # 129
May 16--The Szechuan Dragon
Synopsis: Jessica's nephew Grady and his wife Donna enjoy
housesitting in Cabot Cove
until they discover the body of a peg-legged murder victim on the
living room floor.
Episode # 130
May. 20--The Sicilian
Synopsis: While on a case in Sicily, British intelligence
agent Michael Haggerty becomes involved with a widow
who is under the wathcful eye of volatile in-laws.
Season 7 (1990-1991)
Episode # 131
Sep. 16--Trials and Tribulations
Synopsis: Jessica is accused of bribery and false
testimony by the daughter of a convicted
murderer who is killed in an attempted jailbreak.
Episode # 132
Sep. 23--Deadly Misunderstanding
Synopsis: When Jessica suffers a broken arm, she hires a
typist to meet her deadline, but first she must clear the woman of a
murder charge.
Episode # 133
Sep. 30--See You in Court, Baby
Synopsis: A contested divorce settlement involves
insurance investigator Dennis Stanton
in a complex inquiry into a wealthy attorney's murder.
Episode # 134
Oct. 28--Hannigan's Wake
Guests: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Synopsis: Jessica searches for the truth surrounding a
16-year-old murder case at the
request of a dying Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Episode # 135
Nov. 04--The Family Jewels
Synopsis: A murder during a political fund-raiser for
Jessica's old friend
reveals a wealthy woman's colorful past.
Episode # 136
Nov. 11--A Body to Die For
Guests: Sally Struthers
Synopsis: A physical-fitness instructor who has captivated Cabot
Cove's female population
is linked to the murder of a con artist.
Episode # 137
Nov. 18--The Return of Preston Giles
Synopsis: Jessica's first publisher, imprisoned for
murder, is paroled and requires her help
when he is suspected of a similar crime.
Episode # 138
Nov. 25--The Great Twain Robbery
Synopsis: Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton becomes
suspicious when a shady former
associate produces a manuscript attributed to Mark Twain.
Episode # 139
Dec. 02--Ballad for a Blue Lady
Synopsis: While in Nashville, Tenn., visiting a country
singer, Jessica discovers a web
of infidelity and greed that leads to murder.
Episode # 140
Dec. 16--Murder in F Sharp
Guests: Patricia Neal
Synopsis: Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton confronts murder
and arson while on a case
involving a famous pianist.
Episode # 141
Jan. 06--Family Doctor
Synopsis: Jessica investigates a mob hit when Seth is
asked to help a crime boss
shot at a Boston restaurant.
Episode # 142
Jan. 20--Suspicion of Murder
Synopsis: Reformed jewel thief Dennis Stanton becomes a
murder suspect when the estranged
husband of an old flame is found dead.
Episode # 143
Feb. 03--Moving Violation
Synopsis: Jessica attempts to clear Sheriff Metzger when
he arrests the son of an
ambassador and is later accused of his murder.
Episode # 144
Feb. 10--Who Killed J.B. Fletcher
Synopsis: A member of Jessica's fan club mysteriously
dies while impersonating her
to investigate cheating at a dog show.
Episode # 145
Feb. 17--The Taxman Cometh
Synopsis: Jessica is in Missouri this time visiting her
old class mate, Edna.
Edna owns a company "Edna's Baked Goods" and is being audited by the
IRS, and
getting a divorce as well. To make matters worse, a killing in the area
has
the finger pointing to Edna. Jessica must add her expertise to find the
truth.
Episode # 146
Feb. 24--From the Horse's Mouth
Synopsis: Jessica and detective Harry McGraw investigate
the murder of a Thoroughbred
whose prize horse has sired two unplanned foals.
Episode # 147
Mar. 10--The Prodigal Father
Synopsis: Jessica probes the murder of her neighbor's
long-lost father, a suspected
bank robber thought to be already dead.
Episode # 148
Mar. 17--Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy
Synopsis: Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton becomes
involved in a murder case while
delving into the disappearance of a shy ventriloquist's dummy.
Episode # 149
Apr. 07--Thursday's Child
Synopsis: A woman seeks Jessica's help in clearing her
son, whom she claims was fathered
by Jessica's late husband.
Episode # 150
Apr. 28--Murder, Plain and Simple
Synopsis: While traveling with her publisher's assistant
in Amish country, Jessica's
involvement in a traffic mishap leads her to murder.
Episode # 151
May. 05--Tainted Lady
Synopsis: Jessica comes to the aid of a small-town
diner's owner who becomes an outcast when she is blamed
for three arsenic poisoning deaths.
Episode # 152
May. 12--The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
Synopsis: A writer asks Jessica to critique his latest
work, an expose of a real-life
kidnapping, which results in a murder.
Season 8 (1991-1992)
Episode # 153
Sep. 15--Bite the Big Apple
Synopsis: When Jessica rents a New York apartment to
accommodate her new college teaching position, she discovers the
previous tenant has been murdered.
Episode # 154
Sep. 22--Night Fears
Synopsis: A policeman-turned-professor challenges Jessica
to solve a series of campus
muggings that soon escalates to murder.
Episode # 155
Sep. 29--Unauthorized Obituary
Synopsis: Jessica aids an old friend who is suspected of
killing an author who had
planned to write an unauthorized biography of his famous wife.
Episode # 156
Oct. 06--Thicker Than Water
Synopsis: Sheriff Metzger asks Jessica to help him keep
his perspective when his
troublesome younger brother is suspected of murdering his employer.
Episode # 157
Nov. 03--Lines of Excellence
Synopsis: Jessica accidentally discovers a case of
computer tapping which leads to
murder when she trades in her manual typewriter for a computer.
Episode # 158
Nov. 10--Judge Not
Synopsis: Jessica attends the New Orleans funeral of a
jazz musician and attempts to solve
a 20 year-old murder that is haunting his family.
Episode # 159
Nov. 17--Terminal Connection
Synopsis: Jessica attempts to prove a battered wife
innocent of killing her husband after failing to convince the woman to
defend herself.
Episode # 160
Nov. 24--A Killing in Las Vegas
Synopsis: While attending a Las Vegas convention, Jessica
becomes involved when the boyfriend of her editor's daughter becomes a
murder suspect.
Episode # 161
Dec. 01--The Committee
Synopsis: After Jessica speaks at an exclusive men's
club, they ask her to investigate
when one of their members is murdered and they are all suspects.
Episode # 162
Dec. 15--The List of Uri Lermentov
Synopsis: While in Washington, Jessica awakens in her
hotel to discover her room has been
ransacked and a KGB agent is lying dead on the floor.
Episode # 163
Jan. 05--Danse Diabolique
Synopsis: Jessica is convinced that a ballerina who died
during her premiere performance
in a new ballet was actually murdered.
Episode # 164
Jan. 12--The Witch's Curse
Guests: David Ackroyd, Robert Vaughn
Synopsis: When a Cabot Cove newcomer is accused of being a witch
and perpetrating several
crimes, Jessica is the only citizen who doesn't suspect her.
Episode # 165
Jan. 19--Incident in Lot 7
Synopsis: Jessica travels to Hollywood to discuss the
film version of her latest novel
and discovers the producer dead on the set of "Psycho."
Episode # 166
Feb. 02--The Monte Carlo Murders
Synopsis: While visiting an old friend who runs a Monte
Carlo hotel, Jessica investigates
the murder of a ruthless businessman with numerous enemies.
Episode # 167
Mar. 01--Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
Synopsis: While in London, Jessica becomes involved in a
murder cover-up by the British Intelligence
Agency when she happens upon a disappearing corpse.
Episode # 168
Mar. 08--Ever After
Synopsis: A daytime television actress involves both
Jessica and her on-screen lover in the
murder of her new millionaire husband.
Episode # 169
Mar. 15--To the Last Will I Grapple With Thee
Synopsis: Jessica suspects a setup when her Irish
colleague is charged with murdering his
longtime nemesis, who is killed shortly after moving to the United
States.
Episode # 170
Apr. 05--Programmed For Murder
Synopsis: Jessica tries to clear Dr. Hazlitt after he is
threatened with a possible malpractice
suit when the owner of Cabot Cove's computer company dies.
Episode # 171
Apr. 26--Day of the Dead
Synopsis: While in Mexico City, Jessica researches two
crimes when a mask stolen from the National Museum is found on the face
of a murder victim.
Episode # 172
May. 03--Angel of Death
Synopsis: Jessica consoles a playwright after his wife's
suicide, then realizes that he
was the intended victim of a family member's murder.
Episode # 173
May. 10--Badge of Honor
Synopsis: Jessica becomes involved when Seth's former
Army buddy arrives in Cabot Cove
and is accused of murdering his new employer.
Episode # 174
May. 17--Murder on Madison Avenue
Synopsis: Jessica designs a murder-mystery board game for
a toy company, but suspends her
plans when the organization's vice president is found murdered.
Season 9 (1992-1993)
Episode # 175
Sep. 20--Murder in Milan
Guests: Cesar Romero
Synopsis: While in Italy attending the premiere of a film
adapted from one of her books,
Jessica searches for the killer when the producer is murdered.
Episode # 176
Sep. 27--Family Secrets
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 177
Oct. 04--The Mole
Synopsis: The police refuse to believe Jessica when she
is mistaken for a government
informant and kidnapped by the town's most respected citizen.
Episode # 178
Nov. 01--The wind Around the Tower
Synopsis: While in Ireland researching a book, Jessica
and a retired police officer encounter a mysterious death which is
linked to a local legend.
Episode # 179
Nov. 15--The Dead File
Synopsis: Jessica is threatened with lawsuits after she
is depicted in a newspaper comic
strip accusing some of Manhattan's leading citizens of crimes.
Episode # 180
Nov. 22--Night of the Coyote
Synopsis: Jessica helps the sheriff of an old Western
town solve a murder that is connected
to a legendary stagecoach robber's long-lost treasure.
Episode # 181
Nov. 29--Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice
Guests: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Synopsis: Michael Haggerty's son-to-be son-in-law is involved in
a
merger with a Hong Kong financial institution operated by drug lords
and arms
smugglers. When Michael is found standing over the dead body of his
soon-to-be
son-in-law, he is accused of the murder. Jessica knows better and helps
Michael
prove he is innocent.
Episode # 182
Dec. 06--The Classic Murder
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the mysterious
disappearance of her editor's millionaire
father along with $150 million from his corporate account.
Episode # 183
Dec. 13--A Christmas Secret
Synopsis: Jessica uncovers embezzlement and blackmail
after a Cabot Cove newcomer
is suspected of shooting a woman at the local Christmas celebration.
Episode # 184
Jan. 03--The Sound of Murder
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 185
Jan. 10--Final Curtain
Synopsis: The community center of Cabot Cove is getting
ready to produce an
pre-off Broadway play with retired actor, David North at the helm. What
follows is interupted rehearsals and a murder in town. The search is
then on for
clues to the murder.
Episode # 186
Jan. 17--Double Jeopardy
Synopsis: Jessica agrees to teach a mystery writing class
at a Catholic
church in an ethically mixed neighborhood. In the confessional, poison
spray is
used to murder its occupant. Jessica realizes she had discussed poisons
in her
class and had mentioned a book called "The Toxic Handbook." Who checked
out the book? Off Jessica goes in search of the facts.
Episode # 187
Feb. 07--Dead Eye
Synopsis: Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy
assasination are all
part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve her current case.
Episode # 188
Feb. 14--Killer Radio
Synopsis: While on a book tour, Jessica agrees to guest
on a local radio talk
show that has fueding co-owners. Jessica gets the last word in when she
is interviewed
by a "Howard Stern" type interviewer. When a murder takes place Jessica
helps
sort out the tangled webs of confusion to bring the killer to justice.
Episode # 189
Feb. 21--The Petrified Florist
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 190
Feb. 28--Threshold of Fear
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 191
Mar. 07--The Big Kill
Synopsis: Two murders result when the CEO of Cabot Cove
defense
corporation tries to save his company by illegally selling leftover
components.
Episode # 192
Mar. 21--Dead to Rights
Synopsis: Jessica agrees to help clear a former research
assistant of killing
her new employer, despite the fact that the woman is a pathological
liar.
Episode # 193
Apr. 04--Lone Witness
Synopsis: Jessica helps solve the murder of a Cabot Cove
neighbor when
the only witness, a local delivery boy she has befriended, becomes the
prime suspect.
Episode # 194
May. 02--Ship of Thieves
Synopsis: While on a cruise, Jessica helps an old friend,
now a ship's security
chief, investigate when a woman is found dead in the cargo area.
Episode # 195
May. 09--The Survivor
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 196
May. 16--Love's Deadly Desire
Synopsis: Jessica investigates the murder of a visiting
romance novelist's
assistant, who was having an affair with the writer's publisher husband.
Season
10
(1993-1994)
Episode # 197
Sep. 12--A Death in Hong Kong
Synopsis: Jessica's trip to Hong Kong is interrupted by
the murder of
an American businessman negotiating a merger with a Chinese tycoon.
Episode # 198
Sep. 26--For Whom the Ball Tolls
Synopsis: When Jessica aggrees to help preserve a
historic brownstone,
she winds up trying to clear her editor of the murder of an opposing
developer.
Episode # 199
Oct. 03--The Legacy of Borbey House
Synopsis: A stranger obsessed with restoring a Cabot Cove
landmark
is killed after he is suspected of being a vampire.
Episode # 200
Oct. 24--The Phantom Killer
Synopsis: Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young
reporter when
he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.
Episode # 201
Oct. 31--A Virtual Murder
Synopsis: Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a
murder while
writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game compant.
Episode # 202
Nov. 07--Bloodiness
Guests: Mickey Rooney
Synopsis: Jessica's research on a new novel uncovers an unlikely
suspect in the murder of a good friend.
Episode # 203
Nov. 21--A Killing in Cork
Synopsis: While visiting Ireland, Jessica searches for
clues when a
widowed friend's son is suspected of killing an American relative.
Episode # 204
Nov. 28--Love and Hate in Cabot Cove
Synopsis: Jessica returns to Cabot Cove to discover why
her accountant
is not paying her bills.
Episode # 205
Dec. 05--Murder at a Discount
Synopsis: One of Jessica's best-selling mysteries makes
her the target
of a lawsuit by a man who was tried and acquited for murder.
Episode # 206
Dec. 19--Murder in White
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 207
Jan. 02--Northern Explosion
Synopsis: While stranded in a small Canadian town,
Jessica helps the
Mounties solve two local murders.
Episode # 208
Jan. 09--Proof in the Pudding
Synopsis: Jessica discovers clues to a puzzling murder
when she is a
guest star on a friend's television cooking show.
Episode # 209
Jan. 16--Portrait of Death
Synopsis: Jessica comes to the rescue when a friend's
sculpture is used as a murder weapon.
Episode # 210
Jan. 23--Deadly Assets
Synopsis: Jessica attempts to clear the name of a Cabot
Cove fisherman
who is suspected of murdering a Chicago hit man.
Episode # 211
Feb. 06--Murder on the Thirtieth Floor
Synopsis: Jessica refuses to believe that the editor of
her latest
book has committed suicide and is determined to find out the truth.
Episode # 212
Mar. 06--Time to Die
Synopsis: Infrared cameras seem to prove Jessica's
writing student
is guilty of killing his abusive stepfather.
Episode # 213
Mar. 13--The Dying Game
Synopsis: Financial problems lead to a double murder at a
Larkin department
store, forcing Jessica to prove the innocence of a friend.
Episode # 214
Mar. 27--The Trouble with Seth
Synopsis: Jessica searches for Dr. Seth Hazlitt when he
suddenly
disappears and fresh bloodstains in his office indicate foul play.
Episode # 215
May. 01--Roadkill
Synopsis: In Texas, Jessica attempts to help the owner of
a small
trucking company clear his son of a murder charge.
Episode # 216
May. 15--A Murderous Muse
Synopsis: Jessica searches for a motive when a legendary
maestro, who is
about to lose control of his protege, is found murdered.
Episode # 217
May. 22--Wheel of Death
Synopsis: The arrival of a traveling carnival in Cabot
Cove coincides with
a rash of burglaries and the murder of the troupe's owner.
Season 11 (1994-1995)
Episode # 218
Sep. 25--A Nest of Vipers
Synopsis: While researching her newest novel at a
California zoo,
Jessica finds herself in the middle of a murder involving a black mamba
snake.
Episode # 219
Oct. 02--Amsterdam Kill
Synopsis: Jessica's investigation of a novelist's
kidnapping leads her into
the dark world of diamond smuggling and murder.
Episode # 220
Oct. 09--To Kill a Legend
Synopsis: Jessica accidentally discovers a letter from
George
Washington that leads to a hero's disgrace and a director's murder.
Episode # 221
Oct. 16--Death in Hawaii
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 222
Oct. 23--Dear Deadly
Synopsis: When a newspaper columnist becomes the target
of a crazed
gunman, Jessica's advice to be careful goes unheeded.
Episode # 223
Nov. 06--The Murder Channel
Synopsis: Jessica discovers her neighbor has
been
inadvertently hooked
up to a surveillance system and witnesses a murder.
Episode # 224
Nov. 13--Fatal Paradise
Synopsis: Jessica feels responsible after she helps a
couple run off
together, and one of them turns up dead.
Episode # 225
Nov. 20--Crimson Harvest
Synopsis: The mysterious deaths of a winery matriarch's
son and a rival
vintner lead Jessica into a world of greed and betrayal.
Episode # 226
Nov. 27--Murder by Twos
Synopsis: Jessica searches for a link between the town
bully's death and
the death of the woman he was having an affair with.
Episode # 227
Dec. 04--Murder of the Month Club
Synopsis: The taping of an infomercial by Jessica and two
fellow
novelists is plagued by problems including the mysterious death of an
audience member.
Episode # 228
Dec. 11--An Egg to Die For
Synopsis: Jessica helps a Russian police officer capture
the
elusive mastermind behind the theft of a Faberge egg.
Episode # 229
Jan. 08--The Scent of Murder
Synopsis: The pervasive stench of death looms over
Jessica and Seth's
visit to his cousin's South Carolina plantation.
Episode # 230
Jan. 22--Death 'N Denial
Synopsis: Jessica takes a trip to Egypt to finalize a
cultural exchange
program and ends up searching for a killer and a stolen artifact.
Episode # 231
Feb. 05--Murder in High 'C'
Synopsis: An opera singer tries to make her debut before
a stalker can
fulfill his promise to kill her.
Episode # 232
Feb. 12--Twice Dead
Synopsis: Jessica tracks the killer of a Nobel
Prize-winning biophysicist
who had previously felt the need to fake his own death.
Episode # 233
Feb. 19--Film Flam
Synopsis: Homicide haunts the release of a restored
movie, and Jessica
investigates the current crime and the 1960 murder that prevented the
original release.
Episode # 234
Feb. 26--Murder a la Mode
Synopsis: Jessica's excursion into the world of the
fashion elite in Paris
leads to murder, seamy sweatshops and smugglers.
Episode # 235
Mar. 19--The Dream Team
Synopsis: A plan to develop Cabot Cove ends badly when
the chief financial investor's
wife takes a nose dive into the bay.
Episode # 236
Apr. 30--School for Murder
Synopsis: When a professor is murdered after failing in
"humanity,"
Jessica teaches a lesson in the truth.
Episode # 237
May. 07--Another Killing in Cork
Synopsis: While on vacation in Ireland, Jessica fishes
for a killer
after a tourist is found floating in a wishing well.
Episode # 238
May. 14--Game, Set, Murder
Synopsis: Jessica discovers "love" is not the game of the
day when a
tennis pro's overbearing father is murdered.
Season 12 (1995-1996)
Episode # 239
Sep. 21--Nailed
Synopsis: Jessica uses her head to weave through the
makeup and
hairspray concealing the murderer of a financier at a beauty salon.
Episode # 240
Sep. 28--A Quaking in Aspen
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 241
Oct. 05--The Secret of Gila Junction
Synopsis: While visiting a friend in Arizona, a green
sheriff
asks Jessica for her help investigating a murder
that followed the discovery of a stash of cash.
Episode # 242
Oct. 12--Big Easy Murder
Synopsis: A research trip to New Orleans plunges Jessica
into the world of
the occult, when a businessman dies, and a voodoo doll is evidence.
Episode # 243
Oct. 19--Home Care
Synopsis: Jessica immerses herself in the medical
profession when a young
nurse is accused of murdering two patients to whom she was providing
home care.
Episode # 244a
Nov. 02--Nan's Ghost: Part One
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 244b
Nov. 09--Nan's Ghost: Part Two
Synopsis: See Above...
Episode # 245
Nov. 16--Shooting in Rome
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 246
Nov. 23--Deadly Bidding
Synopsis: Charlie Garrett's outrageous bid at an auction
arouses
Jessica's suspicions, after the artist becomes the subject of a
homicide photographer.
Episode # 247
Nov. 30--Frozen Stiff
Synopsis: When Jessica arrives at an ice cream company to
get a check for
charity, the funds have melted and the company's co-founder is iced.
Episode # 248
Dec. 14--Unwilling Witness
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 249
Jan. 04--Kendo Kill
Synopsis: Jessica's delivery to a motorcycle racer in
Japan speeds up
a series of events that result in the death of another racer.
Episode # 250
Jan. 07--Death Goes Double Platinum
Synopsis: Jessica must investigate after the Latin beat
of a new band
drowns out the last dying gasp of a petty thug.
Episode # 251
Jan. 11--Murder in Tempo
Synopsis: Seth Hazlitt's benefit concert to save the
woods near Cabot
Cove is endangered when the lead singer is permanently silenced.
Episode # 252
Feb. 01--The Dark Side of the Door
Synopsis: When the police are reluctant to become
involved, Jessica
links a recent murder, a possible suicide and an 11-year-old kidnapping.
Episode # 253
Feb. 08--Murder Among Friends
Synopsis: When the producer of a hit twenty-something
series is murdered,
Jessica does some directing of her own.
Episode # 254
Feb. 15--Something Foul in Flappieville
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 255
Feb. 25--Track of a Soldier
Synopsis: A vacation in the Grand Tetons turns into work
when the man
threatening Jessica's host with blackmail is murdered.
Episode # 256
Mar. 28--Evidence of Malice
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 257
Apr. 04--Southern Double-Cross
Synopsis: Jessica travels to Australia to prove that she
is the rightful
heir to 130,000 acres of grazing land, but her arrival results in two
murders.
Episode # 258
Apr. 28--Race to Death
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 259
May. 05--What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 260
May. 12--Mrs. Parker's Revenge
Synopsis: 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.
Episode # 261
May. 19--Death by Demographics
Synopsis: A hot-shot San Francisco radio promoter is
murdered after changing
the format from classical music to hard rock.
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