Murder, She Wrote

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Murder, She WroteMystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher - a down-to-earth, middle-aged widow - ferrets out the criminals in idyllic Cabot Cove, Maine, which apparently is the murder capital of the United States for the show's 12-season run. Though while traveling, she uncovers a fair number of killers as well.
S4, EP15 "Mourning Among the Wisterias"When Jessica visits a celebrated playwright friend, she encounters murder and an unexpected marriage proposal.
S4, EP16 "Murder Through the Looking Glass"Jessica hears the confession of a dying hit man who has just completed an assignment, only to find the victim isn't dead.
S3, EP13 "Crossed Up"While bedridden, Jessica overhears a telephone conversation between two men who are plotting a murder.
S3, EP14 "Murder in a Minor Key"Jessica shares the plot of her new book, in which a law student (Shaun Cassidy) seeks the killer of an arrogant professor (George Grizzard) with many enemies.
S3, EP15 "The Bottom Line Is Murder"Jessica pores through a long list of enemies and possible suspects when a janitor (George Takei) finds an obnoxious TV host dead in his office.
S3, EP16 "Death Takes a Dive"Jessica's trainer friend, Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach), faces charges of killing a shady fight promoter.
S3, EP17 "Simon Says, Color Me Dead"Jessica investigates the murder of one of Cabot Cove's most illustrious citizens, a world-famous artist (Foster Brooks).
S4, EP17 "A Very Good Year for Murder"Jessica suspects heirs and employees when a corpse appears in an elderly vintner's (Eli Wallach) cellar.
S4, EP18 "Benedict Arnold Slipped Here"After an eccentric recluse dies, arguments over a piece of historic Cabot Cove property and the contents of her estate lead to murder.
S3, EP18 "No Laughing Murder"A 25-year comedy feud hampers Jessica's probe of a stabbing murder at her goddaughter's engagement party.
S3, EP19 "No Accounting for Murder"Jessica's accountant nephew, Grady (Michael Horton), faces charges of tax fraud and murdering his boss (Michael Tolan).
S3, EP20 "The Cemetery Vote"Jessica investigates when an old friend is killed in a car accident in Idaho -- the man's widow (Ellen Bry) believes it was an accident, but the victim's father (John McLiam) is sure it was murder.
S3, EP21 "The Days Dwindle Down"Jessica looks into a 30-year-old murder in a continuation of the story from the 1949 film "Strange Bargain."
S3, EP22 "Murder, She Spoke"A murder occurs while Jessica is recording one of her novels for the Mystery Books for the Blind series.
S4, EP19 "Just Another Fish Story"A rude maitre d' (Dick Gautier) is murdered at the New York restaurant in which Jessica has just invested.
S4, EP20 "Showdown in Saskatchewan"Jessica probes a suspicious accident while visiting her niece (Kristy McNichol) on the Canadian rodeo circuit.
S4, EP1 "A Fashionable Way to Die"At a fashion premiere in Paris, Jessica gets involved in the murder investigation of a supper-club owner.
S4, EP2 "When Thieves Fall Out"A coach's retirement, a stranger's arrival and deadly practical jokes cause Jessica to re-examine a 20-year-old murder.
S4, EP3 "Witness for the Defense"An attorney (Patrick McGoohan) asks Jessica to testify for a colleague accused of murder on circumstantial evidence in Quebec.
S4, EP4 "Old Habits Die Hard"Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister (Jane Powell) and winds up searching for a nun's killer.
S4, EP5 "The Way to Dusty Death"Murder is on the agenda when top executives and their wives meet at a powerful tycoon's country estate.
S4, EP21 "Deadpan"When the feud of two drama critics ends in murder, Jessica has a full cast of suspects, including the surviving critic.
S4, EP22 "The Body Politic"Jessica is caught in a game of deadly politics when a close friend's campaign is threatened by scandal.
S4, EP6 "It Runs in the Family"Jessica's cousin Emma (Angela Lansbury in a dual role) must clear herself in the murder of a nobleman who loved her decades ago.
S4, EP7 "If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly"Jessica helps Sheriff Tupper (Tom Bosley) when his seemingly harmless deputy (Rick Lenz) is accused of murder.
S4, EP8 "Steal Me a Story"A bomb kills a TV producer (Ken Swofford) who stole a plot from one of Jessica's books, making Jessica a suspect in his death.
S4, EP9 "Trouble in Eden"Jessica's friend is hit by a car shortly after being notified of her sister's death.
S4, EP10 "Indian Giver"The descendant of a tribe once inhabiting Cabot Cove has a land grant claiming the town as Indian territory.
S5, EP1 "J.B. ... As in Jailbird"When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou) and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.
S5, EP2 "A Little Night Work"Jessica attends a fund-raiser for a New York publisher, and he is found dead, and his wife's diamond necklace is missing from his safe.
S5, EP3 "Mr. Penroy's Vacation"Jessica investigates when bodies start turning up in the Appletree sisters' (Joan Leslie, Teresa Wright) house and garden.
S5, EP4 "Snow White, Blood Red"Jessica investigates the murders of U.S. World Cup skiers while snowed in at a ski area holding tryouts.
S5, EP5 "Coal Miner's Slaughter"Jessica becomes embroiled in a town's tensions while investigating the shooting death of a coal mine owner.
S5, EP6 "The Wearing of the Green"Searching for a stolen tiara, Jessica meets the reclusive actress (Jean Peters) for whom it was designed.
S5, EP7 "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel"A cargo plane abandoned on an Alaskan ice field in 1952 is the scene of a murder implicating Jessica's late husband.
S5, EP8 "Prediction: Murder"A psychic's (David Birney) dire predictions disrupt Jessica's visit to a friend's (Dale Robertson) Arizona ranch.
S5, EP9 "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue"Jessica investigates a murder committed at her nephew's wedding.
S5, EP10 "Weave a Tangled Web"Jessica poses as a New York jet setter to investigate the murder of Cabot Cove's notorious womanizer (George Chakiris).
S5, EP11 "The Search for Peter Kerry"Jessica investigates the reappearance of an heir who had been missing for over 20 years.
S5, EP12 "Smooth Operators"Jessica poses as a wealthy patient to probe the murder of a vagabond identified as the hospital's accountant.
S5, EP13 "Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble"Jessica investigates a murder which coincides with Doc Hazlitt's sighting of a 17th-century witch.
S5, EP14 "From Russia, with Blood"Jessica is detained and accused of espionage while attending an international writers conference in Moscow.
S5, EP15 "Alma Murder"A former sorority sister asks Jessica's help in clearing the name of a respected college professor who has confessed to murder.
S5, EP16 "Truck Stop"Jessica encounters murder when car trouble strands her and a fellow writer at a run-down truck stop owned by a disillusioned woman.
S5, EP17 "The Sins of Castle Cove"Jessica's former student publishes a tell-all novel with characters resembling Cabot Cove residents, but when a murder occurs that follows the book's plot, Jessica gets involved.
S5, EP18 "Trevor Hudson's Legacy"Jessica must find the truth when murder befalls a young writer she had recommended to edit a dead author's last novel.
S5, EP19 "Double Exposure"In Boston Jessica calls on private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) after running into an old friend who denies knowing her.
S5, EP20 "Three Strikes, You're Out"Jessica investigates when her the friend (Tim Dunigan) of her nephew (Todd Bryant) is accused of murdering a female sportscaster.
S5, EP21 "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall"A jealous mystery-writer (Jean Simmons) creates havoc for Jessica when her own publisher tells her that her work is slipping.
S5, EP22 "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall"With Seth ailing from the poison apple meant for her, Jessica steps up her efforts to find the New York detective's murderer.
S6, EP1 "Appointment in Athens"Jessica becomes involved in a dangerous espionage case in Athens, Greece, after a chance encounter in Paris with British agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou).
S1, EP1 "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes"With her first literary hit, Maine widow Jessica Fletcher makes a promotional trip to New York and gets involved in murder at a publisher's costume bash.
"Murder, She Wrote"Mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher - a down-to-earth, middle-aged widow - ferrets out the criminals in idyllic Cabot Cove, Maine, which apparently is the murder capital of the United States for the show's 12-season run. Though while traveling, she uncovers a fair number of killers as well.
S6, EP2 "Seal of the Confessional"A parishioner confesses murder to a pastor, who cannot divulge the truth when an innocent man is accused.
S6, EP3 "The Grand Old Lady"The death of a venerable female mystery writer takes Jessica back to a 1947 murder aboard the Queen Mary.
S6, EP4 "The Error of Her Ways"Jessica can't make sense of clues surrounding a real-estate developer's murder and his wife's suicide.
S6, EP5 "Jack and Bill"Jessica's friend's (Ken Howard) dog-sitting assignment turns to mystery when the canine's owner doesn't return.
S6, EP7 "Night of the Tarantula"While visiting a friend in Jamaica, Jessica encounters voodoo and black magic when a family celebration is marred by murder.
S6, EP6 "Dead Letter"An undelivered letter that Jessica finds in an antique bureau, purchased at a rummage sale, unleashes arson and murder.
S6, EP8 "When the Fat Lady Sings"Jessica becomes involved in a double-murder investigation when she attends an opera opening with old friend Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) in San Francisco.
S6, EP9 "Test of Wills"Jessica spends the weekend on a remote island with a tycoon (Gene Barry) who thinks his life is in danger.
S6, EP10 "Class Act"Jessica's friend, a top-flight homicide detective (Barry Newman), investigates the cover-up of a young woman's murder.
S6, EP11 "Town Father"Jessica may be forced into public office when a woman arrives in town claiming Cabot Cove's bachelor mayor is the father of her five children.
S6, EP12 "Good-bye Charlie"The questionable identity of a body found by a railroad track leads to murder and becomes the inspiration for Jessica's latest novel.
S6, EP13 "If the Shoe Fits"Jessica befriends a Cabot Cove newcomer who is a murder suspect.
S6, EP14 "How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying"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.
S6, EP15 "Fixer Upper"Jessica's niece (Genie Francis) is a suspect in the murder of a real-estate client, a rich movie heiress in Beverly Hills.
S6, EP16 "The Big Show of 1965"Jessica attends a variety-show reunion to research the 25-year-old unsolved murder of TV host Richie King (Kim Strauss), and while she's investigating, a show writer (Gavin MacLeod) is shot backstage.
S6, EP17 "Murder -- According to Maggie"One of Jessica's former students (Diana Canova), a script writer for a TV show, must find the killer of a network executive or look for another job.
S12, EP24 "Death by Demographics"After a San Francisco radio station changes its music format from classical to rock, the promoter who engineered the switch dies and Jessica searches for the killer.
S12, EP23 "Mrs. Parker's Revenge"While Jessica is in Atlanta to address mystery writers, a lethal virus is stolen from the Biological Research Institute.
S12, EP22 "What You Don't Know Can Kill You"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.
S12, EP21 "Race to Death"Jessica investigates when a wealthy yachtsman is murdered two days before a big race, and his rival's daughter is charged with the crime.
S4, EP14 "Curse of the Daanau"Seth's brother presents his new wife with a priceless cursed ruby, but he is later found strangled, with the gem missing.
S4, EP13 "Harbinger of Death"An unhappy wife, a government official, a lovesick assistant and a self-centered astronomer are suspects in the murder of a young executive.
S4, EP12 "Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?"Shortly after Sheriff Tupper's sister leaves her husband and seeks refuge in Cabot Cove, a murder occurs.
S4, EP11 "Doom With a View"Visiting her nephew Grady in New York, Jessica probes a murder involving the family of his college buddy.
S3, EP12 "The Corpse Flew First Class"A London-bound plane is the setting for the murder of an heiress's bodyguard and the theft of a valuable necklace.
S3, EP11 "Night of the Headless Horseman"Jessica comes to the aid of a shy poet (Thom Bray) who is the prime suspect when his tormentor (Barry Williams) is found dead.
S3, EP10 "Stage Struck"Jessica probes the murder by poison of an ex-colleague's understudy (Ann Turkel), after the leading lady (Eleanor Parker) is unable to go on at a small-town theater.
S3, EP9 "Obituary for a Dead Anchor"Jessica reluctantly agrees to a television interview for an old friend but is surprised when a different reporter arrives to conduct the taping; a boat explosion leads everyone to believe the journalist (Chad Everett) has been killed.
S3, EP8 "Magnum on Ice"Feeling professionally threatened, detective Magnum (Tom Selleck) resists Jessica's efforts to prove he was framed.
S3, EP7 "Deadline for Murder"Jessica joins old friend Haskell Drake (Harry Guardino) to investigate a corrupt publisher's unexpected death.
S3, EP6 "Dead Man's Gold"An old beau of Jessica's (Leslie Nielsen) incites murder and greed when he seeks sunken treasure in Cabot Cove.
S3, EP5 "Corned Beef and Carnage"With a corned beef sandwich as the only clue, Jessica works to clear her niece (Genie Francis) of an ad executive's murder.
S3, EP4 "One White Rose for Death"A mysterious man involves Jessica in the defection of two European musicians and the murder of a British intelligence agent.
S3, EP3 "Unfinished Business"A police retiree tries to solve a 10-year-old murder case reopened by a mistaken-identity shooting.
S3, EP2 "Death Stalks the Big Top"An attacker tries to stop Jessica when her investigation of two circus murders may clear Neil (Jackie Cooper).
S3, EP1 "Death Stalks the Big Top"Jessica discovers a circus clown arrested for murder is actually her long-lost brother-in-law (Jackie Cooper).
S2, EP22 "If the Frame Fits"Jessica's old friend (Christopher Allport) faces charges of abetting a well-versed art thief and is suspected of having murdered his wife.
S2, EP21 "The Perfect Foil"Trying to clear a relative's (Peter Bonerz) name, Jessica unmasks murder suspects at a Mardi Gras celebration.
S2, EP20 "Menace, Anyone?"Jessica trades passing shots with a murderer during a tennis-tournament fund-raiser hosted by one of Jessica's former students (Linda Hamilton).
S2, EP19 "Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday"The ruthless new owner (Bert Convy) of a formerly classy periodical is murdered, and Jessica takes on the case.
S2, EP18 "If a Body Meet a Body"A corpse, returned to Cabot Cove for burial, turns out to be misidentified.
S2, EP17 "One Good Bid Deserves a Murder"Jessica and Boston private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach) seek a murderer and the thief of a dead sex-symbol's diary.
S2, EP16 "Murder in the Electric Cathedral"Murder plays a part in the death of a wealthy woman who leaves her fortune to an evangelist instead of her family.
S2, EP15 "Powder Keg"Jessica and a colleague (Craig Stevens) encounter a mob ready to lynch a man suspected of murdering a bully.
S2, EP14 "Keep the Home Fries Burning"Tainted strawberry preserves make several patrons ill and seem to be the cause of one woman's death at a popular inn.
S2, EP13 "Trial by Error"Jury foreman Jessica doubts a married man's (Tony Bill) self-defense claim in the death of his lover's husband.
S2, EP12 "Murder by Appointment Only"Jessica suspects a murderous cover-up in a cosmetics firm run by volatile siblings (Jayne Meadows, Robert Culp).
S2, EP11 "Murder Digs Deep"Jessica investigates when murder fells a local Navajo Indian guide who opposed an archaeologist's desecration of tribal lands.
S2, EP10 "Sticks and Stones"A woman is electrocuted in the bathtub, and the chaos that follows makes things difficult for Amos as he prepares to turn the reins over to a new sheriff.
S2, EP9 "Jessica Behind Bars"While teaching an English class at a women's prison, Jessica steps in when a murder leads to a hostage situation.
S2, EP8 "Dead Heat"Jessica must help her niece, a jockey whose first victory is followed by charges of murdering the horse's owner.
S2, EP7 "A Lady in the Lake"While staying at a lakeside inn, Jessica investigates the drowning of a championship swimmer.
S2, EP6 "Reflections of the Mind"Jessica's friend (Ann Blyth) fears she is going insane and may have murdered her husband.
S2, EP5 "Sing a Song of Murder"Jessica heads to London in answer to a foreboding message from her cousin (Angela Lansbury in a dual role).
S2, EP4 "School for Scandal"Jessica is drawn into the investigation when an obnoxious man is murdered on the weekend she visits a college campus.
S2, EP3 "Murder in the Afternoon"Jessica's actress niece (Alice Krige) is the prime suspect in the murder of a daytime-drama writer (Jessica Walter).
S2, EP2 "Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly"A cheap tycoon with many enemies is found dead on the construction site of his high-rise hotel.
S2, EP1 "Widow, Weep for Me"Jessica masquerades as a wealthy widow at a luxurious tropical hotel in an effort to trap the murderer of her good friend.
S1, EP23 "Funeral at Fifty-Mile"At a Wyoming rancher's grave, a man shocks mourners -- including the deceased's daughter -- by claiming to be the true heir.
S1, EP22 "Murder at the Oasis"Jessica reunites with her college roommate at a desert resort and probes the murder of the woman's ex-husband.
S1, EP21 "Armed Response"Hospitalized in Dallas after an airport accident, Jessica endures the inconvenience of a leg cast to probe an in-patient murder.
S1, EP20 "Murder Takes the Bus"Stranded at a roadside diner by a storm, bus passengers Jessica and Sheriff Tupper investigate the murder of a fellow traveler.
S1, EP19 "Footnote to Murder"Jessica opposes an ambitious district attorney (Pat Harrington) who believes her poet friend (Paul Sand) killed a novelist.
S1, EP18 "Sudden Death"Jessica inherits part of a pro football team, but the owner's murder convinces her there is more roughness off the field than on.
S1, EP17 "Tough Guys Don't Die"Jessica cooperates with private detective Harry McGraw (Jerry Orbach), whose partner died while researching a murder trial.
S1, EP16 "Paint Me a Murder"Murder is part of a legendary artist's (Cesar Romero) birthday celebration on a Mediterranean island paradise.
S1, EP15 "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean"On a pleasure cruise, Jessica's niece (Belinda Montgomery) receives flowers and messages from her late husband.
S1, EP14 "Murder to a Jazz Beat"A talk-show host (Clive Revill) and a cab driver (Garrett Morris) help Jessica solve the murder of a New Orleans jazz musician.
S1, EP13 "Broadway Malady"A Broadway legend's (Vivian Blaine) life is threatened after her daughter (Lorna Luft) is seriously injured in a mugging.
S1, EP12 "Capitol Offense"Jessica is asked to complete the last weeks of an expired congressman's term, and discovers politics is murder.
S1, EP11 "Death Casts a Spell"A hypnotist (Jose Ferrer) is murdered before a host of would-be witnesses who all were in a deep trance at the time.
S1, EP10 "Death Takes a Curtain Call"A friend (Hurd Hatfield) asks Jessica to help two Soviet dancers defect, unaware one (George de la Pena) is a murder suspect.
S1, EP9 "We're Off to Kill the Wizard"Murder ends a tycoon's (James Coco) plan to have Jessica design a house of horrors for one of his theme parks.
S1, EP8 "Hit, Run and Homicide"Jessica helps clear her neighbor (Van Johnson), an eccentric suspected of murdering with one of his inventions.
S1, EP7 "Lovers and Other Killers"Jessica sets out to prove her secretary isn't a murder suspect.
S1, EP6 "It's a Dog's Life"Jessica delves into two investigations when both her wealthy Southern cousin and his daughter die mysteriously.
S1, EP5 "Hooray for Homicide"Jessica is suspected of a producer's murder after people hear her threatening to stop the victim from filming her new novel.
S1, EP4 "Birds of a Feather"Jessica travels to San Francisco for a family wedding and discovers that the groom (Jeff Conaway) faces a murder charge.
S1, EP3 "Deadly Lady"A financier (Howard Duff), reportedly swept overboard during a hurricane, turns up in Jessica's yard disguised as a handyman.
S1, EP2 "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes"With her first hit mystery, Maine widow Jessica Fletcher makes a promotional trip to New York, and becomes involved in a murder at a publisher's costume bash.
S1, EP1 "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes"Newly successful mystery writer J.B. Fletcher gets involved in a murder at a New York publisher's costume bash.
Mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher - a down-to-earth, middle-aged widow - ferrets out the criminals in idyllic Cabot Cove, Maine, which apparently is the murder capital of the United States for the show's 12-season run. Though while traveling, she uncovers a fair number of killers as well.
Original Air Date: Sep 30, 1984
Genres: DramaTV Series
Rating: TVG
Playback: HD
5 seasons available on demand (65 episodes)
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