Murder, She Wrote

1984-09-30 | TV-14 | en

Angela Lansbury

Drama Crime Mystery

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Seasons & Episodes

EP1 Nailed

Sep. 21,1995

Gossip is rampant in a stylish Fifth Avenue beauty salon where an expert hair-dresser is involved in several intrigues.

EP2 A Quaking in Aspen

Sep. 28,1995

In Aspen, Colo, Jessica's friend, Laney, seems to be the best suspect in the murder of her husband, Grant Boswell.

EP3 The Secret of Gila Junction

Oct. 05,1995

People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.

EP4 Big Easy Murder

Oct. 12,1995

Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.

EP5 Home Care

Oct. 19,1995

A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.

EP6 Nan's Ghost (1)

Nov. 02,1995

A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a hidden treasure.

EP7 Nan's Ghost (2)

Nov. 09,1995

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.

EP8 Shooting in Rome

Nov. 16,1995

A movie set in Rome is the setting for a more than they planned while filming a J.B. Fletcher novel.

EP9 Deadly Bidding

Nov. 23,1995

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.

EP10 Frozen Stiff

Nov. 30,1995

What is the secret ingredient in the ice cream? Jessica means to find out and see that the donation for the literary foundation is paid as promised.

EP11 Unwilling Witness

Dec. 14,1995

Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number.

EP12 Kendo Killing

Jan. 04,1996

Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.

EP13 Death Goes Double Platinum

Jan. 07,1996

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.

EP14 Murder in Tempo

Jan. 11,1996

A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove.

EP15 The Dark Side of the Door

Feb. 01,1996

The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than coincidence would suggest.

EP16 Murder Among Friends

Feb. 08,1996

A TV sitcom, Buds, turns out to be less friendly than the producer hoped.

EP17 Something Foul in Flappieville

Feb. 15,1996

The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

EP18 Track of a Soldier

Feb. 25,1996

The scene is a guest lodge in the Grand Tetons. Two of the guests are hiding secrets. Who has the diamond?

EP19 Evidence of Malice

Mar. 28,1996

Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.

EP20 Southern Double-Cross

Apr. 04,1996

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.

EP21 Race To Death

Apr. 28,1996

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!

EP22 What You Don't Know Can Kill You

May. 05,1996

Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.

EP23 Mrs. Parker's Revenge

May. 12,1996

Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal.

EP24 Death by Demographics

May. 19,1996

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.

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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

Murder, She Wrote Audience Reviews

Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

ctyankee1 I have watched seasons 1 through 8 of Murder She Wrote series. I think there are 12 season. Angela Landsbury is the star and she is really talented. She plays Jessica Fletcher, JB Fletcher.Jessica Fletcher is a mystery writer in the series. She is a kind hearted, friendly and polite to everyone she meets. She really likes people in the stories. (I wish I had some of her characteristic.)She is great with facial expressions especially her eyes. She shifts her head in surprise or disappointment, non belief of a persons story, sadness and more. She does not have to say anything her expressions say it all. She always looks well dressed and beautiful. After watching so many of these episodes about 20 or more in each season it kind of like watching the same story. It seems like the writers want to make her a perfect, person with no flaws, smart and loving this is okay but constantly being re-enforced gets kind of boring.Some things I noticed, some repetitive:1. The first few season took place in Cabot Cove. Jessica does not drive and has friends drive her about. 2. She starts meeting different characters in Cabot Cove, nieces, nephews old friends. 3. Everyone she meets loves her. 4. Just about everyone she meets comments how they read all her books and that they have them. 5. She travels a lot to speak or visit and there is usually someone related to her in the earlier episodes. 6. She always meets someone at the airport she knows and many times it is a male friend that has known her for years who is infatuated with her. They compliment her take her out and tell her how wonderful she is. 7. She helps the police solve the crimes this is to be expected because she is a crime solver. She does put herself in physical danger by investigating on her own. 8. She has a lot of compassion for some of the criminals and their action which I do not like. 9. When the producer writes the scenes the actors usually over act. When they are angry they are more angry, when they are mad they are more mad and loud. It is like every actor is getting their own 15 minutes of fame. Some of them I don't think could even act. 10. There are a lot of older talented men and female actors in the stories that had their own series years ago. This is kind of nice. I forgot most of them till I saw them in the episodes.Sometimes the original characters like her friends the doctor and the sheriff in Cabot Cove are not seen for several episodes because of her traveling. Some episodes have her narrating the story while her friend Dennis Stanton tells her of a case he handled and then you just see the episode with Dennis solving a crime but his is funny and good as well. Another friend is MI5 secret agent who gets her in a lot of trouble.It is like similar scenes, different people, different cities and countries, different actors but very predictable accept for the murderer.Murder She Wrote reminds me of the writer of Charlie Chan. Everywhere Chan went he was well respected and well known. It is like the author wants you to love his character. In this series there is plenty of that.I do like the series though, there is no swearing, no nudity, and a good mystery.

inge001 I always loved "Murder, She Wrote" on TV, and that is why I bought several season box sets. During the television broadcast of the series I must have missed most of the episodes which were only introduced by Angela Lansbury and which featured several of J. B. Fletcher's "friends." So I was disappointed when the sixth season seems to overflow with these substitutes. I like Jessica solving crimes and not Bill Boyle, Michael Haggerty, Harry McGraw, Jake Ballinger or whoever else the writers came up with. For this reason and for this reason only I will not be buying any sets after the sixth. I would like to clarify that this has nothing to do with the fine actors who portray these people or with the quality of the writing. I am just stating my personal preference for J. B. Fletcher's unique style of solving crimes.

joshuawood2012 "Murder, She Wrote" is a great show starring Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, a friendly mystery writer drawn into several murders that somehow pop up around her. This clever show is one of the few mystery shows that doesn't spell it out for you, but still allows the viewer to solve it with the characters. A plethora of interesting characters, some not quite properly developed, provides spice to the twelve seasons of the show. The major drawback to the show is a simple one. The twelve seasons of this show, with a murder a piece, is extremely unrealistic. This woman must be either a killer magnet or a brilliant serial killer. This simple problem isn't that big of a deal, and often provides a bit of humor to a show that seriously risks becoming stale, but manages not to after twelve seasons.

Ibuk I absolutely love this show. Angela Lansbury was great as Jessica Fletcher and made the show her own.The weird thing about this show is that Jessica Fletcher rarely had a love interest. She may not have had a love interest but she did have a lot of male companions who would regularly help her solve the murders, like for instance Seth Hazlet. She would be pondering about the murder and Seth would say something and suddenly everything would fit together and she would have the murderer. The show can be enjoyed by all but only if you see it as escapist fun that is not taxing on the brain. It shouldn't be seen as a realistic TV show, if viewers watch it expecting it to be realistic then they will be sorely disappointed. For instance to obtain evidence Jessica would break into offices, people who watch a lot of murder mysteries(like me) would know this evidence would be inadmissible in the court of law and the killer would get off scot free.The show ended in 96 but I normally catch it on reruns. Although I am a fan of the series but I still feel it should have ended after the 93 season. After the 93 season the plots became increasingly tired and predictable. In fact I thought the story lines became far more soapy, it became more about the characters and less about the murders.Out of all the murder mystery shows I watch I like this the most. It was fun to spot stars like Ceasar Romero (the Joker from the Batman T.V. series. Over the years most stars came on the show more than once but in different roles.