9.0/10 4 votes#1 - It's a Dog's Life
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1984
While visiting her cousin at Langley Manor, a country estate in the South, a man dies during a fox-hunt under strange circumstances, and Jessica tries to find out what really happened.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Linda Shank
9.0/10 1 votes#2 - Elementary Steele
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/22/1984
Someone is using mystery buffs signed up to solve a make-believe case to find a murderous embezzler. (60 min)
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Michael Gleason
9.0/10 1 votes#3 - Steele of Approval
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/1985
Laura investigates the background of a senatorial candidate while Steele dodges an investigator from the state licensing board.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Brad Kern
9.0/10 1 votes#4 - The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1975
Beloved Vera Bethune stars as Miss Aggie in a radio soap opera, but is about to be written out. One day she drinks water from a jug and is poisoned in a murder attempt. She is taken to the hospital and survives, but the killer returns.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Richard Levinson
8.5/10 2 votes#5 - Trial by Error
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1986
It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Paul Savage
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Tough Guys Don't Die
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1985
Jessica meets Harry McGraw and they figure out which one of three cases may contain the motive for the death of a private detective. One dates back 25 years.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
8.0/10 2 votes#7 - Sticks and Stones
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1985
When a woman is electrocuted in her bathroom, Amos chuckles that even Jessica can't make a murder out of it. Michael Dugby: Parker Stevenson. Harry Pierce: John Astin. Frederich Hoffman: Paul Benedict. Adam Frobisher: Christopher Stone. Edna: Evelyn Keyes.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Linda Shank
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Death Stalks the Big Top (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1986
Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Paul Savage
8.0/10 1 votes#9 - Death Takes a Dive
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1987
Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
8.0/10 1 votes#10 - When Thieves Fall Out
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#11 - Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/1988
Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 1 votes#12 - Weave a Tangled Web
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/1989
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#13 - Sting of Steele
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/5/1983
Steele's mentor, Daniel Chalmers, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Michael Gleason
8.0/10 1 votes#14 - I Confess
Season 4 Episode 28 - Aired 4/4/1968
What would happen if everyone knew that Samantha was a witch? Darrin finds the answer when Samantha puts him under a dream spell which displays the Stephens being exploited by their friends and the Armed Forces.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Richard Baer
7.5/10 2 votes#15 - Reflections of the Mind
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1985
Jessica decides to pay a visit to her long-time friend Francesca, only to learn that Francesca, who is now married to a much younger man, is convinced that she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband, Ross. When her new husband, Scott, turns up dead, the investigation reveals that he had been poisoned, and suspicion turns to Francesca. Jessica, however, is determined to prove that her friend did not commit the crime, and begins looking into the mysterious re-appearances of her dead husband.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.5/10 2 votes#16 - Death Stalks the Big Top (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1986
Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Paul Savage
7.5/10 2 votes#17 - Murder Through the Looking Glass
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1988
Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#18 - My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1985
Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.0/10 1 votes#19 - Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/21/1985
A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Dick Nelson
7.0/10 1 votes#20 - One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1986
A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to shed blood.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Steven Hensley
7.0/10 1 votes#21 - Dead Man's Gold
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/1986
While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 1 votes#22 - Deadline for Murder
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1986
A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Michael McGough
7.0/10 1 votes#23 - The Cemetery Vote
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/1987
First, the reform mayor dies in an ""accident"" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the ""accident"".
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk
7.0/10 1 votes#24 - Witness for the Defense
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 1 votes#25 - Wearing of the Green
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/27/1988
A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
The Best Episodes Directed By Seymour Robbie
Every TV Episode Directed by Seymour Robbie Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Seymour Robbie Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Seymour Robbie is "It's a Dog's Life", rated 9/10 from 4 user votes. It was "written by Linda Shank". "It's a Dog's Life" aired on 11/4/1984 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Elementary Steele".