6.8/1028 votesLoading...#1 - Drop Dead Gorgeous
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 10/13/1997
Steve and Tessa are baffled when former football star Wayne Pascall is found stabbed to death in a lift, with a missing woman's handbag next to his body.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1020 votesLoading...
#2 - A Blow to the Heart
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 6/16/1999
Tessa and Steve are called in to investigate a series of murders revolving around a prominent bio-chemistry lab.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1043 votesLoading...
#3 - Ashes to Ashes
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/1997
A man out for an early morning surf gets more than he bargained for when surf blows a corpse out of the water and into his face. It appears to be a routine investigation, natural causes being indicated... but complications arise when Tessa and Steve find they cannot identify the victim, and no-one steps forward to claim him. Surely someone should be missing a well-groomed man in his fifties?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1055 votesLoading...
#4 - Who Killed Cock Robin?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/1997
To the outside world former football star Robin Cochrane was a picture of charm, but when he is found poisoned by a chemical solvent, Tessa and Steve are forced to put together a picture of the not so pleasant private life of Robin Cochrane.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1032 votesLoading...
#5 - Something Wicked
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/6/1997
Tessa and Steve are confronted with a conspiracy of silence while investigating the death of a man with a history of abuse.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1025 votesLoading...
#6 - Blood Heat
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 11/10/1997
The brutal murder of a video store owner initially appears to be linked to a protest demonstration until other suspects emerge.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1024 votesLoading...
#7 - Dared to Death
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/7/1998
When a professional stuntman is found dead, hanging in a harness outside the window of his apartment, Steve and Tessa must determine whether it was an accident, suicide or murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1014 votesLoading...
#8 - A Stab in the Dark
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/14/2000
When horror novelist Sebastian Tombs is found lying dead with a knife in his back, Tessa and Steve must investigate the four people closest to him, each of whom has a strong motive for committing the murder.
Director: Geoffrey Cawthorn, Julian McSwiney
Writer: Peter Mackervey
- 7.1/1042 votesLoading...
#9 - The Burial
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/1997
Late night. A voice recites limericks on a moonlit beach. Suddenly, all goes quiet. A grey dawn, and a dog and its owner, the stern Major Richter, make a gruesome discovery - a human head attached to the very dead body of Adrian McCafferty who is buried up to his neck under the sand. Adrian drowned when the tide came in and covered him. Tessa and Steve learn that there was a beach party last night. Adrian was buried as part of a joke. Is his death simply a stupid party prank gone wrong, or is there something more sinister to discover?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1040 votesLoading...
#10 - Cat and Mouse
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/1997
Wheelchair bound Spinner congratulates himself on finishing a piece of artwork by pouring a cold beer and logging on to his favourite internet games forum. His pleasure is short lived, however, as a shadow falls across him and a lead pipe takes him out of the game... permanently. Tessa and Steve arrive on the scene to find the killer has taken the time to send the message ""Spinner Resigns"" over the internet to the victim's games partner. The murder takes on new importance when Dee reveals she knows the victim. While Dee tries to come to terms with her friend's murder, Steve and Tessa struggle to put together the pieces of the puzzle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1032 votesLoading...
#11 - Dead Clean
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/1997
While investigating a series of bizarre murders, Steve and Tessa are drawn to the local community centre, a drop in for former mental patients. With a handful of suspects, but no real clues, Steve and Tessa must race against the clock to find the killer before he strikes again.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1019 votesLoading...
#12 - Death in the Family
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/1999
A vagrant is found dead at an inner city underpass surrounded by the corpses of poisoned sparrows. When Tootsie diagnoses death by strychnine, Tessa, Steve and Thorne fear that someone is out there trying to purge the streets of the homeless. But the investigation takes a twist after Fisk finds $10,000 hidden in the vagrant's mattress.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1029 votesLoading...
#13 - Black Friday
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/1997
Steve and Tessa are called in to solve the murder of Trevor Parkin, his body was found one Friday afternoon in a zoo - he was wearing a gorilla costum. The more they discover about the deceased, the deeper the mystery, and although all the witnesses are helpful, there is no suspect, and no clear motive..or is there?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1023 votesLoading...
#14 - Many Unhappy Returns
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/14/1998
Steve and Tessa rush to solve the crime of a man who is murdered on his 50th birthday.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1022 votesLoading...
#15 - Fatal Charm
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/28/1998
Steve and Tessa investigate when the body of a young women is found, having been killed by a blow to the head before being set alight.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1024 votesLoading...
#16 - Short Circuit
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/4/1998
When a young woman is electrocuted by her twin brother's robot, the subsequent investigation leads Tessa and Steve to uncover a bizarre tangle of relationships.
Director: Ian Watson
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1022 votesLoading...
#17 - A View to a Kill
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 10/27/1998
When Tessa and Steve investigate the death of a museum curator, they soon realise that his public face as a knowledgeable and well liked man who could rake in the funding dollars, hides a private life littered with sexual indiscretions and money troubles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1020 votesLoading...
#18 - Absent Friends
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 9/25/2000
While attending a school reunion, Tessa is called to a homicide on the school grounds. The victim is one of her friends — stabbed in a reenactment of a Muckup Day prank, leaving Tessa as either a suspect, or another possible victim.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1027 votesLoading...
#19 - Heartstopper
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 11/24/1997
When the general manager of a department store is found dead during the store's opening, the owner and employees become the main suspects in the investigation. Steve is haunted by a face from his past, and Tessa pursues the case alone.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1019 votesLoading...
#20 - Evil Chances
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/1999
A sports teacher is found impaled at a boarding school and is found by Fisk's older sister. Tessa and Steve investigate, but Fisk is frustrated when his sister is interviewed, and he is excluded.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1018 votesLoading...
#21 - Paid in Full
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 8/28/2000
A man's body is found floating in a spa, a large roll of cash stuffed into his mouth. Steve and Tessa discover that almost everyone who knew him had a reason to kill him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1032 votesLoading...
#22 - Hot Shot
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/1997
When Maddie Herman, a paparazzi photographer who made her living out of the gossip and innuendo of the lives of others is found murdered, Steve and Tessa have no shortage of suspects. But when the case takes a sudden twist, Steve and Tessa realise that someone is leading them on a merry chase, until the trail leads the team back to a very surprising suspect.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1028 votesLoading...
#23 - Dead and Gone
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 10/20/1997
When Krystyan Balzan is found dead at the bottom of the stairs in his house, Steve and Tessa believe he came home unexpectedly and disturbed a robbery in progress.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1020 votesLoading...
#24 - A Dress to Die For
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/6/1998
When the detectives attend an extravagant costume hire shop, they find the shop's young security guard dead.
Director: N/A
Writer: Peter Gawler
- 7.4/1021 votesLoading...
#25 - Blowing the Whistle
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 11/3/1998
When the referee at a women's soccer match is murdered in full view of 100 people, the detectives are puzzled when they cannot find a single eyewitness.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of Murder Call
Every episode of Murder Call ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Murder Call!
Murder Call was an Australian television series, created by Hal McElroy for the Southern Star Entertainment and seen on the Nine Network between 1997 and...
Genre:Drama
Network:Nine Network
Worst Episodes Summary
"Drop Dead Gorgeous" is the worst rated episode of "Murder Call". It scored 6.8/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Ian Watson and written by N/A, it aired on 10/13/1997. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Blow to the Heart".