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

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    Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 18 - No Laughing Murder
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - No Laughing Murder

    S3:E18

    After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Tom Sawyer

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  2. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 9 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

    S5:E9

    Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 21 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

    S5:E21

    Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  4. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 9 - A Christmas Secret
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - A Christmas Secret

    S9:E9

    The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancée is marred by his big secret.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Murder, She Wrote Season 10 Episode 1 - A Death in Hong Kong
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - A Death in Hong Kong

    S10:E1

    A trader working on a merger dies at a Chinese banquet in Hong Kong.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Laurence Heath

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  6. Murder, She Wrote Season 2 Episode 13 - Trial by Error
    8.8/10(4 votes)

    #6 - Trial by Error

    S2:E13

    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

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  7. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 16 - Tough Guys Don't Die
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - Tough Guys Don't Die

    S1:E16

    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

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  8. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 12 - The Corpse Flew First Class
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #8 - The Corpse Flew First Class

    S3:E12

    Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  9. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 21 - The Days Dwindle Down
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #9 - The Days Dwindle Down

    S3:E21

    Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes home to his wife and now-grown son who is expecting his first child with his wife, Terry. At Georgia Jarvis' request, Jessica looks into the crime, and through flashbacks, Sam remembers when Jarvis had offered him $10,000 to make his suicide look like murder. While Jessica believes that Sam is innocent, she doesn't believe it was suicide, and asks Sam's son Rod, a police officer, to lend a hand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Murder, She Wrote Season 4 Episode 18 - Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #10 - Benedict Arnold Slipped Here

    S4:E18

    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:Wendy Graf

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  11. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 5 - It's a Dog's Life
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #11 - It's a Dog's Life

    S1:E5

    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
    Writers:Mark Giles, Linda Shank

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  12. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 19 - Murder Takes the Bus
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - Murder Takes the Bus

    S1:E19

    Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.

    Director:Peter Crane
    Writers:Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff

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  13. Murder, She Wrote Season 2 Episode 10 - Sticks and Stones
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Sticks and Stones

    S2:E10

    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
    Writers:Mark Giles, Linda Shank

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  14. Murder, She Wrote Season 10 Episode 3 - The Legacy of Borbey House
    8.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Legacy of Borbey House

    S10:E3

    A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Danna Doyle

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  15. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 10 - Stage Struck
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #15 - Stage Struck

    S3:E10

    The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.

    Directors:Walter Grauman, John Astin
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 13 - Crossed Up
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #16 - Crossed Up

    S3:E13

    The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.

    Director:David Hemmings
    Writer:Craig W. Van Sickle

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  17. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 16 - Death Takes a Dive
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #17 - Death Takes a Dive

    S3:E16

    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

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  18. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 17 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead
    8.3/10(3 votes)

    #18 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead

    S3:E17

    An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Robert E. Swanson

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  19. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 7 - Hit, Run and Homicide
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #19 - Hit, Run and Homicide

    S1:E7

    Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.

    Director:Alan Cooke
    Writer:Gerald K. Siegel

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  20. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 10 - Death Casts a Spell
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #20 - Death Casts a Spell

    S1:E10

    Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance.

    Director:Allen Reisner
    Writers:Steven Hensley, J. Miyoko Hensley

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  21. Murder, She Wrote Season 2 Episode 6 - Reflections of the Mind
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #21 - Reflections of the Mind

    S2:E6

    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 E. Swanson

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  22. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 8 - We're Off to Kill the Wizard
    8.0/10(5 votes)

    #22 - We're Off to Kill the Wizard

    S1:E8

    Jessica is asked to help solve the "impossible" murder of a wealthy, and much disliked, amusement park owner.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 12 - Broadway Malady
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Broadway Malady

    S1:E12

    Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.

    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Tom Sawyer

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  24. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 14 - My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
    8.0/10(4 votes)

    #24 - My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean

    S1:E14

    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

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  25. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 15 - Paint Me a Murder
    8.0/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Paint Me a Murder

    S1:E15

    The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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Best Episodes Summary

"No Laughing Murder" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote". It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Tom Sawyer, it aired on 3/15/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue".