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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 9 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
    9.0/10(620 votes)

    #1 - 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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  2. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 21 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
    9.0/10(611 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. Murder, She Wrote Season 9 Episode 9 - A Christmas Secret
    9.0/10(484 votes)

    #3 - 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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  4. Murder, She Wrote Season 10 Episode 1 - A Death in Hong Kong
    9.0/10(378 votes)

    #4 - 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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  5. Murder, She Wrote Season 10 Episode 3 - The Legacy of Borbey House
    8.5/10(444 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 5 - It's a Dog's Life
    8.4/10(855 votes)

    #6 - 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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  7. Murder, She Wrote Season 2 Episode 13 - Trial by Error
    8.4/10(818 votes)

    #7 - 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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  8. Murder, She Wrote Season 4 Episode 18 - Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
    8.4/10(535 votes)

    #8 - 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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  9. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 7 - Hit, Run and Homicide
    8.3/10(812 votes)

    #9 - 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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  10. Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episode 19 - Murder Takes the Bus
    8.3/10(661 votes)

    #10 - 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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  11. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 21 - The Days Dwindle Down
    8.3/10(784 votes)

    #11 - 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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  12. Murder, She Wrote Season 2 Episode 10 - Sticks and Stones
    8.2/10(730 votes)

    #12 - 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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  13. Murder, She Wrote Season 2 Episode 6 - Reflections of the Mind
    8.1/10(723 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 12 - The Corpse Flew First Class
    8.1/10(745 votes)

    #14 - 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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  15. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 13 - Crossed Up
    8.1/10(699 votes)

    #15 - 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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  16. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 11 - Night of the Headless Horseman
    8.0/10(592 votes)

    #16 - Night of the Headless Horseman

    S3:E11

    The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:R. Barker Price

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  17. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 17 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead
    8.0/10(543 votes)

    #17 - 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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  18. Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episode 22 - Murder, She Spoke
    8.0/10(524 votes)

    #18 - Murder, She Spoke

    S3:E22

    During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 10 - Weave a Tangled Web
    8.0/10(491 votes)

    #19 - Weave a Tangled Web

    S5:E10

    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 E. Swanson

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  20. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 11 - The Search for Peter Kerry
    8.0/10(480 votes)

    #20 - The Search for Peter Kerry

    S5:E11

    A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  21. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 15 - Alma Murder
    8.0/10(492 votes)

    #21 - Alma Murder

    S5:E15

    An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  22. Murder, She Wrote Season 6 Episode 2 - Seal of the Confessional
    8.0/10(544 votes)

    #22 - Seal of the Confessional

    S6:E2

    A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Murder, She Wrote Season 6 Episode 4 - The Error of Her Ways
    8.0/10(461 votes)

    #23 - The Error of Her Ways

    S6:E4

    When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  24. Murder, She Wrote Season 6 Episode 8 - When the Fat Lady Sings
    8.0/10(458 votes)

    #24 - When the Fat Lady Sings

    S6:E8

    The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  25. Murder, She Wrote Season 7 Episode 4 - Hannigan's Wake
    8.0/10(429 votes)

    #25 - Hannigan's Wake

    S7:E4

    A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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Best Episodes Summary

"Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote". It scored 9/10 based on 620 votes. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/8/1989. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)".