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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
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Season 1

  • The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
    7.6/10909 votes
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    The Murder of Sherlock Holmes

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/30/1984

    Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel, but when an unwanted guest is murdered at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • Deadly Lady
    7.3/10799 votes
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    Deadly Lady

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/7/1984

    After a terrible storm, Stephen Earl's four daughters tell Sheriff Tupper that their father died while they were out on the boat. Jessica is only midly intrigued; she finds Ralph, the older gentleman who has offered to work for food, much more intriguing, especially since it is obvious he comes from money. The womens' stories about what happened on the boat change constantly, but once Ralph is found dead and later found to be Stephen Earl, Jessica has to help Amos wage through the inconsistencies in the four Earl daughters storylines to determine who killed their father and why.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Peter S. Fischer

  • Birds of a Feather
    7.3/10749 votes
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    Birds of a Feather

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1984

    Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because she suspects that her fiancé, Howard, is having an affair. Although Jessica and Victoria are relieved to learn that Howard isn't cheating but rather dressing up as a woman to perform at a nightclub, the relief is short lived when Howard is arrested for murdering his boss, Al Drake, who had been refusing to pay him. The police are convinced that Drake was shot during Freddy York's act, which doesn't leave a lot of time, but Jessica is determined to prove Howard's innocence.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: Robert Swanson

  • Hooray for Homicide
    7.4/10735 votes
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    Hooray for Homicide

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1984

    Jessica's first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, is being made into a major Hollywood motion picture, backed by producer Jerry Lydecker. Jessica is furious to see how her book is being butchered by Lydecker and his crew. She heads out to Hollywood to confront Lydecker, but things take a turn when Lydecker is found dead on stage. Jessica ends up being the prime suspect in the murder, but luckily the officer in charge of the investigation believes she's too smart to be the killer and sets her up to find the real murderer.

    Director: Richard A. Colla

    Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

  • It's a Dog's Life
    7.5/10714 votes
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    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, Mark Giles

  • Lovers and Other Killers
    7.5/10706 votes
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    Lovers and Other Killers

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/18/1984

    While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: Peter S. Fischer

  • Hit, Run and Homicide
    7.3/10690 votes
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    Hit, Run and Homicide

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/25/1984

    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

  • We're Off to Kill the Wizard
    7.2/10631 votes
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    We're Off to Kill the Wizard

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/9/1984

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

    Director: Walter Grauman

    Writer: N/A

  • Death Takes a Curtain Call
    7.5/10651 votes
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    Death Takes a Curtain Call

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/16/1984

    While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.

    Director: Allen Reisner

    Writer: Paul W. Cooper

  • Death Casts a Spell
    7.5/10605 votes
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    Death Casts a Spell

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/30/1984

    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

    Writer: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley

  • Capitol Offense
    7.3/10611 votes
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    Capitol Offense

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1985

    Jessica is assigned to fill the empty seat of a deceased congressman for a brief period of time and finds a great deal of political game-playing in Washington.

    Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

    Writer: Peter S. Fischer

  • Broadway Malady
    6.8/10565 votes
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    Broadway Malady

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1985

    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

  • Murder to a Jazz Beat
    7.5/10641 votes
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    Murder to a Jazz Beat

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1985

    While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died while performing onstage.

    Director: Walter Grauman

    Writer: N/A

  • My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
    7.5/10620 votes
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    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

  • Paint Me a Murder
    7.7/10590 votes
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    Paint Me a Murder

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/1985

    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

  • Tough Guys Don't Die
    7.0/10698 votes
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    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

  • Sudden Death
    7.4/10529 votes
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    Sudden Death

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1985

    Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.

    Director: Edward M. Abroms

    Writer: Robert Swanson

  • Footnote to Murder
    8.6/10941 votes
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    Footnote to Murder

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1985

    An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

    Director: Peter Crane

    Writer: Robert Swanson

  • Murder Takes the Bus
    7.4/10547 votes
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    Murder Takes the Bus

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1985

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

    Director: Peter Crane

    Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff

  • Armed Response
    7.5/10554 votes
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    Armed Response

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/31/1985

    Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.

    Director: Charles S. Dubin

    Writer: Gerald K. Siegel

  • Murder at the Oasis
    7.5/10538 votes
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    Murder at the Oasis

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/7/1985

    An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.

    Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman

    Writer: Robert Van Scoyk

  • Funeral at Fifty-Mile
    7.0/101 votes
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    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