7.4/10278 votes#1 - Nailed
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1995
Gossip is rampant in a stylish Fifth Avenue beauty salon where an expert hair-dresser is involved in several intrigues.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Donald Ross
7.3/10285 votes#2 - A Quaking in Aspen
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/1995
In Aspen, Colo, Jessica's friend, Laney, seems to be the best suspect in the murder of her husband, Grant Boswell.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Tom Sawyer
7.5/10289 votes#3 - The Secret of Gila Junction
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1995
People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.1/10287 votes#4 - Big Easy Murder
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 10/12/1995
Jessica travels to New Orleans to research a new novel, but gets caught up in a series of voodoo killings.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.8/10299 votes#5 - Home Care
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1995
A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.9/10348 votes#6 - Nan's Ghost (1)
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1995
A spooky story set in an old Irish castle where legend has it that there is a ghost and a hidden treasure.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.8/10298 votes#7 - Nan's Ghost (2)
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1995
Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.1/10264 votes#8 - Shooting in Rome
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1995
A movie set in Rome is the setting for a more than they planned while filming a J.B. Fletcher novel.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.2/10245 votes#9 - Deadly Bidding
Season 12 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1995
Jessica agrees to go to New York to bid on a manuscript purportedly by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and while there, she gets mixed up in the murder of a local forger who had been involved in the theft of a priceless Degas painting two years earlier when she tries to help Charlie Garrett out of a jam.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Tom Sawyer
7.5/10274 votes#10 - Frozen Stiff
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1995
What is the secret ingredient in the ice cream? Jessica means to find out and see that the donation for the literary foundation is paid as promised.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: N/A
7.7/10287 votes#11 - Unwilling Witness
Season 12 Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/1995
Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
6.8/10258 votes#12 - Kendo Killing
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1996
Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Laurence Heath
6.6/10259 votes#13 - Death Goes Double Platinum
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1996
The members of an up-and-coming Latin instrumental band get an offer they can't refuse just when they are getting noticed by a more reputable company.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.2/10287 votes#14 - Murder in Tempo
Season 12 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1996
A much disliked singer gets a jolt from an electric guitar during a rehearsal for a rock concert benefit in Cabot Cove.
Director: Kevin Corcoran
Writer: Laurence Heath
7.6/10267 votes#15 - The Dark Side of the Door
Season 12 Episode 15 - Aired 2/1/1996
The victim of a childhood kidnapping sees more in the manuscript she is editing than coincidence would suggest.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.1/10293 votes#16 - Murder Among Friends
Season 12 Episode 16 - Aired 2/8/1996
A TV sitcom, Buds, turns out to be less friendly than the producer hoped.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
6.8/10280 votes#17 - Something Foul in Flappieville
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1996
The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.6/10269 votes#18 - Track of a Soldier
Season 12 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1996
The scene is a guest lodge in the Grand Tetons. Two of the guests are hiding secrets. Who has the diamond?
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.6/10272 votes#19 - Evidence of Malice
Season 12 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1996
Deputy Andy bought a house with numerous defects from the victim and emerges as the chief suspect.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Tom Sawyer
6.9/10265 votes#20 - Southern Double-Cross
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1996
Jessica is booked for a seminar in Australia when she gets word that she may have claim to an inheritance in the area--land used for sheep grazing. The natives are not all happy with this.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.3/10281 votes#21 - Race To Death
Season 12 Episode 21 - Aired 4/28/1996
Jessica is the honorary commodore of the World's Cup Race, featuring Kyle Kimball's Buccaneer and Ned Larkin's Free Spirit. There is much ill-will and Ned is injured, too much to skipper his craft. His daughter replaces him and then Kyle is killed. This is no way to run a regatta!
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Laurence Heath
7.5/10294 votes#22 - What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Season 12 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/1996
Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die ""accidentally"" before the event.
Director: Kevin Corcoran
Writer: N/A
7.3/10260 votes#23 - Mrs. Parker's Revenge
Season 12 Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/1996
Jessica somehow gets tangled in a situation involving a deadly virus and an arms deal.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.6/10301 votes#24 - Death by Demographics
Season 12 Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/1996
In San Francisco, a radio station's new manager is trying to change their image by firing every staff member who is past a certain age and playing music for teen-agers only.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Donald Ross
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Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Season 12 Ratings Summary
"Nailed" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 12. It scored 7.4/10 based on 278 votes. Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw and written by Donald Ross, it aired on 9/21/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "A Quaking in Aspen".