7.5/10628 votes#1 - Widow, Weep for Me
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/1985
Jessica's vacation at a Caribbean resort is not solely for pleasure, but to investigate a friend's murder.
Director: Michael A. Hoey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.4/10597 votes#2 - Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/1985
Plans to build a new hotel in Cabot Cove are put on hold when diggers discover an old skeleton that had been buried deeply that many of the townspeople believe to be the remains of Joshua Peabody. Not everyone is thus inclined though, and many people believe it's just a random dead body. But when Jessica and Amos head back to the dig site, they find there's another body there! Jessica not only has to find out who killed Wheatley, she has to help an old friend when his past comes back to haunt him.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Tom Sawyer
7.4/10567 votes#3 - Murder in the Afternoon
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/1985
While filming a soap opera in which Mrs. Fletcher's niece plays a part, a 'pretend' victim is really dead.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: Paul Savage
7.2/10528 votes#4 - School for Scandal
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1985
When Jessica is offered an honorary degree from Crenshaw University, she has no idea she's about to become embroiled in a murder. After the boyfriend of (in)famous writer Daphne Clover is found murdered, Jessica agrees to assist the chief of police, who has never had a murder case before, find out who the killer is. She soon has more on her plate than she bargained for when first Daphne's mother confesses, then Daphne herself confesses. Jessica realises the two women are simply trying to protect each other, and begins to look at the faculty at the university.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.2/10559 votes#5 - Sing a Song of Murder
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1985
When cousin Emma's life is threatened, she plays dead and Jessica is summoned to London as the heir to the estate.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
8.0/10618 votes#6 - Reflections of the Mind
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1985
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 Swanson
7.9/10619 votes#7 - A Lady in the Lake
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/1985
While spending time at a lake, Jessica sees what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling from a boat into the lake.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk
6.9/10496 votes#8 - Dead Heat
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1985
Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley
7.6/10611 votes#9 - Jessica Behind Bars
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1985
Doing public service, Jessica becomes a hostage in a prison riot caused by anger in the handling of the doctor's murder.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Carleton Eastlake
8.1/10618 votes#10 - Sticks and Stones
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1985
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
Writer: Linda Shank, Mark Giles
7.4/10534 votes#11 - Murder Digs Deep
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/1985
An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff
7.4/10502 votes#12 - Murder by Appointment Only
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1986
One of Jessica's former students is murdered and she takes a personal interest in the investigation.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: Jerry Ross
8.4/10706 votes#13 - Trial by Error
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1986
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
8.2/10639 votes#14 - Keep the Home Fries Burning
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1986
Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Philip Garson
6.9/10504 votes#15 - Powder Keg
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1986
After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small southern town just in time for local bad boy Ed Bonner to be found dead, and young Matt Burns, the son of a former student of Ames', ends up accused of the murder. At the behest of Linda Bonner, the victim's sister who happens to care deeply about the accused, Jessica takes a look into the murder, but hatred runs deep in this town and it's pure luck (and Andy Crane) that leads Jessica and Ames to the right answer.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.1/10499 votes#16 - Murder in the Electric Cathedral
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1986
Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Dick Nelson
7.4/10485 votes#17 - One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1986
A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to shed blood.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley
7.7/10508 votes#18 - If A Body Meet A Body
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/1986
Investigation of a claim that the deceased was murdered leads the police to discover that the wrong body is in the coffin.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.4/10462 votes#19 - Christopher Bundy -- Died On Sunday
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/1986
Jessica and Grady head to the home of publisher Christopher Bundy, whose publishing company owns the rights to Jessica's first short story. Jessica is quite upset, as Bundy's magazine is known for it's racy pictures of young women. While there, Jessica is pleased to run into an old acquaintance, Chester Harrison, and when Harrison is accused of murdering Christopher Bundy, Jessica vows to prove his innocence but runs into trouble when the family isn't interested in having their own skeletons dragged out of the closet.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Gerald K. Siegel
7.4/10543 votes#20 - Menace, Anyone?
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/1986
Who was the intended victim when a tennis star is blown up in his girl friend's car?
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: N/A
7.2/10469 votes#21 - The Perfect Foil
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/1986
At the request of aunt Mildred, Jessica agrees to stop by New Orleans to check on cousin Cal while on her way to Houston. No sooner does Jessica get to New Orleans then she is tossed into a Mardi Gras party where the host ends up dead, and Cal is accused of the crime. While attempting to clear Cal's name and reputation, Jessica delves into the world of cheating poker players, cheating girlfriends and vengefilled police officers while trying to convince a local lieutenant that Cal is not capable of murder.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.5/10476 votes#22 - If the Frame Fits
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/18/1986
After Julia Marcus Granger is found murdered during what seems to have been an apparent art theft, suspicion turns to her husband Donald, who, as a result, also ends up being suspected in a recent rash of art thefts where there were no fatalities. Julia's sister Sabrina is convinced that Donald didn't do it and begs Jessica for help. While looking into Julia's murder, Jessica realises that she has two completely different criminals on her hands, and someone tampered with the scene of Julia's murder to make it look like something else.
Director: Paul Lynch
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 2
Every episode of Murder, She Wrote Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 2!
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Season 2 Ratings Summary
"Widow, Weep for Me" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 2. It scored 7.5/10 based on 628 votes. Directed by Michael A. Hoey and written by Peter S. Fischer, it aired on 9/29/1985. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly".