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The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 3

Every episode of Murder, She Wrote Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 3

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  1. 8.4/10(662 votes)

    #1 - The Corpse Flew First Class

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    S3:E12

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

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  2. 8.3/10(706 votes)

    #2 - The Days Dwindle Down

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    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.

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  3. 8.0/10(620 votes)

    #3 - Crossed Up

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    S3:E13

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

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  4. 7.6/10(468 votes)

    #4 - Murder, She Spoke

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    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.

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  5. 7.5/10(559 votes)

    #5 - Death Stalks the Big Top (1)

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    S3:E1

    Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

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  6. 7.5/10(508 votes)

    #6 - Death Stalks the Big Top (2)

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    S3:E2

    Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

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  8. 7.5/10(544 votes)

    #7 - Magnum on Ice (II)

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    S3:E8

    Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

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  9. 7.5/10(486 votes)

    #8 - Obituary for a Dead Anchor

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    S3:E9

    Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who had been doing a series of stories on an art dealer who was really a drug dealer, shows up to do the interview, complete with cameras and crew. After Kevin is presumed dead when a boat Amos chartered for him explodes, Cabot Cove explodes with press and paparazzi, and the citizens blame Jessica for all the problems it causes, demanding that she solve the mystery. Unfortunately, once Keats is revealed to be alive and well, the real question is who the true target was.

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  10. 7.5/10(527 votes)

    #9 - Night of the Headless Horseman

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    S3:E11

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

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  11. 7.5/10(476 votes)

    #10 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead

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    S3:E17

    An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

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  12. 7.5/10(466 votes)

    #11 - No Accounting for Murder

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    S3:E19

    Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

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  13. 7.5/10(463 votes)

    #12 - The Cemetery Vote

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    S3:E20

    First, the reform mayor dies in an ""accident"" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the ""accident"".

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  14. 7.4/10(500 votes)

    #13 - One White Rose for Death

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    S3:E4

    Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

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  15. 7.4/10(455 votes)

    #14 - Deadline for Murder

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    S3:E7

    A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.

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  16. 7.4/10(478 votes)

    #15 - Stage Struck

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    S3:E10

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

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  17. 7.4/10(444 votes)

    #16 - The Bottom Line Is Murder

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    S3:E15

    A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?

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  18. 7.3/10(528 votes)

    #17 - No Laughing Murder

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    S3:E18

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

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    Writer:Tom Sawyer
  19. 7.2/10(525 votes)

    #18 - Unfinished Business

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    S3:E3

    A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.

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  20. 7.2/10(494 votes)

    #19 - Corned Beef And Carnage

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    S3:E5

    An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

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  21. 7.2/10(509 votes)

    #20 - Dead Man's Gold

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    S3:E6

    While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.

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  22. 7.1/10(459 votes)

    #21 - Death Takes a Dive

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    S3:E16

    Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

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  23. 6.7/10(532 votes)

    #22 - Murder in a Minor Key

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    S3:E14

    Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Corpse Flew First Class" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 3. It scored 8.4/10 based on 662 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Donald Ross, it aired on 1/18/1987. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Days Dwindle Down".