7.5/10471 votes#1 - A Fashionable Way to Die
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1987
Ooh la la! Jessica travels to gay Paris to spend some time with an old friend... and finds herself entangled in a case involving fashion, finance and murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: Donald Ross
7.8/10517 votes#2 - When Thieves Fall Out
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1987
A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
7.8/10499 votes#3 - Witness for the Defense
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.6/10483 votes#4 - Old Habits Die Hard
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/11/1987
A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.4/10441 votes#5 - The Way To Dusty Death
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1987
After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10468 votes#6 - It Runs In The Family
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1987
Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
8.4/10644 votes#7 - If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1987
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: N/A
7.4/10418 votes#8 - Steal Me a Story
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1987
The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.8/10478 votes#9 - Trouble in Eden
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/1987
Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.
Director: N/A
Writer: John D. F. Black
6.6/10435 votes#10 - Indian Giver
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/1987
A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Gerald K. Siegel
7.3/10427 votes#11 - Doom with a View
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1987
Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.9/10532 votes#12 - Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/3/1988
Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: N/A
7.1/10389 votes#13 - Harbinger of Death
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/1988
Jessica is thrilled to be visiting her niece Carrie and her husband Leonard, an astronomer dreaming of seeing a long-lost comet, but when Carrie's ex-boyfriend Drake Eaton is murdered in the home she's been staying in, Jessica has to prove not only her niece but also her husband innocent of murder.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.8/10462 votes#14 - Curse of the Daanav
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1988
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.6/10447 votes#15 - Mourning Among the Wisterias
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 2/14/1988
Jessica visits her old friend Eugene McClendon, who soon stands accused of the murder of an old friend, Jonathan Keeler. While helping clear Eugene's name, Jessica learns that her friend believes he is dying, and is surprised when he asks her to marry him so that she can look after his affairs once he's gone. Jessica agrees, but only so that they can expose Jonathan's true killer.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.6/10417 votes#16 - Murder Through the Looking Glass
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/21/1988
Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: N/A
7.4/10442 votes#17 - A Very Good Year for Murder
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 2/28/1988
The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.6/10455 votes#18 - Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/13/1988
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: N/A
7.3/10427 votes#19 - Just Another Fish Story
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/27/1988
Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
6.9/10417 votes#20 - Showdown in Saskatchewan
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/10/1988
Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Dick Nelson
7.7/10414 votes#21 - Deadpan
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1988
Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff
7.4/10399 votes#22 - The Body Politic
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/1988
The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Donald Ross
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Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Season 4 Ratings Summary
"A Fashionable Way to Die" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 471 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Donald Ross, it aired on 9/20/1987. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "When Thieves Fall Out".