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#1 - 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
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#2 - 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
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#3 - 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
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#4 - 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
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#5 - 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
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#6 - 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
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#7 - 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
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#8 - 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
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#9 - 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
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#10 - 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
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#11 - 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
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#12 - 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
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#13 - 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
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#14 - 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
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#15 - 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
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#16 - 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
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#17 - 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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#18 - 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
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#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
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#20 - 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
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#21 - 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
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#22 - 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
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The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 4
Every episode of Murder, She Wrote Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 4!
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Episodes
22
Avg. Rating
7.5
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S4
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E3
7.5
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Season 4 Ratings Summary
"If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 4. It scored 8.4/10 based on 656 votes. Directed by Peter Crane and written by N/A, it aired on 11/8/1987. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?".