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The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 5

Every episode of Murder, She Wrote Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 5

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  1. Background image for J.B. As in Jailbird
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    #1 - J.B. As in Jailbird

    S5:E1

    A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.

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  2. Background image for A Little Night Work
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #2 - A Little Night Work

    S5:E2

    A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.

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  3. Background image for Mr. Penroy's Vacation
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Penroy's Vacation

    S5:E3

    The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

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  4. Background image for Snow White, Blood Red
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - Snow White, Blood Red

    S5:E4

    A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

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  5. Background image for Coal Miner's Slaughter
    5.3/10(3 votes)

    #5 - Coal Miner's Slaughter

    S5:E5

    The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.

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  6. Background image for Wearing of the Green
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - Wearing of the Green

    S5:E6

    A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.

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  8. Background image for The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #7 - The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

    S5:E7

    The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

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  9. Background image for Prediction: Murder
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - Prediction: Murder

    S5:E8

    A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #9 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

    S5:E9

    Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

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  11. Background image for Weave a Tangled Web
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Weave a Tangled Web

    S5:E10

    Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.

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  12. Background image for The Search for Peter Kerry
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Search for Peter Kerry

    S5:E11

    A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

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  13. Background image for Smooth Operators
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Smooth Operators

    S5:E12

    When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or money--a robbery or something else?

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  14. Background image for Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #13 - Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

    S5:E13

    A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.

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  15. Background image for From Russia ... With Blood
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - From Russia ... With Blood

    S5:E14

    A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.

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  16. Background image for Alma Murder
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Alma Murder

    S5:E15

    An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

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    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Truck Stop

    S5:E16

    Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for The Sins of Castle Cove
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    #17 - The Sins of Castle Cove

    S5:E17

    A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.

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  19. Background image for Trevor Hudson's Legacy
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    #18 - Trevor Hudson's Legacy

    S5:E18

    A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.

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  20. Background image for Double Exposure
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Double Exposure

    S5:E19

    In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.

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  21. Background image for Three Strikes, You're Out
    7.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Three Strikes, You're Out

    S5:E20

    A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

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  22. Background image for Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

    S5:E21

    Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

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  23. Background image for Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)

    S5:E22

    After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"J.B. As in Jailbird" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 5. It scored 6.5/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw and written by Robert Swanson, it aired on 10/23/1988. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "A Little Night Work".