Murder, She Wrote

The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 5

Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS

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

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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  1. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

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    S5:E9

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

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    Writer:N/A
  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

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

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    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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  3. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Penroy's Vacation

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    S5:E3

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

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  4. 8.0/10(2 votes)

    #4 - The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

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    S5:E7

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

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  5. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Weave a Tangled Web

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    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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  6. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - The Search for Peter Kerry

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    S5:E11

    A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

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  8. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Alma Murder

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    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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  9. 8.0/10(2 votes)

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

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    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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  10. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - Wearing of the Green

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    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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  11. 7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Smooth Operators

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    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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  12. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #11 - A Little Night Work

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    S5:E2

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

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  13. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Snow White, Blood Red

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    S5:E4

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

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  14. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Prediction: Murder

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    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:N/A
  15. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #14 - Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

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    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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  16. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - From Russia ... With Blood

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    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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  17. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Truck Stop

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    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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  18. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Double Exposure

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    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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  19. 7.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - Three Strikes, You're Out

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    S5:E20

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

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  20. 6.5/10(2 votes)

    #19 - J.B. As in Jailbird

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    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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  21. 6.0/10(3 votes)

    #20 - The Sins of Castle Cove

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    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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  22. 5.3/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Coal Miner's Slaughter

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    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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  23. 4.5/10(2 votes)

    #22 - Trevor Hudson's Legacy

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    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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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 5. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey and written by N/A, it aired on 1/8/1989. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)".