7.1/10404 votes#1 - Appointment in Athens
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1989
Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Tom Sawyer
7.8/10469 votes#2 - Seal of the Confessional
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1989
A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
6.9/10426 votes#3 - The Grand Old Lady
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1989
When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.6/10389 votes#4 - The Error of Her Ways
Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1989
When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Donald Ross
7.2/10407 votes#5 - Jack and Bill
Season 6 Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1989
A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.7/10421 votes#6 - Dead Letter
Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1989
An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
6.9/10429 votes#7 - Night of the Tarantula
Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1989
A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.1/10389 votes#8 - When the Fat Lady Sings
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1989
The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.8/10420 votes#9 - Test of Wills
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1989
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.4/10400 votes#10 - Class Act
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1989
A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
8.1/10444 votes#11 - Town Father
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1989
The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: N/A
6.6/10389 votes#12 - Goodbye Charlie
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1990
Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.8/10428 votes#13 - If the Shoe Fits
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1990
A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.7/10394 votes#14 - How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1990
Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.4/10402 votes#15 - The Fixer-upper
Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1990
Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Oliver Hailey
7.7/10399 votes#16 - The Big Show of 1965
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1990
Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: N/A
7.2/10355 votes#17 - Murder: According to Maggie
Season 6 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1990
The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.2/10344 votes#18 - O'Malley's Luck
Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1990
An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.1/10337 votes#19 - Always a Thief
Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/1990
Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.9/10380 votes#20 - Shear Madness
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1990
Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Chris Manheim
7.3/10371 votes#21 - The Szechuan Dragon
Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1990
Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Sawyer
6.8/10303 votes#22 - The Sicilian Encounter
Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1990
Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Swanson
The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 6
Every episode of Murder, She Wrote Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 6!
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Season 6 Ratings Summary
"Appointment in Athens" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 6. It scored 7.1/10 based on 404 votes. Directed by Vincent McEveety and written by Tom Sawyer, it aired on 9/24/1989. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Seal of the Confessional".