6.6/10435 votesLoading...#1 - 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
6.6/10389 votesLoading...#2 - 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
6.6/10323 votesLoading...#3 - Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1991
A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
6.6/10262 votesLoading...#4 - Death Goes Double Platinum
Season 12 Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1996
The members of an up-and-coming Latin instrumental band get an offer they can't refuse just when they are getting noticed by a more reputable company.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
6.7/10516 votesLoading...#5 - Murder in a Minor Key
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/8/1987
Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/10295 votesLoading...#6 - Dead Eye
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 2/7/1993
Are the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same year connected?
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Tom Sawyer
6.7/10289 votesLoading...#7 - Time to Die
Season 10 Episode 16 - Aired 3/6/1994
A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Laurence Heath
6.8/10565 votesLoading...#8 - Broadway Malady
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/13/1985
Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.
Director: Hy Averback
Writer: Tom Sawyer
6.8/10303 votesLoading...#9 - 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
6.8/10261 votesLoading...#10 - Kendo Killing
Season 12 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1996
Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Laurence Heath
6.8/10282 votesLoading...#11 - Something Foul in Flappieville
Season 12 Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1996
The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
6.9/10496 votesLoading...#12 - Dead Heat
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1985
Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: J. Miyoko Hensley, Steven Hensley
6.9/10504 votesLoading...#13 - Powder Keg
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1986
After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small southern town just in time for local bad boy Ed Bonner to be found dead, and young Matt Burns, the son of a former student of Ames', ends up accused of the murder. At the behest of Linda Bonner, the victim's sister who happens to care deeply about the accused, Jessica takes a look into the murder, but hatred runs deep in this town and it's pure luck (and Andy Crane) that leads Jessica and Ames to the right answer.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
6.9/10417 votesLoading...#14 - 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
6.9/10366 votesLoading...#15 - Three Strikes, You're Out
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/7/1989
A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Donald Ross
6.9/10426 votesLoading...#16 - 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
6.9/10429 votesLoading...#17 - 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
6.9/10268 votesLoading...#18 - Southern Double-Cross
Season 12 Episode 20 - Aired 4/4/1996
Jessica is booked for a seminar in Australia when she gets word that she may have claim to an inheritance in the area--land used for sheep grazing. The natives are not all happy with this.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: N/A
7.0/10698 votesLoading...#19 - Tough Guys Don't Die
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1985
Jessica meets Harry McGraw and they figure out which one of three cases may contain the motive for the death of a private detective. One dates back 25 years.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
7.0/101 votesLoading...#20 - Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 4/21/1985
A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Dick Nelson
7.0/10460 votesLoading...#21 - Truck Stop
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 4/2/1989
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.
Director: Vincent McEveety
Writer: N/A
7.0/10341 votesLoading...#22 - A Virtual Murder
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1993
Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10279 votesLoading...#23 - Murder in High-C
Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1995
Jessica finds herself crime-solving in a highly intense world of opera while in Genoa, Italy.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: N/A
7.1/10499 votesLoading...#24 - Murder in the Electric Cathedral
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1986
Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Dick Nelson
7.1/10442 votesLoading...#25 - Death Takes a Dive
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/22/1987
Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer
The Worst Episodes of Murder, She Wrote
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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Genres:MysteryCrimeDrama
Network:CBS
Worst Episodes Summary
"Indian Giver" is the worst rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote". It scored 6.6/10 based on 435 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Gerald K. Siegel, it aired on 11/29/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Goodbye Charlie".