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The Worst Episodes of Murder, She Wrote

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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  1. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #1 - No Laughing Murder

    S3:E18

    After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.

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    Writer:Tom Sawyer
  2. 5.0/10(3 votes)

    #2 - Murder in a Minor Key

    S3:E14

    Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.

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    Director:N/A
    Writer:N/A
  3. 6.6/10(457 votes)

    #3 - Indian Giver

    S4:E10

    A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

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  4. 6.6/10(409 votes)

    #4 - Goodbye Charlie

    S6:E12

    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.

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  5. 6.6/10(342 votes)

    #5 - Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?

    S7:E18

    A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.

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  6. 6.6/10(274 votes)

    #6 - Death Goes Double Platinum

    S12:E13

    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.

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    Writer:N/A
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  8. 6.7/10(3 votes)

    #7 - The Bottom Line Is Murder

    S3:E15

    A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?

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  9. 6.7/10(309 votes)

    #8 - Dead Eye

    S9:E13

    Are the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same year connected?

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    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Tom Sawyer
  10. 6.7/10(299 votes)

    #9 - Time to Die

    S10:E16

    A step-father may have been eliminated by his step-son, a graffiti artist.

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  11. 6.8/10(324 votes)

    #10 - The Sicilian Encounter

    S6:E22

    Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.

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    Director:N/A
  12. 6.8/10(273 votes)

    #11 - Kendo Killing

    S12:E12

    Motorcycle racing in Osaka, Japan, puts a man's life in danger when he tries to wed a girl from a traditional Japanese family.

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  13. 6.8/10(293 votes)

    #12 - Something Foul in Flappieville

    S12:E17

    The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

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    Writer:N/A
  14. 6.9/10(590 votes)

    #13 - Broadway Malady

    S1:E12

    Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.

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    Director:Hy Averback
    Writer:Tom Sawyer
  15. 6.9/10(518 votes)

    #14 - Dead Heat

    S2:E8

    Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.

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  16. 6.9/10(437 votes)

    #15 - Showdown in Saskatchewan

    S4:E20

    Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.

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  17. 6.9/10(388 votes)

    #16 - 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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  18. 6.9/10(445 votes)

    #17 - The Grand Old Lady

    S6:E3

    When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

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  19. 6.9/10(448 votes)

    #18 - Night of the Tarantula

    S6:E7

    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.

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  20. 6.9/10(279 votes)

    #19 - Southern Double-Cross

    S12:E20

    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.

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  21. 7.0/10(719 votes)

    #20 - Tough Guys Don't Die

    S1:E16

    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.

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  22. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Funeral at Fifty-Mile

    S1:E22

    A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.

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  23. 7.0/10(528 votes)

    #22 - Powder Keg

    S2:E15

    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.

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  24. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - Corned Beef And Carnage

    S3:E5

    An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

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  25. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - Dead Man's Gold

    S3:E6

    While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.

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    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - Magnum on Ice (II)

    S3:E8

    Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

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Worst Episodes Summary

"No Laughing Murder" is the worst rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Walter Grauman and written by Tom Sawyer, it aired on 3/15/1987. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "Murder in a Minor Key".