10.0/101 votes#1 - The Murder's in the Mail
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/2/1985
Dave and Maddie find a dead body as they try to collect money for a collection agency, but it disappears without a trace when they try to report it.
Director: Peter Werner
Writer: Michael Scheff
8.0/102 votes#2 - Murder Takes the Bus
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1985
Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Michael Scheff
8.0/101 votes#3 - Deadpan
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1988
Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Scheff
8.0/101 votes#4 - The Prodigal Father
Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/1991
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Michael Scheff
7.0/102 votes#5 - Murder Digs Deep
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/1985
An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.
Director: Philip Leacock
Writer: Michael Scheff
6.0/101 votes#6 - Death of the Flowers
Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/10/1986
While Rick is planning a surprise birthday bash at the Club for Ice Pick, Carol asks Thomas to observe a court case she is presenting before Judge Kearns, who drops the case on a simple technicality. She considers the Judge to be her mentor, but is concerned that of late he has been acting uncharacteristically, and suspects him of taking bribes to dismiss cases. She asks Thomas to help her hopefully disprove her worries. But the investigation sees turns up evidence that implicates Ice Pick, who in turn faces having to implicate the woman he was in love with decades earlier, who is now involved with a crime ring. Carol, Rick and Ice Pick must all face up to the weaknesses and mortality of their mentors and idolised ones...
Director: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Michael Scheff
5.0/101 votes#7 - The Price of Honor
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/7/1993
A blackmailer from the future uses his knowledge of things to come - and high ranking people's secrets - to get his money. When he extorts a man who's destined to become president, Lambert takes notice of the event and tries to stop him. But the blackmailer seems to have his back covered. And the future president desperately wants to keep his dirty secret from interfering with an ongoing peace process. Can Lambert stop the secret from getting out? And what is the secret?
Director: N/A
Writer: Michael Scheff
2.0/101 votes#8 - Killer Cop
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1994
A young woman has an erotic passion for male police officers. After an unsuccessful inciden she drives her car and is stopped by a police vehicle. A uniformed man steps close to her car door and lays his leather-gloved hands around her neck and squeezes.
Director: James Darren
Writer: Michael Scheff
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"The Murder's in the Mail" is the best rated episode written by Michael Scheff. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by Peter Werner. It aired on 4/2/1985 and is rated 2.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Murder Takes the Bus".