The Best Episodes Written By Paul Savage

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.8/10(4 votes)

   #1 - Trial by Error

   S2:E131/12/1986

   It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #2 - The Prodigal

   S1:E912/8/1985

   A man wants to testify against his mobster brother in Federal Court, and MacGyver has the job of keeping him safe, but the man's mother is dying and he wants to visit her.

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   8.0/10(4 votes)

   #3 - Death Stalks the Big Top (1)

   S3:E19/28/1986

   Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

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   8.0/10(3 votes)

   #4 - Death Stalks the Big Top (2)

   S3:E210/5/1986

   Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.

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   7.5/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Murder in the Afternoon

   S2:E310/13/1985

   While filming a soap opera in which Mrs. Fletcher's niece plays a part, a 'pretend' victim is really dead.

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   6.3/10(3 votes)

   #6 - Murder to a Jazz Beat

   S1:E132/3/1985

   While in New Orleans, Jessica must solve the mysterious murder of a famous musician who died while performing onstage.

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   6.0/10(3 votes)

   #7 - Random Target

   S2:E1112/8/1984

   While filming aerial footage, String and Dom accidentally get footage of a mobster believed dead.

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   3.3/10(3 votes)

   #8 - Trevor Hudson's Legacy

   S5:E184/16/1989

   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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