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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 1 Episode 2 - The Five and a Half Pound Junkie
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E2

    When his childhood friend is murdered, Baretta tries to protect the pregnant widow and her unborn child from the killers, and from her own drug habit.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 21 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E21

    Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  3. undefined Season 2 Episode 16 - Close Cover Before Killing
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E16

    Kojak investigates a homicide in which the murder was covered up by a torched building.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  4. undefined Season 1 Episode 16 - Tough Guys Don't Die
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    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.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  5. undefined Season 6 Episode 8 - When the Fat Lady Sings
    8.2/10(3 votes)

    S6:E8

    The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  6. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - A Friend in Deed
    8.1/10(34 votes)

    S3:E8

    A police commissioner provides an alibi to a friend who has just killed his wife. Later the commissioner kills his own wife and gets the friend to repay the favour.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 14 - My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    S1:E14

    Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  8. undefined Season 1 Episode 15 - Paint Me a Murder
    8.1/10(6 votes)

    S1:E15

    The life of a famous artist is threatened on what would be otherwise an idyllic Mediterranean island.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  9. undefined Season 1 Episode 8 - We're Off to Kill the Wizard
    8.1/10(7 votes)

    S1:E8

    Jessica is asked to help solve the "impossible" murder of a wealthy, and much disliked, amusement park owner.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 6 - Lovers and Other Killers
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    S1:E6

    While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  11. undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - The Search for Peter Kerry
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S5:E11

    A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  12. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Adventure of the 12th Floor Express
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    S1:E5

    News mogul Henry Manners is murdered in an express elevator to the 12th floor of his building with nobody inside the elevator except the victim. The suspects include Manners' sister who had previously run the paper while her brother was absent in WW II, the right-wing columnist who was always getting the paper into legal hot water, the Editor being forced into retirement, and (yes, you knew this was coming) the paper's lawyer. Ole Frank Flannigan is on the scene too making the usual nuisance of himself and trying to beat Ellery to the solution. They'll have to take things one day at a time in this case.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  13. undefined Season 3 Episode 16 - Death Takes a Dive
    7.9/10(4 votes)

    S3:E16

    Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  14. undefined Season 1 Episode 11 - Capitol Offense
    7.9/10(7 votes)

    S1:E11

    Jessica is assigned to fill the empty seat of a deceased congressman for a brief period of time and finds a great deal of political game-playing in Washington.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  15. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - Negative Reaction
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    S4:E2

    Brilliant photographer Paul Galesko plans to murder his domineering wife, Frances, and pin the crime on an ex-convict named Alvin Deschler. His plan is to make it look as if Alvin kidnapped his wife and killed her before picking up the ransom money.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  16. undefined Season 3 Episode 4 - One White Rose for Death
    7.7/10(5 votes)

    S3:E4

    Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  17. undefined Season 6 Episode 5 - Jack and Bill
    7.7/10(3 votes)

    S6:E5

    A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  18. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - Widow, Weep for Me
    7.6/10(4 votes)

    S2:E1

    Jessica's vacation at a Caribbean resort is not solely for pleasure, but to investigate a friend's murder.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  19. undefined Season 4 Episode 6 - It Runs In The Family
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    S4:E6

    Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  20. undefined Season 6 Episode 10 - Class Act
    7.5/10(3 votes)

    S6:E10

    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:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  21. undefined Season 5 Episode 7 - The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
    7.5/10(3 votes)

    S5:E7

    The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  22. undefined Season 1 Episode 1 - The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    S1:E1

    Former English teacher Jessica Fletcher travels to New York to celebrate the success of her debut novel, but when an unwanted guest is murdered at a costume party, she wishes she'd stayed home.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  23. undefined Season 9 Episode 4 - Rest in Peace, Mrs. Columbo
    7.4/10(28 votes)

    S9:E4

    Columbo unwittingly becomes part of a deranged woman's diabolical plot to destroy the two men she believes responsible for her husband's death in prison. After murdering one, she moves in on the other, Columbo, to kill the person closest to him, his wife.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  24. undefined Season 6 Episode 19 - Always a Thief
    7.4/10(4 votes)

    S6:E19

    Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.

    Director:N/A
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  25. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - An Exercise in Fatality
    7.3/10(33 votes)

    S4:E1

    A health club owner kills his partner who is about to uncover a fraud and makes it look like an accident

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    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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Peter S. Fischer Ratings Summary

"The Five and a Half Pound Junkie" is the best rated episode written by Peter S. Fischer. It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. It was directed by N/A. It aired on 1/24/1975 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)".