The Best Episodes Written By Robert Swanson
Every TV Episode Written by Robert Swanson Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Robert Swanson Ratings Summary
The best episode written by Robert Swanson is "The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance", rated 9/10 from 1 user votes. It was "directed by Seymour Robbie". "The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance" aired on 10/23/1975 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Simon Says, Color Me Dead".
9.0/10 1 votes#1 - The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1975
Beloved Vera Bethune stars as Miss Aggie in a radio soap opera, but is about to be written out. One day she drinks water from a jug and is poisoned in a murder attempt. She is taken to the hospital and survives, but the killer returns.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#2 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/1/1987
An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#3 - Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/1988
The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#4 - Weave a Tangled Web
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 1/15/1989
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#5 - How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1990
Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#6 - Moving Violation
Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1991
An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#7 - Unauthorized Obituary
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1991
After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#8 - Terminal Connection
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1991
Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a long list of suspects who wished him dead.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
8.0/10 1 votes#9 - Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1992
No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they don't want her to believe it, either.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.5/10 2 votes#10 - Reflections of the Mind
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/1985
Jessica decides to pay a visit to her long-time friend Francesca, only to learn that Francesca, who is now married to a much younger man, is convinced that she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband, Ross. When her new husband, Scott, turns up dead, the investigation reveals that he had been poisoned, and suspicion turns to Francesca. Jessica, however, is determined to prove that her friend did not commit the crime, and begins looking into the mysterious re-appearances of her dead husband.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 1 votes#11 - Sudden Death
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/1985
Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.
Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 1 votes#12 - Footnote to Murder
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/10/1985
An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 2 votes#13 - The Perfect Foil
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/1986
At the request of aunt Mildred, Jessica agrees to stop by New Orleans to check on cousin Cal while on her way to Houston. No sooner does Jessica get to New Orleans then she is tossed into a Mardi Gras party where the host ends up dead, and Cal is accused of the crime. While attempting to clear Cal's name and reputation, Jessica delves into the world of cheating poker players, cheating girlfriends and vengefilled police officers while trying to convince a local lieutenant that Cal is not capable of murder.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 1 votes#14 - Corned Beef And Carnage
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/1986
An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 1 votes#15 - Witness for the Defense
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 1 votes#16 - Double Exposure
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/30/1989
In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
7.0/10 3 votes#17 - Test of Wills
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1989
A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
6.5/10 2 votes#18 - School for Scandal
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1985
When Jessica is offered an honorary degree from Crenshaw University, she has no idea she's about to become embroiled in a murder. After the boyfriend of (in)famous writer Daphne Clover is found murdered, Jessica agrees to assist the chief of police, who has never had a murder case before, find out who the killer is. She soon has more on her plate than she bargained for when first Daphne's mother confesses, then Daphne herself confesses. Jessica realises the two women are simply trying to protect each other, and begins to look at the faculty at the university.
Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: Robert Swanson
6.2/10 4 votes#19 - Birds of a Feather
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/14/1984
Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because she suspects that her fiancé, Howard, is having an affair. Although Jessica and Victoria are relieved to learn that Howard isn't cheating but rather dressing up as a woman to perform at a nightclub, the relief is short lived when Howard is arrested for murdering his boss, Al Drake, who had been refusing to pay him. The police are convinced that Drake was shot during Freddy York's act, which doesn't leave a lot of time, but Jessica is determined to prove Howard's innocence.
Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Robert Swanson
6.0/10 1 votes#20 - Magnum on Ice (II)
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/1986
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).
Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Robert Swanson
6.0/10 1 votes#21 - J.B. As in Jailbird
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/23/1988
A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
5.0/10 1 votes#22 - 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
4.5/10 2 votes#23 - Thursday's Child
Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1991
A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
4.0/10 1 votes#24 - Deadly Misunderstanding
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1990
A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw
Writer: Robert Swanson
4.0/10 2 votes#25 - Angel of Death
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1992
While Jessica is in Carmel, California, consoling a well-known playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, another family member is murdered.
Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson