The Best Episodes Written By Robert Swanson

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

An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: Robert Swanson

The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: Robert Swanson

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

Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

Director: Walter Grauman

Writer: Robert Swanson

An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.

Director: Anthony Pullen Shaw

Writer: Robert Swanson

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

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

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

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

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

Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.

Director: Edward M. Abroms

Writer: Robert Swanson

An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

Director: Peter Crane

Writer: Robert Swanson

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

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

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey

Writer: Robert Swanson

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director: N/A

Writer: Robert Swanson

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

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

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