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Murder, She Wrote

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aired from: Sep 1984 to: May 1996 264 eps
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  1. "The Murder of Sherlock Holmes"
    cast: Eddie Barth [ Bernie ], Jessica Browne [ Kitty Donovan ], Bert Convy [ Peter Brill ], Herb Edelman [ Bus Driver ], Anne Lloyd Francis [ Louise McCallum ], Michael Horton [ Grady Fletcher ], Tricia O'Neil [ Ashley Vickers ], Dennis Patrick [ Dexter Baxendale ], Raymond St. Jacques [ Doctor ], Ned Beatty [ Chief Roy Gunderson ], Arthur Hill [ Preston Giles ], Brian Keith [ Caleb McCallum ], Rosanna Huffman [ Eleanor Thompson ], Paddi Edwards [ Lois Hoey ], Ellen Crawford [ Muriel ], David Byrd [ Davis ], Richard Erdman [ Eggman ], Danny Wells [ Talk Show Host ], John Hancock [ Daniel, the Porter ], Jay Fenichel [ Cellini ], Stanley Brock [ Marvin ], Hap Lawrence [ Deputy ], Kat Sawyer-Young [ Feminist Interviewer ], Joseph Perry [ Heavy Set Man ], Howard Mann [ New Holvang Cabbie ], Freddye Chapman [ Jane ], Russell Curry [ Black Youth ], Johnny Venocur [ 2nd Tough ], Andy Garcia [ 1st Tough ], Anne Ramsey [ Woman on Bus ], Jimmy Joyce [ Tom, Bldg. Security guard ], Ken Olfson [ TV Book Critic ], Paula Victor [ Agnes Peabody ], Billie Hayes [ Peter Pan at Party ], Cathey Paine [ Young Woman ], Beau Starr [ Cop on the Boat ], Larry McCormick [ TV Reporter ], Dan Chambers [ Cab Driver ], Sallee Young [ Performer ], Donald Elson [ Bookstore owner ], Daniel Zippi [ Mailman ], Peter Boyle [ Unknown ]

    When Jessica publishes her first murder mystery, it shoots to the top of the best-seller list. Then, at a costume party, Jessica must solve the murder of another guest costumed as Sherlock Holmes.

    b: 30 Sep 84 pc: 59274 w: Peter S. Fischer s: Richard Levinson, William Link, Peter S. Fischer d: Corey Allen

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    1st Season 1984

  2. "Deadly Lady"
    gs: Doran Clark [ Nancy Earl ], Marilyn Hassett [ Maggie Earl ], Cassie Yates [ Lisa Earl Shelby ], Anne Lockhart [ Grace Earl Lamont ], Richard Hatch [ Terry Jones ], Dack Rambo [ Brian Shelby ], Howard Duff [ Ralph ], Tom Bower [ Jonathan Bailey ], Carol Swarbrick [ Emma ], Claude Akins [ Ethan Cragg ], John Petlock [ Nils Andersen ], Robert Beecher [ Elias Cobb ]

    Jessica must solve the murder of the wealthy Stephen Earl, and becomes embroiled in a family deceit and greed.

    b: 7 Oct 84 pc: 59206 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Corey Allen
  3. "Birds of a Feather"
    gs: Jeff Conaway [ Howard Griffin ], Carol Lawrence [ Candice Drake ], Richard Gautier [ Mike ], Genie Francis [ Victoria Brandon ], Bart Braverman [ Bill Patterson ], Gabe Kaplan [ Freddy York ], Harry Guardino [ Lieutenant Novak ], Barbara Rhoades [ Barbara ], Martin Landau [ Al Drake ], Robin Bach [ Maitre d' ], John O'Leary [ Minister ], William Edward Phipps [ Charlie ], Brian Avery [ Nightclub M.C. ], Gary Pagett [ Security Guard ], Tony Ballen [ Waiter ], Nick Savage [ Leather Guy ], Herndon Jackson [ Waiter #2 ]

    A family wedding brings Jessica to San Francisco where the bridegrrom-to-be must first be cleared of murder charges.

    b: 14 Oct 84 pc: 59203 w: Robert E. Swanson d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  4. "Hooray for Homicide"
    gs: Samantha Egger [ Marta Quintessa ], Melissa Sue Anderson [ Eve Crystal ], John Astin [ Ross Hayley ], José Pérez [ Lt. Mike Hernandez ], James MacArthur [ Allan Gebhart ], John Saxon [ Jerry Lydecker ], Morgan Stevens [ Scott Bennett ], Claude Akins [ Captain Ethan Craig ], Lyle Waggoner [ Martin Strindberg ], Virginia Mayo [ Elinor ], Ron Palillo [ Norman Lester ], Marianne McAndrew [ Sunny Finch ], Wayne Powers [ First Asst.Director ], Erik Holland [ Det. Mack Brody ], Hank Rolike [ Paddy ], Paul Ryan [ Ted Lafferty ], Barbara Block [ TV Newswoman ], Jack Scaliri [ TV Newsman #1 ], R.J.Adams [ TV Newsman #2 ], Michael Milhoan [ Security Guard ], Lisa Hope Ross [ Tour Guide ]

    Jessica arrives in Hollywood to protest the filming of her novel and prevent it from becoming a trashy movie, only to find herself heading a list of murder suspects.

    b: 28 Oct 84 pc: 59201 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Richard A. Colla
  5. "It's a Dog's Life"
    gs: Dan O'Herlihy [ Denton Langley ], Lynn Redgrave [ Abby Freestone ], Jared Martin [ Spenser Langley ], Lenore Kasdorf [ Trish Langley ], Cherie Currie [ Echo Cramer ], Cathryn Damon [ Morgana ], Forrest Tucker [ Tom Cassidy ], Dean Jones [ Marcus Boswell ], Gregory Walcott [ Potts ], Sandy Ward [ Mr. Barnes ], Roger Miller [ Sheriff ], Byron Cherry [ Dep. Will Roxie ], James Hampton [ Vet ], Robert Cornthwaite [ Coroner ], Greg Norberg [ Gary ], Bernard McDonald [ Master of the Hunt ], Brian Mozur [ Anthony ], Donna Anderson Marshall [ Miss Sampson ]

    While visiting her cousin at Langley Manor, a country estate in the South, a man dies during a fox-hunt under strang circumstances, and Jessica tries to find out what really happened.

    b: 4 Nov 84 pc: 59208 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Allen Reisnner
  6. "Lovers and Other Killers"
    gs: Andrew Stevens [ David Tolliver ], Peter Graves [ Dr.Edmund Gerard ], Andrew Prine [ Prof. Todd Lowery ], Grant Goodeve [ Jack Schroeder ], Lois Nettleton [ Amelia Browne ], Greg Morris [ Lt.Cal Andrews ], Lory Walsh [ Lila Schroeder ]

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

    b: 18 Nov 84 pc: 59207 w: Gereld K. Siegel d: Alan Cooke
  7. "Hit, Run and Homicide"
    gs: Claude Akins [ Captain Ethan Cragg ], Van Johnson [ Daniel O'Brien ], June Allyson [ Katie Simmons ], Patti D'Arbanville [ Leslie ], Stuart Whitman [ Charles Woodley ], Edward Albert [ Tony Holiday ], Bruce Gray [ Dean Merrill ], Lois Foraker [ Eliza Bates ], Paddi Edwards [ Lois ], Dee Croxton [ Cora McIntyre ], Douglas Stevenson [ Gas Attendant ], Roger Price [ Local #1 ], Ed Morgan [ Local #2 ], Harry Stephens [ Doctor ], G.R. Smith [ Deputy ], David Ashrow [ Umpire ]

    Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.

    b: 25 Nov 84 pc: 59216 w: Peter S. Fischer s: Peter S. Fischer, Gerels K. Siegel d: Walter Grauman
  8. "We're Off to Kill the Wizard"
    gs: James Coco [ Horatio Baldwin ], Kim Darby [ Laurie Bascomb ], Kristoffer Tabori [ Phillip Carlson ], George DiCenzo [ Michael Gardner ], Richard Sanders [ Arnold Megrim ], Christine Belford [ Erica Baldwin ], Gene Evans [ Leo Hollander ], John Schuck [ Captain ], James Stephens [ Lt. Bert Donovan ], Anne Kerry [ Carol Donovan ], Leaf Phoenix [ Billy Donovan ], Summer Phoenix [ Cindy Donovan ], Eric Server [ Ned O'Brien ], Vincent Howard [ Second Guard ], Ivan Saric [ Security Guard ], Henry G. Sanders [ Skycap ], Laura Leyva [ Clerk ]

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

    b: 9 Dec 84 pc: 59204 w: Paul W. Cooper d: Allen Reisner
  9. "Death Takes a Curtain Call"
    gs: Claude Akins [ Captain Ethan Gragg ], William Conrad [ Major Anatole Karzoff ], Vicki Kriegler [ Natalia ], George De La Pena [ Alexander ], Kerry Armstrong [ Irina ], James Carroll Jordan [ Skip Fleming ], Hurd Hatfield [ Leo Peterson ], Adam Gregor [ Nagy ], Dane Clark [ Chief Agent O'Farrell ], Paul Rudd [ Mr. Eddington ], Jessica Nelson [ Velma Rodecker ], Anthony DeLongis [ Serge Berensky ], Steve Arvin [ TV Reporter ], Read Morgan [ Sgt. Kevin Hogan ], Courtney Burr [ Dewey Johnson ], Adam Gregor [ Nagy ]

    While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.

    b: 16 Dec 84 pc: 59219 w: Paul W. Cooper d: Allen Reisner
  10. "Death Casts a Spell"
    gs: José Ferrer [ Cogliostro ], Diana Canova [ Joan Germaine ], Murray Hamilton [ Bud Michaels ], Robert Loggia [ Joe Kellijian ], Mayf Nutter [ Zack Bernard ], Michelle Phillips [ Regina Kellijian ], Brian Kerwin [ Andy Townsend ], Elaine Joyce [ Sheri Diamond ], Robert Hogan [ Lt. Bertcam ], Conrad Janis [ Dr. Lambert ], Elvia Allman [ Elderly Lady ], Ritchie Montgomery [ Busboy ], Rance Howard [ Fillmore ], Alex Rebar [ Hypnotist ], Diane Turley-Travis [ Heisema ], Marylou Kenworthy [ Liz ], Bob Tzudiker [ Clerk ], Lee Duncan [ Policeman #1 ], Robert Balderson [ Hypnotized Person #1 ], Hartly Silver [ Hypnotized Person #2 ], Bill Shick [ Hypnotized Person #3 ], Gay Hagan [ Hypnotized Person #4 ], Joy Ellison [ Hypnotized Person #5 ], Kathy Stangel [ Hypnotized Person #6 ]

    Jessica's deductive abilities are in demand when a flamboyant hypnotist turns up dead, behind locked doors, in front of an audience of journalists whom he had put into a trance.

    b: 30 Dec 84 pc: 59211 w: Miyoko Hensley d: Allen Reisner
  11. "Capitol Offense"
    gs: Stephen Macht [ Dan Keppner ], Linda Kelsey [ Diana Simms ], Nicholas Pryor [ Harry Parmel ], Mitchell Ryan [ Ray Dixon ], Gary Sandy [ Joe Blinn ], Herschel Bernardi [ Lt.Mendelsohn ], Mark Shera [ Stewart Danziner ], Edie Adams [ Miss Shepherd ], Frank Aletter [ Wendell Joyner ], Colby Chester [ Harold DeWitt ], David Hooks [ Chairman ], Jensen Collier [ Clerk ], Jade McCall [ Driver's Partner ]

    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.

    b: 6 Jan 85 pc: 59220 w: Peter S. Fischer d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  12. "Broadway Malady"
    gs: Vivian Blaine [ Rita Bristol ], Lorna Luft [ Patti Bristol ], Gregg Henry [ Barry Bristol ], Robert Morse [ Marc Faber ], Patrick O'Neal [ Si Parrish ], Milton Berle [ Lou Farrell ], Elaine Giftos [ Lonnie Valeri ], Gregory Sierra [ Sergeant ], Barbara Whinnery [ Gretchen Pashko ], Sharee Gregory [ Kate Metcalf ], Ed Bakey [ Monsignor Kelly ], Roberto Roman [ Taki ], Johnny Seven [ Man ], Irma Garcia [ Veronica ], Edson Stroll [ Dr. Peter Weber ], Victoria Harned [ Newscaster ], Joe Nesnow [ Doorman ], Dante d'Andre [ Captain ], Bob Gorman [ Jimmy Finley ], Bert Hinchman [ Cartin Nash ]

    Broadway legend Rita Bristol and her daughter star in a musical produced by her son, not knowing that murder is lurking in the wings.

    b: 13 Jan 85 pc: 59209 w: Tom Sawyer d: Hy Averback
  13. "Murder to a Jazz Beat"
    gs: Bobby Sherman [ Jimmy Firth ], Clive Revill [ Jonathan Hawley ], Cameron Mitchell [ Dr. Aaron Kramer ], Olivia Cole [ Callie Coleman ], Stan Shaw [ Eddie Walters ], Ed Nelson [ Carl Turnbull ], Bradford Dillman [ Lt. Kershaw ], Garrett Morris [ Lafayette Duquesne ], George Kirby [ Eubie Sherwin ], Glynn Turman [ Ben Coleman ], David Whitfield [ Hec Tattersal ], Michael Canavan [ Dr. Alan Collyer ], Elaine Hobson [ Lisa ], Robert Clarke [ Actor ], Jackie Joseph [ Actress ], Mario Machado [ TV Announcer ], Wally K. Berns [ Proprietor ], Bruce Marchiano [ Asst. Director ]

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

    b: 3 Feb 85 pc: 59212 w: Paul Savage s: Paul Savage, David Abramowitz d: Walter Grauman
  14. "My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean"
    gs: Jason Evers [ Marshall ], Lynda Day George [ Purser, Miss Shelley ], Belinda Montgomery [ Pamela Crane ], Rosemary Forsyth [ Andrea Reed ], Lawrence Pressman [ George Reed ], Leslie Nielsen [ Captain Daniels ], Vicki Lawrence [ Phoebe Carroll ], Jo Anne Worley [ Carla Raymond ], Don Dubbins [ Dr. Carmichael ], Byron Webster [ Maitre d' ], Michael G. Hawkins [ Dr. Ross ], Don Matheson [ Oklahoma Cowboy ], Kay Freeman [ Nurse ], Mark Pilon [ Second Ship's Officer ], George Marshall Ruge [ Ship's Officer ], Paul Carafotes [ Ramon ], Andrew Parks [ Russell Thompson ]

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

    b: 10 Feb 85 pc: 59210 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Seymour Robbie
  15. "Paint Me a Murder"
    gs: Judy Geeson [ Elaine Kauffman ], Cesar Romero [ Diego Santana ], Ron Moody [ Inspector Henry Kyle ], Stewart Granger [ Sir John Landry ], Robert Goulet [ Willard Kauffman ], Cristina Raines [ Margo Santana ], Steven Keats [ Stefan Conrad ], Fernando Allende [ Miguel Santana ], Capucine [ Belle Chaney ], Pepe Hern [ Antonio ], Alma Beltran [ Rosa ]

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

    b: 17 Feb 85 pc: 59215 w: Peter S. Fischer d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  16. "Tough Guys Don't Die"
    gs: Barbara Babcock [ Priscilla Daniels ], Alex Rocco [ Ernie Santini ], Gerald S. O'Loughlin [ Ray Kravitz ], Fritz Weaver [ Judge Lambert ], Paul Winfield [ Lieutenant Starkey ], John McMartin [ Gavin Daniels ], John Furey [ Professor Gavin Daniels ], Nancy Grahn [ Erin Carey ], Floyd Levine [ Archie Miles ], Rosanna Huffman [ Connie Miles ], Margery Nelson [ Alma Leonard ], Conrad Bachmann [ Office Manager ], Tina Lifford [ Leora Cargill ], Janna Brown [ Receptionist ]

    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.

    b: 24 Feb 85 pc: 59223 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Seymour Robbie
  17. "Sudden Death"
    gs: Bruce Jenner [ Zak Farrell ], Dick Butkus [ Tank Mason ], Warren Berlinger [ Pat Patillo ], John Beck [ Web McCord ], Gary Lockwood [ Harris Talmadge ], David Doyle [ Bradford Lockwood ], Allan Miller [ Phil Kreuger ], Tim Thomerson [ Lt. Clyde Pitts ], Elizabeth Savage [ Mavis Kreuger ], Arnold Turner [ Security Guard ], Marianne Warman [ Jill Farrell ], Albert Lord [ Baxter ], Jan Smithers [ Kathy Farrell ], Allan Miller [ Phil Kreuger ], James McEachin [ Grover Dillon ], Ralph Clift [ Clerk ]

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

    b: 3 Mar 85 pc: 59217 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Edward M. Abroms
  18. "Footnote to Murder"
    gs: Paul Sand [ Horace Lynchfield ], Pat Harrington Jr. [ Melvin Comstock ], Diana Muldaur [ Alexis Post ], Robert Reed [ Adrian Winslow ], Constance Forslund [ Lucinda Lark ], R.J. Adams [ Erine ], Vincent Bagetta [ Frank Lapinski ], Morgan Brittany [ Tiffany Harrow ], Talia Balsam [ Debbie Delancy ], Kenneth Mars [ Hemsley Post ], John C. Becher [ Optomotrist ], John Brandon [ Ernie ], Mark Harrison [ Asst DA ], William McDonald [ Bailiff ], Ron Masak [ Lt. Meyer ], Michael Kerns [ Reporter ], Nancy Marlow [ Lady ], Biff Yeager [ Cop ], Lana Schwab [ Clerk ]

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

    b: 10 Mar 85 pc: 59221 w: Robert Swanson d: Peter Crane
  19. "Murder Takes the Bus"
    gs: David Wayne [ Cyrus Leffingwell ], Michael Constantine [ Ben Gibbons ], Linda Blair [ Jane Pascal ], Terence Knox [ Steve Pascal ], Don Stroud [ Carey Drayson ], Albert Salmi [ Joe Downing ], Rue McClanahan [ Miriam Radford ], Larry Linville [ Kent Radford ], Mills Watson [ Innkeeper ], John Davis Chandler [ Gilbert Stoner ], Charles Bazaldua [ Man ]

    Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.

    b: 17 Mar 85 pc: 59231 w: Michael Scheff, Maryanne Kasica d: Charles S. Dubin
  20. "Armed Response"
    gs: Kevin McCarthy [ Milton Porter ], Stephen Elliott [ Dr. Sam Garver ], Martin Kove [ Dr. Gary Ellison ], Sam Groom [ Dr. Wes Kenton ], Kay Lenz [ Jennie Wells ], Martha Raye [ Sadie Winthrop ], Eddie Bracken [ Barney Ogden ], Bo Hopkins [ Lt. Ray Jenkins ], Susan Oliver [ Miss Horton ], James Gammon [ Billy ], Victoria Carroll [ Melanie ], Lucille Meredith [ Mrs. Brindle ], Paul Tuerpe [ First Guard ], Fred D. Scott [ Harlan ], Gerald York [ Second Guard ], Lavelle Roby [ Nurse ], Denise Cheshire [ Candy Striper ]

    Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.

    b: 31 Mar 85 pc: 59228 w: Gerald K. Siegel d: Charles S. Dubin
  21. "Murder at the Oasis"
    gs: Piper Laurie [ Peggy Shannon ], Joseph Bottoms [ Mickey Shannon ], Linda Purl [ Terry Shannon ], Ken Howard [ Sergeant Barnes ], Joey Bishop [ Buster Bailey ], Joseph Cali [ Vic LaRosa ], Ed Ames [ Johnnny Shannon ], David Bowman [ Chico Miller ], John Miranda [ Gus ], Mark Costello [ CHP Officer ], Fredrick Ponzlov [ Waiter ], Michael Griswold [ Guard ], Jack O'Halloran [ Lou Ross ]

    An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.

    b: 7 Apr 85 pc: 59222 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Arthur Allen Seidelman
  22. "Funeral at Fifty-mile"
    gs: Clu Gulager [ Carl Mestin ], Stella Stevens [ Sally Mestin ], Kathleen Beller [ Mary Carver ], Noah Beery Jr. [ Doc Wallace ], J.D.Cannon [ Bill Carmody ], Donald Moffat [ Tim Carver ], William Windom [ Sam Breen ], Jeffrey Osterhage [ Art Merrick ], Brooke Alderson [ Alice ], Edith Diaz [ Emma ], Efrin Figueroa [ Hay-soos ], Archie Lang [ Minister ], Cliff Potts [ Sheriff ]

    A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.

    b: 21 Apr 85 pc: 59226 w: Dick Nelson d: Seymour Robbie

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Murder, She Wrote (2nd Season Episode Guide)

2nd Season 1985

  1. "Widow, Weep for Me"
    gs: Mel Ferrer [ Eric Brahm ], Len Cariou [ Michael Hagarty ], Cyd Charisse [ Myrna Montclaire ], Anne Lockhart [ Veronica Harrold ], John Philip Law [ Sven Torvald ], Howard Hesseman [ Sheldon Greenberg ], Raymond St. Jacques [ Inspector Rensselaer ], Mary Wickes [ Alva Crane ], Jerry Boyd [ Doorman ], Emmett Dennis III [ Sgt. D'Arcy ], Geoff Heise [ Barnes ], Ed Randolph [ Croupier ], Tony Webster [ Steward ], Ektara [ Desk Clerk ], Reggie Savage [ Antoinette ], Claude Cole [ Bellman ], Marilyn Conn [ Secretary ]

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

    b: 29 Sep 85 pc: 60309 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Michael A. Hoey
  2. "Joshua Peabody Died Here...Possibly"
    gs: Michael Sarrazin [ David Marsh ], Ken Swofford [ Leo Kowalski ], Meg Foster [ Del Scott ], John Astin [ Harry Pierce ], John Ericson [ Henderson Wheatley ], Chuck Connors [ Fred Keller ], David Sheiner [ Arthur Griswold ], Deborah White [ Matty Marsh ], Robin Bach [ Ellsworth Buffum ], Bobby Jacoby [ Eric Marsh ], Ed Morgan [ Austin Bailey ], Roger Price [ Eli Harris ], Barbara Ann Grimes [ Sarah Harris ], Jody Carter [ Olive Newton ], Sandra Hawthorne [ Mavis Gillam ], Bruce Lawrence [ Earth Mover Driver ]

    Excavation at the site for a new hotel turns up what may be the remains of a Revolutionary war hero who didn't die naturally.

    b: 6 Oct 85 pc: 60305 w: Tom Sawyer d: Peter Crane
  3. "Murder in the Afternoon"
    gs: Lloyd Nolan [ Julian Tenley ], Terry Kiser [ Gordon LaMonica ], Paul Burke [ Herbert Upton ], William Atherton [ Larry Holleran ], Nicholas Hammond [ Todd Worthy ], Robert Lipton [ Martin Grattop ], Tricia O'Neil [ Bibi Hartman ], MacKenzie Phillips [ Carol Needom ], Robert Walden [ Lt. Antonelli ], Jessica Walter [ Joyce ], Lurene Tuttle [ Grandma ], George Murdock [ Officer Kaplan ], John M. Miranda [ Property Man ], Elven Havard [ Guard ], Alice Kridge [ Rita ]

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

    b: 13 Oct 85 pc: 60302 w: Paul Savage s: Paul W. Cooper d: Arthur Allan Seidelman
  4. "School for Scandal"
    gs: Polly Bergen [ Prof. Joselyn Clover ], Mary Kate McGeehan [ Daphne Clover ], James Sutorius [ Ron Mercer ], Roddy McDowell [ Alger Kenyon ], Jack Kehoe [ Chief Griffen ], John Vernon [ Henry Hayward ], Morgan Stevens [ Nick Fulton ], June Lockhart [ Beryl Hayward ], Darleen Carr [ Trish Mercer ], John C. Becher [ Station Master ], R.J. Adams [ Mr. Packman ], Gary Bisig [ Will Small ], Dean Dittman [ Faculty Male ], Grace Simmons [ Faculty Wife ], Ron Asher [ Student #1 ], Kerry Noonan [ Student #2 ], Jim Greenblatt [ Student #3 ]

    A college professor and her daughter come under suspicion when the daughter's boyfriend is murdered.

    b: 20 Oct 85 pc: 60314 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Arthur Allan Seidelman
  5. "Sing a Song of Murder"
    gs: Patrick Macnee [ Oliver Trumbull ], Olivia Hussey [ Kitty Trumbull ], Barrie Ingham [ Crimmins ], Kristoffer Tabori [ Ernest Fielding ], Glynis Johns [ Bridget O'Hara ], Greg Martyn [ Danny Briggs ], Kenneth Danziger [ Archie Weems ], Sarah Douglas [ Violet Weems ], Gillian Eaton [ Landlady ], Terence Scammell [ Director ], Neil Hunt [ Second Tough ]David Grant Hayward [ Policeman ], Richard L. Davis [ First Tough ], John Straightley [ Sergeant ], Don Southart [ Plainclothes Man ]

    When cousin Emma's life is threatened, she plays dead and Jessica is summoned to London as the heir to the estate.

    b: 27 Oct 85 pc: 60306 w: Peter S. Fischer d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  6. "Reflections of the Mind"
    gs: Ann Blyth [ Francesca Lodge ], Ben Murphy [ Scott Lodge ], Stacey Nelkin [ Cheryl Lodge ], Martin Milner [ Sheriff Bodine ], Steven Keats [ Dr. Victor March ], Wings Hauser [ Carl ], Esther Rolle [ Margaret ], Janet DeMay [ Brooke Devon ], Frannie Parrish [ Nurse ]

    A good friend of Jessica fears for her sanity.

    b: 3 Nov 85 pc: 60304 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Seymour Robbie
  7. "A Lady in the Lake"
    gs: Laurence Luckinbill [ Howard Crane ], Susan Blanchard [ Carolyn Crane ], John Astin [ Harry Pierce ], William Christopher [ Burton Hollis ], Johnny Crawford [ Deputy Noah Paisley ], Charles Frank [ Kyle Jordan ], Lauren Tewes [ Betty Jordan ], Charles Taylor [ Jack Turney ], Lee Purcell [ Joanna Benson ], Lee Meriwether [ Grace Overholt ]

    While spending time at a lake, Jessica sees what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling from a boat into the lake.

    b: 10 Nov 85 pc: 60307 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Walter Grauman
  8. "Dead Heat"
    gs: Jack Carter [ Cliff Carpenter ], Carole Cook [ Christine Carpenter ], Linda Grovener [ Tracy Macgill ], Norman Fell [ Vince Shackman ], Clu Gulager [ Mike Gann ], Pricilla Barnes [ Vicky Gallegos ], Bert Rosario [ Carlos Gallegos ], Darrel Maury [ Cookie Milford ], Ramon Bieri [ Pat Phillips ], Roy Thinnes [ Lt.Ted Misko ], Lonny Chapman [ Jack Bowens ], Joe Faust [ Security Guard ], Tom Dreesen [ Ernie ], Alex Rebar [ Guzmann ], Robert Ellenstein [ Mr. P ], Freddye Chapman [ Nurse ], Don Matheson [ Chief Steward ], Stu Gilliam [ Cabbie ], Tony Ballan [ Bookie #1 ], Richard Paradise [ Bookie #2 ]

    Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.

    b: 24 Nov 85 pc: 60303 w: J. Miyoko, Steven Hensley d: Peter Crane
  9. "Jessica Behind Bars"
    gs: Vera Miles [ Warden Elizabeth Gates ], Adrienne Barbeau [ Kathryn ], Susan Peretz [ Bertha ], Barbara Baxley [ Amanda Debs ], Yvonne DeCarlo [ Miss Springer ], Linda Kelsey [ Mary ], Susan Oliver [ Louise ], Eve Plumb [ Tug ], Janet MacLachlan [ Dr. Irene Matthews ], Margaret Avery [ Dixie ], Mary Woronov [ Deputy ], Donna Ponterotto [ Jamie ], Diana Bellamy [ Head Guard ], Gay Hagan [ First Guard ], Faith Minton [ Second Guard ], Jan Stratton [ Gate Guard ], Darlene Conley [ Mims ], Aimée Eccles [ Susie ], Linda L. Rand [ Reception Guard ], Kristall Eklund [ Prisoner ]

    Jessica goes to West Barrington Institute for Women, a prison where she has accepted an offer to give lectures in creative writing.

    b: 1 Dec 85 pc: 60316 w: Carleton Eastlake d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  10. "Sticks & Stones"
    gs: Parker Stevenson [ Michael Digby ], John Astin [ Harry Pierce ], Paul Benedict [ Frederich Hoffman ], Christopher Stone [ Adam Frobisher ], Evelyn Keyes [ Edna ], Betsy Palmer [ Lila Norris ], Howard Witt [ Bart Nelson ], Philip Brown [ Deputy ], Ceil Cabot [ Woman ], Ken Sansom [ Man ], Bob Tzudiker [ Agent ], Garnett Smith [ Mel ], Kristy Syverson [ Beverly ], Joseph Campanella [ George Knapp ], Marsha Hunt [ Elvira ], Denny Miller [ Neil ], John David Carson [ Larry Burns ], Danny McCoy Jr. [ Waiter ]

    After a woman is electrocuted in her bath, Cabot Cove is flooded with poison pen letters.

    b: 15 Dec 85 pc: 60301 w: Mark Giles, Linda Shank d: Seymour Robbie
  11. "Murder Digs Deep"
    gs: Robert Vaughn [ Gideon Armstrong ], Connie Stevens [ Cynthia Armstrong ], George Grizzard [ Dr.Arthur Benson ], David Groh [ Dr. Stan Garfield ], Cecile Callan [ Karen Parks ], Randolph Mantooth [ Raymond Two Crows ], Stephen Shortridge [ Steve Gamble ], Robert Dryer [ Guard #1 ]

    An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.

    b: 29 Dec 85 pc: 60315 w: Maryann Kasica, Michael Scheff d: Philip Leacock
  12. "Murder By Appointment Only"
    gs: Robert Culp [ Norman Amberson ], Jayne Meadows [ Lila Lee Amberson ], Millie Perkins [ Glenda Vandevere ], Leigh McCloskey [ Todd Amberson ], Herbert Edelman [ Lt. Lew Varik ], Ann Dusenberry [ Elizabeth Gordon ], Christine Belford [ Fiona Keeler ], Robert Desiderio [ Roger Adiano ], Robert Stoneman [ Photographer ], Frederick Ponzlov [ Mr. Hillsdale ], Catherine McAuley [ Second Actress ], Catherine Battistone [ First Actress ]

    A cosmetic convention provides the backdrop for murder.

    b: 5 Jan 86 pc: 60310 w: Jerry Ross d: Arthur Allan Seidelman
  13. "Trial By Error"
    gs: Walter Mathews [ Judge Philo Walker ], Michael Swan [ Cliff Anderson ], Diane Lander [ Stephanie Reynolds ], Tony Bill [ Mark Reynolds ], Doran Clark [ Becky Anderson ], David Ackroyd [ Assistant D.A. Tom Casselli ], Jon Cypher [ Max Flynn ], McDonald Carey [ Oscar Ramsey ], James Hampton [ Bartender Jerry Blevins ], Alan Hale Jr. [ Motel Owner Trenton Harris ], Robert Casper [ Neighbor Arthur Jasper ], Warren Kemmerling [ Dr. Maurice Webster ], R.J. Adams [ Victor Assmussen ], Javier Grajeda [ Paramedic ], John Chandler [ Bar customer John Detweiler ], Gregory Walcott [ Willie Patchecki ], Brock Peters [ Thornton Bentley ], Richard Sanders [ Gerald Richard ], Vickie Lawrence [ Jackie McKay ], Allan Miller [ Frank Lord ], Gene Evans [ Otto Fry ], Arlene Golonka [ Ms. Sally Conover ], Gary Frank [ Lee Callahan ], Virginia Capers [ Margo Webster ], Lenore Kasdorf [ Ally Collins ], Norman Burton [ Drew Narramore ], Tom Ewell [ Josh Corbin ]

    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.

    b: 12 Jan 86 pc: 60317 w: Paul Savage s: Scott Shepherd d: Seymour Robbie
  14. "Keep the Home Fries Burning"
    gs: Alan Young [ Floyd Nelson ], Henry Polic II [ Alan Durpree ], Sharon Acker [ Wilhemina Fraser ], John McCook [ Harrison Fraser III ], Marcia Rodd [ Betty Fiddler ], William Lucking [ Bo Dixon ], Donna Pescow [ Cornelia ], Norman Alden [ Hawthorne ], Orson Bean [ Ebenezer McHenry ], Gary Crosby [ Tourist ], Anne Lloyd Francis [ Mrs. Perry ], Rosanna Huffman [ Helen Stully ], John Paul Donovan [ Margo's Assistant ], Patricia Wilson [ Cashier ], Leonard O.Turner [ Mr. O'Connor ], Dion Williams [ Jimmy O'Connor ], Michael McCabe [ Orderly ], Dale Raoul [ Nurse ], Alexander Folk [ Cook ]

    Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.

    b: 19 Jan 86 pc: 60320 w: Philip Garson d: Peter Crane
  15. "Powder Keg"
    gs: Craig Stevens [ Ames Caulfield ], Larry Wilcox [ Andy Crane ], Mariclare Costello [ Cassie Burns ], Cindy Fisher [ Linda Bonner ], Pat Corley [ Frank Kelso ], Brian L. Green [ Matt Burns ], Jackie Earle Haley [ Billy Willetes ], Dorian Harewood [ Sheriff Cox ], John Dennis Johnston [ Peter Fargo ], Jeff Osterhage [ Ed Bonner ], Stuart Whitman [ Mr. Bonner ], Bill McKinney [ Charlie ], W.K. Stratton [ Dep. Morgan ], John Alvin [ Dr. Frazier ], Debra Dusay [ Desk Clerk ], Dave Adams [ Barfly ], Hartley Silver [ Man ], Muriel Minot [ Woman ]

    Down South murder is taken seriously by the inhabitants who form a lynch party and plan to hang the suspect.

    b: 9 Feb 86 pc: 60326 w: Peter S. Fischer d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  16. "Murder in the Electric Cathedral"
    gs: Mildred Natwick [ Carrie McKittrick ], Steve Forrest [ Rev.Willie-John Fargo ], Art Hindle [ Sam McKittrick ], Richard Herd [ Harvey McKittrick ], Judy Geeson [ Sister Ruth Fargo ], Jeannie Wilson [ Alice McKittrick ], Jack Bannon [ Dr. Braden ], Barbie Benton [ Nurse Suzette ], Frank Bonner [ Earl Fargo ], Dick Van Pattan [ DA Fred Whitaker ], Donald Craig [ Director ], Owen Bush [ Driver ], Belinha Beatty [ Ethel ], Huck Liggett [ Intern ], Pat Van Pattan [ Head Nurse ], David Bowman [ Edgar ], Bob Lee [ Ad-Lib Man ], Toni Lamond [ Ad-Lib Woman ], Jill Hill [ Tammy Lee ], Don L. Brodie [ Neighbor ]

    Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.

    b: 16 Feb 86 pc: 60312 w: Dick Nelson d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  17. "One Good Bid Deserves a Murder"
    gs: Vic Tayback [ Sal Domino ], Karen Black [ Dr. Sylvia Dunn ], Cotter Smith [ Robert Rhine ], Nancy Grahn [ Sheila Saxon ], Robert Gray [ Bert Cromwell ], Hurd Hatfield [ William Readford ], Edward Mulhare [ Richard Bennett ], Ray Girardin [ Lt. Casey ], Rebecca Street [ Deborah Chase ], David Ankrum [ Young Doctor ], Sterling Swanson [ Hogan Desk Sgt ], Allysia Sneed [ Desk Clerk ], Howard Huston [ Uniformed Cop ], Jean Vander Pyl [ Fan ], Marvin Newman [ Auctioneer ]

    A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to shed blood.

    b: 23 Feb 86 pc: 60318 w: J. Miyoko, Steven Hensley d: Seymour Robbie
  18. "If a Body Meet a Body"
    gs: Monte Markham [ Ned Olston ], Audrey Landers [ Phyllis Walters ], Carrie Snodgress [ Connie Vernon ], Robert Donner [ Silas Pike ], Rex Smith [ Stew Bennett ], Robert Sterling [ Ben Shipley ], Anne Jeffreys [ Agnes Shipley ], Lori Lethin [ Christie Olston ], Richard Stahl [ Minister ], Joe Maross [ Henry Vernon ], Scott Palmer [ Deputy ], Ella Raino Edwards [ Townsperson #1 ], Sonia Kara [ Townsperson #2 ], Timothy Jecko [ Townsperson #3 ]

    Investigation of a claim that the deceased was murdered leads the police to discover that the wrong body is in the coffin.

    b: 9 Mar 86 pc: 60321 w: Steve Stoliar d: Walter Grauman
  19. "Christopher Bundy Died On Sunday"
    gs: Bert Convy [ Christopher Bundy ], Robert Stack [ Chester Harrison ], Robert Hooks [ Charles Jensen ], Michele Nicastro [ Vanessa ], Alex Rocco [ Bert Yardley ], Carol Lawrence [ Rachel D'Argento ], Robert Costanzo [ Lt. Jethro ], Bobby DiCicco [ Antonio ], Katherine Moffat [ Millicent Moore ], Eric Server [ Pete Morgan ], Charles Sweigart [ Uniformed Officer ], Josh Gordon [ Announcer ]

    A mercenary publisher acquires a 'good' magazine and then turns it into a tabloid incurring someone's wrath.

    b: 30 Mar 86 pc: 60311 w: Gerels K. Siegal d: Peter Crane
  20. "Menace, Anyone?"
    gs: Linda Hamilton [ Carol McDermott ], Van Johnson [ Elliot Robinson ], Betsy Russell [ Doris Robinson ], Kelli Maroney [ Cissy Barnes ], Doug McKeon [ Donny Harrigan ], Dennis Cole [ Mitch Mercer ], Bryan Cranston [ Brian East ], David Spielberg [ Lt. Travis ], Barry Primus [ Sergeant ], Karlene Crockett [ Barbara ], Kerry Sherman [ Rosie ], Harold Ayer [ Sexton ], Laurence Haddon [ Judge ], Gus Corrado [ Paramedic ], Helen Baron [ Reporter #1 ], Rod Porter [ Reporter #2 ], Richard Jacobson [ Patrolman ]

    There is no love lost at a racquet club when a tennis star is killed by a bomb planted in his girlfriend's car.

    b: 6 Apr 86 pc: 60319 w: Robert B. Sherman d: Arthur Allan Seidelman
  21. "The Perfect Foil"
    gs: Peter Bonerz [ Calhoun Fletcher ], Granville Van Dusen [ Brad Gardner ], Robert Forster [ Gilbert Gaston ], Cesare Danova [ Lieutenant Cavette ], Barbara Babcock [ Rosaline Carter ], Lisa Langlois [ Kitty Manette ], David Hedison [ Mitch Payne ], Penny Singleton [ Aunt Mildred ], George DiCenzo [ Johnny Blade ], Morgan Jones [ Sgt. Baxter ], Joe Ross [ Desk Clerk ], Hank Rolike [ Taxi Driver ], Rafael Mauro [ Napoleon ], Wendy Oates [ Mme Dracula ], Guerin Barry [ Sir Walter Raleigh ], Richard Brose [ Headsman ], Sherry McFarland [ Receptionist ]

    In New Orleans to attend a Mardi Gras party, Jessica gets involved when her cousin is suspected of murder.

    b: 13 Apr 86 pc: 60329 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Walter Grauman
  22. "If the Frame Fits"
    gs: Norman Lloyd [ Lloyd Marcus ], Christopher Allport [ Donald Granger ], John de Lancie [ Binky Holborn ], Cliff Gorman [ Chief Cooper ], Gordon Jump [ Frank Tilley ], Audrey Meadows [ Mildred Tilley ], Deborah Adair [ Ellen ], Andra Millan [ Sabrina Marcus ], Anne Schedeen [ Julia Granger ], Aubrey Morris [ Forbes ], Michael Morgan [ Young Man ], Merritt Russell [ Waiter ]

    The art-thief husband of an heiress is suspected in her murder, but did he do it?

    b: 18 May 86 pc: 60331 w: Philip Gerson d: Paul Lynch

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3rd Season 1986

  1. "Death Stalks the Big Top (1)"
    gs: Jackie Cooper [ Neil Fletcher ], Martin Balsam [ Edgar Carmody ], Greg Evigan [ Brad Keneally ], Pamela Susan Shoop [ Katie McCallum ], Gregg Henry [ Sheriff Len Childs ], Ronny Cox [ Mayor Powers ], Charles Napier [ Hank Sutter ], Alex Cord [ Preston Bartholomew ], Joey Cramer [ Charlie McCallum ], Mark Shera [ Ray Carmody ], Laraine Day [ Constance Fletcher ], Barbara Stock [ Danielle Morgana Carmody ], Lee Purcell [ Maylene ], Courteney Cox [ Carol Bannister ], Florence Henderson [ Maria Morgana ], Robin Bach [ Mark ], John Alvin [ Mr. Tucker ], James Parkes [ Officer #1 ], Virginia Peters [ Ticket Seller ], Rob Monroe [ Alex ], T. Lee Griffin [ Townsman ], Joe Dorsey [ Harry Kingman ], Susan Brown [ Audrey Bannister ], Dennis Howard [ Howard Bannister ], Ken Sansom [ Bert ], Harry Woolf [ Driver ], Greg Norberg [ Officer #2 ], Roz Bosley [ Housekeeper ], Dan Priest [ Doctor ], Michael Dunnigan [ Clyde ], Harry Stephens [ Neal ]

    When Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather, who was thought dead, she asks her aunt to find him. Jessica follows a trail to a small-town circus beset by accidents and murder.

    b: 28 Sep 86 pc: 62104 w: Paul Savage s: Peter S Fischer d: Seymour Robbie
  2. "Death Stalks the Big Top (2)"
    gs: Jackie Cooper [ Neil Fletcher ], Martin Balsam [ Edgar Carmody ], Greg Evigan [ Brad Keneally ], Pamela Susan Shoop [ Katie McCallum ], Gregg Henry [ Sheriff Len Childs ], Ronny Cox [ Mayor Powers ], Charles Napier [ Hank Sutter ], Alex Cord [ Preston Bartholomew ], Joey Cramer [ Charlie McCallum ], Mark Shera [ Ray Carmody ], Laraine Day [ Constance Fletcher ], Barbara Stock [ Danielle Morgana Carmody ], Lee Purcell [ Maylene ], Courteney Cox [ Carol Bannister ], Florence Henderson [ Maria Morgana ], Robin Bach [ Mark ], John Alvin [ Mr. Tucker ], James Parkes [ Officer #1 ], Virginia Peters [ Ticket Seller ], Rob Monroe [ Alex ], T. Lee Griffin [ Townsman ], Joe Dorsey [ Harry Kingman ], Susan Brown [ Audrey Bannister ], Dennis Howard [ Howard Bannister ], Ken Sansom [ Bert ], Harry Woolf [ Driver ], Greg Norberg [ Officer #2 ], Michael Dunnigan [ Clyde ], Harry Stephens [ Neal ], Dan Priest [ Doctor ], Roz Bosley [ Housekeeper ]

    Neil confesses to the crime, but Jessica believes that he didn't do it.

    b: 5 Oct 86 pc: 62105 w: Paul Savage s: Peter S Fischer d: Seymour Robbie
  3. "Unfinished Business"
    gs: Pat Hingle [ Bernard Kale ], Lloyd Bochner [ Terence ], Hayley Mills [ Cynthia Tatel ], Erin Moran [ Maggie Roberts ], J.D.Cannon [ Sheriff McCoy ], Don DeFore [ Jake Sanford ], E. Erich Anderson [ Gary Roberts ], William Mims [ Mayor ], Connie Sawyer [ Housekeeper ], Armand Cerami [ Searcher ], Phillip Clark [ Deputy ], James Bartz [ Deputy #2 ]

    A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.

    b: 12 Oct 86 pc: 62103 w: Jackson Gillis d: Walter Grauman
  4. "One White Rose for Death"
    gs: Len Cariou [ Michael Hagarty ], Bernard Fox [ Andrew Wyckham ], Maria Mayenzet [ Greta Mueller ], John Glover [ Franz Mueller ], Eric Braeden [ Col.Gerhardt Brunner ], Tony Bonner [ Henry Claymore ], Jenny Agutter [ Margo Claymore ], Warwick Sims [ Jack Kendall ], Julian Barnes [ British Sergeant ], Michael Anderson Jr. [ Doctor ], Warwick Sims [ Jack Kendall ], Julian Barnes [ British Sergeant ]

    Jessica Fletcher becomes the unwilling hostage of political espionage and defection.

    b: 19 Oct 86 pc: 62107 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Peter Crane
  5. "Corned Beef & Carnage"
    gs: Genie Francis [ Victoria Griffin ], Jeff Conaway [ Howard Griffin ], Susan Anton [ Christine Clifford ], Peter Haskell [ Seymour Biddle ], David Ogden Stiers [ Aubrey Thornton ], Warren Berlinger [ Jim Ingram ], Bill Macy [ Myron Kinkaid ], James Sloyan [ Lieutenant Spoletti ], Richard Kline [ Larry Kinkaid ], Kenneth Swofford [ Grover Barth ], Marcia Wallace [ Polly Barth ], Phil Rubenstein [ Deli Clerk ], David Starwalt [ Officer ], Russ Fega [ Pizza Delivery Man ], Marleta Marrow [ Receptionist ]

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

    b: 2 Nov 86 pc: 62108 w: Robert E. Swanson d: John Llewellyn Moxey
  6. "Dead Man's Gold"
    gs: Leslie Nielsen [ David Everett ], Sean McClory [ Ross Barber ], J.Eddie Peck [ Coby Russell ], Ian Ruskin [ Gregory Small ], John Laughlin [ Bill Ainsley ], Wendy Kilbourne [ Susan Ainsley ], Grant Goodeve [ Larry Gaynes ], Julia Montgomery [ Alex Bell ], Robert Hogan [ Dr. Wiley ]

    Jessica must help an old friend when accidents and murder hinder his expedition to dive for buried treasure.

    b: 9 Nov 86 pc: 62102 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Seymour Robbie
  7. "Deadline for Murder"
    gs: Harry Guardino [ Haskell Drake ], Eugene Roche [ Billy Simms ], William Smith [ Clyde Thorson ], Sydney Walsh [ Kay Garrell ], Tim O'Connor [ Walter Revere ], Ken Olin [ Perry Revere ], Peter Mark Richman [ Lamar Bennett ], Glynn Turman [ Stan Lassiter ], Gretchen Corbett [ Police Lieutenant ], Katherine Cannon [ Eleanor Revere ], Tom Henschel [ Dr. Framer ], Morgan Jones [ Sgt. Tierney ], Mary Wickliffe [ Nurse Phillips ], Lisa Nelson [ Policewoman ], Dorothy Meyer [ Nurse O'Hanlon ], Matt Roe [ Guard ], Erwin Fuller [ Harry ], Barbara Allyn Bennet [ Secretary ]

    Jessica uncovers the shady past of a corrupt newspaper publisher.

    b: 16 Nov 86 pc: 62101 w: Tom Sawyer s: John Kennedy, Michael McGough, Tom Sawyer d: Seymour Robbie
  8. "Magnum On Ice (2)"
    gs: Tom Selleck [ Thomas Magnum ], John Hillerman [ Jonathan Higgins ], Dorothy Loudon [ Pamela Bates ], Jessica Walter [ Joan Fulton ], Stephanie Faracy [ Amy Salyer ], John McMartin [ Jason Bryan ], Andrew Prine [ Victor Salyer ], Ramon Bieri [ Captain Browning ], Jared Martin [ Arthur Houston ], Kwan Hi Lim [ Lt. Tenaka ], Rhonda Aldrich [ Maid ], Keahi Farden [ Bellboy ], Harry Endo [ Desk Clerk ], Byron Ono [ House Boy #1 ], Winston Char [ House Boy #2 ], Turner Pe'a [ Officer ]

    Thomas Magnum, the Hawaiian private eye, is mistakenly blamed for murder.

    b: 23 Nov 86 pc: 62121 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Peter Crane

    NOTE: Part (1) is an episode of Magnum, p.i.
  9. "Obituary for a Dead Anchor"
    gs: Chad Everett [ Kevin Keats ], Kathleen Lloyd [ Paula Roman ], Robert Pine [ Doug Helman ], Mark Stevens [ Nick Brody ], Abby Dalton [ Judith Keats ], Robert Lipton [ Richard Abbott ], Robert Hogan [ Dr.Wylie Graham ], Rex Robbins [ George Fish ], Erik Stern [ Gerald Foster ], Frank Annese [ Ronald Ross ], Patti Karr [ Clara Poisby ], Paul Ryan [ Commentator ]

    When a boat chartered by Amos explodes, the victim is a news anchor who has made enemies.

    b: 7 Dec 86 pc: 62111 w: Robert Can Scoyk s: Bob Shayne d: Walter Grauman
  10. "Stage Struck"
    gs: Eleanor Parker [ Maggie Tarrow ], Edward Mulhare [ Julian Lord ], Dan O'Herlihy [ Alexander Preston ], Christopher Norris [ Pru Mattson ], Donald Most [ T.J. Holt ], John Schuck [ Chief Drock ], Shea Farrell [ Larry Matthew ], Ann Turkel [ Barbara Bennington ], John Pleshette [ Nicky Saperstein ], Bob Hastings [ Eddie LaRue ], Richard Hoyt-Miller [ Young Reporter ], Weldon Bleiler [ Doctor ], Jeffrey Lipa [ 1st Reporter ], Annie Gagen [ 2nd Reporter ]

    The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.

    b: 14 Dec 86 pc: 62115 w: Philip Gerson d: John Astin
  11. "Night of the Headless Horseman"
    gs: Thom Bray [ Dorian Beecher ], Doug McClure [ Sheriff Rankin ], Guy Stockwell [ Dorn Van Stotter ], Charles Siebert [ Doc Walker ], Karlene Crockett [ Sarah Dupont ], Fritz Weaver [ Edwin Dupont ], Hope Lange [ Charlotte Newcastle ], Barry Williams [ Nate Findley ], Judy Landers [ Bobbie ], Brandon Douglas [ Todd Carrier ], Donald Thompson [ Robert ], Adam Ferris [ Brendan ], Gary Pagett [ Deputy ], Ted Ohmer [ Uniformed Policeman ], Sanford Clark [ 1st Man ], Forry Smith [ 2nd Man ], John England [ 3rd Man ], Brad Zerbst [ 4th Man ]

    The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.

    b: 4 Jan 87 pc: 62106 w: R. Barker Price d: Walter Grauman
  12. "The Corpse Flew First Class"
    gs: David Hemmings [ Errol Pogson ], Kate Mulgrew [ Sonny Greer ], Robin Dearden [ Kay Davis ], Robert Walker Jr. [ Otto Hardwick ], Mark Venturini [ Leon Bigard ], John S. Ragin [ Dr. Clinton Strayhorn ], Mary Jo Catlett [ Mrs. Metcalf ], James Shigeta [ John Sugahara ], Pat Harrington Jr. [ Gunnar Globle ], Gene Nelson [ Bernie Metcalf ], Andrew Parks [ Captain ], Charles Hoyes [ Carney ], Lia Sargent [ Elizabeth Welch ], Vince Howard [ Blanton ], Ron Barker [ British Chief ], Jim Malinda [ Photographer ], Gerald York [ Man on Phone ], Chris Robinson [ Captain Whetsel ], Charles Davis [ Mr. Stegmeyer ], Don Maharry [ Mr. Miley ], Crystal Jenious [ Mrs. Miley ], Ian Howard [ Security Man ], Ron Sougart [ Bobby ], John Straightley [ Customs Man ]

    A flight to London is plagued by murder and a missing priceless necklace. It's up to Jessica and Scotland Yard to unravel the mystery.

    b: 18 Jan 87 pc: 62114 w: Donald Ross d: Walter Grauman
  13. "Crossed Up"
    gs: Sandy McPeak [ Morgen Rogers ], Tony Dow [ Gordon Rogers ], James Carroll Jordan [ Adam Rogers ], Stephanie Dunnam [ Leslie Cameron ], Colleen Camp [ Dody Rogers ], Gisele MacKenzie [ Mona ], Henry Brandon [ Abel Gorcey ], James McIntyre [ Deputy Wells ], Yolanda Nava [ TV Announcer ]

    The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.

    b: 1 Feb 87 pc: 62120 w: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig Van Sickle d: David Hemmings
  14. "Murder in a Minor Key"
    gs: Shaun Cassidy [ Chad Singer ], Paul Clemens [ Michael Prentiss ], Dinah Manoff [ Jenny Coopersmith ], George Grizzard [ Prof. Tyler Stoneham ], Rene Auberjonois [ Prof. Harry Papazian ], Karen Grassle [ Christine Stoneham ], Herbert Edelman [ Max Hellinger ], Tom Hallick [ Vice Chancellor Simon ], Scott Jacoby [ Danny Young ], Alexander Folk [ Hargrove ], Jennifer Holmes [ Regan Miller ], Alexander Hendeloff [ Raymond Parnell ], Brenda Thomson [ Pianist ], Paris Vaughn [ Pauline ], William Hubbard Knight [ Lt. Perkins ], Hope Haves [ Young Woman ], Stephen Swofford [ Templeton ]

    Three bright young college graduate students find themselves immersed in plagiarism, intrigue, and murder as Jessica narrates her latest novel.

    b: 8 Feb 87 pc: 62122 w: Gerald K. Siegel, Peter S. Fischer s: Arthur Marks d: Nick Habinga
  15. "The Bottom Line Is Murder"
    gs: Robert F. Lyons [ Steve Honig ], Judith Chapman [ Jayne Honig ], Morgan Stevens [ Robert Warren ], Adrienne Barbeau [ Lynnette Bryant ], Joe Santos [ Joe Rinaldi ], Barry Corbin [ Lt.Lou Flannigan ], Brian Matthews [ Ryan Monroe ], Rod McCary [ Kenneth Chambers ], Pat Klous [ Clare ], George Takei [ Bert Tanaka ], Paul Tompkins [ Reporter ], William Ian Gamble [ Security Guard ], Mark Phelan [ Uniformed Cop ]

    In order to help a friend who's been arrested for murder, Jessica investigates behind the scenes at a consumer activist show.

    b: 15 Feb 87 pc: 62110 w: Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle d: Anthony Shaw
  16. "Death Takes a Dive"
    gs: Ernest Borgnine [ Cosmo Ponzini ], John Amos [ Doc Penrose ], LeVar Burton [ Dave Robinson ], Bradford Dillman [ Dennis McConnell ], Adam West [ Wade Talmadge ], Caren Kaye [ Mrs. Talmadge ], Michael McGrady [ Sean ], Lynne Moody [ Pam ], Harold Sylvester [ Blaster Boyle ], Ray Giradin [ Lt. Casey ], Bill Capizzi [ Doorman ], Richard Balin [ Commentator ], Marcia Moran [ Waitress ], Richard Bravo [ Sanchez ]

    Jessica enters the world of boxing in order to help her friend Harry, who is arrested for the murder of a devious boxing manager.

    b: 22 Feb 87 pc: 62112 w: Peter S. Fischer d: Seymour Robbie
  17. "Simon Says, Color Me Dead"
    gs: Foster Brooks [ Simon Thane ], Tess Harper [ Irene Rutledge ], Diane Baker [ Eleanor Thane ], Steve Inwood [ Cash Logan ], Dick Sargent [ George Selby ], Ann Dusenberry [ Carol Selby ], Leonard Frey [ Felix Casslaw ], Chris Hebert [ Tommy Rutledge ], Philip Clark [ Deputy Collins ], Darryl Wood [ Martha Summers ]

    An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

    b: 1 Mar 87 pc: 62123 w: Robert E. Swanson d: Walter Grauman
  18. "No Laughing Murder"
    gs: Buddy Hackett [ Murray Gruen ], Steve Lawrence [ Mack Howard ], George Clooney [ Kip Howard ], Beth Windsor [ Corrie Gruen ], George Furth [ Farley Pressman ], David Knell [ Wylie B. Ledbetter ], Sheree North [ Norma Lewis ], Arte Johnson [ Phil Rinker ], Pat Crowley [ Trudy Howard ], Pat Delany [ Ms. Kline ], Alice Nunn [ Henrietta ], Richardson Morse [ Dr. Worth ], Daniel Chodos [ Al ], Paul Ganus [ P.A ]

    aka: "No Laughing Matter"

    Jessica tries to resolve a feud between two famous stand-up comedians, but murder takes center stage.

    b: 15 Mar 87 pc: 62113 w: Tom Sawyer d: Walter Grauman
  19. "No Accounting for Murder"
    gs: James Noble [ Paul Carlisle ], Barney Martin [ Lt.Timothy Hanratty ], Geoffrey Lewis [ Lester Grinshaw ], Ron Masak [ Marty Giles ], Patricia McCormack [ Lana Whitman ], Michael Tolan [ Ralph Whitman ], Kate Vernon [ Connie Norton ], Dorothy Lamour [ Sophie Ellis ], Thom McFadden [ Harry Caldwell ], Paul Comi [ Phantom ], Peggy Doyle [ Edna ], Charles Walker [ Sergeant ], Michael J. London [ Seller ]

    Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.

    b: 22 Mar 87 pc: 62117 w: Gerald K. Siegel d: Peter Crane
  20. "The Cemetery Vote"
    gs: Ed Lauter [ Sheriff Orville Yates ], Ellen Bry [ Linda Stevens ], Jeff Yagher [ Deputy Wayne Beeler ], Bruce Davison [ David Carroll ], Marie Windsor [ Kate ], Mitchell Ryan [ Capt. Ernest Lenko ], Charlene Tilton [ Cindy March ], Joseph Campanella [ George McDaniel ], John McLiam [ Harry Stevens ], Katherine DeHetre [ Rita ], Dick Balduzzi [ Gil Stokes ], Zale Kessler [ Coroner ], Neal Penso [ 1st Paramedic ]

    First, the reform mayor dies in an "accident" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the "accident".

    b: 5 Apr 87 pc: 62116 w: Robert Van Scoyck d: Seymour Robbie
  21. "The Days Dwindle Down"
    gs: Jeffrey Lynn [ Sam Wilson ], Martha Scott [ Georgia Wilson ], Art Hindle [ Rod Wilson ], Richard Beymer [ Sidney Jarvis ], Harry Morgan [ Webb ], Susan Strasberg [ Dorothy Harne-Davis ], June Havoc [ Thelma Vante ], Gloria Stuart [ Edna Jarvis ], Debbie Zipp [ Terry ], Tom Dreesen [ Peabody ], Emory Bass [ Manager ], Russ Marin [ Lt.Sharp ], Mark Pilon [ Male Secretary ], Cynthia Leighton [ Secretary ], Martitia Palmer [ Nurse ]

    Jessica investigates the case of a man recently released after a 30-year prison term for the murder of his employer.

    b: 19 Apr 87 pc: 62124 w: Philip Gerson d: Michael Lynch
  22. "Murder She Spoke"
    gs: William Atherton [ Greg Dalton ], Charlie Daniels [ Stoney Carmichael ], Michael Callan [ Carl Anglin ], Frederic Lehne [ Al Parker ], Constance Towers [ Margaret Whitworth ], Patrick Wayne [ Randy Whitworth ], Wendy Philips [ Nancy Dalton ], G.W. Bailey [ Lieutenant Faraday ], Michael Cole [ Earl Tuchman ], Mark Neeley [ Sergeant ], Trish Garland [ Secretary ], Austin Kelly [ Cabbie ], Jonna Lee [ Cheryl ]

    During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.

    b: 10 May 87 pc: 62109 w: Si Ross d: Anthony Shaw

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