Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Professional writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher uses her intellect, charm, and persistence to get to the bottom of every crime she encounters.

Genre: CrimeDramaMystery

Cast:Angela LansburyWilliam WindomRon MasakLouis HerthumTom BosleyWill NyeMichael HortonKen SwoffordJulie AdamsHerb EdelmanKeith MichellBradford DillmanRichard PaulLen CariouGregg HenryJames SloyanRosanna HuffmanHallie Todd


1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ J.B.. as in Jailbird

Sun, Oct 23, 1988

A chance encounter with her old friend Michael Hagarty leaves Jessica standing over a dead Bulgarian diplomat and accused of murder.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ A Little Night Work

Sun, Oct 30, 1988

After her publisher announces his impending retirement, Jessica heads to NYC where she is simultaneously wooed by potential new publishers and a smooth-talking jewel thief.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ Mr. Penroy's Vacation

Sun, Nov 6, 1988

Jessica is perplexed by the death of an elderly man as suspicion points to the two simple-minded spinster sisters he was living with.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Snow White, Blood Red

Sun, Nov 13, 1988

A massive storm results in Jessica snowed in at a ski lodge with an Olympic men's ski team and a murderer on the loose.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ Coal Miner's Slaughter

Sun, Nov 20, 1988

When a former student is arrested for murder, Jessica heads to West Virginia to bail her out. The unfriendly town hinders her investigation.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Wearing of the Green

Sun, Nov 27, 1988

In New York City researching her next book, Jessica is drawn into a mystery involving a priceless tiara, a reclusive former actress and a news reporter accused of murder.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

Sun, Dec 18, 1988

Jessica is summoned to California where a recently-recovered Air Force plane could pin a decades-old murder on her dead husband Frank.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ Prediction: Murder

Sun, Jan 1, 1989

Lee Goddard successfully coaxes Jessica to join him at his ranch in Arizona but intrigue and murder follow them there when a mysterious psychic joins them.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

Sun, Jan 8, 1989

Grady's wedding day arrives, and so does an unpleasant fate for the shrewish housekeeper of his prospective father-in-law's estate.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Weave a Tangled Web

Sun, Jan 15, 1989

The murder of a womanizing gambler leads to double lives being exposed in seemingly quaint and old-fashioned Cabot Cove.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ The Search for Peter Kerry

Sun, Feb 5, 1989

Jessica aids yet another dear old friend in his search for his missing grandson.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Smooth Operators

Sun, Feb 12, 1989

While in New York, the dead body of a homeless person missing a shoe is discovered and leads Jessica to believe the supposed accidental death was not an accident.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

Sun, Feb 19, 1989

Jessica is suspicious when the appearance of the ghost of a long-dead witch burned at the stake coincides with the release of a book on the very subject.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ From Russia... with Blood

Sun, Feb 26, 1989

Jessica is detained in Moscow when a spy attempts to smuggle a film out of the Soviet Union in her handbag.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Alma Murder

Sun, Mar 12, 1989

Jessica is summoned to her old alma mater when one of her college professors confesses to a murder Jessica believes he didn't really commit.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Truck Stop

Sun, Apr 2, 1989

En route to LA, Jessica is detoured at a seedy truck stop where a series of murders makes it clear she isn't there by accident.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ The Sins of Castle Cove

Sun, Apr 9, 1989

A vindictive, tell-all work of fiction mirroring Cabot Cove sends the townspeople into an uproar and when a murder occurs, following the plot of the book, it's up to Jessica to separate fact from fiction.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Trevor Hudson's Legacy

Sun, Apr 16, 1989

Jessica heads to Montana to aid a young friend editing the last manuscript of the late writer, Trevor Hudson, but when murder results, she must weed through the lies of Hudson's scheming family to uncover the truth.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ Double Exposure

Sun, Apr 30, 1989

Jessica encounters a man who she believes is her neighbor from years back, but when the man denies it, Jessica recruits Harry McGraw to dig to the bottom of the mystery.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Three Strikes, You're Out

Sun, May 7, 1989

Jessica visits her nephew Johnny, recently recruited onto a Major League Baseball team, and then must solve the murder of a scheming news reporter.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1

Sun, May 14, 1989

A rival mystery writer arrives at Jessica's door with not-so-friendly intentions.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2

Sun, May 21, 1989

Cabot Cove is abuzz when Eudora McVeigh is determined to fill Jessica's role in solving a local murder.