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Overview[]

A retired English teacher of a cozy small coastal town of Cabot Cove who wrote novels in her spare time as a hobby; Jessica Fletcher became an overnight sensation when her overzealous nephew sent in one of her manuscripts to a publisher.

Now a world famous mystery novelist, she also finds herself embroiled in all sorts of murders which she can't help but meddling in and often providing the vital deductions to solving the case.

A hugely popular and long running television series, Murder, She Wrote also had four made-for-television movies and a spin-off television series, The Law & Harry McGraw.

Notable Characters[]

  • Jessica Fletcher
  • Dr. Seth Hazlitt
  • Amos Tupper
  • Mort Metzger
  • Grady Fletcher
  • Harry McGraw
  • Michael Hagarty
  • Sam Booth
  • Eve Simpson
  • Dennis Stanton

Plot Summary[]

Season 1[]

Episode Guide[]

Season 1[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
1.00 MSW-S1E0-tcard The Murder of Sherlock Holmes, Part I

September 30, 1984
1.01 MSW-S1E1-tcard The Murder of Sherlock Holmes, Part II

September 30, 1984
1.02 MSW-S1E2-tcard Deadly Lady

October 7, 1984
1.03 MSW-S1E3-tcard Birds of a Feather

October 14, 1984
1.04 MSW-S1E4-tcard Hooray for Homicide

October 28, 1984
1.05 MSW-S1E5-tcard It's a Dog's Life

November 4, 1984
1.06 MSW-S1E6-tcard Lovers and Other Killers

November 18, 1984
1.07 MSW-S1E7-tcard Hit, Run and Homicide

November 25, 1984
1.08 MSW-S1E8-tcard We're Off to Kill the Wizard

December 9, 1984
1.09 MSW-S1E9-tcard Death Takes a Curtain Call

December 16, 1984
1.10 MSW-S1E10-tcard Death Casts a Spell

December 30, 1984
1.11 MSW-S1E11-tcard Capitol Offense

January 6, 1985
1.12 MSW-S1E12-tcard Broadway Malady

January 13, 1985
1.13 MSW-S1E13-tcard Murder to a Jazz Beat

February 3, 1985
1.14 MSW-S1E14-tcard My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean

February 10, 1985
1.15 MSW-S1E15-tcard Paint Me a Murder

February 17, 1985
1.16 MSW-S1E16-tcard Tough Guys Don't Die

February 24, 1985
1.17 MSW-S1E17-tcard Sudden Death

March 3, 1985
1.18 MSW-S1E18-tcard Footnote to Murder

March 10, 1985
1.19 MSW-S1E19-tcard Murder Takes the Bus

March 17, 1985
1.20 MSW-S1E20-tcard Armed Response

March 31, 1985
1.21 MSW-S1E21-tcard Murder at the Oasis

April 7, 1985
1.22 MSW-S1E22-tcard Funeral at Fifty-Mile

April 21, 1985

Season 2[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
2.01 MSW-S2E1-tcard Widow, Weep for Me

September 29, 1985
2.02 MSW-S2E2-tcard Joshua Peabody Died Here...Possibly

October 6, 1985
2.03 MSW-S2E3-tcard Murder in the Afternoon

October 13, 1985
2.04 MSW-S2E4-tcard School for Scandal

October 20, 1985
2.05 MSW-S2E5-tcard Sing a Song of Murder

October 27, 1985
2.06 MSW-S2E6-tcard Reflections of the Mind

November 3, 1985
2.07 MSW-S2E7-tcard A Lady in the Lake

November 10, 1985
2.08 MSW-S2E8-tcard Dead Heat

November 24, 1985
2.09 MSW-S2E9-tcard Jessica Behind Bars

December 1, 1985
2.10 MSW-S2E10-tcard Sticks and Stones

December 15, 1985
2.11 MSW-S2E11-tcard Murder Digs Deep

December 29, 1985
2.12 MSW-S2E12-tcard Murder by Appointment Only

January 5, 1986
2.13 MSW-S2E13-tcard Trial by Error

January 12, 1986
2.14 MSW-S2E14-tcard Keep the Home Fries Burning

January 19, 1986
2.15 MSW-S2E15-tcard Powder Keg

February 9, 1986
2.16 MSW-S2E16-tcard Murder in the Electric Cathedral

February 16, 1986
2.17 MSW-S2E17-tcard One Good Bid Deserves a Murder

February 23, 1986
2.18 MSW-S2E18-tcard If a Body Meet a Body

March 9, 1986
2.19 MSW-S2E19-tcard Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday

March 30, 1986
2.20 MSW-S2E20-tcard Menace, Anyone?

April 6, 1986
2.21 MSW-S2E21-tcard The Perfect Foil

April 13, 1986
2.22 MSW-S2E22-tcard If the Frame Fits

May 18, 1986

Season 3[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
3.01 MSW-S3E1-tcard Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1

September 28, 1986
3.02 MSW-S3E1-tcard Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2

October 5, 1986
3.03 MSW-S3E3-tcard Unfinished Business

October 12, 1986
3.04 MSW-S3E4-tcard One White Rose for Death

October 19, 1986
3.05 MSW-S3E5-tcard Corned Beef & Carnage

November 2, 1986
3.06 MSW-S3E6-tcard Dead Man's Gold

November 9, 1986
3.07 MSW-S3E7-tcard Deadline for Murder

November 16, 1986
3.08 MSW-S3E8-tcard Magnum on Ice

November 23, 1986
3.09 MSW-S3E9-tcard Obituary for a Dead Anchor

December 7, 1986
3.10 MSW-S3E10-tcard Stage Struck

December 14, 1986
3.11 MSW-S3E11-tcard Night of the Headless Horseman

January 4, 1987
3.12 MSW-S3E12-tcard The Corpse Flew First Class

January 18, 1987
3.13 MSW-S3E13-tcard Crossed Up

February 1, 1987
3.14 MSW-S3E14-tcard Murder in a Minor Key

February 9, 1987
3.15 MSW-S3E15-tcard The Bottom Line Is Murder

February 15, 1987
3.16 MSW-S3E16-tcard Death Takes a Dive

February 22, 1987
3.17 MSW-S3E17-tcard Simon Says, Color Me Dead

March 1, 1987
3.18 MSW-S3E18-tcard No Laughing Murder

March 15, 1987
3.19 MSW-S3E19-tcard No Accounting for Murder

March 22, 1987
3.20 MSW-S3E20-tcard The Cemetery Vote

April 5, 1987
3.21 MSW-S3E21-tcard The Days Dwindle Down

April 19, 1987
3.22 MSW-S3E22-tcard Murder, She Spoke

May 10, 1987

Season 4[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
4.01 MSW-S4E1-tcard A Fashionable Way to Die

September 20, 1987
4.02 MSW-S4E2-tcard When Thieves Fall Out

September 27, 1987
4.03 MSW-S4E3-tcard Witness for the Defense

October 4, 1987
4.04 MSW-S4E4-tcard Old Habits Die Hard

October 11, 1987
4.05 MSW-S4E5-tcard The Way to Dusty Death

October 25, 1987
4.06 MSW-S4E6-tcard It Runs in the Family

November 1, 1987
4.07 MSW-S4E7-tcard If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly

November 8, 1987
4.08 MSW-S4E8-tcard Steal Me a Story

November 15, 1987
4.09 MSW-S4E9-tcard Trouble in Eden

November 22, 1987
4.10 MSW-S4E10-tcard Indian Giver

November 29, 1987
4.11 MSW-S4E11-tcard Doom With a View

December 13, 1987
4.12 MSW-S4E12-tcard Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?

January 3, 1988
4.13 MSW-S4E13-tcard Harbinger of Death

January 24, 1988
4.14 MSW-S4E14-tcard Curse of the Daanav

February 7, 1988
4.15 MSW-S4E15-tcard Mourning Among the Wisterias

February 14, 1988
4.16 MSW-S4E16-tcard Murder Through the Looking Glass

February 21, 1988
4.17 MSW-S4E17-tcard A Very Good Year for Murder

February 28, 1988
4.18 MSW-S4E18-tcard Benedict Arnold Slipped Here

March 13, 1988
4.19 MSW-S4E19-tcard Just Another Fish Story

March 27, 1988
4.20 MSW-S4E20-tcard Showdown in Saskatchewan

April 10, 1988
4.21 MSW-S4E21-tcard Deadpan

May 1, 1988
4.22 MSW-S4E22-tcard The Body Politic

May 8, 1988

Season 5[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
5.01 MSW-S5E1-tcard J.B. as in Jailbird

October 23, 1988
5.02 MSW-S5E2-tcard A Little Night Work

October 30, 1988
5.03 MSW-S5E3-tcard Mr. Penroy's Vacation

November 6, 1988
5.04 MSW-S5E4-tcard Snow White, Blood Red

November 13, 1988
5.05 MSW-S5E5-tcard Coal Miner's Slaughter

November 20, 1988
5.06 MSW-S5E6-tcard Wearing of the Green

November 27, 1988
5.07 MSW-S5E7-tcard The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

December 18, 1988
5.08 MSW-S5E8-tcard Prediction: Murder

January 1, 1989
5.09 MSW-S5E9-tcard Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

January 8, 1989
5.10 MSW-S5E10-tcard Weave a Tangled Web

January 15, 1989
5.11 MSW-S5E11-tcard The Search for Peter Kerry

February 5, 1989
5.12 MSW-S5E12-tcard Smooth Operators

February 12, 1989
5.13 MSW-S5E13-tcard Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

February 19, 1989
5.14 MSW-S5E14-tcard From Russia...with Blood

DD MMM YYYY
5.15 MSW-S5E15-tcard Alma Murder

March 12, 1989
5.16 MSW-S5E16-tcard Truck Stop

April 2, 1989
5.17 MSW-S5E17-tcard The Sins of Castle Cove

April 9, 1989
5.18 MSW-S5E18-tcard Trevor Hudson's Legacy

April 16, 1989
5.19 MSW-S5E19-tcard Double Exposure

April 30, 1989
5.20 MSW-S5E20-tcard Three Strikes, You're Out

May 7, 1989
5.21 MSW-S5E21-tcard Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Part 1

May 14, 1989
5.22 MSW-S5E22-tcard Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Part 2

May 21, 1989

Season 6[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
6.01 MSW-S6E1-tcard Appointment in Athens

September 24, 1989
6.02 MSW-S6E2-tcard Seal of the Confessional

October 1, 1989
6.03 MSW-S6E3-tcard The Grand Old Lady

October 8, 1989
6.04 MSW-S6E4-tcard The Error of Her Ways

October 15, 1989
6.05 MSW-S6E5-tcard Jack & Bill

October 29, 1989
6.06 MSW-S6E6-tcard Dead Letter

November 5, 1989
6.07 MSW-S6E7-tcard Night of the Tarantula

November 12, 1989
6.08 MSW-S6E8-tcard When the Fat Lady Sings

November 19, 1989
6.09 MSW-S6E9-tcard Test of Wills

November 26, 1989
6.10 MSW-S6E10-tcard Class Act

December 3, 1989
6.11 MSW-S6E11-tcard Town Father

December 17, 1989
6.12 MSW-S6E12-tcard Goodbye Charlie

January 7, 1990
6.13 MSW-S6E13-tcard If the Shoe Fits

January 21, 1990
6.14 MSW-S6E14-tcard How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying

February 4, 1990
6.15 MSW-S6E15-tcard The Fixer-Upper

February 11, 1990
6.16 MSW-S6E16-tcard The Big Show of 1965

February 25, 1990
6.17 MSW-S6E17-tcard Murder -- According to Maggie

March 4, 1990
6.18 MSW-S6E18-tcard O'Malley's Luck

March 25, 1990
6.19 MSW-S6E19-tcard Always a Thief

April 8, 1990
6.20 MSW-S6E20-tcard Shear Madness

April 29, 1990
6.21 MSW-S6E21-tcard The Szechuan Dragon

May 6, 1990
6.22 MSW-S6E22-tcard The Sicilian Encounter

May 20, 1990

Season 7[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
7.01 MSW-S7E1-tcard Trials and Tribulations

September 16, 1990
7.02 MSW-S7E2-tcard Deadly Misunderstanding

September 23, 1990
7.03 MSW-S7E3-tcard See You in Court, Baby

September 30, 1990
7.04 MSW-S7E4-tcard Hannigan's Wake

October 28, 1990
7.05 MSW-S7E5-tcard The Family Jewels

November 4, 1990
7.06 MSW-S7E6-tcard A Body to Die For

November 11, 1990
7.07 MSW-S7E7-tcard The Return of Preston Giles

November 18, 1990
7.08 MSW-S7E8-tcard The Great Twain Robbery

November 25, 1990
7.09 MSW-S7E9-tcard Ballad for a Blue Lady

December 2, 1990
7.10 MSW-S7E10-tcard Murder in F Sharp

December 16, 1990
7.11 MSW-S7E11-tcard Family Doctor

January 6, 1991
7.12 MSW-S7E12-tcard Suspicion of Murder

January 20, 1991
7.13 MSW-S7E13-tcard Moving Violation

February 3, 1991
7.14 MSW-S7E14-tcard Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?

February 10, 1991
7.15 MSW-S7E15-tcard The Taxman Cometh

February 17, 1991
7.16 MSW-S7E16-tcard From the Horse's Mouth

February 24, 1991
7.17 MSW-S7E17-tcard The Prodigal Father

March 10, 1991
7.18 MSW-S7E18-tcard Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?

March 17, 1991
7.19 MSW-S7E19-tcard Thursday's Child

April 7, 1991
7.20 MSW-S7E20-tcard Murder, Plain & Simple

April 28, 1991
7.21 MSW-S7E21-tcard Tainted Lady

May 5, 1991
7.22 MSW-S7E22-tcard The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane

May 12, 1991

Season 8[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
8.01 File:Filename.jpg Bite the Big Apple

September 15, 1991
8.02 File:Filename.jpg Night Fears

September 22, 1991
8.03 File:Filename.jpg Unauthorized Obituary

September 29, 1991
8.04 File:Filename.jpg Thicker Than Water

October 6, 1991
8.05 File:Filename.jpg Lines of Excellence

November 3, 1991
8.06 File:Filename.jpg Judge Not

November 10, 1991
8.07 File:Filename.jpg Terminal Connection

November 17, 1991
8.08 File:Filename.jpg A Killing in Vegas

November 24, 1991
8.09 File:Filename.jpg The Committee

December 1, 1991
8.10 File:Filename.jpg The List of Yuri Lermentov

December 15, 1991
8.11 File:Filename.jpg Danse Diabolique

January 5, 1992
8.12 File:Filename.jpg The Witch's Curse

January 12, 1992
8.13 File:Filename.jpg Incident in Lot 7

January 19, 1992
8.14 File:Filename.jpg The Monte Carlo Murders

February 2, 1992
8.15 File:Filename.jpg Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief

March 1, 1992
8.16 File:Filename.jpg Ever After

March 8, 1992
8.17 File:Filename.jpg To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee

March 15, 1992
8.18 File:Filename.jpg Programmed for Murder

April 5, 1992
8.19 File:Filename.jpg Day of the Dead

April 26, 1992
8.20 File:Filename.jpg Angel of Death

May 3, 1992
8.21 File:Filename.jpg Badge of Honor

May 10, 1992
8.22 File:Filename.jpg Murder on Madison Avenue

May 17, 1992

Season 9[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
9.01 File:Filename.jpg Murder in Milan

September 20, 1992
9.02 File:Filename.jpg Family Secrets

September 27, 1992
9.03 File:Filename.jpg The Mole

October 4, 1992
9.04 File:Filename.jpg The Wind Around the Tower

November 1, 1992
9.05 File:Filename.jpg The Dead File

November 15, 1992
9.06 File:Filename.jpg Night of the Coyote

November 22, 1992
9.07 File:Filename.jpg Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice

November 29, 1992
9.08 File:Filename.jpg The Classic Murder

December 6, 1992
9.09 File:Filename.jpg A Christmas Secret

December 13, 1992
9.10 File:Filename.jpg The Sound of Murder

January 3, 1993
9.11 File:Filename.jpg Final Curtain

January 10, 1993
9.12 File:Filename.jpg Double Jeopardy

January 17, 1993
9.13 File:Filename.jpg Dead Eye

February 7, 1993
9.14 File:Filename.jpg Killer Radio

February 14, 1993
9.15 File:Filename.jpg The Petrified Florist

February 21, 1993
9.16 File:Filename.jpg Threshold of Fear

February 28, 1993
9.17 File:Filename.jpg The Big Kill

March 7, 1993
9.18 File:Filename.jpg Dead to Rights

March 21, 1993
9.19 File:Filename.jpg Lone Witness

April 4, 1993
9.20 File:Filename.jpg Ship of Thieves

May 2, 1993
9.21 File:Filename.jpg The Survivor

May 9, 1993
9.22 File:Filename.jpg Love's Deadly Desire

May 16, 1993

Season 10[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
10.01 File:Filename.jpg A Death in Hong Kong

September 12, 1993
10.02 File:Filename.jpg For Whom the Ball Tolls

September 26, 1993
10.03 File:Filename.jpg The Legacy of Borbey House

October 3, 1993
10.04 File:Filename.jpg The Phantom Killer

October 24, 1993
10.05 File:Filename.jpg A Virtual Murder

October 31, 1993
10.06 File:Filename.jpg Bloodlines

November 7, 1993
10.07 File:Filename.jpg A Killing in Cork

November 21, 1993
10.08 File:Filename.jpg Love & Hate in Cabot Cove

November 28, 1993
10.09 File:Filename.jpg Murder at a Discount

December 5, 1993
10.10 File:Filename.jpg Murder in White

December 19, 1993
10.11 File:Filename.jpg Northern Explosion

January 2, 1994
10.12 File:Filename.jpg Proof in the Pudding

January 9, 1994
10.13 File:Filename.jpg Portrait of Death

January 16, 1994
10.14 File:Filename.jpg Deadly Assets

January 23, 1994
10.15 File:Filename.jpg Murder on the Thirtieth Floor

February 6, 1994
10.16 File:Filename.jpg Time to Die

March 6, 1994
10.17 File:Filename.jpg The Dying Game

March 13, 1994
10.18 File:Filename.jpg The Trouble with Seth

March 27, 1994
10.19 File:Filename.jpg Roadkill

May 1, 1994
10.20 File:Filename.jpg A Murderous Muse

DD MMM YYYY
10.21 File:Filename.jpg Wheel of Death

May 22, 1994

Season 11[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
11.01 File:Filename.jpg A Nest of Vipers

September 25, 1994
11.02 File:Filename.jpg Amsterdam Kill

October 2, 1994
11.03 File:Filename.jpg To Kill a Legend

October 9, 1994
11.04 File:Filename.jpg Death in Hawaii

October 16, 1994
11.05 File:Filename.jpg Dear Deadly

October 23, 1994
11.06 File:Filename.jpg The Murder Channel

November 6, 1994
11.07 File:Filename.jpg Fatal Paradise

November 13, 1994
11.08 File:Filename.jpg Crimson Harvest

November 20, 1994
11.09 File:Filename.jpg Murder by Twos

November 27, 1994
11.10 File:Filename.jpg Murder of the Month Club

December 4, 1994
11.11 File:Filename.jpg An Egg to Die For

December 11, 1994
11.12 File:Filename.jpg The Scent of Murder

January 8, 1995
11.13 File:Filename.jpg Death 'N Denial

January 22, 1995
11.14 File:Filename.jpg Murder in High 'C'

February 5, 1995
11.15 File:Filename.jpg Twice Dead

February 12, 1995
11.16 File:Filename.jpg Film Flam

February 19, 1995
11.17 File:Filename.jpg Murder A La Mode

February 26, 1995
11.18 File:Filename.jpg The Dream Team

March 19, 1995
11.19 File:Filename.jpg School for Murder

April 30, 1995
11.20 File:Filename.jpg Another Killing in Cork

May 7, 1995
11.21 File:Filename.jpg Game, Set, Murder

May 14, 1995

Season 12[]

# Placeholder Episode Title Air Date
12.01 File:Filename.jpg Nailed

September 21, 1995
12.02 File:Filename.jpg A Quaking in Aspen

September 28, 1995
12.03 File:Filename.jpg The Secret of Gila Junction

October 5, 1995
12.04 File:Filename.jpg Big Easy Murder

October 12, 1995
12.05 File:Filename.jpg Home Care

October 19, 1995
12.06 File:Filename.jpg Nan's Ghost: Part 1

November 2, 1995
12.07 File:Filename.jpg Nan's Ghost: Part 2

November 9, 1995
12.08 File:Filename.jpg Shooting in Rome

November 16, 1995
12.09 File:Filename.jpg Deadly Bidding

November 23, 1995
12.10 File:Filename.jpg Frozen Stiff

November 30, 1995
12.11 File:Filename.jpg Unwilling Witness

December 14, 1995
12.12 File:Filename.jpg Kendo Killing

January 4, 1996
12.13 File:Filename.jpg Death Goes Double Platinum

January 7, 1996
12.14 File:Filename.jpg Murder in Tempo

January 11, 1996
12.15 File:Filename.jpg The Dark Side of the Door

February 1, 1996
12.16 File:Filename.jpg Murder Among Friends

February 8, 1996
12.17 File:Filename.jpg Something Foul in Flappieville

February 15, 1996
12.18 File:Filename.jpg Track of a Soldier

February 25, 1996
12.19 File:Filename.jpg Evidence of Malice

March 28, 1996
12.20 File:Filename.jpg Southern Double-Cross

April 4, 1996
12.21 File:Filename.jpg Race to Death

April 28, 1996
12.22 File:Filename.jpg What You Don't Know Can Kill You

May 5, 1996
12.23 File:Filename.jpg Mrs. Parker's Revenge

May 12, 1996
12.24 File:Filename.jpg Death by Demographics

May 19, 1996

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