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Murder, She Wrote

Season 4 1987 - 1988
TV-14

  • 1987-09-21T00:00:00Z on CBS
  • 45m
  • 16h 30m (22 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Crime, Drama, Mystery
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

22 episodes

Season Premiere

1987-09-21T00:00:00Z

4x01 A Fashionable Way to Die

Season Premiere

4x01 A Fashionable Way to Die

  • 1987-09-21T00:00:00Z45m

Ooh la la! Jessica travels to gay Paris to spend some time with an old friend... and finds herself entangled in a case involving fashion, finance and murder.

1987-09-28T00:00:00Z

4x02 When Thieves Fall Out

4x02 When Thieves Fall Out

  • 1987-09-28T00:00:00Z45m

A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.

1987-10-05T00:00:00Z

4x03 Witness for the Defense

4x03 Witness for the Defense

  • 1987-10-05T00:00:00Z45m

Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.

1987-10-12T00:00:00Z

4x04 Old Habits Die Hard

4x04 Old Habits Die Hard

  • 1987-10-12T00:00:00Z45m

A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.

1987-10-26T01:00:00Z

4x05 The Way To Dusty Death

4x05 The Way To Dusty Death

  • 1987-10-26T01:00:00Z45m

After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.

1987-11-02T01:00:00Z

4x06 It Runs In The Family

4x06 It Runs In The Family

  • 1987-11-02T01:00:00Z45m

Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.

When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.

1987-11-16T01:00:00Z

4x08 Steal Me a Story

4x08 Steal Me a Story

  • 1987-11-16T01:00:00Z45m

The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.

1987-11-23T01:00:00Z

4x09 Trouble in Eden

4x09 Trouble in Eden

  • 1987-11-23T01:00:00Z45m

Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.

1987-11-30T01:00:00Z

4x10 Indian Giver

4x10 Indian Giver

  • 1987-11-30T01:00:00Z45m

A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

1987-12-14T01:00:00Z

4x11 Doom with a View

4x11 Doom with a View

  • 1987-12-14T01:00:00Z45m

Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.

Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.

1988-01-25T01:00:00Z

4x13 Harbinger of Death

4x13 Harbinger of Death

  • 1988-01-25T01:00:00Z45m

Jessica is thrilled to be visiting her niece Carrie and her husband Leonard, an astronomer dreaming of seeing a long-lost comet, but when Carrie's ex-boyfriend Drake Eaton is murdered in the home she's been staying in, Jessica has to prove not only her niece but also her husband innocent of murder.

1988-02-08T01:00:00Z

4x14 Curse of the Daanav

4x14 Curse of the Daanav

  • 1988-02-08T01:00:00Z45m

Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

Jessica visits her old friend Eugene McClendon, who soon stands accused of the murder of an old friend, Jonathan Keeler. While helping clear Eugene's name, Jessica learns that her friend believes he is dying, and is surprised when he asks her to marry him so that she can look after his affairs once he's gone. Jessica agrees, but only so that they can expose Jonathan's true killer.

Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.

The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.

Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.

1988-03-28T01:00:00Z

4x19 Just Another Fish Story

4x19 Just Another Fish Story

  • 1988-03-28T01:00:00Z45m

Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.

1988-04-11T00:00:00Z

4x20 Showdown in Saskatchewan

Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.

1988-05-02T00:00:00Z

4x21 Deadpan

4x21 Deadpan

  • 1988-05-02T00:00:00Z45m

Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.

Season Finale

1988-05-09T00:00:00Z

4x22 The Body Politic

Season Finale

4x22 The Body Politic

  • 1988-05-09T00:00:00Z45m

The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.

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