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Murder, She Wrote on CBS

1984, TV Show

Episode Detail: Prodigal Father - Murder, She Wrote

Anger and death await a bank robber (Donnelly Rhodes) thought dead for 20 years when he reappears to see his daughter. Bonnie: Claudia Christian. Elton Summers: Don Galloway. Dave: Larry Wilcox. Herb Walsh: Robert Lansing. Gil Blocker: Andrew Prine.

Episodes: Prodigal Father - Murder, She Wrote - 278 total Episodes

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7/9/2000: Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
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Sticks and Stones
Witness for the Defense
The Committee
Always a Thief
Ever After
A Body to Die For
Jessica Behind Bars
Death Takes a Dive
Harbinger of Death
Big Show of 1965
Fire Burn, Caldron Bubble
Lady in the Lake
Murder in the Electric Cathedral
From the Horse's Mouth
If the Frame Fits
Family Doctor
Keep the Home Fries Burning
Widow, Weep for Me
Threshold of Fear
Phantom Killer
A Nest of Vipers
The Scent of Murder
Home Care
Unwilling Witness
Dead Man's Gold
Deadline for Murder
O'Malley's Luck
Hit, Run and Homicide
Showdown in Saskatchewan
Very Good Year for Murder
The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Murder in a Minor Key
When Thieves Fall Out
The Monte Carlo Murders
Tinker, Taylor, Liar, Thief
A Killing in Vegas
Joshua Peabody Died Here---Possibly
If a Body Meets a Body
Deadly Misunderstanding
Where Have You Gone Billy Boy?
Badge of Honor
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
The Wind Around the Tower
The Trouble with Seth
A Murderous Muse
The Murder Channel
Murder a la Mode
Big Easy Murder
Nan's Ghost
Nan's Ghost
Something Foul in Flappieville
Track of a Soldier
What You Don't Know Can Kill You
Town Father
Angel of Death
Time to Die
Crossed Up
Deadly Lady
Deadpan
Goodbye Charlie
Murder at the Oasis
My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
Obituary for a Dead Anchor
Simon Says, Color Me Dead
Lovers and Other Killers
Murder Digs Deep
Tough Guys Don't Die, They Just Smell That Way
When the Fat Lady Sings
Three Strikes You're Out
Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Family Jewels
Incident in Lot 7
Thicker than Water
Ballad for a Blue Lady
Terminal Connection
Murder on the Thirtieth Floor
Roadkill
Murder in High-C
Shooting in Rome
From Russia...With Blood
School for Scandal
Dead Eye
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Unauthorized Obituary
Steal Me a Story
Murder Takes the Bus
Dead to Rights
Death Stalks the Big Top
The Classic Murder
A Killing in Cork
For Whom the Ball Tolls
Love & Hate in Cabot Cove
Portrait of Death
An Egg to Die For
Another Killing in Cork
Nailed
Kendo Killing
Race to Death
Evidence of Malice
The Sound of Murder
Judge Not
Corpse Flew First Class
Bite the Big Apple
Death Takes a Curtain Call
The List of Uri Lermentov
Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice
Night of the Coyote
The Petrified Florist
Lone Witness
The Survivor
Game, Set, Murder
Murder Among Friends
The Way to Dusty Death
Great Twain Robbery
Death Goes Double Platinum
School for Murder
Hooray for Homicide
Sins of Castle Cove
Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
Ship of Thieves
A Virtual Murder
Murder in White
Murder at a Discount
Wheel of Death
Mrs. Parker's Revenge
South by Southwest
Moving Violation
Doom with a View
The Dream Team
Murder in Tempo
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
A Quaking in Aspen
Lines of Excellence
Dark Side of the Door
Northern Explosion
Curse of the Danaav
One White Rose for Death
A Christmas Secret
Trevor Hudson's Legacy
Coal Miner's Slaughter
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
Broadway Malady
Footnote to Murder
The Taxman Cometh
Double Exposure
Death in Hawaii
Menace, Anyone?
Dead Letter
Test of Wills
Armed Response
A Death in Hong Kong
Bloodlines
Death Stalks the Big Top
Fatal Paradise
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
Murder by Twos
Death 'n Denial
The Final Curtain
To Kill a Legend
Amsterdam Kill
Dear Deadly
Film Flam
Frozen Stiff
Deadly Bidding
Hannigan's Wake
Death Casts a Spell
It Runs in the Family
Deadly Assets
No Laughing Matter
The Secret of Gila Junction
Powder Keg
Prediction: Murder
Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
Birds of a Feather
Bottom Line Is Murder
If the Shoe Fits
Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Capitol Offense
Class Act
Smooth Operators
Trouble in Eden
Murder to a Jazz Beat
The Search for Peter Kerry
Fixer Upper
Just Another Fish Story
Thursday's Child
Suspicion of Murder
Szechuan Dragon
Murder in Milan
Family Secrets
The Dead File
The Big Kill
Legacy of Borbey House
Death Stalks the Big Top
Dying Game
Crimson Harvest
Twice Dead
Murder of the Month Club
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Southern Double-Cross
Days Dwindle Down
Proof in the Pudding
Shear Madness
Death by Demographics
To the Last I Will Grapple with Thee
Double Jeopardy
Night of the Tarantula
Snow White, Blood Red
Seal of the Confessional
Dead Heat
Sudden Death
A Little Night Work
Magnum on Ice
Cemetery Vote
Christopher Bundy Died on Sunday
Truck Stop
Unfinished Business
Night of the Headless Horseman
Old Habits Die Hard
Jack and Bill
J.B....As in Jailbird
Danse Diabolique
Programmed for Murder
Return of Preston Giles
Tainted Lady
Sicilian Encounter
Murder on Madison Avenue
Love's Deadly Desire
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Stage Struck
Weave a Tangled Web
How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Indian Giver
Appointment in Athens
Murder, She Spoke
Reflections of the Mind
Day of the Dead
Night Fears
Prodigal Father
Trials and Tribulations
Murder, Plain & Simple
We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Body Politic
Paint Me a Murder
Trial by Error
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Mourning Among the Wisterias
Grand Old Lady
It's a Dog's Life
Alma Murder
Perfect Foil
Murder, She Wrote
The Witch's Curse
Murder by Appointment Only
See You in Court, Baby
Murder in F Sharp
One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
The Mole
Killer Radio
Corned Beef and Carnage
The Error of Her Ways
Murder Through the Looking Glass
Murder, She Wrote
No Accounting for Murder
Sing a Song of Murder
Murder---According to Maggie
Wearing of the Green
Fashionable Way to Die

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Premiered: September 30, 1984, on CBS

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: A feisty widow solves murders when she's not writing about them in her home town of Cabot Cove, Maine, a coastal community with a peculiarly high homicide rate. A Sunday-night staple on CBS, this hugely popular drama was Angela Lansbury's first regular series and earned the Tony and Golden Globe-winning actress an Emmy nomination (but never, unaccountably, the prize itself) for each of its 12 seasons. Lansbury later reprised her role as Jessica Fletcher in a series of TV-movies.

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