Over My Dead Body
Maxwell Beckett worked for Scotland Yard as a researcher. Today is an author of mystery novels living in San Francisco. Somehow everyone believes that he was an Inspector, so that's what they call him. And it seems that he has been going through a slump. It seems that his books don't have the same spark that they had before. While he struggles to regain his form, Nikki Page a reporter, who is assigned to do mundane jobs, would like to be taken seriously. So, whenever there's a mystery, she turns to Max to help in solving it, thinking it would make a good story. Max thinks Nikki's a nuisance, but hoping that their snooping around would be good material for his next novel goes along.
- 1990-1991
- 1 season
- CBS
- Suspense, Drama
Maxwell Beckett worked for Scotland Yard as a researcher. Today is an author of mystery novels living in San Francisco. Somehow everyone believes that he was an Inspector, so that's what they call him. And it seems that he has been going through a slump. It seems that his books don't have the same spark that they had before. While he struggles to regain his form, Nikki Page a reporter, who is assigned to do mundane jobs, would like to be taken seriously. So, whenever there's a mystery, she turns to Max to help in solving it, thinking it would make a good story. Max thinks Nikki's a nuisance, but hoping that their snooping around would be good material for his next novel goes along.
Season 1 Episode Guide
11 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Pilot
Fri, Oct 26, 1990 60 mins
A former Scotland Yard inspector now living in LA is pestered by a fan to investigate a murder she claims has occurred but that the police dismiss as there is no evidence of the crime.
Episode 2
No Ifs, Ands or Butlers
Fri, Nov 2, 1990
After her childhood best friend's fiancee is murdered and the family butler accused of the crime, Nikki blackmails Maxwell into taking his place and acting as the inside man in the investigation.
Episode 3
Dad and Buried
Fri, Nov 9, 1990
A boy steals Maxwell's car and was hoping that he'll get a new one. But the boy turns it over to the police and Maxwell is called to recover it. It seems the boy wanted to get Maxwell's attention. He wants Maxwell to locate his father who went missing years ago. Maxwell's approached by an FBI agent telling him the boy's father was helping them get evidence against a criminal.
Episode 4
Obits and Pieces
Fri, Nov 16, 1990
Nikki investigates the murder of her new boss and all the clues seem to lead to her old flame, a former professional baseball player. Meanwhile, Maxwell struggles to write a children's book about a grumpy mongoose.
Episode 5
If Looks Could Kill
Fri, Nov 23, 1990
Maxwell is hired to write a tell-all book on a model recently acquitted of murdering her husband. He falls for her but Nikki begins suspecting she was actually guilty of the murder.
Episode 6
Dead Air
Fri, Nov 30, 1990
The duo investigates the murder of Maxwell's old friend, a morning radio host shot in a locked soundproof booth.
Episode 7
A Passing Inspection
Fri, Dec 7, 1990
A spectacular murder/robbery at an art show brings Maxwell's old Scotland Yard rival Inspector Miles Cottrell to town. Trouble arises when Nikki falls for Miles' oily charm.
Episode 8
Carrie Christmas and a Nappie New Year
Fri, Dec 21, 1990
After Nikki is handed a baby in a supermarket by a woman on the run, she and Maxwell come between an old mobster looking for an heir and his daughter turned FBI informant.
Episode 9
Naked Brunch
Thu, Jun 6, 1991
The corpse of Maxwell's publisher Gus keeps appearing and disappearing during an afternoon-long brunch thrown in Max's honour and populated by Gus' bickering clients.
Episode 10
An Actor Prepares
Thu, Jun 20, 1991
A famous actor hired to play Maxwell in a movie tails the duo on a case involving a murdered photo reporter who's uncovered corruption in a senatorial election.
Episode 11
Separation Is Murder
Maxwell and Nikki take on a case involving a femme fatale so far investigated by three different PIs all of whom wound up dead.
