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Murder, She Wrote Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1984 - 1985
Series 1 of Murder, She Wrote follows the amateur sleuth Jessica as she tries to get to the bottom of crimes that include the murder of an American football team owner and the death of a jazz musician.
Episode 1
The Murder of Sherlock Holmes
Sun, Sep 30, 1984 120 mins
In the series premiere, Jessica attends a costume party where someone murders "Sherlock Holmes." Giles: Arthur Hill. McCallum: Brian Keith. Gunderson: Ned Beatty. Grady: Michael Horton. Louise: Anne Lloyd Francis. Ashley: Tricia O'Neil. Brill: Bert Convy. Baxendale: Dennis Patrick.
Episode 2
Deadly Lady
Sun, Oct 7, 1984 60 mins
A multimillionaire drowns during a hurricane near Cabot Cove, but his daughters aren't exactly drowning in sorrow.
Episode 3
Birds of a Feather
Sun, Oct 14, 1984 60 mins
Jessica is introduced to her niece's fiance in a San Francisco cabaret where, dressed in drag, he careens across their table, fleeing the scene of the nightclub owner's murder.
Episode 4
Hooray for Homicide
Sun, Oct 28, 1984 60 mins
Jessica is the prime suspect in the murder of a movie producer she castigated for mangling her bestseller.
Episode 5
It's a Dog's Life
Sun, Oct 28, 1984 60 mins
A fox hunter dies when his placid horse goes wild, and suspicion falls on the heir to his estate: his dog.
Episode 6
Lovers and Other Killers
Sun, Nov 18, 1984 60 mins
In Seattle, Jessica hires a secretary---who happens to be a suspect in the murder of a woman he's been seeing.
Episode 7
Hit, Run and Homicide
Sun, Nov 25, 1984 60 mins
An electronics wizard is suspected of using a remote-controlled station wagon to run down the employer who fired him.
Episode 8
We're Off to Kill the Wizard
Sun, Dec 9, 1984 60 mins
A theme-park tycoon is murdered in his underground office and the door was bolted from the inside.
Episode 9
Death Takes a Curtain Call
Sun, Dec 16, 1984 60 mins
The defection of two Soviet ballet artists coincides with the murder of a KGB officer assigned to the troupe. Karzoff: William Conrad.
Episode 10
Death Casts a Spell
Sun, Dec 30, 1984 60 mins
A hypnotist is stabbed to death in front of six reporters with their eyes wide open---but all in an unseeing trance.
Episode 11
Capitol Offense
Sun, Jan 6, 1985 60 mins
Jessica gets a temporary appointment to Congress, where she becomes involved in the murder of a secretary working the party circuit.
Episode 12
Broadway Malady
Sun, Jan 13, 1985 60 mins
Jessica suspects there's more there than meets the eye when a budding stage actress is critically wounded during a mugging.
Episode 13
Murder to a Jazz Beat
Sun, Feb 3, 1985 60 mins
The murder of a jazzman could have been taken from one of Jessica's books---the one in which the deed was done with a rare poison.
Episode 14
My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean
Sun, Feb 10, 1985 60 mins
Jessica's niece, on a cruise after her husband's suicide, is terrorised by mementos that could only have come from him.
Episode 15
Paint Me a Murder
Sun, Feb 17, 1985 60 mins
On a Mediterranean isle, an attempt on a famous artist's life fails; but then, it's only the first attempt.
Episode 16
Tough Guys Don't Die
Sun, Feb 24, 1985 60 mins
A private eye is killed while working on three cases, including an investigation of a 25-year-old murder for Jessica.
Episode 17
Sudden Death
Sun, Mar 3, 1985 60 mins
Jessica inherits a controlling interest in a professional football team, one of whose major owners is murdered.
Episode 18
Footnote to Murder
Sun, Mar 10, 1985 60 mins
A novelist is murdered and his unpublished manuscript stolen during a convention.
Episode 19
Murder Takes the Bus
Sun, Mar 17, 1985 60 mins
A bus trip is terminal for one passenger, a bank robber just released from prison.
Episode 20
Armed Response
Sun, Mar 31, 1985 60 mins
The head of a Dallas hospital is murdered shortly after Jessica is admitted following a minor accident.
Episode 21
Murder at the Oasis
Sun, Apr 7, 1985 60 mins
A security system at his desert home doesn't protect a show-business luminary (Ed Ames) who's unloved by his loved ones. Angela Lansbury. Peggy Shannon: Piper Laurie. Sergeant Barnes: Ken Howard. Mickey Shannon: Joseph Bottoms. Terry Shannon: Linda Purl. Buster: Joey Bishop.
Episode 22
Funeral at Fifty-Mile
Sun, Apr 21, 1985 60 mins
A rancher disinherits his daughter and leaves everything to a stranger who shows up for the funeral and is later found hanged. Angela Lansbury. Doc Wallace: Noah Beery. Bill Carmody: J.D. Cannon. Tim Carver: Donald Moffat. Sam Breen: William Windom. Sally Mestin: Stella Stevens.
