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Murder, She Wrote Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1986 - 1987
Series 3 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 heiress' bodyguard and the arrest of one of her friends.
Episode 1
Death Stalks the Big Top
Sun, Sep 28, 1986 60 mins
Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.
Episode 2
Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2
Sun, Oct 5, 1986 60 mins
Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.
Episode 3
Unfinished Business
Sun, Oct 12, 1986 60 mins
A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.
Episode 4
One White Rose for Death
Sun, Oct 19, 1986 60 mins
Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.
Episode 5
Corned Beef And Carnage
Sun, Nov 2, 1986 60 mins
Who had the beef against the murdered adman who stood to lose a fast-food account? Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Victoria: Genie Francis. Christine Clifford: Susan Anton. Aubrey Thornton: David Ogden Stiers. Leland Biddle: Peter Haskell. Howard: Jeff Conaway.
Episode 6
Dead Man's Gold
Sun, Nov 9, 1986 60 mins
A diver is murdered in a search for sunken treasure off Cabot Cove. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Amos: Tom Bosley. David Everett: Leslie Nielsen. Coby Russell: J. Eddie Peck. Susan Ainsley: Wendy Kilbourne. Gregory Small: Ian Ruskin.
Episode 7
Deadline for Murder
Sun, Nov 16, 1986 60 mins
A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.
Episode 8
Magnum on Ice (II)
Sun, Nov 23, 1986 60 mins
Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target.The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).
Episode 9
Obituary for a Dead Anchor
Sun, Dec 7, 1986 60 mins
An abrasive newsanchor is killed in a mysterious explosion aboard a boat that Amos (Tom Bosley) had leased for him. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Nick Brody: Mark Stevens. Kevin Keats: Chad Everett. Paula Roman: Kathleen Lloyd.
Episode 10
Stage Struck
Sun, Dec 14, 1986 45 mins
The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.
Episode 11
Night of the Headless Horseman
Sun, Jan 4, 1987 60 mins
A riding instructor is unluckily prescient when he disguises himself as Washington Irving's headless horseman to harass his rival, a lovelorn poet. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Dorian Beecher: Thom Bray. Doc Walker: Charles Siebert. Dorn Van Stotter: Guy Stockwell.
Episode 12
Corpse Flew First Class
Sun, Jan 18, 1987 60 mins
Robbery and murder fly first class to London as a jet-setter's diamond necklace is stolen and the bodyguard who was carrying it is poisoned. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Errol Pogson: David Hemmings. Otto Hardwick: Robert Walker. Sonny Greer: Kate Mulgrew. Kay Davis: Robin Dearden.
Episode 13
Crossed Up
Sun, Feb 1, 1987 60 mins
Bedridden, Jessica overhears a phone conversation about a murder planned for that night---but no one believes her. Morgan Rogers: Sandy McPeak. Gordon Rogers: Tony Dow. Dody Rogers: Colleen Camp. Adam Rogers: James Carroll Jordan.
Episode 14
Murder in a Minor Key
Sun, Feb 8, 1987 60 mins
Jessica narrates her latest novel about a law student (Shaun Cassidy) who turns sleuth to help a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.
Episode 15
The Bottom Line Is Murder
Sun, Feb 15, 1987 60 mins
An unethical TV consumer advocate is murdered, a man disliked by his colleagues and by the victims of his venom. Angela Lansbury. Steven Honig: Robert F. Lyons. Jayne Honig: Judith Chapman. Robert Warren: Morgan Stevens. Lynnette Bryant: Adrienne Barbeau.
Episode 16
Death Takes a Dive
Sun, Feb 22, 1987 90 mins
Jessica's friend Harry McGraw is accused of sending a fight promoter down for the final count. McGraw: Jerry Orbach. Blaster Boyle: Harold Sylvester. Dennis McConnell: Bradford Dillman. Sean Shilleen: Michael McGrady. Dave Robinson: LeVar Burton.
Episode 17
Simon Says, Color Me Dead
Sun, Mar 1, 1987 60 mins
An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.
Episode 18
No Laughing Murder
Sun, Mar 15, 1987 60 mins
Somebody winds up dead after an engagement party for the children of a long-estranged comedy duo. Jessica: Angela Lansbury. Farley Pressman: George Furth. Murray Gruen: Buddy Hackett. Mack Howard: Steve Lawrence. Kip Howard: George Clooney. Corrie Gruen: Beth Windsor.
Episode 19
No Accounting for Murder
Sun, Mar 22, 1987 60 mins
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.
Episode 20
The Cemetery Vote
Sun, Apr 5, 1987 60 mins
The probing father of a mayor killed in an "accident" suspects foul play, and is murdered in turn. Angela Lansbury. Sheriff Yates: Ed Lauter. David Carroll: Bruce Davison. Deputy Beeler: Jeff Yagher. Linda: Ellen Bry. Kate: Marie Windsor.
Episode 21
The Days Dwindle Down
Sun, Apr 19, 1987 60 mins
Jeffrey Lynn, Martha Scott and Harry Morgan reprise their roles from the movie "Strange Bargain," as Jessica (Angela Lansbury) tries to prove the innocence of a man recently released from a 30-year prison term for the murder of his employer. Scenes from the film are seen in flashbacks. Rod Wilson: Art Hindle. Edna Jarvis: Gloria Stuart. Sydney Jarvis: Richard Beymer.
Episode 22
Murder, She Spoke
Sun, May 10, 1987 60 mins
During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.