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Murder, She Wrote Season 7 Episodes
Season 7 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
Trials and Tribulations
Sun, Sep 16, 1990 60 mins
Jessica's reputation is at stake: She's being sued for the wrongful conviction and subsequent death of a prison escapee.
Episode 2
Deadly Misunderstanding
Sun, Sep 23, 1990 60 mins
Jessica's typist finds her husband stabbed to death and persuades a lovesick cub reporter to place the corpse in the victim's lumberyard.
Episode 3
See You in Court, Baby
Sun, Sep 30, 1990 60 mins
Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton is dragged into the murder of a lawyer who angered an ex-husband, his own ex-wife and an ex-cop lawyer.
Episode 4
Hannigan's Wake
Mon, Oct 29, 1990 60 mins
Jessica is beseeched to finish the book of a deceased journalist who was trying to vindicate a man unjustly convicted of murder.
Episode 5
Family Jewels
Sun, Nov 4, 1990 60 mins
Jessica looks into a possible connection between a society matron's penchant for lifting jewellery and the murder of her chauffeur---who was also her lover.
Episode 6
A Body to Die For
Sun, Nov 11, 1990 60 mins
A gym owner has Cabot Cove's ladies in a sweat, but he's cold to an old partner in crime later found murdered.
Episode 7
Return of Preston Giles
Sun, Nov 18, 1990 60 mins
Jessica's paroled publisher, whom she helped nail for murder, is back at his desk---but soon charged with stabbing the company's controller. Preston Giles: Arthur Hill. Ross McKay: Michael McKean. Linette McKay: Brynn Thayer. Kendall Stafford: Gordon Thomson.
Episode 8
Great Twain Robbery
Sun, Nov 25, 1990 60 mins
The book is closed on a book expert after he finds proof that a torched manuscript was fake. Roy Dotrice. Lawrence Ehrlich: David Birney. Anna Louise Barlow: Diane Baker. Lindsey Barlow: Holly Gagnier. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.
Episode 9
Ballad for a Blue Lady
Sun, Dec 2, 1990 60 mins
A country-music luminary (Jimmy Dean) is sent to "the great hootenanny in the sky." Patti Sue Diamond: Florence Henderson. Alice Diamond: Daphne Ashbrook. Conrad Booker: Mickey Gilley. Billy Ray Parker: Sheb Wooley. Mark Berringer: Gary Grubbs.
Episode 10
Murder in F Sharp
Sun, Dec 16, 1990 60 mins
A pianist (Ricardo Montalban) feels out of tune after his hands are burned and his wife is murdered. Milena: Patricia Neal. Alex Seletz: Stephen Caffrey. Nicole: Melinda Culea. Dennis: Keith Michell.
Episode 11
Family Doctor
Sun, Jan 6, 1991 60 mins
When a mobster is shot outside the restaurant where Seth (William Windom) and Jessica are dining, the doctor is forced to perform emergency surgery. Michael: Vincent Irizarry. Rosa Abruzzi: Rose Gregorio. Sal Abruzzi: David Ciminello. Andrew Gant: Monte Markham.
Episode 12
Suspicion of Murder
Sun, Jan 20, 1991 60 mins
After an evening with an old flame, Dennis (Keith Michell) becomes a front-burner suspect in the murder of her estranged husband. Christina: Susan Blakely. Ryan Donovan: Dennis Cole. Joey Hellinger: Sam Bottoms. Danny Hellinger: Robert Strand.
Episode 13
Moving Violation
Sun, Feb 3, 1991 60 mins
Sheriff Metzger stands up to the father of a drunken driver (David Lansbury)---and stands accused when the boy is found dead. Metzger: Ron Masak. Meredith: Susan Clark. Morgan: Suzanne Snyder. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.
Episode 14
Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
Sun, Feb 10, 1991 60 mins
In Texas, a fan (Jane Withers) posing as Jessica dies in an improbable car accident after snooping into a suspected dog-show scandal. Kit Parkins: Betty Garrett. Lawrence: Lyman Ward. Lisa McCauley: Jamie Rose. Boone Willoughby: Max Baer.
Episode 15
The Taxman Cometh
Sun, Feb 17, 1991 60 mins
A pie-factory owner, under pressure to pay the dough the IRS claims she owes, is suspected of murdering the key witness against her---her ex-husband (Macon McCalman). Wellstood: Gregg Henry. Yelverton: Max Wright. Jessica: Angela Lansbury.
Episode 16
From the Horse's Mouth
Sun, Feb 24, 1991 60 mins
An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
Episode 17
The Prodigal Father
Sun, Mar 10, 1991 60 mins
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.
Episode 18
Where Have You Gone Billy Boy?
Sun, Mar 17, 1991 60 mins
A ventriloquist (Grant Shaud) dummies up after the wooden buddy he reported kidnapped is found in a locked room with the corpse of a comedy club's owner (Georgia Brown). Gelardi: Marty Ingels. Dennis: Keith Michell. Brenda: Teri Copley. DiMarco: Lyle Waggoner.
Episode 19
Thursday's Child
Sun, Apr 7, 1991 60 mins
Jessica is drawn into a case of construction fraud and murder by a woman (Vera Miles) who claims that Jessica's late husband fathered her son. Steve: Richard Gilliland. Cynthia Olston: Jennifer Warren. Ben Olston: John Beck. Dawn Bickford: Lindsay Frost.
Episode 20
Murder, Plain & Simple
Sun, Apr 28, 1991 60 mins
Jessica travels to Amish country to buy a quilt, and is called on to uncover a killer.
Episode 21
Tainted Lady
Sun, May 5, 1991 60 mins
A friend Jessica helped once before is accused of serving arsenic in her diner, and the locals say "she won't get away with murder again".
Episode 22
Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
Sun, May 12, 1991 60 mins
Someone turns off the tap on a writer-turned-beer spokesman when word leaks out that he's written an exposé of a brewery family.
