The BEST episodes of Murder, She Wrote
Every episode of Murder, She Wrote ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder, She Wrote!
Murder seems to follow Jessica Fletcher, a former English teacher and a mystery writer full of charm, zest-for-life, and personality; who happens to become "the investigator" when traveling around the country to promote a series of novels. Murder always occurs when she is present. Even in Cabot Cove!
#1 - The Days Dwindle Down
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/19/1987
Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes home to his wife and now-grown son who is expecting his first child with his wife, Terry. At Georgia Jarvis' request, Jessica looks into the crime, and through flashbacks, Sam remembers when Jarvis had offered him $10,000 to make his suicide look like murder. While Jessica believes that Sam is innocent, she doesn't believe it was suicide, and asks Sam's son Rod, a police officer, to lend a hand.
#2 - Night of the Coyote
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/22/1992
The legend of a stage coach robber's hidden treasure leads to the murder of an old mining town entrepreneur.
#3 - A Christmas Secret
Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1992
The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancee is marred by his big secret.
#4 - The Legacy of Borbey House
Season 10 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1993
A new Victorian house owner is killed in the manner befitting a vampire -- a wooden stake in his chest.
#5 - Murder in White
Season 10 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/19/1993
A producer staging an adaptation of one of Jessica's novels finds no joy in London.
#6 - Portrait of Death
Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/16/1994
A piece of sculpture does double duty as a murder weapon.
#7 - Northern Explosion
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/2/1994
In Canada, a land war breaks out between Native Americans and a mining company.
#8 - Murder on the Thirtieth Floor
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1994
Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.
#9 - The Phantom Killer
Season 10 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1993
A media tycoon may have been killed by a literary agent who seems as substantial as smoke.
#10 - Deadly Assets
Season 10 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/23/1994
A mobster is upset when he learns that a petty thief has found an unexpected $900,000.
#11 - The Petrified Florist
Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/21/1993
Was a Beverly Hills florist killed because he was supplying more than flowers for gossip magazine editors?
#12 - Trial by Error
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1986
It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.
#13 - No Accounting for Murder
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/22/1987
Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.
#14 - Nan's Ghost (2)
Season 12 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1995
Jessica is trapped in the rat-infested dungeon of an ancient Irish castle, but uses her ingenuity to get rescued and find the treasure and a murderer.
#15 - Killer Radio
Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1993
The prospective owner of a radio station in the prairies is killed before the sale goes through.
#16 - Film Flam
Season 11 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1995
Jessica sets out to prove that the death of a young movie buff is murder.
#17 - Witness for the Defense
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/4/1987
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
#18 - Dead to Rights
Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/21/1993
Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so why should she believe her now?
#19 - Something Foul in Flappieville
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/15/1996
The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.
#20 - Murder Takes the Bus
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1985
Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.
#21 - The Secret of Gila Junction
Season 12 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/5/1995
People in a sleepy Arizona town, are threatened by a truck- stop bandit and suspicious treasure hunters.
#22 - Murder, She Spoke
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1987
During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.
#23 - A Virtual Murder
Season 10 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1993
Jessica is fascinated by a demo of a VR game based on her book, but, while playing it, she thinks she sees a real murder.
#24 - Curse of the Daanav
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/7/1988
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.
#25 - Murder Digs Deep
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/29/1985
An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.
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