The BEST episodes of Murder, She Wrote season 6

Every episode of Murder, She Wrote season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder, She Wrote season 6!

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!

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Shear Madness
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7.38
116 votes

#1 - Shear Madness

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1990

Jessica’s cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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Town Father
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7.34
147 votes

#2 - Town Father

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1989

The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.

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The Szechuan Dragon
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7.31
142 votes

#3 - The Szechuan Dragon

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1990

Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.

Directors: Kevin G. Cremin
Writer: Tom Sawyer
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The Big Show of 1965
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7.28
112 votes

#4 - The Big Show of 1965

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1990

Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
The Error of Her Ways
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7.26
126 votes

#5 - The Error of Her Ways

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1989

When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.

Writer: Donald Ross
Night of the Tarantula
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7.20
113 votes

#6 - Night of the Tarantula

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1989

A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Dead Letter
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7.19
120 votes

#7 - Dead Letter

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1989

An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?

Appointment in Athens
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7.19
161 votes

#8 - Appointment in Athens

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1989

Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Tom Sawyer
Test of Wills
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7.18
146 votes

#9 - Test of Wills

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1989

A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.

How to Make a Killing without Really Trying
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7.18
113 votes

#10 - How to Make a Killing without Really Trying

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/1990

Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

Directors: Walter Grauman
If the Shoe Fits
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7.17
115 votes

#11 - If the Shoe Fits

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1990

A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.

Writer: Lynne Kelsey
Class Act
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7.09
137 votes

#12 - Class Act

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1989

A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.

Directors: Allen Reisner
Good-Bye Charlie
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7.06
107 votes

#13 - Good-Bye Charlie

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1990

Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.

The Fixer-Upper
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7.03
139 votes

#14 - The Fixer-Upper

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/1990

Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.

Jack and Bill
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7.01
112 votes

#15 - Jack and Bill

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1989

A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
The Sicilian Encounter
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7.01
138 votes

#16 - The Sicilian Encounter

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1990

Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.

Directors: Kevin G. Cremin
When the Fat Lady Sings
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7.00
114 votes

#17 - When the Fat Lady Sings

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1989

The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.

Directors: Walter Grauman
O'Malley's Luck
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7.00
104 votes

#18 - O'Malley's Luck

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1990

An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.

Directors: Michael J. Lynch
Always a Thief
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6.96
106 votes

#19 - Always a Thief

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/1990

Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.

Directors: Walter Grauman
Murder -- According to Maggie
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6.94
114 votes

#20 - Murder -- According to Maggie

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1990

The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.

The Grand Old Lady
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6.91
110 votes

#21 - The Grand Old Lady

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1989

When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Seal of the Confessional
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6.36
150 votes

#22 - Seal of the Confessional

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1989

A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Writer: Lynne Kelsey