The BEST episodes of Murder, She Wrote season 7

Every episode of Murder, She Wrote season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder, She Wrote season 7!

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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Tainted Lady
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7.43
122 votes

#1 - Tainted Lady

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/5/1991

The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
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Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
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7.41
93 votes

#2 - Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/10/1991

A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.

Directors: Walter Grauman
Writer: Lynne Kelsey
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Trials and Tribulations
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7.40
159 votes

#3 - Trials and Tribulations

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1990

Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
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The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
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7.40
80 votes

#4 - The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/12/1991

The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.

Directors: Walter Grauman
Writer: Tom Sawyer
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A Body to Die For
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7.39
122 votes

#5 - A Body to Die For

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/11/1990

Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at a loss to explain it.

Writer: Donald Ross
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From the Horse's Mouth
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7.35
120 votes

#6 - From the Horse's Mouth

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/24/1991

An argument over stud fees ends in murder.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Gerry Day
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Family Doctor
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7.35
123 votes

#7 - Family Doctor

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/6/1991

In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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Hannigan's Wake
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7.35
123 votes

#8 - Hannigan's Wake

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/28/1990

A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
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Moving Violation
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7.34
125 votes

#9 - Moving Violation

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/3/1991

An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.

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Thursday's Child
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7.32
90 votes

#10 - Thursday's Child

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/7/1991

A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.

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The Family Jewels
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7.30
123 votes

#11 - The Family Jewels

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/4/1990

A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Tom Sawyer
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Murder, Plain and Simple
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7.30
114 votes

#12 - Murder, Plain and Simple

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/28/1991

When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
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The Prodigal Father
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7.28
115 votes

#13 - The Prodigal Father

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/10/1991

A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.

The Taxman Cometh
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7.23
95 votes

#14 - The Taxman Cometh

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/17/1991

The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.

Writer: Donald Ross
Ballad for a Blue Lady
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7.23
119 votes

#15 - Ballad for a Blue Lady

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1990

Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Deadly Misunderstanding
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7.22
125 votes

#16 - Deadly Misunderstanding

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1990

A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.

The Return of Preston Giles
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7.21
123 votes

#17 - The Return of Preston Giles

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1990

This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.

Directors: Walter Grauman
Writer: Tom Sawyer
Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
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7.15
109 votes

#18 - Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1991

A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.

The Great Twain Robbery
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7.14
146 votes

#19 - The Great Twain Robbery

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/25/1990

Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Steve Brown
Murder in F Sharp
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7.11
140 votes

#20 - Murder in F Sharp

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/16/1990

Jessica plays a tape sent to her by Dennis. Bad luck follows a famous concert pianist as he burns his hands and then loses his wife.

Directors: Kevin G. Cremin
Writer: Bill Bigelow
See You in Court, Baby
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6.95
91 votes

#21 - See You in Court, Baby

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1990

Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.

Directors: Vincent McEveety
Suspicion of Murder
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6.94
83 votes

#22 - Suspicion of Murder

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/20/1991

Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.

Directors: Vincent McEveety