The BEST episodes of Murder, She Wrote season 8

Every episode of Murder, She Wrote season 8, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Murder, She Wrote season 8!

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!

Last Updated: 12/4/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
A Killing in Vegas
star
7.41
118 votes

#1 - A Killing in Vegas

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1991

Jessica stakes her life on slim odds when she investigates a murder.

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Incident in Lot 7
star
7.40
152 votes

#2 - Incident in Lot 7

Season 8 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/1992

The Bates House of the movie, Psycho, is to be the setting of Jessica's book in the film made at Universal Studios.

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Bite the Big Apple
star
7.39
161 votes

#3 - Bite the Big Apple

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1991

Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.

Directors: David Moessinger
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The Witch's Curse
star
7.39
152 votes

#4 - The Witch's Curse

Season 8 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/1992

The thespians of Cabot Cove put on a play about a 17th century woman who cursed the town before she was executed as a witch.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Unauthorized Obituary
star
7.37
128 votes

#5 - Unauthorized Obituary

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1991

After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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The List of Yuri Lermentov
star
7.37
150 votes

#6 - The List of Yuri Lermentov

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/15/1991

Chance possession of a secret intelligence document lands Jessica in the center of an international web of intrigue and murder.

Writer: Tom Sawyer
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Night Fears
star
7.33
153 votes

#7 - Night Fears

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1991

Former policeman Wallace Evans, now a professor, challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of muggings on campus, and the muggings soon escalate to murder.

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Murder on Madison Avenue
star
7.31
81 votes

#8 - Murder on Madison Avenue

Season 8 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1992

Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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The Committee
star
7.31
154 votes

#9 - The Committee

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1991

The governing committee of an exclusive men's club commissions Jessica to identify a rogue member's killer--who likely serves on the committee.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Ever After
star
7.30
124 votes

#10 - Ever After

Season 8 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/8/1992

A real life soap opera involves a soap star, her co-star, and the victim--her millionaire husband.

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Thicker Than Water
star
7.29
95 votes

#11 - Thicker Than Water

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1991

When his younger brother Wayne, the family's black sheep, becomes chief suspect in the murder of his employer, Sherrif Metzger relies on Jessica to help him keep his perspective about the case.

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Programmed for Murder
star
7.27
153 votes

#12 - Programmed for Murder

Season 8 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/5/1992

There is something strange about a software expert's sudden death from bleeding ulcers that just doesn't compute.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
Writer: Tom Sawyer
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Lines of Excellence
star
7.26
152 votes

#13 - Lines of Excellence

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1991

Teaching a computer class seems tame, but not when Jessica is one of the students.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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Angel of Death
star
7.25
119 votes

#14 - Angel of Death

Season 8 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/3/1992

While Jessica is in Carmel, California, consoling a well-known playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, another family member is murdered.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
star
7.24
122 votes

#15 - Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief

Season 8 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/1/1992

No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they don't want her to believe it, either.

Directors: Peter Salim
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Danse Diabolique
star
7.21
140 votes

#16 - Danse Diabolique

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/5/1992

When a beautiful ballerina dies during her premiere performance in a new ballet, Jessica is convinced it is murder.

Directors: Alexander Singer
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Terminal Connection
star
7.21
151 votes

#17 - Terminal Connection

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1991

Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a ling list of suspects who wished him dead.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee
star
7.18
151 votes

#18 - To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee

Season 8 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/15/1992

All of Jessica's intuitive and deductive skills are called into play when she sets out to clear a university colleague of a murder charge.

Directors: Walter Grauman
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Day of the Dead
star
7.16
90 votes

#19 - Day of the Dead

Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/26/1992

The theft of a priceless artifact from Mexico City museum leads Jessica into a labyrinth of clues, where murder is the fact behind the Mask of Montezuma.

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The Monte Carlo Murders
star
7.13
148 votes

#20 - The Monte Carlo Murders

Season 8 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1992

Jessica is brought into the case of a murdered financier and the theft of his wife's diamonds in Monaco.

Directors: Jerry Jameson
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Judge Not
star
7.13
117 votes

#21 - Judge Not

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/1991

The death of a rhythm and blues legend and subsequent murder of his bass player reopen the 20-year-old unsolved murder of the musician's wife.

Directors: Chuck Bowman
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Badge of Honor
star
7.11
141 votes

#22 - Badge of Honor

Season 8 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/10/1992

Jessica intervenes when a long-lost Army buddy of her friend Seth is accused of murder.

Directors: David Moessinger
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