The BEST episodes written by Robert Van Scoyck

7.67

132 votes

#1 - Murder on the Thirtieth Floor

Murder, She Wrote - Season 10 - Episode 15

Jessica is shocked to learn that her editor has taken a flying leap from his high-rise office.

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7.46

42 votes

#2 - Something Foul in Flappieville

Murder, She Wrote - Season 12 - Episode 17

The puppets are dancing to a different tune, much to the dismay of the young designer.

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7.43

116 votes

#3 - Tainted Lady

Murder, She Wrote - Season 7 - Episode 21

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

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Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?

7.37

154 votes

#4 - Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?

Murder, She Wrote - Season 4 - Episode 12

Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.

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7.35

71 votes

#5 - Unwilling Witness

Murder, She Wrote - Season 12 - Episode 11

Jessica is called to testify before a grand jury after a victim's last phone call was traced to her number.

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7.35

119 votes

#6 - Family Doctor

Murder, She Wrote - Season 7 - Episode 11

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

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7.34

37 votes

#7 - What You Don't Know Can Kill You

Murder, She Wrote - Season 12 - Episode 22

Seth's niece returns to Cabot Cove for her wedding only to have her groom die "accidentally" before the event.

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7.31

142 votes

#8 - The Sins of Castle Cove

Murder, She Wrote - Season 5 - Episode 17

A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.

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7.30

146 votes

#9 - Murder Through the Looking Glass

Murder, She Wrote - Season 4 - Episode 16

Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.

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7.30

121 votes

#10 - Ever After

Murder, She Wrote - Season 8 - Episode 16

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

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7.29

78 votes

#11 - Home Care

Murder, She Wrote - Season 12 - Episode 5

A nurse under a cloud comes to Cabot Cove. One of her patients is Jessica's best friend Maggie.

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7.28

108 votes

#12 - The Big Show of 1965

Murder, She Wrote - Season 6 - Episode 16

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

7.22

98 votes

#13 - Wheel of Death

Murder, She Wrote - Season 10 - Episode 21

It is no sleight of hand when the crooked carnival magician is murdered.

7.21

220 votes

#14 - Hooray for Homicide

Murder, She Wrote - Season 1 - Episode 4

Jessica's first book, The Corpse Danced at Midnight, is being made into a major Hollywood motion picture, backed by producer Jerry Lydecker. Jessica is furious to see how her book is being butchered by Lydecker and his crew. She heads out to Hollywood to confront Lydecker, but things take a turn when Lydecker is found dead on stage. Jessica ends up being the prime suspect in the murder, but luckily the officer in charge of the investigation believes she's too smart to be the killer and sets her up to find the real murderer.