Murder, She Wrote
Season 5
1988 • 22 Episodes
Episodes
1. J.B. As in Jailbird
October 23, 1988
A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.
2. A Little Night Work
October 30, 1988
A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.
3. Mr. Penroy's Vacation
November 6, 1988
The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
4. Snow White, Blood Red
November 13, 1988
A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
5. Coal Miner's Slaughter
November 20, 1988
The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.
6. Wearing of the Green
November 27, 1988
A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.
7. The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
December 18, 1988
The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
8. Prediction: Murder
January 1, 1989
A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.
9. Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
January 8, 1989
Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
10. Weave a Tangled Web
January 15, 1989
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
11. The Search for Peter Kerry
February 5, 1989
A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.
12. Smooth Operators
February 12, 1989
When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or money--a robbery or something else?
13. Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
February 19, 1989
A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.
14. From Russia ... With Blood
February 26, 1989
A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.
15. Alma Murder
March 12, 1989
An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?
16. Truck Stop
April 2, 1989
Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.
17. The Sins of Castle Cove
April 9, 1989
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.
18. Trevor Hudson's Legacy
April 16, 1989
A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.
19. Double Exposure
April 30, 1989
In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.
20. Three Strikes, You're Out
May 7, 1989
A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
21. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
May 14, 1989
Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.
22. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)
May 21, 1989
After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.