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| 1 :01x01 - The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (Sep/30/1984) | | Retired schoolteacher Jessica Fletcher has recently become a famous author. In the midst of her new found fame, she attends a costume party at the home of her publisher and while there a private investigator who is dressed as "Sherlock Holmes" is murdered. When Jessica's nephew is considered the prime suspect, she sets out to prove his innocence and find who really killed the man. | | Guest Stars: Cathy Paine as Young Woman, Billie Hayes (4) as Peter Pan, Paula Victor as Agnes Peabody, Ken Olfson as TV Book Critic, Anne Ramsey (1) as Bag Lady, Johnny Venokur as 2nd White Tough, Andy Garcia as 1st White Tough, Russell Curry as Black Youth, Beau Starr as Policeman on Boat, Larry McCormick as TV Reporter, Donald Elson as Bookstore Owner, Michael Horton (2) as Grady Fletcher, Jimmy Joyce (2) as Tom, Daniel Zippi as Mailman, Sallee Young (1) as Girl Performer, Dan Chambers (1) as Cab Driver, Freddye Chapman as Jane, Jessica Browne (1) as Kitty Donovan, John Hancock (1) as Daniel, Howard Mann (1) as New Holvang Cabbie, Joseph V. Perry as Heavy Set Crude Man, Kat Sawyer-Young as Feminist Interviewer, Raymond St. Jacques as Doctor, Dennis Patrick as Dexter Baxendale, Tricia O'Neil as Ashley Vickers, Anne Francis (1) as Louise McCallum, Bert Convy as Peter Brill, Eddie Barth (1) as Bernie, Rosanna Huffman as Eleanor Thompson, Herb Edelman as George, Ned Beatty as Roy Gunderson, Arthur Hill as Preston Giles, Brian Keith as Caleb McCallum, Hap Lawrence as Young Deputy, Stanley Brock as Marvin, Jay Fenichel as Cellini, Danny Wells (1) as Talk Show Host, Richard Erdman as Eggman, David Byrd as Davis, Ellen Crawford as Muriel, Paddi Edwards as Lois Hoey | Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1)
Story: William Link, Richard Levinson | | | |
| 1 :01x02 - Deadly Lady (Oct/07/1984) | | A multimillionaire is swept off his yacht during a hurricane near Cabot Cove, but his four daughters do not seemed that upset about it. Jessica becomes intrigued in the death after the girls' stories keep changing about how he died. Jessica decides to help Amos interview the four women to get to the bottom of how their father really perished. | | Guest Stars: Dack Rambo as Brian Shelby, Carol Swarbrick as Deputy Emma, Robert Beecher as Elias Cobb, Tom Bower (1) as Jonathan Bailey, Cassie Yates as Lisa Earl Shelby, Marilyn Hassett as Maggie Earl, Doran Clark (1) as Nancy Earl, Howard Duff as Stephen Earl, Anne Lockhart as Grace Earl Lamont, Claude Akins as Capt. Ethan Cragg, Richard Hatch (1) as Terry Jones, John Petlock as Nils Andersen, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper | Director: Corey Allen
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 2 :01x03 - Birds of a Feather (Oct/14/1984) | | Jessica travels to San Francisco to attend the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon. She quickly learns that Victoria is convinced her fiance is having an affair. Soon Victoria's intended, Howard, is found to be dressing up as a woman and performing at nightclubs. However, when Howard is arrested for the nightclub owner's murder, Jessica sets out to prove he was not the killer. | | Guest Stars: Martin Landau as Al Drake, John O'Leary (1) as Minister, Dick Gautier as Mike Dupont, Gary Pagett as Security Guard, Barbara Rhoades as Barbara Stevenson, Nick Savage as Leather Guy, Robin Bach as Maitre d’, Gabe Kaplan as Freddy York, Harry Guardino as Lt. Floyd Novack, Genie Francis as Victoria Brandon Griffin, Carol Lawrence (1) as Candice Drake, Jeff Conaway as Howard Griffin, William Phipps as Charlie, Brian Avery (2) as Nightclub M.C., Tony Ballen as Waiter, Bart Braverman as Bill Patterson | Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Robert Swanson (3) | | | |
| 3 :01x04 - Hooray for Homicide (Oct/28/1984) | | After finding out that her first novel is being made into a movie, Jessica decides to go to Los Angeles to confront the producer about the changes made to the book. When several individuals overhear Jessica threaten the producer one night and he turns up dead, numerous studio personnel suspect that Jessica is the prime suspect. In order to find the identity of the real murderer, the lieutenant in charge of the investigation decides to frame Jessica so she can clear her name and bring the killer to justice. | | Guest Stars: Claude Akins as Capt. Ethan Cragg, Erik Holland (1) as Detective Mack Brody, Virginia Mayo as Elinor, Morgan Stevens as Scott Bennet, Michael Milhoan as Security Guard, Jose Perez as Lt. Mike Hernandez, Ron Palillo as Norman Lester, Melissa Sue Anderson as Eve Crystal, John Saxon as Jerry Lydecker, John Astin (1) as Ross Haley, Samantha Eggar as Marta Quintessa | Director: Richard Colla
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk | | | | | | |
| 5 :01x06 - Lovers and Other Killers (Nov/18/1984) | | When Jessica agrees to do a series of lectures at a university in Seattle for an old friend, she becomes entangled in a murder investigation involving a secretary she hired to help her while in town. After finding out that the police suspect the secretary for murdering an older woman he was seeing, Jessica decides to help clear his name. However, when David’s only alibi for the night of the murder ends up dead and Jessica gets attacked later that night, it looks like he is up to no good. Not to be deterred, Jessica continues her investigation and soon discovers her friend’s secretary has something shady to hide. | | Guest Stars: Lory Walsh as Lila Schroeder, Andrew Prine as Prof. Todd Lowery, Grant Goodeve as Jack Schroeder, Andrew Stevens (1) as David Tolliver, Greg Morris as Lt. Andrews, Peter Graves (1) as Dr. Edmund Gerard, Lois Nettleton as Amelia | Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 6 :01x07 - Hit, Run and Homicide (Nov/25/1984) | | • No Summary (Add Here) | | Guest Stars: Dee Croxton as Cora McIntyre, Douglas Stevenson as Gas Attendant, Ed Morgan (1) as Local #2, Harry Stephens as Doctor, Paddi Edwards as Lois Hoey, G.R Smith as Deputy, David Ashrow as Umpire, Stuart Whitman as Charles Woodley, Roger Price (2) as Local #1, Claude Akins as Capt. Ethan Cragg, Edward Albert as Tony Holiday, Lois Foraker as Eliza Bates, Patti D'Arbanville as Leslie Andler, June Allyson as Katie Simmons, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper, Bruce Gray as Dean Merrill, Van Johnson as Daniel O'Brien | Director: Alan Cooke (2)
Writer: Gerald K. Siegel | | | |
| 7 :01x08 - We're Off To Kill the Wizard (Dec/09/1984) | | While visiting her niece’s family in Chicago, Jessica gets an invitation to meet an amusement park tycoon who would like to adapt one of her books into a park. However when she refused to go along with his plan and he is found murdered later in the day, the police captain asks Jessica to aide in his investigation. At first she is hesitant to do so, but when the man’s widow also urges her to find the murderer, Jessica finally agrees to help out and soon figures out why the tycoon was killed. | | Guest Stars: Gene Evans as Nils Highlander, Richard Sanders as Arnold Megrim, Christine Belford as Erica Baldwin, Vince Howard (1) as Second Guard, Ivan Saric as Security Guard, Henry G. Sanders (1) as Skycap, Laura Leyva as Clerk, John Schuck as Capt. Davis, Kristoffer Tabori as Phillip Carlson, Kim Darby as Laurie Bascomb, Anne Kerry (1) as Carol Donovan, George DiCenzo as Michael Gardner/Micky Baumgarden, Eric Server as Ned O'Brien, Joaquin Phoenix as Billy Donovan, Summer Phoenix as Cindy Donovan, James Coco as Horatio Baldwin, James Stephens as Det. Lt. Bert Donovan | Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 8 :01x09 - Death Takes a Curtain Call (Dec/16/1984) | | When Jessica goes to Boston with a friend to see a ballet performance by a Russian dance company, she gets involved with a murder investigation after learning the stars, who planning to defect to the U.S., end up being prime suspects. After arriving on the crime scene, Jessica joins forces with a KGB officer to prove their innocence and identify the real killer. | | Guest Stars: Vicki Kriegler as Natalia Masurov, Patrick Thomas as FBI Agent Dewey Johnson (as Courtney Burr), James Carroll Jordan (1) as Skip Fleming, Hurd Hatfield as Leo Peterson, Kerry Armstrong as Irina Katsa, George De La Pena as Alexander Masurov, Paul Rudd (2) as Mr. Eddington, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper, Claude Akins as Capt. Ethan Cragg, Jessica Nelson as Velma Rodecker, William Conrad as Major Anatole Karzoff, Read Morgan as Sergeant Kevin Hogan | Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Paul W. Cooper (1) | | | |
| 9 :01x10 - Death Casts A Spell (Dec/30/1984) | | While on a business trip, Jessica stumbles across a mystery when a famous hypnotist is murdered in a locked hotel room, where he had group of journalists in a trance. Jessica then teams up with a local police lieutenant and her assistant editor to figure out the identity of the murderer. | | Guest Stars: Mayf Nutter as Zack Bernard, Elvia Allman as Elderly Lady, Michelle Phillips as Regina Kellijian, Rance Howard as Filmore, Ritchie Montgomery as Busboy, Alex Rebar as Hypnotist, Robert Loggia as Joe Kellijian, Elaine Joyce as Sheri Diamond, Conrad Janis as Dr. F.G. Yambert, Diana Canova as Joan Germaine, Murray Hamilton as Bud Michaels, Brian Kerwin as Andy Townsend, José Ferrer as The Amazing Cagliostro, Robert Hogan as Lt. Bergkamp | Director: Allen Reisner
Writer: Steven Hensley, J. Miyoko Hensley | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 :01x13 - Murder to a Jazz Beat (Feb/03/1985) | | While in New Orleans to appear on her friend’s talk show, he and Jessica get involved in a murder investigation when a famous Jazz musician dies during a performance. After the police wrongfully arrest the musician’s manager, Jessica and her friend enlist the help of a local cab driver to discover the identity of the murderer and what their motive was to want the musician dead. | | Guest Stars: Michael Canavan as Doctor Alan Collyer, Bradford Dillman as Lt. Kershaw, Robert Clarke (6) as Actor, David Whitfield as Hec Tattersal, Mario Machado as TV Announcer, Wally K. Berns (1) as Proprietor, Bruce Marchiano as Assistant Director, Stan Shaw as Eddie Walters, Bobby Sherman (2) as Jimmy Firth, George Kirby as Eubie Sherwin, Cameron Mitchell as Dr. Aaron Kramer, Jackie Joseph as Actress, Olivia Cole (1) as Callie Coleman, Ed Nelson as Carl Turnbull, Garrett Morris (1) as Lafayette Duquesne, Clive Revill as Jonathan Hawley, Glynn Turman (1) as Ben Coleman | Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Paul Savage
Story: Paul Savage, David Abramowitz | | | |
| 13 :01x14 - My Johnny Lies Over The Ocean (Feb/10/1985) | | Following the suicide of her niece’s husband Johnny, Jessica decides to take Pamela on a cruise to help her deal with her grief. However, it doesn’t take long for someone to start terrorizing Pamela by making her think Johnny is sending her messages from beyond the grave. When Pamela confides to Jessica that Johnny was adopted, she begins to suspect that his birth mother is on board and is the person terrorizing Pamela. However, when his birth mother is discovered dead in her room, Jessica begins to investigate the woman’s husband to see if he was the real person behind her murder and the plot to harm Pamela. | | Guest Stars: Mark Pilon as 2nd Ship's Officer, Lynda Day George as Diane Shelley, Paul Carafotes as Ramon, Andrew Parks (1) as Russell Thompson, Jo Anne Worley as Carla Raymond, Jason Evers as Marshall, Vicki Lawrence as Phoebe Carroll, Rosemary Forsyth as Andrea Reed, Leslie Nielsen as Captain Daniels, Belinda Montgomery as Pamela Crane, Lawrence Pressman as George Reed | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 14 :01x15 - Paint Me A Murder (Feb/17/1985) | | Following several attempts on the life of a famous artist named Diego Santana, Jessica is invited to his birthday party on a Mediterranean Island. Upon her arrival on the island, Jessica promptly begins investigating the murder attempts and questions the other guests about why anybody would want the artist dead. However, during her investigation, someone is successful in killing the artist and Jessica tries to figure out which of the party guests wanted him dead so bad that they kill Diego that they would frame a guest who was trying to flee the island before the secrets of his past comes to light. | | Guest Stars: Cristina Raines as Margo Santana, Stewart Granger as Sir John, Judy Geeson as Elaine McComber, Alma Beltran (1) as Rosa, Fernando Allende as Miguel Santana, Pepe Hern as Antonio, Cesar Romero as Diego Santana, Robert Goulet as Willard Kaufmann, Capucine as Belle Chaney, Ron Moody as Inspector Henry Kyle, Steven Keats as Stefan Conrad | Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 15 :01x16 - Tough Guys Don't Die (Feb/24/1985) | | While researching an old murder case that she suspects will make a plot for a murder mystery, Jessica decides to hire a private detective named Archie Miles to do some leg work for her. However, when he is found dead in his office, Archie’s partner Harry McGraw tracks down Jessica to find out if she knows anything about his murder so he can exact justice on the murderer. Later, she and Harry form an unusual partnership and are to flush out the murderer and eventually turn that person into police custody. | | Guest Stars: Alex Rocco as Ernie Santini, Fritz Weaver as Judge Carter Lambert, Floyd Levine as Archie Miles, Margery Nelson as Alma Leonard, Conrad Bachmann as Office Manager, Tina Lifford as Leora Cargill, Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Ray Kravitz, John McMartin as Gavin Daniels, Paul Winfield as Lt. Starkey, John Furey as Larry King, Jerry Orbach as Harry McGraw, Rosanna Huffman as Connie Miles, Barbara Babcock as Priscilla Daniels, Nancy Lee Grahn (1) as Erin Carey | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 16 :01x17 - Sudden Death (Mar/03/1985) | | Following the death of her uncle, Jessica discovers that she inherited a small share of a local football team. As she learns about the game, Jessica gets caught up in a murder investigation when one of the controlling owners is found dead in the team’s training room. When it looks like one of the players is the prime suspect in the man’s murder, Jessica sets out to prove that he is innocent and why the real murderer wanted the man dead. | | Guest Stars: Jan Smithers as Cathy Farrell, Elizabeth Savage as Mavis Kreuger, Arnold F. Turner as Security Guard, Marcianne Warman as Jill Farrell, Albert Lord as Baxter, Ralph Clift as Clerk, James McEachin as Grover Dillon, Gary Lockwood as Harris Talmadge, David Doyle (1) as Brad Lockwood, Tim Thomerson as Det. Lt. Clyde Pace, Allan Miller as Phil Kreuger, Dick Butkus (1) as Tank Mason, Bruce Jenner as Zak Farrell, John Beck (1) as Web McCord, Warren Berlinger as Pat Patillo | Director: Edward M. Abroms
Writer: Robert Swanson (3) | | | |
| 17 :01x18 - Footnote to Murder (Mar/10/1985) | | While in New York for a Literary Award convention, Jessica gets involved with a murder investigation when an author of an unpublished manuscript is found dead in his room. After discovering that the D.A. plans on arresting a friend who was heard threatening the victim, Jessica has her work cut out when it appears that several people wanted him dead. It is only after reading a manuscript by an amateur writer does Jessica figure out the identity of murderer and why they chose to kill the author. | | Guest Stars: Morgan Brittany as Tiffany Harrow, Constance Forslund as Lucinda Lark, Diana Muldaur as Alexis Post, John C. Becher (1) as Optometrist, Mark Harrison as Assistant D.A., Biff Yeager as Cop, Michael Kearns as Reporter, Ron Masak as Lt. Meyer, Talia Balsam as Debbie Delancey, John Brandon (1) as Ernie, Pat Harrington, Jr. as Mel Comstock, Robert Reed (3) as Adrian Winslow, Kenneth Mars as Hemsley Post, Lana Schwab as Clerk, Paul Sand as Horace Lynchfield, Vincent Baggetta as Frank Lapinski | Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Robert Swanson (3) | | | |
| 18 :01x19 - Murder Takes the Bus (Mar/17/1985) | | On the day Jessica accompanies Sheriff Tupper to Portland, Maine for a sheriff’s benefit, they get stranded along the way when the bus they were on breaks down during a major storm. It was during this time when Jessica and the sheriff discover one of the passengers, a recently released convict, has been murdered. When they realize they are unable to call the area’s authorities until the weather clears up, they investigate which of the remaining passengers might want the man dead and let someone else take the blame for their handiwork. | | Guest Stars: Charles Bazaldua as Man, John Davis Chandler (1) as Gilbert Stoner, Don Stroud as Carey Drayson, David Wayne as Cyrus Lefingwell, Albert Salmi as Joe Downing, Larry Linville as Associate Prof. Kent Radford, Michael Constantine as Ben Gibbons, Linda Blair as Jane Pascal, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper, Mills Watson as Ralph Leary, Terence Knox (1) as Steve Pascal, Rue McClanahan as Miriam Radford | Director: Charles S. Dubin
Writer: Michael Scheff, Mary Ann Kasica | | | | | | |
| 20 :01x21 - Murder at the Oasis (Apr/07/1985) | | While visiting an old college friend at an exclusive resort, Jessica gets involved with a murder investigation of her ex-husband, a domineering show-business personality who made several enemies before his death. Through the course of the investigation, Jessica begins to suspect that his murder was the result of a mob hit, but as she digs deeper into the case, she discovers that the detective in charge may have something to hide about the murder. | | Guest Stars: Michael Griswold (1) as Guard, Jack O'Halloran as Lou Ross, Mark Costello (1) as CHP Officer, John Miranda as Gus, David Bowman as Chico Miller, Joseph Cali as Vic LaRosa, Linda Purl as Terry Shannon, Piper Laurie as Peggy Shannon, Joseph Bottoms as Mickey Shannon, Joey Bishop as Buster Bailey, Ed Ames as Johnny Shannon, Ken Howard as Det. Sgt. Barnes | Director: Arthur Allan Seidelman
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk | | | |
| 21 :01x22 - Funeral at Fifty-mile (Apr/21/1985) | | While in Wyoming for her friend’s funeral, Jessica gets involved with an unusual investigation when Carl Mestin, an uninvited old friend shows up with news that he was left the man’s cattle ranch. A few days later, when the man is found hanging by a rope in the barn, Jessica sets out to prove that the hired hand of her friend is innocent of the crime and soon discovers that numerous associates of the rancher have a lot or reasons for wanting Carl dead and they all have to do with a secret involving the rancher’s daughter. | | Guest Stars: Cliff Potts as Sheriff Ed Potts, Brooke Alderson as Alice, J. D. Cannon as Bill Carmody, Edith Diaz as Emma, Archie Lang (2) as Minister, Efrain Figueroa as Jesus, Stella Stevens as Sally Mestin, Noah Beery, Jr. as Doc Wallace, Clu Gulager as Carl Mestin, William Windom as Sam Breen, Kathleen Beller as Mary Carver, Donald Moffat as Tim Carver, Jeff Osterhage as Art Merrick | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Dick Nelson | | | |
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