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| 44 :03x01 - Death Stalks the Big Top (1) (Sep/28/1986) | | Upon her arrival in Washington DC for her niece’s wedding, Jessica learns that one of the presents that Carol recently received was a trinket that her grandfather Neil promised her years before. Wondering how he could have sent the present to her since he passed away five years ago in a boating accident, Jessica promises to look into who could have sent Carol the package from Arkansas. Upon her arrival in Arkansas, Jessica finds her way to a traveling circus where she discovers a roustabout named Carl is actually Neil. Things get a little sticky when an unpopular circus worker is murdered and all the evidence points to Neil being the prime suspect. | | Guest Stars: Charles Napier as Hank Sutter, Robin Bach as Mark, Ronny Cox (1) as Mayor Powers, Laraine Day as Constance Fletcher, Lee Purcell as Maylene, John Alvin as Mr. Tucker, James R. Parkes as Officer #1, Gregg Henry as Sheriff Len Childs, Virginia Peters as Ticket Seller, Rob Monroe as Alex, Susan Brown (2) as Audrey Bannister, Harry Woolf as Driver, Barbara Stock as Danielle Morgana Carmody, Joey Cramer as Charlie McCallum, Greg Evigan as Brad Keneally, Martin Balsam as Edgar Carmody, Ken Sansom as Bert, Alex Cord as Preston Bartholomew, Florence Henderson as Maria Morgana, Jackie Cooper (1) as Carl Schulman/Neil Fletcher, Courteney Cox as Carol Bannister, Joe Dorsey (1) as Harry Kingman, Dennis Howard as Howard Bannister, Mark Shera as Raymond Carmody, Pamela Susan Shoop as Katie McCallum | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Paul Savage
Story: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 45 :03x02 - Death Stalks the Big Top (2) (Oct/05/1986) | | While working on clearing her brother-in-law Neil, Jessica’s investigation is hampered by two individuals: Pullman City’s stubborn mayor up for re-election, and an unknown attacker intent on keeping Neil behind bars in order to see the Carmody Circus fail. | | Guest Stars: Ronny Cox (1) as Mayor Powers, Laraine Day as Constance Fletcher, Barbara Stock as Danielle Morgana Carmody, Lee Purcell as Maylene, Gregg Henry as Sheriff Len Childs, Susan Brown (2) as Audrey Bannister, Greg Norberg as Officer #2, Harry Stephens as Ned, Dan Priest as Doctor, Roz Bosley as Housekeeper, Joey Cramer as Charlie McCallum, Mark Shera as Raymond Carmody, Pamela Susan Shoop as Katie McCallum, Charles Napier as Hank Sutter, Greg Evigan as Brad Keneally, Martin Balsam as Edgar Carmody, Ken Sansom as Bert, Alex Cord as Preston Bartholomew, Florence Henderson as Maria Morgana, Jackie Cooper (1) as Carl Schulman/Neil Fletcher, Courteney Cox as Carol Bannister, Joe Dorsey (1) as Harry Kingman, Dennis Howard as Howard Bannister | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Paul Savage
Story: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | | | | |
| 47 :03x04 - One White Rose for Death (Oct/19/1986) | | Upon arriving in Washington, D.C. for a special concert, Jessica unwillingly gets involved with the defection of two East German musicians and the murder of a British spy at the country’s embassy. Before the weekend comes to an end, Jessica teams up with a fellow spy to find out the identity of the killer before having the opportunity to kill again. | | Guest Stars: Michael Anderson Jr. as Doctor, Julian Barnes as British Sergeant, Warwick Sims as Jack Kendall, Jenny Agutter as Margo Claymore, Tony Bonner as Henry Claymore, Len Cariou as Michael Hagarty, Maria Mayenzet as Greta Mueller, Bernard Fox as Andrew Wyckham, Eric Braeden as Col. Gerhardt Brunner, John Glover (1) as Franz Mueller | Director: Peter Crane
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 48 :03x05 - Corned Beef And Carnage (Nov/02/1986) | | While Jessica is visiting her niece Victoria, she gets involved in a murder investigation in which her niece’s boss is killed and she is the prime suspect. Given a week to root out the identity of the actual murderer, Jessica discovers that person might be an embittered employee who was about to be squeezed out of his job. | | Guest Stars: James Sloyan as Lt. Spoletti, Phil Rubenstein as Deli Clerk, David Ogden Stiers as Aubrey Thornton, Russ Fega as Delivery Man, David Starwalt as Officer, Marleta Marrow as Receptionist, Bill Macy (1) as Myron Kinkaid, Peter Haskell as Leland Biddle, Warren Berlinger as Jim Ingram, Genie Francis as Victoria Brandon Griffin, Jeff Conaway as Howard Griffin, Marcia Wallace as Polly Bart, Richard Kline (2) as Larry Kinkaid, Susan Anton as Christine Clifford, Ken Swofford as Grover Bart | Director: John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer: Robert Swanson (3) | | | |
| 49 :03x06 - Dead Man's Gold (Nov/09/1986) | | When an old beau of Jessica comes to Cabot Cove with a group of treasure hunters to look for a treasure sunken in the nearby harbor, she gets caught up in an investigation when one of the treasure hunters almost dies during the first dive and one of the other partners ends up dead later that night. After Sheriff Tupper arrests another one of the divers for their partner’s murder, Jessica believes that he is innocent and asks a reluctant Seth to help her prove his innocence and find the real killer. It is also during this time when Jessica tries to figure out what David is hiding from her when Sheriff Tupper and Seth see he has been acting suspiciously since his return home. | | Guest Stars: Julia Montgomery as Alex Bell, John Laughlin as Bill Ainsley, Ian Ruskin as Gregory Small, Sean McClory as Ross Barber, Grant Goodeve as Larry Gaynes, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper, William Windom as Seth Hazlitt, Leslie Nielsen as David Everett, Wendy Kilbourne as Susan Ainsley, J. Eddie Peck as Coby Russell, Robert Hogan as Dr. Wylie Graham | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk | | | |
| 50 :03x07 - Deadline for Murder (Nov/16/1986) | | • No Summary (Add Here) | | Guest Stars: Gretchen Corbett as Lt. Caruso, Tom Henschel as Dr. Framer, Mary Wickliffe as Nurse Phillips, Dorothy Meyer as Nurse O'Hanlon, Matt Roe as Guard, Morgan Jones (1) as Sergeant Tierney, Sydney Walsh as Kay Garrett, William Smith (1) as Clyde Thorson, Ken Olin as Perry Revere, Peter Mark Richman as Lamar Bennett, Glynn Turman (1) as Stan Lassiter, Harry Guardino as Haskell Drake, Eugene Roche as Billy Simms, Katherine Cannon as Eleanor Revere, Tim O'Connor as Walter Revere | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Tom Sawyer
Story: Tom Sawyer | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 56 :03x13 - Crossed Up (Feb/01/1987) | | Suspecting that her phone wires where crossed in a fierce storm, Jessica overhears a murder plot that she is certain will occur the following night. When Grady and Seth pass off what she heard on the phone as a plot from one of her stories, she gets caught up in the murder investigation of a local Lumber Barron. As she, Grady, and Seth help Sheriff Tupper through the course of the investigation, Jessica discovers that one of the victim’s heirs wanted him dead after they discovered he planned to change his will. | | Guest Stars: James McIntire as Deputy Wells, Henry Brandon as Abel Gorcey, Colleen Camp as Dody Rogers, Stephanie Dunnam (1) as Leslie Cameron, Tony Dow (1) as Gordon Rogers, James Carroll Jordan (1) as Adam Rogers, Sandy McPeak as Morgan Rogers, Gisele MacKenzie as Mona, Michael Horton (2) as Grady Fletcher, William Windom as Seth Hazlitt, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper | Director: David Hemmings
Writer: Steven Long Mitchell (1), Craig Van Sickle | | | |
| 57 :03x14 - Murder in a Minor Key (Feb/08/1987) | | • No Summary (Add Here) | | Guest Stars: Alexander Folk as Hargrove, Tom Hallick as Vice Chancellor Simon, Scott Jacoby as Danny Young, Jennifer Holmes as Regan Miller, William Hubbard Knight (1) as Lt. Perkins, Karen Grassle as Christine Stoneham, George Grizzard as Prof. Tyler Stoneham, Herb Edelman as Max Hellinger, Paul Clemens as Michael Prentiss, Dinah Manoff as Jenny Coopersmith, Shaun Cassidy as Chad Singer, Rene Auberjonois as Prof. Harry Papazian | Director: Nick Havinga
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1), Gerald K. Siegel | | | | | | |
| 59 :03x16 - Death Takes a Dive (Feb/22/1987) | | After receiving a call from Harry McGraw asking for help, Jessica rushes to Boston to see if she could help. Upon arriving in town, Jessica discovers that he wants her to put up some money to sponsor a prize fighter in an upcoming fight. When the promoter of Blaster Boyle’s opponent is found dead in a nearby gym and Harry is the prime suspect, Jessica has her hands full trying to prove Harry’s innocence while training Blaster for his upcoming fight. | | Guest Stars: Richard Bravo as Sanchez, Richard Balin as TV Sports Commentator, Bill Capizzi as Doorman, Marcia Moran as Waitress, Ray Girardin as Lt. Casey, Michael McGrady as Sean Shaleen, Caren Kaye (1) as Lois Ames, John Amos as Doc Penrose, Lynne Moody as Pam Collins, Harold Sylvester as Blaster Boyle, Adam West as Wade Talmadge, Ernest Borgnine as Cosmo Ponzini, Jerry Orbach as Harry McGraw, Bradford Dillman as Dennis McCullough, LeVar Burton as Dave Robinson | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Peter S. Fischer (1) | | | |
| 60 :03x17 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead (Mar/01/1987) | | Following the death of a famous artist and the theft of the painting he considered his masterpiece; Sheriff Tupper arrests the housekeeper when evidence points to her being at the murder scene the night he died. However, Jessica doubts that Irene is the guilty party and begins an investigation to prove her innocence and uncover the identity of the real killer and why they wanted the artist dead. | | Guest Stars: Phillip Clark (1) as Deputy Collins, Leonard Frey as Felix Casslaw, Ann Dusenberry as Carol Selby, Diane Baker as Eleanor Thane, Steve Inwood as Cash Logan, Foster Brooks as Simon Thane, Tess Harper as Irene Rutledge, Dick Sargent as George Selby, Esq., William Windom as Seth Hazlitt, Tom Bosley as Sheriff Amos Tupper, Chris Hebert (1) as Tommy Rutledge | Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Robert Swanson (3) | | | |
| 61 :03x18 - No Laughing Murder (Mar/15/1987) | | While at a Catskills resort for her goddaughter’s engagement party, a 25-year feud between bride and groom’s fathers’ puts a damper on the festivities. When someone is found dead after the party, Jessica has her work cut out for her when she starts her investigation. While helping the acting Chief, Jessica discovers that the victim discovers that the manager for the feuding comedians had a reason to kill in order to keep a secret safe. | | Guest Stars: Steve Lawrence (1) as Mack Howard, Sheree North as Norma Lewis, Alice Nunn as Henrietta, David Knell as Wylie B. Ledbetter, Beth Windsor as Corrie Gruen, George Furth as Farley, Pat Crowley as Edie Howard, George Clooney as Kip Howard, Richardson Morse as Dr. Worth, Arte Johnson as Phil Rinker, Pat Delaney as Ms. Kline, Buddy Hackett as Murray Gruen | Director: Walter Grauman
Writer: Tom Sawyer | | | | | | |
| 63 :03x20 - The Cemetery Vote (Apr/05/1987) | | After hearing that the husband of a former student died in a seemingly innocent accident, Jessica decides to go visit Linda where she lives in Idaho. It doesn’t take long after she arrives there that Jessica learns that the man’s father is accusing several politicians for his death. In the days that follow, he ends up dead as well and Jessica takes it upon herself to find out what dirty secrets the Sheriff’s Office and other city workers are so desperate to keep that they are willing to kill for. | | Guest Stars: Neal Penso as 1st Paramedic, Zale Kessler as Coroner, Dick Balduzzi as Gil Stokes, Katherine De Hetre as Rita, Marie Windsor as Kate, Bruce Davison as David Carroll, Joseph Campanella as George McDaniel, Jeff Yagher as Deputy Wayne Beeler, Charlene Tilton as Cindy March, John McLiam as Harry Stevens, Ed Lauter as Sheriff Orville Yates, Mitchell Ryan as Capt. Ernest Lenko, Ellen Bry as Linda Stevens | Director: Seymour Robbie
Writer: Robert Van Scoyk | | | |
| 64 :03x21 - The Days Dwindle Down (Apr/19/1987) | | In this special episode, Martha Scott, Harry Morgan and Jeffrey Lynn reprise their roles from the movie Strange Bargain. It picks up 30 years later, with Sam being released from prison and returning home. | | Guest Stars: Debbie Zipp as Terry, Richard Beymer as Sidney Jarvis, Emory Bass as Manager, Russ Marin as Lt. Sharp, Mark Pilon as Male Secretary, Cynthia Leighton as Secretary, Tom Dreesen as Peabody, Gloria Stuart as Edna Jarvis, Harry Morgan as Ret. Lt. Richard Webb, Martha Scott as Georgia Wilson, Jeffrey Lynn as Sam Wilson, Art Hindle as Rod Wilson, June Havoc as Thelma Vantay, Susan Strasberg as Dorothy Davis | Director: Michael Lynch (1)
Writer: Philip Gerson | | | | | | |
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