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Murder, She Wrote: Season One
Murder, She Wrote: Season Two
Murder, She Wrote: Season Three

Episodes:

  1. "Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 1)"
  2. "Death Stalks the Big Top (Part 2)"
  3. "Unfinished Business"
  4. "One White Rose for Death"
  5. "Corned Beef & Carnage"
  6. "Dead Man's Gold"
  7. "Deadline for Murder"
  8. "Magnum on Ice (Part 2)"
  9. "Obituary for a Dead Anchor"
  10. "Stage Struck"
  11. "Night of the Headless Horseman"
  12. "The Corpse Flew First Class"
  13. "Crossed Up"
  14. "Murder in a Minor Key"
  15. "The Bottom Line is Murder"
  16. "Death Takes a Dive"
  17. "Simon Says, Color Me Dead"
  18. "No Laughing Murder"
  19. "No Accounting for Murder"
  20. "The Cemetery Vote"
  21. "The Days Dwindle Down"
  22. "Murder, She Spoke"
Murder, She Wrote: Season Four
Murder, She Wrote: Season Five
Murder, She Wrote: Season Six
Murder, She Wrote: Season Seven
Murder, She Wrote: Season Eight
Murder, She Wrote: Season Nine
Murder, She Wrote: Season Ten
Murder, She Wrote: Season Eleven
Murder, She Wrote: Season Twelve
Murder, She Wrote: TV Movies
The Law & Harry McGraw
Novels
Games
DVDs

Production Information[]

Production Number:
Aired: May 10th, 1987
Written By: Si Rose
Directed By: Anthony (Pullen) Shaw
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Created By: Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson & William Link
Executive Producers: Peter S. Fischer
Producer: Robert F. O'Neill

Summary[]

A temporary blackout at a recording studio leaves Jessica in the dark when the wealthy, soon-to-be-owner is stabbed to death.

Starring[]

Regular Cast[]

Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Recurring Cast[]

Guest Stars[]

William Atherton as Greg Dalton

G.W. Bailey as Lieutenant Oswald Faraday

Michael Callan as Carl Anglin

Michael Cole as Earl Tuchman

Charlie Daniels as Stoney Carmichael

Jonna Lee as Sally Ann Carmichael

Fredric Lehne as Al Parker

Wendy Phillips as Nancy Dalton

Constance Towers as Margaret Witworth

Patrick Wayne as Randy Witworth

Trivia[]

This is one of the few episodes in which the killer doesn't confess to the crime after they're revealed, with Lt. Faraday instead saying that he's sure they can get them to confess.

The episode’s title is a Reference to the show itself’s title, being Murder, She Spoke instead of Wrote.

Victim: Randy Witworth

Killer: Al Parker
Cause of death: Stabbed

Motive: Al was afraid Randy would find out he was the bootlegger.

Goofs[]

I can see how Al Parker was responsible for the blackouts at the radio station, but it's very odd that the weapon he had stolen from the Dalton Home, he kept it at the radio station & also, did he know that Stoney confronted Randy about the piracy, & if Al didn't know at all, would he have a motive to kill?

  1. Just watched the DVD episode (smiley face) and we see the villain practice in the dark, with the infared motorcycle helmet so the steak knife was not a big deal. What concerns me is the motive. It didn't seem obvious. I don't recall the victim zeroing in on the bootleg insider was. The villain was right.. anyone with some effort could have strolled in and grabbed tapes. Am I wrong? Cheers All!
  2. The black-out affected everything electrical in the studio, so how could Randy have heard Al's recorded voice as well as Stoney hearing Al's recorded voice, so with the black-out affected everything electrical, explain as to how Stoney & Randy have heard the recorded voice ?
  3. Then this, with how they had shown that Al had rigged the switch to cause the blackouts, I can see as to how Stoney didn't hear it go on & off, because Al had let Stoney know that Randy was hurt, but still, Stoney would have been able to hear the light switch for when Al turned it on, when Stoney heard the recorded voice, he would have been able to hear the switch sound for when Al turned it off to kill Randy, right?
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