Episode guide
Murder, She Wrote: Season 3
22 episodes · premiered Sep 28, 1986
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- Episode 1: Death Stalks the Big Top (1) Sep 28, 1986 · 45m Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil…
- Episode 2: Death Stalks the Big Top (2) Oct 5, 1986 · 45m Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody…
- Episode 3: Unfinished Business Oct 12, 1986 · 45m A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.
- Episode 4: One White Rose for Death Oct 19, 1986 · 45m Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.
- Episode 5: Corned Beef and Carnage Nov 2, 1986 · 45m An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.
- Episode 6: Dead Man's Gold Nov 9, 1986 · 45m While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.
- Episode 7: Deadline for Murder Nov 16, 1986 · 45m A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.
- Episode 8: Magnum on Ice (II) Nov 23, 1986 · 45m Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).
- Episode 9: Obituary for a Dead Anchor Dec 7, 1986 · 45m Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who had been doing a series of stories on an art dealer who…
- Episode 10: Stage Struck Dec 14, 1986 · 45m The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.
- Episode 11: Night of the Headless Horseman Jan 4, 1987 · 45m The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.
- Episode 12: The Corpse Flew First Class Jan 18, 1987 · 45m Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.
- Episode 13: Crossed Up Feb 1, 1987 · 45m The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.
- Episode 14: Murder in a Minor Key Feb 8, 1987 · 45m Jessica tells the tale of a composer accused of killing the professor who plagiarized his music.
- Episode 15: The Bottom Line Is Murder Feb 15, 1987 · 45m A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?
- Episode 16: Death Takes a Dive Feb 22, 1987 · 45m Jessica inherits a boxer's contract and her old friend; Harry McGraw is accused of murdering its former owner.
- Episode 17: Simon Says, Color Me Dead Mar 1, 1987 · 45m An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.
- Episode 18: No Laughing Murder Mar 15, 1987 · 45m After the engagement party for the offspring of two estranged comics, someone is found dead.
- Episode 19: No Accounting for Murder Mar 22, 1987 · 45m Grady Fletcher is in big trouble when his boss, a specialist in tax shelters, is found dead and he is the main suspect.
- Episode 20: The Cemetery Vote Apr 5, 1987 · 45m First, the reform mayor dies in an "accident" and then the mayor's father is murdered after he demands an investigation of the "accident".
- Episode 21: The Days Dwindle Down Apr 19, 1987 · 45m Thirty years ago, Sam Wilson was sent to prison for murdering his boss, Malcolm Jarvis. After finally being released, Sam goes home to his wife and now-grown son who is expecting his first…
- Episode 22: Murder, She Spoke May 10, 1987 · 45m During a short black-out in the studio where Jessica is recording a book for the blind, the studio co-owner is murdered.