Episode guide
Murder, She Wrote: Season 5
22 episodes · premiered Oct 23, 1988
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- Episode 1: J.B. as in Jailbird Oct 23, 1988 · 45m When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.
- Episode 2: A Little Night Work Oct 30, 1988 · 45m A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.
- Episode 3: Mr. Penroy's Vacation Nov 6, 1988 · 45m The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
- Episode 4: Snow White, Blood Red Nov 13, 1988 · 45m A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
- Episode 5: Coal Miner's Slaughter Nov 20, 1988 · 45m The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.
- Episode 6: Wearing of the Green Nov 27, 1988 · 45m 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.
- Episode 7: The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel Dec 18, 1988 · 45m The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
- Episode 8: Prediction: Murder Jan 1, 1989 · 45m A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.
- Episode 9: Something Borrowed, Someone Blue Jan 8, 1989 · 45m Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
- Episode 10: Weave a Tangled Web Jan 15, 1989 · 45m Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
- Episode 11: The Search for Peter Kerry Feb 5, 1989 · 45m A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.
- Episode 12: Smooth Operators Feb 12, 1989 · 45m 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?
- Episode 13: Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble Feb 19, 1989 · 45m A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.
- Episode 14: From Russia ... With Blood Feb 26, 1989 · 45m A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.
- Episode 15: Alma Murder Mar 12, 1989 · 45m 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?
- Episode 16: Truck Stop Apr 2, 1989 · 45m 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…
- Episode 17: The Sins of Castle Cove Apr 9, 1989 · 45m 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…
- Episode 18: Trevor Hudson's Legacy Apr 16, 1989 · 45m A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.
- Episode 19: Double Exposure Apr 30, 1989 · 45m 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.
- Episode 20: Three Strikes, You're Out May 7, 1989 · 45m A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
- Episode 21: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1) May 14, 1989 · 45m 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…
- Episode 22: Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2) May 21, 1989 · 45m 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…