Murder, She Wrote Season 4

Season 4

Air date: 1987-09-20

Episodes: 22

Episodes

E1: A Fashionable Way to Die

Ooh la la! Jessica travels to gay Paris to spend some time with an old friend... and finds herself entangled in a case involving fashion, finance and murder.

Air date: 1987-09-20 • ★ 8

E2: When Thieves Fall Out

A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.

Air date: 1987-09-27 • ★ 8

E3: Witness for the Defense

Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.

Air date: 1987-10-04 • ★ 7.5

E4: Old Habits Die Hard

A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.

Air date: 1987-10-11 • ★ 7.5

E5: The Way To Dusty Death

After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.

Air date: 1987-10-25 • ★ 6.7

E6: It Runs In The Family

Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.

Air date: 1987-11-01 • ★ 8

E7: If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly

When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.

Air date: 1987-11-08 • ★ 5.4

E8: Steal Me a Story

The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.

Air date: 1987-11-15 • ★ 6.3

E9: Trouble in Eden

Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.

Air date: 1987-11-22 • ★ 4.2

E10: Indian Giver

A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.

Air date: 1987-11-29 • ★ 7

E11: Doom with a View

Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.

Air date: 1987-12-13 • ★ 7

E12: Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?

Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.

Air date: 1988-01-03 • ★ 7.5

E13: Harbinger of Death

Jessica is thrilled to be visiting her niece Carrie and her husband Leonard, an astronomer dreaming of seeing a long-lost comet, but when Carrie's ex-boyfriend Drake Eaton is murdered in the home she's been staying in, Jessica has to prove not only her niece but also her husband innocent of murder.

Air date: 1988-01-24 • ★ 6.5

E14: Curse of the Daanav

Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.

Air date: 1988-02-07 • ★ 7.5

E15: Mourning Among the Wisterias

Jessica visits her old friend Eugene McClendon, who soon stands accused of the murder of an old friend, Jonathan Keeler. While helping clear Eugene's name, Jessica learns that her friend believes he is dying, and is surprised when he asks her to marry him so that she can look after his affairs once he's gone. Jessica agrees, but only so that they can expose Jonathan's true killer.

Air date: 1988-02-14 • ★ 7.5

E16: Murder Through the Looking Glass

Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.

Air date: 1988-02-21 • ★ 7.7

E17: A Very Good Year for Murder

The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.

Air date: 1988-02-28 • ★ 7.5

E18: Benedict Arnold Slipped Here

Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.

Air date: 1988-03-13 • ★ 8.7

E19: Just Another Fish Story

Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.

Air date: 1988-03-27 • ★ 7

E20: Showdown in Saskatchewan

Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.

Air date: 1988-04-10 • ★ 7

E21: Deadpan

Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.

Air date: 1988-05-01 • ★ 8

E22: The Body Politic

The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.

Air date: 1988-05-08 • ★ 4.8