On September 30, 1984, Angela Lansbury’s Jessica Fletcher began her reign as TV’s premier amateur detective, making “Murder, She Wrote” a ... d” (1980). A full-time TV series was new ...

Murder, She Wrote did it first. This fifth-season entry goes full slasher and even borrows visual cues from giallo with a black-gloved killer wielding a crossbow. Whereas most episodes are ...

These paranormal-themed mysteries never see Murder, She Wrote “jump the shark,” but ... The supernatural in this episode is a red herring, like in “Reflections of the Mind," as Nate ...

Lansbury had never done a TV ... 1987-88 Murder, She Wrote spinoff The Law and Harry McGraw, starring Jerry Orbach and Barbara Babcock. Several years after he quit Hollywood, Fischer became a full ...

In its final season, Murder, She Wrote aired multiple episodes that reflected the struggles the show was experiencing in its new time slot. The episode “Murder Among Friends” had Jessica ...

Jessica Fletcher (Dame Angela Lansbury) is on a train headed for El Paso, Texas. She shares a table in the dining car with a woman who subsequently vanishes, leaving her purse on the table.

That line, or words to that effect, are a common refrain on “Murder, She Wrote ... Lansbury went back to a full schedule. But watching those bookend episodes now, I’m impressed with ...