Murder, She Wrote — Season 7
She may be wrong. But frankly, we doubt it.
About this season
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Episodes (22)
1. Trials & Tribulations
6.0Aired 16 September 1990 • 45 min
Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.
2. Deadly Misunderstanding
3.0Aired 23 September 1990 • 45 min
A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.
3. See You in Court, Baby
Aired 30 September 1990 • 45 min
Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.
4. Hannigan's Wake
8.0Aired 28 October 1990 • 45 min
A journalist died before finishing his book trying to show a man was unjustly convicted of murder 16 years ago. Jessica is asked to use his notes to finish his book.
5. The Family Jewels
7.0Aired 4 November 1990 • 45 min
A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected
6. A Body to Die For
7.0Aired 11 November 1990 • 45 min
Eve is appalled to find the body of a friend of the local gym owner in her bedroom, but at a loss to explain it.
7. The Return of Preston Giles
8.0Aired 18 November 1990 • 45 min
This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.
8. The Great Twain Robbery
3.0Aired 25 November 1990 • 45 min
Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.
9. Ballad for a Blue Lady
7.0Aired 2 December 1990 • 45 min
Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.
10. Murder in F Sharp
Aired 16 December 1990 • 45 min
Jessica plays a tape sent to her by Dennis. Bad luck follows a famous concert pianist as he burns his hands and then loses his wife.
11. Family Doctor
7.0Aired 6 January 1991 • 45 min
In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.
12. Suspicion of Murder
1.0Aired 20 January 1991 • 45 min
Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.
13. Moving Violation
8.0Aired 3 February 1991 • 45 min
An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.
14. Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?
8.0Aired 10 February 1991 • 45 min
A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.
15. The Taxman Cometh
7.0Aired 17 February 1991 • 45 min
The owner of Edna's Pies near St. Louis, is accused of skimping on her IRS payments. She in turn blames her ex-husband who, consequently, is found murdered.
16. From the Horse's Mouth
7.0Aired 24 February 1991 • 45 min
An argument over stud fees ends in murder.
17. The Prodigal Father
8.0Aired 10 March 1991 • 45 min
A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.
18. Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?
Aired 17 March 1991 • 45 min
A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.
19. Thursday's Child
3.3Aired 7 April 1991 • 45 min
A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.
20. Murder, Plain & Simple
7.0Aired 28 April 1991 • 45 min
When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.
21. Tainted Lady
8.0Aired 5 May 1991 • 45 min
The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.
22. The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane
8.0Aired 12 May 1991 • 45 min
The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.