Murder, She Wrote (Season 4)

A Fashionable Way to Die (Episode 1) 8.0

Writer: Donald Ross

Air date: 1987-09-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

When Thieves Fall Out (Episode 2) 8.0

Air date: 1987-09-27

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Witness for the Defense (Episode 3) 7.5

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1987-10-04

Runtime: 45 min

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

Old Habits Die Hard (Episode 4) 7.5

Writer: Chris Manheim

Air date: 1987-10-11

Runtime: 45 min

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

The Way To Dusty Death (Episode 5) 6.7

Air date: 1987-10-25

Runtime: 45 min

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

It Runs In The Family (Episode 6) 8.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1987-11-01

Runtime: 45 min

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

If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly (Episode 7) 6.5

Air date: 1987-11-08

Runtime: 45 min

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

Steal Me a Story (Episode 8) 6.3

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1987-11-15

Runtime: 45 min

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

Trouble in Eden (Episode 9) 5.3

Writer: John D. F. Black

Air date: 1987-11-22

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Indian Giver (Episode 10) 7.0

Writer: Gerald K. Siegel

Air date: 1987-11-29

Runtime: 45 min

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

Doom with a View (Episode 11) 7.0

Air date: 1987-12-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder? (Episode 12) 7.5

Air date: 1988-01-03

Runtime: 45 min

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

Harbinger of Death (Episode 13) 6.5

Air date: 1988-01-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Curse of the Daanav (Episode 14) 7.5

Writer: Chris Manheim

Air date: 1988-02-07

Runtime: 45 min

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

Mourning Among the Wisterias (Episode 15) 7.5

Air date: 1988-02-14

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Murder Through the Looking Glass (Episode 16) 7.7

Air date: 1988-02-21

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

A Very Good Year for Murder (Episode 17) 7.5

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1988-02-28

Runtime: 45 min

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

Benedict Arnold Slipped Here (Episode 18) 8.0

Air date: 1988-03-13

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Just Another Fish Story (Episode 19) 7.0

Air date: 1988-03-27

Runtime: 45 min

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

Showdown in Saskatchewan (Episode 20) 7.0

Writer: Dick Nelson

Air date: 1988-04-10

Runtime: 45 min

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

Deadpan (Episode 21) 8.0

Writer: Mary Ann Kasica

Air date: 1988-05-01

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

The Body Politic (Episode 22) 5.8

Writer: Donald Ross

Air date: 1988-05-08

Runtime: 45 min

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