Murder, She Wrote (Season 6)

Appointment in Athens (Episode 1) 7.0

Writer: Tom Sawyer

Air date: 1989-09-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.

Seal of the Confessional (Episode 2) 8.0

Air date: 1989-10-01

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.

The Grand Old Lady (Episode 3) 5.3

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1989-10-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.

The Error of Her Ways (Episode 4) 8.0

Writer: Donald Ross

Air date: 1989-10-15

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.

Jack and Bill (Episode 5) 7.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1989-10-29

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.

Dead Letter (Episode 6) 4.5

Air date: 1989-11-05

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?

Night of the Tarantula (Episode 7) 7.0

Writer: Chris Manheim

Air date: 1989-11-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.

When the Fat Lady Sings (Episode 8) 8.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1989-11-19

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.

Test of Wills (Episode 9) 7.0

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1989-11-26

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.

Class Act (Episode 10) 7.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1989-12-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.

Town Father (Episode 11) 7.7

Air date: 1989-12-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.

Goodbye Charlie (Episode 12) 6.7

Air date: 1990-01-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.

If the Shoe Fits (Episode 13) 7.0

Air date: 1990-01-21

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.

How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying (Episode 14) 7.5

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1990-02-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

The Fixer-upper (Episode 15) 7.0

Writer: Oliver Hailey

Air date: 1990-02-11

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.

The Big Show of 1965 (Episode 16) 7.0

Air date: 1990-02-25

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.

Murder: According to Maggie (Episode 17) 6.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1990-03-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.

O'Malley's Luck (Episode 18) 7.0

Air date: 1990-03-25

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.

Always a Thief (Episode 19) 6.5

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1990-04-08

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.

Shear Madness (Episode 20) 7.0

Writer: Chris Manheim

Air date: 1990-04-29

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.

The Szechuan Dragon (Episode 21) 7.0

Writer: Tom Sawyer

Air date: 1990-05-06

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.

The Sicilian Encounter (Episode 22) 5.0

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1990-05-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.