Murder, She Wrote (Season 7)

Trials & Tribulations (Episode 1) 6.0

Air date: 1990-09-16

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jessica is blamed for the death of an escapee who was wrongly convicted.

Deadly Misunderstanding (Episode 2) 3.0

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1990-09-23

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A young reporter is persuaded to help a typist alter the evidence and move her husband's body.

See You in Court, Baby (Episode 3)

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1990-09-30

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jessica introduces this story of a lawyer with many enemies who is the victim and Dennis who must investigate.

Hannigan's Wake (Episode 4) 8.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1990-10-28

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

The Family Jewels (Episode 5) 7.0

Writer: Tom Sawyer

Air date: 1990-11-04

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A wealthy woman's passion for jewellery, not always hers, and her involvement with the chauffeur might be connected

A Body to Die For (Episode 6) 7.0

Writer: Donald Ross

Air date: 1990-11-11

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

The Return of Preston Giles (Episode 7) 8.0

Writer: Tom Sawyer

Air date: 1990-11-18

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: This time it is the company controller that seems to have been the victim of the previously convicted publisher.

The Great Twain Robbery (Episode 8) 3.0

Writer: Steve Brown

Air date: 1990-11-25

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Proving a burnt Mark Twain manuscript is a fake is the reason for a book expert's murder.

Ballad for a Blue Lady (Episode 9) 7.0

Writer: William Bigelow

Air date: 1990-12-02

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Jimmy Dean plays a country-music star who's the victim in this story.

Murder in F Sharp (Episode 10)

Air date: 1990-12-16

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Family Doctor (Episode 11) 7.0

Air date: 1991-01-06

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: In Boston, Jessica and Seth are captured by the angry son of one of Seth's patients who didn't survive.

Suspicion of Murder (Episode 12) 1.0

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1991-01-20

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: Dennis is suspected in the murder of the husband of an old flame with whom he has been spending some time.

Moving Violation (Episode 13) 8.0

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1991-02-03

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.

Who Killed J.B. Fletcher? (Episode 14) 8.0

Air date: 1991-02-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A snoopy fan in Texas impersonates Jessica when she starts investigating a potential dog show scandal and Jessica is reported dead.

The Taxman Cometh (Episode 15) 7.0

Writer: Donald Ross

Air date: 1991-02-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

From the Horse's Mouth (Episode 16) 7.0

Air date: 1991-02-24

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: An argument over stud fees ends in murder.

The Prodigal Father (Episode 17) 8.0

Writer: Mary Ann Kasica

Air date: 1991-03-10

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A bank robber, long thought dead, returns to see his daughter and face the wrath of the townspeople.

Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy? (Episode 18)

Writer: Peter S. Fischer

Air date: 1991-03-17

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: A locked room mystery with the missing ventriloquist's dummy found with the Club owner's corpse.

Thursday's Child (Episode 19) 3.3

Writer: Robert Swanson

Air date: 1991-04-07

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: 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.

Murder, Plain & Simple (Episode 20) 7.0

Writer: Chris Manheim

Air date: 1991-04-28

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: When Jessica visits the Amish to buy a quilt, she finds they are not immune to murder.

Tainted Lady (Episode 21) 8.0

Air date: 1991-05-05

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The owner of a diner is accused of using too much 'spice' in the food, when someone finds arsenic.

The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane (Episode 22) 8.0

Writer: Tom Sawyer

Air date: 1991-05-12

Runtime: 45 min

Overview: The brewery family is angry when they find out the writer acting as spokesperson for them has written an expose.