Murder, She Wrote: Season 4

1987 · 22 episodes · ★ 6.9

What Season 4 of Murder, She Wrote

Jessica Fletcher is a retired English teacher who, after being widowed in the early fifties, begins writing mystery novels. Her life unfolds in Cabot Cove, a small town in Maine, though the murders follow her to other U.S. cities and even abroad. Friends, former colleagues, and family members ask her for help with cases ranging from the fashion and business worlds to theater, Hollywood, or politics. Angela Lansbury plays Jessica in every episode and is the center around which every investigation revolves.

22episodes

Sep 20, 1987premiered

May 8, 1988latest episode

16.5 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 A Fashionable Way to Die
Sep 20, 1987 · 45 min
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.
Writer: Donald Ross · Starring: Jean-Paul Vignon, Juliet Prowse, Danielle Brisebois, Randi Brooks
4x02 When Thieves Fall Out
Sep 27, 1987 · 45 min
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.
Directing: Seymour Robbie · Starring: Tom Bosley, Caitlin O'Heaney, Michael Lembeck, Kenneth McMillan
4x03 Witness for the Defense
Oct 4, 1987 · 45 min
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
Directing: Seymour Robbie · Writing: Robert E. Swanson · Starring: Stefan Gierasch, Patrick McGoohan, Richard Cox, Christopher Allport
4x04 Old Habits Die Hard
Oct 11, 1987 · 45 min
A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.
Directing: John Llewellyn Moxey · Writing: Chris Manheim · Starring: Sherri Stoner, Eileen Brennan, Cindy Fisher, Clu Gulager
4x05 The Way To Dusty Death
Oct 25, 1987 · 45 min
After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.
Starring: Richard Jaeckel, Jenilee Harrison, Lawrence Pressman, Joanna Barnes
4x06 It Runs In The Family
Nov 1, 1987 · 45 min
Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.
Directed by: Walter Grauman · Writer: Peter S. Fischer · Starring: Anthony Newley, Richard Johnson, Rosemary Murphy, Ian Abercrombie
4x07 If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
Nov 8, 1987 · 45 min · ★ 5.5
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
Directing: Peter Crane · Writing: Wendy Graf · Starring: Tom Bosley, Kathryn Grayson, Gloria DeHaven, Dody Goodman
4x08 Steal Me a Story
Nov 15, 1987 · 45 min
The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.
Directing: John Llewellyn Moxey · Writing: Peter S. Fischer · Starring: Gail Strickland, Doug McClure, Vincent Baggetta, Bradford Dillman
4x09 Trouble in Eden
Nov 22, 1987 · 45 min · ★ 4.8
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.
Writing: John D. F. Black · Starring: Thom Christopher, Mills Watson, Rosanna Huffman, Renata Scott
4x10 Indian Giver
Nov 29, 1987 · 45 min
A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.
Directing: Walter Grauman · Writing: Gerald K. Siegel · Starring: Tom Bosley, Charles Siebert, Richard Paul, William Windom
4x11 Doom with a View
Dec 13, 1987 · 45 min
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.
Directing: Walter Grauman · Starring: Charlotte Rae, John Callahan, Janet Leigh, Michael Horton
4x12 Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Jan 3, 1988 · 45 min
Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.
Directing: John Llewellyn Moxey · Starring: Tom Bosley, Barbara Rhoades, William Windom, Joseph V. Perry
4x13 Harbinger of Death
Jan 24, 1988 · 45 min
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.
Directing: Anthony Pullen Shaw · Starring: Kate McNeil, Kirk Thornton, Jeffrey Tambor, George DiCenzo
4x14 Curse of the Daanav
Feb 7, 1988 · 45 min
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.
Directing: Walter Grauman · Writing: Chris Manheim · Starring: Kabir Bedi, Richard Bradford, Jane Badler, William Windom
4x15 Mourning Among the Wisterias
Feb 14, 1988 · 45 min
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.
Directing: Walter Grauman · Starring: Lois Nettleton, Beah Richards, Linda Purl, René Auberjonois
4x16 Murder Through the Looking Glass
Feb 21, 1988 · 45 min
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.
Directing: Seymour Robbie · Starring: Dan Shor, Karen Valentine, Robert Reed, Gregory Sierra
4x17 A Very Good Year for Murder
Feb 28, 1988 · 45 min
The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.
Directing: Walter Grauman · Writing: Peter S. Fischer · Starring: Billy Zane, John Saxon, Eli Wallach, Kristian Alfonso
4x18 Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Mar 13, 1988 · 45 min
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.
Directing: Seymour Robbie · Writing: Robert Van Scoyk, Wendy Graf · Starring: Tom Bosley, Brian Bedford, William Windom, Julie Adams
4x19 Just Another Fish Story
Mar 27, 1988 · 45 min
Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.
Directing: Walter Grauman · Starring: Brenda Vaccaro, Sonny Bono, Valerie Landsburg, Michael Horton
4x20 Showdown in Saskatchewan
Apr 10, 1988 · 45 min
Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.
Directing: Vincent McEveety · Writing: Dick Nelson · Starring: Lance LeGault, Terry Kiser, Patrick Houser, Larry Wilcox
4x21 Deadpan
May 1, 1988 · 45 min
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.
Writing: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff · Starring: Dean Stockwell, Rich Little, Christopher Norris, Lloyd Bochner
4x22 The Body Politic Season Finale
May 8, 1988 · 45 min · ★ 5.0
The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.
Directing: Anthony Pullen Shaw · Writing: Donald Ross · Starring: Robert Fuller, Eddie Albert, Harrison Page, Shirley Jones