Best Rated Episode
5.5
Episode 7
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
November 8, 198745m
Episode 7
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
September 27, 1987
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.
Episode 3
Witness for the Defense
October 4, 1987
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
Episode 4
Old Habits Die Hard
October 11, 1987
A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.
Episode 5
The Way To Dusty Death
October 25, 1987
After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.
Episode 6
It Runs In The Family
November 1, 1987
Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.
Episode 7
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
November 8, 1987
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
Episode 8
Steal Me a Story
November 15, 1987
The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.
Episode 9
Trouble in Eden
November 22, 1987
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.
Episode 10
Indian Giver
November 29, 1987
A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.
Episode 11
Doom with a View
December 13, 1987
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.
Episode 12
Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
January 3, 1988
Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.
Episode 13
Harbinger of Death
January 24, 1988
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.
Episode 14
Curse of the Daanav
February 7, 1988
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.
Episode 15
Mourning Among the Wisterias
February 14, 1988
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.
Episode 16
Murder Through the Looking Glass
February 21, 1988
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.
Episode 17
A Very Good Year for Murder
February 28, 1988
The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.
Episode 18
Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
March 13, 1988
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.
Episode 19
Just Another Fish Story
March 27, 1988
Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.
Episode 20
Showdown in Saskatchewan
April 10, 1988
Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.
Episode 21
Deadpan
May 1, 1988
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.
Episode 22
The Body Politic
May 8, 1988
The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.
