Jessica reopens a 16-year-old murder case at the urging of a dying author who felt injustice was done.Jessica reopens a 16-year-old murder case at the urging of a dying author who felt injustice was done.Jessica reopens a 16-year-old murder case at the urging of a dying author who felt injustice was done.
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LaReine Chabut
- Madeline
- (as La Reine Chabut)
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Did you know
- TriviaFinal TV role of Van Johnson who had twice before guested on ''Murder, She Wrote'', in Hit, Run and Homicide (1984) and Menace, Anyone? (1986).
- GoofsWhen receiving the anonymous letter suggesting to check the digitalis levels in order to reveal murder, the secretary says she 'tried to handle it as little as possible as soon as it came in'. Nevertheless, the Police Commissioner does nothing to prevent tampering and grabs the note with both hands, smearing it all over with his fingerprints and then hands it to Jessica (who is slightly more cautious and handles it with minimum finger contact).
- Quotes
[last lines]
Ernie Dolan: Can I give you a ride?
Jessica Fletcher: Yes, yes, I'd- I'd like that. Thank you Mr. Dolan... Could you possibly drop me at police headquarters?
Ernie Dolan: Surely.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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Jessica...a woman who just doesn't seem to be able to say NO!
When the story begins, a famous newspaper writer (Van Johnson) dies...and there is a flashback scene where you learn that he had urged Jessica to write the story of a murder investigation gone wrong. According to the guy, he knew of a man in prison for a murder he didn't commit...and he begged Jessica to help him. Well, now that he's dead, she STILL is being urged to investigate and like the newspaper man, his family insists that the murdered woman's brother was responsible...though her husband was convicted of the death.
Again and again through the story, folks who want Jessica to investigate use Jessica badly....very badly. Yet she STILL works the case and is tenacious when anyone else would have walked. So what DID she discover? See the story yourself.
The story is good...not great. I think it's because I cannot imagine ANYONE working the case when they go through what they put Jessica through! See the show...see what I mean.
Again and again through the story, folks who want Jessica to investigate use Jessica badly....very badly. Yet she STILL works the case and is tenacious when anyone else would have walked. So what DID she discover? See the story yourself.
The story is good...not great. I think it's because I cannot imagine ANYONE working the case when they go through what they put Jessica through! See the show...see what I mean.
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- planktonrules
- Jan 13, 2023
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