Murder, She Wrote - Season 8

Murder, She Wrote - Season 8

Season 8

Network
Episodes22
DatesSept. 15, 1991 - Mai 17, 1992
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Episodes

Bite the Big Apple
Season 8Episode 160 min

Bite the Big Apple

Jessica heads off to New York to begin teaching and has difficulty finding an apartment. She finally gets one that she likes, only to learn that a murder recently took place in the apartment complex and that someone desperately wants something that is inside her apartment. She's relieved when Seth comes to New York to check up on her, and enlists his help in cracking the case.

Production Notes: This season is when she goes back to work as a teacher, this time in New York City. The opening segment is the third one and has the scenes shot outside of the thought bubble, and would continue to be this way from now on.

Sept. 15, 1991
Night Fears
Season 8Episode 260 min

Night Fears

A professor and ex-cop challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of campus muggings.

Sept. 22, 1991
Unauthorized Obituary
Season 8Episode 360 min

Unauthorized Obituary

A murdered writer leaves a devoted sister, a grieving husband, and a tangle of secrets for Jessica to sort.

Sept. 29, 1991
Thicker Than Water
Season 8Episode 460 min

Thicker Than Water

Mort's brother Wayne is released from prison and arrives in Cabot Cove, looking to prove that serving time has changed him for the better. However, after Wayne's boss, a fishing boat owner, is suspected to be killed at sea, Wayne is the prime suspect. As a result, Mort turns to Jessica for help in keeping his perspective while trying to solve the crime.

Okt. 6, 1991
Lines of Excellence
Season 8Episode 560 min

Lines of Excellence

Jessica trades in her typewriter for a computer and Michael, one of her students, takes her to the company where he works to get setup. When one of their programmers is murdered, Michael is arrested. A missed phone call is the key.

Nov. 3, 1991
Judge Not
Season 8Episode 660 min

Judge Not

Jessica probes a 20-year-old unsolved murder after attending the funeral of a New Orleans jazz great.

Nov. 10, 1991
Terminal Connection
Season 8Episode 760 min

Terminal Connection

When a friend is charged with murdering her abusive husband, Jessica tries to help.

Nov. 17, 1991
A Killing in Vegas
Season 8Episode 860 min

A Killing in Vegas

While in Las Vegas for a Mystery Book Convention, Jessica agrees to check on her agent's daughter who is currently working at a local casino while going to college. Upon arriving, Jessica soon gets caught up in a murder investigation when Susan's boyfriend, who was accused of skimming some money while working as a card dealer, becomes the prime suspect when his boss and another man are found dead. Suspecting that he's innocent, Jessica sets out to find the actual killer.

Nov. 24, 1991
The Committee
Season 8Episode 960 min

The Committee

Jessica is the first women to speak at a function at an all-male club, then a member is murdered.

Dez. 1, 1991
The List of Yuri Lermentov
Season 8Episode 1060 min

The List of Yuri Lermentov

Jessica finds herself mired in a case of international espionage when she unknowingly acts as the go-between between spies and Russian Trade Ambassador Yuri Lementov, who tries to pass an encrypted note from his homeland to the U.S. government. When Lementov eventually ends up murdered, Jessica winds up in a tight situation especially when her friend and British spy, Michael Hagarty gets framed for the murder. She then has to team up with a Washington, DC police officer to prove his innocence and find the real killer before they escape.

Dez. 15, 1991
Danse Diabolique
Season 8Episode 1160 min

Danse Diabolique

Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.

Jan. 5, 1992
The Witch's Curse
Season 8Episode 1260 min

The Witch's Curse

Cabot Cove's community theatre is putting on a play about the local story about a purported witch who was burned at the stake. When a new resident named Mariah Osborn auditions for the role of the accused, Cabot Cove's residents suspect there's more to her than meets the eye and as a result, Jessica is moved to investigate what's going on. As a result, she soon discovers that Mariah has a past connection to several key Cabot Cove residents.

Jan. 12, 1992
Incident in Lot 7
Season 8Episode 1360 min

Incident in Lot 7

The would-be producer of the movie adaptation of Jessica's latest book dies.

Jan. 19, 1992
The Monte Carlo Murders
Season 8Episode 1460 min

The Monte Carlo Murders

Jessica probes a Monte Carlo murder for which her hotelier friend is a suspect.

Feb. 2, 1992
Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief
Season 8Episode 1560 min

Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief

Jessica gets involved in a British Intelligence operation's cover-up of a double agent's murder.

März 1, 1992
Ever After
Season 8Episode 1660 min

Ever After

An actress neighbor involves Jessica in her husband's murder.

März 8, 1992
To the End Will I Grapple with Thee
Season 8Episode 1760 min

To the End Will I Grapple with Thee

Jessica tackles the mystery of a man who apparently migrated from Ireland to New York for the sole purpose of taking revenge on an old friend of hers, but is killed himself.

März 15, 1992
Programmed for Murder
Season 8Episode 1860 min

Programmed for Murder

When a patient of Seth's gets treated by a new doctor in town, he is less than thrilled at the prospect of having competition in the form of a younger, more tech savvy doctor who he claims has little experience. When that patient later dies of an apparent misdiagnosis on Seth's part, Jessica fears that foul play may be at play instead medical malpractice and sets out to prove that her hunch is right.

Apr. 5, 1992
Day of the Dead
Season 8Episode 1960 min

Day of the Dead

The noise and costumes of the Mexican "Day of the Dead" fiesta make it hard for Jessica to identify a killer.

Apr. 26, 1992
Angel of Death
Season 8Episode 2060 min

Angel of Death

Martin Tremaine (played by Darren McGavin), a playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, loses another family member to murder.

Mai 3, 1992
Badge of Honor
Season 8Episode 2160 min

Badge of Honor

Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder.

Mai 10, 1992
Murder on Madison Avenue
Season 8Episode 2260 min

Murder on Madison Avenue

Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime.

Mai 17, 1992

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