Episode List
Season 4
Sep. 20, 1987
A Fashionable Way to Die
Jessica jaunts to Paris at the beckon of an old friend whose fashion boutique is in financial trouble. When a local loan shark is found murdered, Jessica must dig deep to ensure her friend is not fingered as the murderer.
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Sep. 27, 1987
When Thieves Fall Out
Andrew Durbin returns to Cabot Cove, on parole after serving 20 for a murder he says he did not commit. As a college student 20 years before, he had been hitchhiking on the outskirts of the town when he got a lift from someone driving an expensive two-seater sports car. They were forced off the road by an erratic driver coming in the opposite direction and the driver of the sports car was seriously injured. Durbin went off to find help and when he returned, he found the driver dead and later learns there is $100,000 in bearer bonds missing. He's now returned seeking ...
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Oct. 4, 1987
Witness for the Defense
Jessica obeys a Canadian court summoning to Quebec to give testimony in wealthy fledgling author friend Jim Harlan's trial concerning the death of his young wife Patricia in their country house's fire in his alleged absence. Nationally reputed Attorney Oliver Quayle refuses to acknowledge arson as murder mode; instead he fights the evidence, claiming it could be an accident, despite convincing indications she was even killed by a blow on the head before the fire. The couple was heard to fight over a nasty divorce. Jessica can't resist to do her own investigation, even...
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Oct. 11, 1987
Old Habits Die Hard
Jessica visits a convent to see a former sorority sister and winds up searching for a nun's killer.
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Oct. 25, 1987
The Way to Dusty Death
A tyrant's demise puts Jessica on the trail of several of his betrayed executives.
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Nov. 1, 1987
It Runs in the Family
Jessica's British cousin, Emma MacGill (played by Angela Lansbury), is charged with an old flame's murder.
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Nov. 8, 1987
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
A handyman who has been paying attention to more than the houses of various Cabot Cove ladies needs Jessica's help when he becomes the prime suspect in a murder.
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Nov. 15, 1987
Steal Me a Story
A bomb kills a TV producer who stole a plot from one of Jessica's books.
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Nov. 22, 1987
Trouble in Eden
To look into a small-town murder, Jessica poses as the sister of the slain woman.
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Nov. 29, 1987
Indian Giver
A Native Indian lays claim to Cabot Cove, throwing the town in chaos. When a local industrialist is found murdered, all signs point to the town's supposed new land owner.
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Dec. 13, 1987
Doom with a View
Jessica and her nephew get more than they expected while staying at a posh New York hotel managed by Grady's old fraternity buddy.
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Jan. 3, 1988
Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
When Amos' sister & her in-laws descend upon Cabot Cove, Jessica hosts a dinner party with homicidal results, leaving the finger pointing at the Sheriff's sister.
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Jan. 24, 1988
Harbinger of Death
Jessica visits her niece Carrie Palmer's husband Leonard Palmer, who actually forgot his own anniversary date, being an obsessively comets-devoted astronomy researcher at the Astro-Physics Institute where director Russell Armstrong and high-profile, high-maintenance careerist scientist Dr. Thor Lundquist insist they attend the reception they hold to land a Defense contract Leonard disapproves of. That night Leonard is seen rushing out without signing out or closing up his computer-programmed telescope, which is manually pointed at a 30 miles away vacation house owned ...
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Feb. 7, 1988
Curse of the Daanav
Jessica convinces Seth to visit his estranged brother. When the brother is found murdered, the pair must try to figure out if a cursed ruby from India is responsible or whether a more sinister, human element is at fault.
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Feb. 14, 1988
Mourning Among the Wisterias
Jessica is summoned to Savannah to help a friend with his play and receives an offer of marriage she didn't expect. Even more surprised are the man's plotting family.
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Feb. 21, 1988
Murder Through the Looking Glass
While in Conneticut for a convention, Jessica hears the dying confession of a hit man and uncovers a mysterious safe house housing an important foreign dignitary.
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Feb. 28, 1988
A Very Good Year for Murder
The Gambini family winery is the take-over target of organized crime and it's up to Jessica to uncover who is behind the murder of a mafia hit man.
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Mar. 13, 1988
Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
The death of an eccentric shut-in brings the burden of executing her will to Jessica. How does the legend that Benedict Arnold once slept in the woman's house and a possible "treasure" fit into the puzzle?
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Mar. 27, 1988
Just Another Fish Story
Jessica is delighted to return to New York City with the announcement of her nephew's impending engagement. But when a restaurant employee is found dead, the engagement is threatened. Norman Fell and Sonny Bono guest-star.
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Apr. 10, 1988
Showdown in Saskatchewan
Jessica's niece is smitten with a rodeo rider and refuses to believe he could have committed a murder.
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May 1, 1988
Deadpan
When one of Jessica's former students brings a play based on one of her novels to Broadway, she finds herself in the middle of a war of words between rival critics. Dean Stockwell and Lloyd Bochner guest star.
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May 8, 1988
The Body Politic
Jessica comes to the aid of yet another dear old friend running as a senatorial candidate. When the candidate's campaign manager is murdered, Jessica must help prove her innocence.
