When the story begins, Jessica is visiting an old friend (Mildred Natwick). Now you KNOW this means someone is about to die...and it turns out to be this friend. But this rich friend is clear to Jessica before her murder...she wants a famous televangelist to get the money for his ministry. So, Jessica spends the episode digging to determine who used cyanide on this dear old lady.
Despite being about a televangelist, the episode does NOT portray him (Steve Forrest) as a total sleazebag hypocrite. I appreciated that, as it would have been too easy to go that way. The same with the dead woman's family...they weren't exactly stereotypes. Overall, not a bad episode at all...and the only thing I hated was Barbi Benton's godawful wig. She was such a lovely lady....and the wig made her look clownish.
Despite being about a televangelist, the episode does NOT portray him (Steve Forrest) as a total sleazebag hypocrite. I appreciated that, as it would have been too easy to go that way. The same with the dead woman's family...they weren't exactly stereotypes. Overall, not a bad episode at all...and the only thing I hated was Barbi Benton's godawful wig. She was such a lovely lady....and the wig made her look clownish.