When a defense contractor is found murdered, Jessica must prove her nephew-in-law is innocent.When a defense contractor is found murdered, Jessica must prove her nephew-in-law is innocent.When a defense contractor is found murdered, Jessica must prove her nephew-in-law is innocent.
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- TriviaJessica's niece Carrie and her husband, Leonard Palmer, are introduced.
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Leonard Palmer: Jessica. Jessica, we've had so little time to visit.
Carrie Palmer: Why don't you reconsider and stay for a few more days.
Jessica Fletcher: Not a chance. Please, get me to the station before Sergeant Kettler changes his mind.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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Telescope Observes Heavenly Body Murder
To surprise Carrie Palmer (Kate McNeil) for the occasion of their upcoming third wedding anniversary, Leonard Palmer (Dean Jones) invites Carrie's dear Aunt Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) to Astro Physics Institute, Cooperville, Connecticut.
When Leonard seems surprised to discover that Jessica has arrived ten days early, Jessica corrects him as to the date of his wedding, but now his surprise may not turn out well after all because Leonard believes that Carrie has been visiting her ailing Aunt Edna, in Ithica, New York.
Jessica senses trouble in the Palmer marriage because She has just visited with Edna, with no sign of Carrie on hand, and Leonard has overly devoted himself to track the approaching of a comet through the telescope of the Astro Physics Institute Observatory, with his dedicated assistant, Fay Hewitt (Karen Grassle).
To Leonard's disapproval, his supervisor, Russell Armstrong (Jeffrey Tambor) has rehired Doctor Thor Lundquist (Robin Gammell), with connections to the U.S. Defense Department, to combine Institute findings with political maneuvers.
With Jessica on hand, Leonard exchanges words with Armstrong and Ludnquist at an outdoor reception, as the Institute hosts visitors from Washington, DC, including lobbyist Madeline DeHaven (Marcia Rodd) and her assistant, Drake Eaton (Steven Ford), who shares a past with (Jessica's niece) Carrie.
Later that evening, the telescope seems to spin from its programmed course, to focus into the window of Russell Armstrong's vacation residence, some 33 miles from Cooperville. Security Guard (Armand Asselin) observes Leonard's scurrying down the steps, and exiting the observatory at 12:35 AM.
But after sunrise, when Jessica accompanies Fay and Russell into the observatory to search for Leonard, they discover through telescope the body of a victim of murder.
Sergeant Kettler (George DiCenzo) and Forensic Man (Kirk Thornton) arrive at the scene of the vacation house before Jessica and Russell, to search for clues. While Sergeant Kettler links suspects to the murder, Jessica attempts to disprove his theories even after two suspects confess to the crime to protect each other.
Jessica finds an inside track into police reports, by volunteering to help the unseen Mrs. Kettler to write a book based upon police investigations.
Along the path to separating false alibis from the true, Jessica ponders a theory about how the telescope came to point to the vacation house when it was programmed to observe the comet, as a "Harbinger of Death."
When Leonard seems surprised to discover that Jessica has arrived ten days early, Jessica corrects him as to the date of his wedding, but now his surprise may not turn out well after all because Leonard believes that Carrie has been visiting her ailing Aunt Edna, in Ithica, New York.
Jessica senses trouble in the Palmer marriage because She has just visited with Edna, with no sign of Carrie on hand, and Leonard has overly devoted himself to track the approaching of a comet through the telescope of the Astro Physics Institute Observatory, with his dedicated assistant, Fay Hewitt (Karen Grassle).
To Leonard's disapproval, his supervisor, Russell Armstrong (Jeffrey Tambor) has rehired Doctor Thor Lundquist (Robin Gammell), with connections to the U.S. Defense Department, to combine Institute findings with political maneuvers.
With Jessica on hand, Leonard exchanges words with Armstrong and Ludnquist at an outdoor reception, as the Institute hosts visitors from Washington, DC, including lobbyist Madeline DeHaven (Marcia Rodd) and her assistant, Drake Eaton (Steven Ford), who shares a past with (Jessica's niece) Carrie.
Later that evening, the telescope seems to spin from its programmed course, to focus into the window of Russell Armstrong's vacation residence, some 33 miles from Cooperville. Security Guard (Armand Asselin) observes Leonard's scurrying down the steps, and exiting the observatory at 12:35 AM.
But after sunrise, when Jessica accompanies Fay and Russell into the observatory to search for Leonard, they discover through telescope the body of a victim of murder.
Sergeant Kettler (George DiCenzo) and Forensic Man (Kirk Thornton) arrive at the scene of the vacation house before Jessica and Russell, to search for clues. While Sergeant Kettler links suspects to the murder, Jessica attempts to disprove his theories even after two suspects confess to the crime to protect each other.
Jessica finds an inside track into police reports, by volunteering to help the unseen Mrs. Kettler to write a book based upon police investigations.
Along the path to separating false alibis from the true, Jessica ponders a theory about how the telescope came to point to the vacation house when it was programmed to observe the comet, as a "Harbinger of Death."
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- Sep 27, 2009
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