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My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean

Episode aired Feb 10, 1985
TV-PG
47m

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7.5/10

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Angela Lansbury, Belinda Montgomery, and George Marshall Ruge in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Crime Drama Mystery

When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.

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7.5/10

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This is the first hint in the series that Jessica's maiden name is MacGill. Angela Lansbury's real-life mother was famed actress Moyna MacGill but MacGill was not her real birth name. Her birth name was Charlotte McIldowie but the series decided to use her mother's stage name as Jessica's maiden name.

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[first lines]
Pamela Crane: Johnny!
Nurse: It's all right now, Pamela. I'm here. Easy now. It's all right. Lie down, dear. Lie down. It's a dream. That's all. Just a dream.

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References Gaslight (1944)

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Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

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6/10

JB Fletcher on the Love Boat

This episode of Murder She Wrote has Jessica Fletcher at the behest of her brother Jason Evers taking niece Belinda Montgomery on a sea cruise. Her husband committed suicide and she sustained a nervous breakdown.

But on the ship someone starts a gaslighting type of campaign of terror against Montgomery. Of course they reckoned without Angela Lansbury on board.

Turns out that her late husband had a most interesting past and that is part of the reason for the terror campaign.

Taking the place of regular police is the captain of the vessel Leslie Nielsen. He has to become convinced that Jessica Fletcher knows a thing or two about crime.

In order for the perpetrator to reveal himself Angela Lansbury gets to do a drunk act and purser Paul Carafotes is of great help when the perpetrator does reveal himself.

The Love Boat was never like this for Captain Stubing.