When a newspaper columnist becomes the target of a crazed gunman, Jessica's advice to be careful is ignored.When a newspaper columnist becomes the target of a crazed gunman, Jessica's advice to be careful is ignored.When a newspaper columnist becomes the target of a crazed gunman, Jessica's advice to be careful is ignored.
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- TriviaRosanna Huffman here has her final guest role on the series. First guesting in the debut episode: The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1984), Huffman had guested in one more episode: Keep the Home Fries Burning (1986), prior to the death of her husband: series creator Richard Levinson. Subsequently Huffman had guested in four further episodes, ''Dear Deadly'' being preceded by Trouble in Eden (1987), The Sins of Castle Cove (1989), and Jack and Bill (1989). With seven guest roles on ''Murder, She Wrote'', Huffman ranks as the series' most frequent guest actress.
- GoofsNeither Mordecai nor the lieutenant wear badges in the newspaper offices.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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Jessica hangs around a newspaper office.
In "Dear Deadly", John Rhys-Davies plays a Ruppert Murdock-like guy who owns various media outlets. To make the character seem more like Murdock, Davies has an Aussie accent...and it sounded pretty convincing to me. Of course, Australians might think differently!
Jessica just happens to be visiting a newspaper office. A woman who is the figurehead for an advice column similar to Dear Abby or Ann Landers is murdered--bludgeoned to death why some blunt object. Why? And, who would kill this lady? As you'd expect, the person the police suspect DIDN'T do it and Jessica sets out to prove whodunnit.
The episode if very good because the motivation for killing is unusual and the story offers more surprises than you'd expect for season 11. Well written and interesting.
Jessica just happens to be visiting a newspaper office. A woman who is the figurehead for an advice column similar to Dear Abby or Ann Landers is murdered--bludgeoned to death why some blunt object. Why? And, who would kill this lady? As you'd expect, the person the police suspect DIDN'T do it and Jessica sets out to prove whodunnit.
The episode if very good because the motivation for killing is unusual and the story offers more surprises than you'd expect for season 11. Well written and interesting.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 6, 2023
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