Season 5 (1988)

J.B. As in Jailbird
6.5

October 23, 1988 • 45m

A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.

A Little Night Work
7.0

October 30, 1988 • 45m

A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.

Mr. Penroy's Vacation
8.0

November 6, 1988 • 45m

The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

Snow White, Blood Red
7.0

November 13, 1988 • 45m

A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

Coal Miner's Slaughter
5.3

November 20, 1988 • 45m

The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.

Wearing of the Green
7.5

November 27, 1988 • 45m

A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.

The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
8.0

December 18, 1988 • 45m

The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

Prediction: Murder
7.0

January 1, 1989 • 45m

A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.

Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
9.0

January 8, 1989 • 45m

Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

Weave a Tangled Web
8.0

January 15, 1989 • 45m

Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.

The Search for Peter Kerry
8.0

February 5, 1989 • 45m

A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

Smooth Operators
7.5

February 12, 1989 • 45m

When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or mo...Read more

Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
7.0

February 19, 1989 • 45m

A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.

From Russia ... With Blood
7.0

February 26, 1989 • 45m

A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.

Alma Murder
8.0

March 12, 1989 • 45m

An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

Truck Stop
7.0

April 2, 1989 • 45m

Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape o...Read more

The Sins of Castle Cove
6.0

April 9, 1989 • 45m

A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, ...Read more

Trevor Hudson's Legacy
4.5

April 16, 1989 • 45m

A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.

Double Exposure
7.0

April 30, 1989 • 45m

In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Har...Read more

Three Strikes, You're Out
7.0

May 7, 1989 • 45m

A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
9.0

May 14, 1989 • 45m

Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corps...Read more

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)
8.0

May 21, 1989 • 45m

After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's inn...Read more