An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
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- Seasons
- 12
- Episodes aired
- 264
- Latest aired
- S12E24
- Total runtime
- 8d 6h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1984 – April 1985 22 episodes
- Season 2 September 1985 – May 1986 22 episodes
- Season 3 September 1986 – May 1987 22 episodes
- Season 4 September 1987 – May 1988 22 episodes
- Season 5 October 1988 – May 1989 22 episodes
- Season 6 September 1989 – May 1990 22 episodes
- Season 7 September 1990 – May 1991 22 episodes
- Season 8 September 1991 – May 1992 22 episodes
- Season 9 September 1992 – May 1993 22 episodes
- Season 10 September 1993 – May 1994 21 episodes
- Season 11 September 1994 – May 1995 21 episodes
- Season 12 September 1995 – May 1996 24 episodes
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S02E01 Widow, Weep for Me
September 29 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica's vacation at a Caribbean resort is not solely for pleasure, but to investigate a friend's murder.
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S02E02 Joshua Peabody Died Here ... Possibly
October 6 · 45min find the promo
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Plans to build a new hotel in Cabot Cove are put on hold when diggers discover an old skeleton that had been buried deeply that many of the townspeople believe to be the remains of Joshua Peabody. Not everyone is thus inclined though, and many people believe it's just a random dead body. But when Jessica and Amos head back to the dig site, they find there's another body there! Jessica not only has to find out who killed Wheatley, she has to help an old friend when his past comes back to haunt him.
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S02E03 Murder in the Afternoon
October 13 · 45min find the promo
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While filming a soap opera in which Mrs. Fletcher's niece plays a part, a 'pretend' victim is really dead.
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S02E04 School for Scandal
October 20 · 45min find the promo
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When Jessica is offered an honorary degree from Crenshaw University, she has no idea she's about to become embroiled in a murder. After the boyfriend of (in)famous writer Daphne Clover is found murdered, Jessica agrees to assist the chief of police, who has never had a murder case before, find out who the killer is. She soon has more on her plate than she bargained for when first Daphne's mother confesses, then Daphne herself confesses. Jessica realises the two women are simply trying to protect each other, and begins to look at the faculty at the university.
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S02E05 Sing a Song of Murder
October 27 · 45min find the promo
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When cousin Emma's life is threatened, she plays dead and Jessica is summoned to London as the heir to the estate.
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S02E06 Reflections of the Mind
November 3 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica decides to pay a visit to her long-time friend Francesca, only to learn that Francesca, who is now married to a much younger man, is convinced that she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband, Ross. When her new husband, Scott, turns up dead, the investigation reveals that he had been poisoned, and suspicion turns to Francesca. Jessica, however, is determined to prove that her friend did not commit the crime, and begins looking into the mysterious re-appearances of her dead husband.
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S02E07 A Lady in the Lake
November 10 · 45min find the promo
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While spending time at a lake, Jessica sees what appears to be a struggle and a woman falling from a boat into the lake.
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S02E08 Dead Heat
November 24 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica goes to the races to watch her niece ride the winning horse. Then the horse's owner is murdered after a dispute.
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S02E09 Jessica Behind Bars
December 1 · 45min find the promo
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Doing public service, Jessica becomes a hostage in a prison riot caused by anger in the handling of the doctor's murder.
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S02E10 Sticks and Stones
December 15 · 45min find the promo
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When a woman is electrocuted in her bathroom, Amos chuckles that even Jessica can't make a murder out of it. Michael Dugby: Parker Stevenson. Harry Pierce: John Astin. Frederich Hoffman: Paul Benedict. Adam Frobisher: Christopher Stone. Edna: Evelyn Keyes.
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S02E11 Murder Digs Deep
December 29 · 45min find the promo
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An archaeological dig at the site of Coronado's City of Gold does not please everyone and a new corpse is dug up.
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S02E12 Murder by Appointment Only
January 5 · 45min find the promo
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One of Jessica's former students is murdered and she takes a personal interest in the investigation.
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S02E13 Trial by Error
January 12 · 45min find the promo
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It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.
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S02E14 Keep the Home Fries Burning
January 19 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica, Seth and Amos try out a new tourist-oriented restaurant, and murder interrupts their meal.
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S02E15 Powder Keg
February 9 · 45min find the promo
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After their car breaks down after dinner with the governor, Jessica and her friend Ames Caufield find themselves in a small southern town just in time for local bad boy Ed Bonner to be found dead, and young Matt Burns, the son of a former student of Ames', ends up accused of the murder. At the behest of Linda Bonner, the victim's sister who happens to care deeply about the accused, Jessica takes a look into the murder, but hatred runs deep in this town and it's pure luck (and Andy Crane) that leads Jessica and Ames to the right answer.
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S02E16 Murder in the Electric Cathedral
February 16 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica must find the murderer of her close friend whose will is in contention between family and a popular evangelist.
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S02E17 One Good Bid Deserves a Murder
February 23 · 45min find the promo
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A red hot diary of a sex symbol is to be auctioned and some of the bidders are ready to shed blood.
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S02E18 If A Body Meet A Body
March 9 · 45min find the promo
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Investigation of a claim that the deceased was murdered leads the police to discover that the wrong body is in the coffin.
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S02E19 Christopher Bundy -- Died On Sunday
March 30 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica and Grady head to the home of publisher Christopher Bundy, whose publishing company owns the rights to Jessica's first short story. Jessica is quite upset, as Bundy's magazine is known for it's racy pictures of young women. While there, Jessica is pleased to run into an old acquaintance, Chester Harrison, and when Harrison is accused of murdering Christopher Bundy, Jessica vows to prove his innocence but runs into trouble when the family isn't interested in having their own skeletons dragged out of the closet.
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S02E20 Menace, Anyone?
April 6 · 45min find the promo
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Who was the intended victim when a tennis star is blown up in his girl friend's car?
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S02E21 The Perfect Foil
April 13 · 45min find the promo
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At the request of aunt Mildred, Jessica agrees to stop by New Orleans to check on cousin Cal while on her way to Houston. No sooner does Jessica get to New Orleans then she is tossed into a Mardi Gras party where the host ends up dead, and Cal is accused of the crime. While attempting to clear Cal's name and reputation, Jessica delves into the world of cheating poker players, cheating girlfriends and vengefilled police officers while trying to convince a local lieutenant that Cal is not capable of murder.
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S02E22 If the Frame Fits
May 18 · 45min find the promo
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After Julia Marcus Granger is found murdered during what seems to have been an apparent art theft, suspicion turns to her husband Donald, who, as a result, also ends up being suspected in a recent rash of art thefts where there were no fatalities. Julia's sister Sabrina is convinced that Donald didn't do it and begs Jessica for help. While looking into Julia's murder, Jessica realises that she has two completely different criminals on her hands, and someone tampered with the scene of Julia's murder to make it look like something else.