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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S06E01 Appointment in Athens
September 24 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica's old friend, Michael Hagarty, persuades her to play a part in his scheme to free a fellow agent from captivity.
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S06E02 Seal of the Confessional
October 1 · 45min find the promo
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A parishioner's confession to a priest is confidential and nothing will make him break his oath.
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S06E03 The Grand Old Lady
October 8 · 45min find the promo
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When a famous mystery writer dies, Jessica recalls a 1947 case that the writer was personally involved in.
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S06E04 The Error of Her Ways
October 15 · 45min find the promo
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When the wife of a developer is accused of killing her husband and commits suicide, it leaves the whereabouts of his embezzled millions a mystery.
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S06E05 Jack and Bill
October 29 · 45min find the promo
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A former athlete cares for a friend's dog and, after his friend is murdered, finds the dog is a target.
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S06E06 Dead Letter
November 5 · 45min find the promo
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An unsent letter turns up in an old bureau bought at a rummage sale the same day arson occurs in a furniture store. Are these events connected?
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S06E07 Night of the Tarantula
November 12 · 45min find the promo
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A voodoo curse of death caused by the marriage of a plantation heir to the wrong person, sets off a string of events in Jamaica.
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S06E08 When the Fat Lady Sings
November 19 · 45min find the promo
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The backstage activities are more exciting than the opera as a famous tenor suffers a heart attack after a shooting.
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S06E09 Test of Wills
November 26 · 45min find the promo
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A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.
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S06E10 Class Act
December 3 · 45min find the promo
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A homicide detective is farmed out to teach a class. His opening speech reduces his class to two. Together they work on a special 'closed' case as their term project.
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S06E11 Town Father
December 17 · 45min find the promo
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The town gets a shock when bachelor Mayor Sam is confronted on the speaker's platform by a young woman claiming he is the father of her five children. Julie Adams, Gloria De Haven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman return as gossips Eve, Phyllis, Idal and Loretta.
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S06E12 Goodbye Charlie
January 7 · 45min find the promo
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Three sets of people try to claim the body found on the railroad track--a nephew, a daughter and a wife. Jessica narrates this story.
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S06E13 If the Shoe Fits
January 21 · 45min find the promo
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A single mother is accused of killing the landlord that is always harassing her.
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S06E14 How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying
February 4 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.
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S06E15 The Fixer-upper
February 11 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica's niece, who is a real estate broker, arrives at the mansion and finds a body instead of a buyer.
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S06E16 The Big Show of 1965
February 25 · 45min find the promo
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Twenty five years after a show in which a stabbing occurred, the cast is reunited and a mystery woman reappears, seeming to accuse Barry.
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S06E17 Murder: According to Maggie
March 4 · 45min find the promo
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The producer of a police drama investigates the murder of a programmer who differed with her.
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S06E18 O'Malley's Luck
March 25 · 45min find the promo
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An Irish detective does not believe the death of a real estate mogul was suicide.
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S06E19 Always a Thief
April 8 · 45min find the promo
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Insurance investigator Dennis Stanton, who uses his skills as an ex-thief to solve crimes, returns to investigate a theft and two murders.
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S06E20 Shear Madness
April 29 · 45min find the promo
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Jessica's cousin is left waiting at the church when her fiancée is murdered in a similar fashion to a murder 15 years ago for which her brother was blamed.
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S06E21 The Szechuan Dragon
May 6 · 45min find the promo
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Grady and his pregnant wife are tending Jessica's house in her absence when an old seaman is killed in her front room.
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S06E22 The Sicilian Encounter
May 20 · 45min find the promo
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Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.