Murder, She Wrote: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Murder, She Wrote Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
J.B. As in Jailbird
Oct 23, 1988
When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.
A Little Night Work
Oct 30, 1988
A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.
Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Nov 6, 1988
The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
Snow White, Blood Red
Nov 13, 1988
A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
Coal Miner's Slaughter
Nov 20, 1988
The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.
Wearing of the Green
Nov 27, 1988
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
Dec 18, 1988
The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
Prediction: Murder
Jan 1, 1989
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
Jan 8, 1989
Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
Weave a Tangled Web
Jan 15, 1989
Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
Smooth Operators
Feb 12, 1989
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 money--a robbery or something else?
Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
Feb 19, 1989
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
Feb 26, 1989
A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.
Alma Murder
Mar 12, 1989
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
Apr 2, 1989
Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see
The Sins of Castle Cove
Apr 9, 1989
A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman app
Trevor Hudson's Legacy
Apr 16, 1989
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
Apr 30, 1989
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 Harry McGraw to investigate.
Three Strikes, You're Out
May 7, 1989
A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
May 14, 1989
Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove le
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)
May 21, 1989
After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I