Murder, She Wrote: Season 5
Murder, She Wrote Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The television and film archivist reference details the ongoing mystery, crime, and drama series starring an unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth who uses her professional skills to investigate and solve complex criminal cases. Broadcast as part of the established television run, this fifth season maintains the core premise of the acclai
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- An unassuming mystery writer serves as the central sleuth.
- The protagonist uses her professional skills to investigate crimes.
- The series blends mystery, crime, and drama genres.
- The overarching saga continues across successive television seasons.
Season overview
Murder, She Wrote Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 22 episodes. The television and film archivist reference details the ongoing mystery, crime, and drama series starring an unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth who uses her professional skills to investigate and solve complex criminal cases. Broadcast as part of the established television run, this fifth season maintains the core premise of the acclaimed program as cataloged in public reference data. The narrative arc proceeds through its designated episode count, centering on the central investigator as she encounters various crimes requiring her unique deductive expertise. The production forms a continuation of the ongoing television broadcast history without altering the foundational concept of the central character solving mysteries.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
J.B. as in Jailbird
Oct 23, 1988 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.
Mr. Penroy's Vacation
Nov 6, 1988 · 45 min
The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
Snow White, Blood Red
Nov 13, 1988 · 45 min
A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
Coal Miner's Slaughter
Nov 20, 1988 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
Prediction: Murder
Jan 1, 1989 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
Weave a Tangled Web
Jan 15, 1989 · 45 min
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
Feb 5, 1989 · 45 min
A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.
Smooth Operators
Feb 12, 1989 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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 · 45 min
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