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The
Episodes:
Season One (1984 - 1985)
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1: The Murder
of Sherlock Holmes |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
New York, NY
New Holvang, NY |
Jessica
Beatrice Fletcher
is established
as a substitute
English teacher
with an interest
in mysteries.
Her nephew finds
a manuscript
of one such
novel she had
written as therapy
after her husband,
Frank, died.
The nephew brings
it to a New
York publisher
played by Arthur
Hill. It promptly
becomes a bestseller,
and it is soon
followed by
a second book.
When Jessica
visits New York
to publicize
the new mystery,
she finds the
city, the media,
and even the
people on the
streets abusive.
Jessica is even
mugged, and
after three
days in New
York City, she
is muttering
that she has
been "insulted,
browbeaten,
and patronized".
Hill, her publisher,
agrees. "Believe
me", he
says, "it
took years to
get used to
this town".
He invites for
her a weekend
in his country
home to meet
"real people".
That is where
the murder occurs;
Jessica finds
herself attracted
to this publisher
of hers and
then discover
that he himself
is the murderer.
Taken
from Balancing
Act - The Authorized
Biography of
Angela Lansbury. Written by Martin Gottfried. Published
by Little,
Brown and Company.
© Copyright
1999 by Martin
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| Episode
2: Deadly Lady |
Setting:
Cabot Cove,
ME |
| Four
daughters claim their
multimillionaire father
was swept overboard
from his yacht during
a hurricane. |
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| Episode
3: Birds of
a Feather |
Setting:
San Francisco,
CA |
| Jessica
arrives in San Francisco
for a family wedding
only to face the task
of clearing the groom-to-be
of murder charges. |
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| Episode
4: Hooray for
Homicide |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
Los Angeles, CA |
| Jessica
is suspected of murdering
a movie producer who
wanted to turn her novel
into a trashy film. |
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| Episode
5: It's a Dog
Life |
Setting:
Greenville,
VA |
| Jessica
delves into two investigations
when both her cousin
and his daughter die
mysteriously. |
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| Episode
6: Lovers and
Other Killers |
Setting:
Seattle, WA |
| Jessica
sets out to prove her
secretary isn't a murder
suspect. |
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| Episode
7: Hit, Run
and Homicide |
Setting:
Cabot Cove,
ME |
| An
eccentric inventor is
accused of murdering
his former partner. |
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| Episode
8: We're Off
to Kill the Wizard |
Setting:
Near Chicago,
IL |
| Jessica
investigates the murder
of an amusement park
owner. |
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| Episode
9: Death Takes
a Curtain Call |
Settings:
Boston, MA
Cabot Cove, ME |
| A
special night at the
ballet turns grisly
when Jessica encounters
murder. |
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| Episode
10: Death Casts
a Spell |
Setting:
Lake Tahoe,
NV |
| A
flamboyant hypnotist
is murdered in front
of several journalists
who are in a trance. |
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| Episode
11: Capitol
Offense |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
Washington, DC |
| Blackmail
and political intrigue
await Jessica when she
is assigned to replace
a deceased congressman
in Washington, DC. |
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| Episode
12: Broadway
Malady |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
New York, NY |
| A
Broadway legend's life
is threatened after
her daughter is seriously
injured in a mugging. |
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| Episode
13: Murder to
a Jazz Beat |
Setting:
New Orleans,
LA |
| Jessica
searches for clues when
a famous musician drops
dead onstage. |
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| Episode
14: My Johnny
Lies Over the Ocean |
Settings:
St. Thomas,
US Virgin Islands
Aboard a ship |
| Jessica's
niece, recovering from
her husband's suicide,
is terrorized on a cruise. |
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| Episode
15: Paint Me
a Murder |
Setting:
An unknown island, Mediterranean
Sea |
| A
famous artist's birthday
celebration ends tragically
when he is murdered
at his island villa. |
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| Episode
16: Tough Guys
Don't Lie |
Settings:
Boston, MA
Cabot Cove, ME |
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| Episode
17: Sudden Death |
Setting:
Unknown place |
| Jessica
must whittle down a
list of suspects when
the unpopular owner
of a football team is
found dead. |
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| Episode
18: Footnote
to Murder |
Setting:
New York, NY |
| Jessica
sets out to clear the
name of a friend who
is a prime suspect in
a murder case. |
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| Episode
19: Murder Takes
the Bus |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
Outside the Cabot Cove
County |
| Jessica's
bus trip to Portland,
Maine, takes a dismal
turn when a passenger
is murdered. |
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| Episode
20: Armed Response |
Setting:
Dallas, TX |
| Jessica,
hospitalized with a
fractured leg, investigates
the murder of a fellow
patient. |
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| Episode
21: Murder at
the Oasis |
Setting:
Desert Palms,
CA |
| Jessica
investigates the death
of her college roommate's
husband. |
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| Episode
22: Funeral
at Fifty-Mile |
Setting:
Fifty Mile,
WY |
| While
attenting the funeral
of her late husband's
military buddy, Jessica
unravels the mystery
behind another mourner's
death. |
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Season
One on
Area 1 DVD's: 
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Synopses
courtesy of
TV
Now.com.
Used with permission |
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