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The
Episodes:
Season One (1984 - 1985)
| Episode 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 Gottfried. |
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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
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Synopses
courtesy of
TV
Now.com.
Used with permission |
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