Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (33,215 votes)
Seasons: 12
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · Philo · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 12 seasons indexed

Cast

Angela Lansbury Jessica Fletcher

Seasons

Season 1 (1984)

7.49 avg 22 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
0	The Murder of Sherlock Holmes	8.0	1,547
1	Deadly Lady	7.6	1,064
2	Birds of a Feather	7.3	928
3	Hooray for Homicide	7.3	882
4	It's a Dog's Life	7.5	870
5	Lovers and Other Killers	7.5	845
6	Hit, Run and Homicide	7.4	834
7	We're Off to Kill the Wizard	7.3	804
8	Death Takes a Curtain Call	7.2	750
9	Death Casts a Spell	7.5	761
10	Capitol Offense	7.5	721
11	Broadway Malady	7.3	719
12	Murder to a Jazz Beat	6.9	669
13	My Johnny Lies Over the Ocean	7.6	758
14	Paint Me a Murder	7.5	721
15	Tough Guys Don't Die	7.7	695
16	Sudden Death	7.0	804
17	Footnote to Murder	7.5	634
18	Murder Takes the Bus	8.6	1,125
19	Armed Response	7.5	653
20	Murder at the Oasis	7.5	658
21	Funeral at Fifty-Mile	7.5	643

Season 2 (1985)

7.54 avg 22 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 48 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Widow, Weep for Me	7.5	744
2	Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly	7.4	708
3	Murder in the Afternoon	7.4	656
4	School for Scandal	7.3	625
5	Sing a Song of Murder	7.2	657
6	Reflections of the Mind	8.0	718
7	A Lady in the Lake	7.9	729
8	Dead Heat	6.9	577
9	Jessica Behind Bars	7.7	716
10	Sticks and Stones	8.2	724
11	Murder Digs Deep	7.4	614
12	Murder by Appointment Only	7.4	591
13	Trial by Error	8.5	813
14	Keep the Home Fries Burning	8.2	746
15	Powder Keg	7.0	590
16	Murder in the Electric Cathedral	7.2	588
17	One Good Bid Deserves a Murder	7.4	569
18	If a Body Meet a Body	7.8	589
19	Christopher Bundy - Died on Sunday	7.4	547
20	Menace, Anyone?	7.4	640
21	The Perfect Foil	7.2	552
22	If the Frame Fits	7.5	568

Season 3 (1986)

7.51 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.6 50 min avg

Mid-peak

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1	7.6	621
2	Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2	7.6	568
3	Unfinished Business	7.2	598
4	One White Rose for Death	7.4	571
5	Corned Beef and Carnage	7.2	562
6	Dead Man's Gold	7.2	570
7	Deadline for Murder	7.4	504
8	Magnum on Ice	7.6	602
9	Obituary for a Dead Anchor	7.5	539
10	Stage Struck	7.4	528
11	Night of the Headless Horseman	7.5	587
12	The Corpse Flew First Class	8.5	740
13	Crossed Up	8.0	695
14	Murder in a Minor Key	6.7	552
15	The Bottom Line Is Murder	7.4	497
16	Death Takes a Dive	7.1	525
17	Simon Says, Color Me Dead	7.6	539
18	No Laughing Murder	7.3	588
19	No Accounting for Murder	7.5	518
20	The Cemetery Vote	7.5	522
21	The Days Dwindle Down	8.4	780
22	Murder, She Spoke	7.6	521

Season 4 (1987)

7.55 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.4 47 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Fashionable Way to Die	7.6	548
2	When Thieves Fall Out	7.9	604
3	Witness for the Defense	7.8	587
4	Old Habits Die Hard	7.7	561
5	The Way to Dusty Death	7.4	515
6	It Runs in the Family	7.4	553
7	If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly	8.4	753
8	Steal Me a Story	7.5	494
9	Trouble in Eden	7.8	560
10	Indian Giver	6.6	503
11	Doom with a View	7.4	499
12	Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?	8.0	620
13	Harbinger of Death	7.1	458
14	Curse of the Daanav	7.8	544
15	Mourning Among the Wisterias	7.6	520
16	Murder Through the Looking Glass	7.6	486
17	A Very Good Year for Murder	7.4	507
18	Benedict Arnold Slipped Here	7.7	530
19	Just Another Fish Story	7.4	497
20	Showdown in Saskatchewan	6.9	483
21	Deadpan	7.7	488
22	The Body Politic	7.4	452

Season 5 (1988)

7.66 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 8.5 47 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	J.B.. as in Jailbird	7.3	524
2	A Little Night Work	7.6	509
3	Mr. Penroy's Vacation	8.3	669
4	Snow White, Blood Red	7.9	635
5	Coal Miner's Slaughter	7.4	521
6	Wearing of the Green	7.3	544
7	The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel	8.0	582
8	Prediction: Murder	7.8	524
9	Something Borrowed, Someone Blue	8.0	619
10	Weave a Tangled Web	7.3	490
11	The Search for Peter Kerry	7.7	479
12	Smooth Operators	7.6	479
13	Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble	7.5	555
14	From Russia... with Blood	7.2	472
15	Alma Murder	7.6	491
16	Truck Stop	6.9	538
17	The Sins of Castle Cove	8.3	614
18	Trevor Hudson's Legacy	7.2	457
19	Double Exposure	7.7	493
20	Three Strikes, You're Out	6.9	423
21	Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 1	8.6	610
22	Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall: Part 2	8.5	553

Season 6 (1989)

7.42 avg 22 episodes 7.2 → 6.8 47 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Appointment in Athens	7.2	476
2	Seal of the Confessional	7.9	541
3	The Grand Old Lady	7.0	496
4	The Error of Her Ways	7.7	460
5	Jack and Bill	7.2	486
6	Dead Letter	7.8	497
7	Night of the Tarantula	7.0	506
8	When the Fat Lady Sings	7.1	456
9	Test of Wills	7.8	481
10	Class Act	7.5	476
11	Town Father	8.1	535
12	Good-Bye Charlie	6.6	461
13	If the Shoe Fits	7.9	511
14	How to Make a Killing Without Really Trying	7.7	467
15	The Fixer-Upper	7.5	476
16	The Big Show of 1965	7.8	479
17	Murder -- According to Maggie	7.2	424
18	O'Malley's Luck	7.3	410
19	Always a Thief	7.1	401
20	Shear Madness	7.8	452
21	The Szechuan Dragon	7.3	449
22	The Sicilian Encounter	6.8	367

Season 7 (1990)

7.61 avg 22 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 47 min avg

Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Trials and Tribulations	7.6	443
2	Deadly Misunderstanding	7.6	438
3	See You in Court, Baby	7.2	385
4	Hannigan's Wake	7.7	427
5	The Family Jewels	7.8	419
6	A Body to Die For	8.0	471
7	The Return of Preston Giles	8.0	471
8	The Great Twain Robbery	7.5	392
9	Ballad for a Blue Lady	7.3	408
10	Murder in F Sharp	7.4	399
11	Family Doctor	7.7	439
12	Suspicion of Murder	7.1	376
13	Moving Violation	8.1	457
14	Who Killed J.B. Fletcher?	8.4	598
15	The Taxman Cometh	7.6	411
16	From the Horse's Mouth	7.3	392
17	The Prodigal Father	7.7	402
18	Where Have You Gone, Billy Boy?	6.5	373
19	Thursday's Child	7.9	436
20	Murder, Plain and Simple	7.9	424
21	Tainted Lady	7.5	375
22	The Skinny According to Nick Cullhane	7.7	390

Season 8 (1991)

7.67 avg 22 episodes 8.2 → 7.8 48 min avg

Season 8 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bite the Big Apple	8.2	465
2	Night Fears	7.6	410
3	Unauthorized Obituary	7.7	406
4	Thicker Than Water	8.1	427
5	Lines of Excellence	7.7	403
6	Judge Not	7.2	375
7	Terminal Connection	7.7	383
8	A Killing in Vegas	7.3	380
9	The Committee	8.0	419
10	The List of Yuri Lermentov	7.4	371
11	Danse Diabolique	7.7	447
12	The Witch's Curse	8.2	461
13	Incident in Lot 7	8.1	504
14	The Monte Carlo Murders	7.3	398
15	Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief	7.5	393
16	Ever After	7.6	413
17	To the Last Will I Grapple with Thee	7.3	375
18	Programmed for Murder	7.8	392
19	Day of the Dead	7.1	368
20	Angel of Death	7.7	394
21	Badge of Honor	7.7	388
22	Murder on Madison Avenue	7.8	378

Season 9 (1992)

7.50 avg 22 episodes 7.3 → 7.7 47 min avg

Season 9 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Murder in Milan	7.3	389
2	Family Secrets	7.7	404
3	The Mole	7.3	365
4	The Wind Around the Tower	8.0	425
5	The Dead File	7.3	388
6	Night of the Coyote	7.6	402
7	Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice	7.6	375
8	The Classic Murder	7.6	373
9	A Christmas Secret	8.0	483
10	The Sound of Murder	7.2	414
11	Final Curtain	7.7	382
12	Double Jeopardy	7.1	348
13	Dead Eye	6.7	355
14	Killer Radio	7.5	367
15	The Petrified Florist	7.6	387
16	Threshold of Fear	7.8	411
17	The Big Kill	7.4	352
18	Dead to Rights	7.4	361
19	Lone Witness	7.7	397
20	Ship of Thieves	7.8	405
21	The Survivor	7.1	339
22	Love's Deadly Desire	7.7	382

Season 10 (1993)

7.45 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 7.8 48 min avg

Rebound

Season 10 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Death in Hong Kong	7.3	377
2	For Whom the Ball Tolls	7.4	356
3	The Legacy of Borbey House	7.9	442
4	The Phantom Killer	7.2	366
5	A Virtual Murder	7.1	400
6	Bloodlines	7.4	386
7	A Killing in Cork	7.3	379
8	Love & Hate in Cabot Cove	7.8	390
9	Murder at a Discount	7.8	393
10	Murder in White	7.3	349
11	Northern Explosion	7.6	353
12	Proof in the Pudding	7.3	333
13	Portrait of Death	7.4	350
14	Deadly Assets	7.5	323
15	Murder on the Thirtieth Floor	7.9	359
16	Time to Die	6.7	333
17	The Dying Game	7.3	318
18	The Trouble with Seth	7.8	348
19	Roadkill	7.4	334
20	A Murderous Muse	7.2	328
21	Wheel of Death	7.8	354

Season 11 (1994)

7.41 avg 21 episodes 7.3 → 7.3 48 min avg

Season 11 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Nest of Vipers	7.3	356
2	Amsterdam Kill	7.3	343
3	To Kill a Legend	7.5	351
4	Death in Hawaii	7.3	338
5	Dear Deadly	7.5	333
6	The Murder Channel	7.4	349
7	Fatal Paradise	7.5	332
8	Crimson Harvest	7.3	331
9	Murder by Twos	7.7	351
10	Murder of the Month Club	7.6	346
11	An Egg to Die For	7.3	326
12	The Scent of Murder	7.5	341
13	Death 'N Denial	7.4	355
14	Murder in High "C"	7.1	333
15	Twice Dead	7.4	311
16	Film Flam	7.6	376
17	Murder a la Mode	7.3	301
18	The Dream Team	7.5	335
19	School for Murder	7.6	354
20	Another Killing in Cork	7.3	338
21	Game, Set, Murder	7.3	311

Season 12 (1995)

7.45 avg 24 episodes 7.6 → 7.7 48 min avg

shape-drift

Season 12 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Nailed	7.6	331
2	A Quaking in Aspen	7.4	339
3	The Secret of Gila Junction	7.6	352
4	Big Easy Murder	7.2	340
5	Home Care	7.9	353
6	Nan's Ghost: Part 1	8.0	409
7	Nan's Ghost: Part 2	7.9	356
8	Shooting in Rome	7.2	315
9	Deadly Bidding	7.4	300
10	Frozen Stiff	7.6	330
11	Unwilling Witness	7.8	340
12	Kendo Killing	6.9	310
13	Death Goes Double Platinum	6.6	317
14	Murder in Tempo	7.3	344
15	The Dark Side of the Door	7.7	323
16	Murder Among Friends	7.3	350
17	Something Foul in Flappieville	6.7	334
18	Track of a Soldier	7.7	320
19	Evidence of Malice	7.7	323
20	Southern Double-Cross	7.0	318
21	Race to Death	7.5	342
22	What You Don't Know Can Kill You	7.7	346
23	Mrs. Parker's Revenge	7.5	308
24	Death by Demographics	7.7	350

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