Nero Wolfe (1981)

Crime · Drama · Mystery

Nero Wolfe enjoys a life of refined self-indulgence in his comfortable Manhattan brownstone — reading, dining, spending regular hours in his rooftop plant rooms, and only reluctantly involving himself in the detection of crime. Famously sedentary, Wolfe relies on his legman Archie Goodwin to collect the clues and the suspects in any case at hand, while he spars with his live-in chef Fritz Brenner and bickers with his resident orchid nurse Theodore Horstmann. Often assisted by freelance detective Saul Panzer, Wolfe and Archie customarily gather the suspects in Wolfe's office and present the solution to the exasperated Inspector Cramer of Manhattan Homicide.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (482 votes)
Episode average: 7.2 matches the IMDb rating
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1981)

7.15 avg 14 episodes 7.3 → 7.6 50 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Golden Spiders	7.3	58
2	Death on the Doorstep	7.1	48
3	Before I Die	7.3	43
4	Wolfe at the Door	7.2	42
5	Might as Well Be Dead	7.2	32
6	To Catch a Dead Man	7.1	33
7	In the Best Families	7.1	35
8	Murder by the Book	7.3	37
9	What Happened to April	7.0	36
10	Gambit	7.0	45
11	Death and the Dolls	7.1	32
12	The Murder in Question	7.0	34
13	The Blue Ribbon Hostage	6.8	35
14	Sweet Revenge	7.6	34