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The Best Episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 5

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 1 - J.B. As in Jailbird
    7.3/10(502 votes)

    #1 - J.B. As in Jailbird

    S5:E1

    A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Robert Swanson

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  2. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 2 - A Little Night Work
    7.6/10(483 votes)

    #2 - A Little Night Work

    S5:E2

    A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  3. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 3 - Mr. Penroy's Vacation
    8.3/10(647 votes)

    #3 - Mr. Penroy's Vacation

    S5:E3

    The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Robert Swanson

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  4. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 4 - Snow White, Blood Red
    7.9/10(608 votes)

    #4 - Snow White, Blood Red

    S5:E4

    A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  5. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 5 - Coal Miner's Slaughter
    7.4/10(500 votes)

    #5 - Coal Miner's Slaughter

    S5:E5

    The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  6. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 6 - Wearing of the Green
    7.3/10(516 votes)

    #6 - Wearing of the Green

    S5:E6

    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.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  7. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 7 - The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel
    8.0/10(563 votes)

    #7 - The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

    S5:E7

    The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  8. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 8 - Prediction: Murder
    7.8/10(505 votes)

    #8 - Prediction: Murder

    S5:E8

    A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 9 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
    8.0/10(596 votes)

    #9 - Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

    S5:E9

    Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 10 - Weave a Tangled Web
    7.3/10(475 votes)

    #10 - Weave a Tangled Web

    S5:E10

    Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Robert Swanson

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  11. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 11 - The Search for Peter Kerry
    7.7/10(467 votes)

    #11 - The Search for Peter Kerry

    S5:E11

    A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  12. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 12 - Smooth Operators
    7.6/10(462 votes)

    #12 - Smooth Operators

    S5:E12

    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?

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Gerald K. Siegel

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  13. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 13 - Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble
    7.5/10(535 votes)

    #13 - Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

    S5:E13

    A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Tom Sawyer

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  14. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 14 - From Russia ... With Blood
    7.2/10(450 votes)

    #14 - From Russia ... With Blood

    S5:E14

    A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  15. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 15 - Alma Murder
    7.6/10(466 votes)

    #15 - Alma Murder

    S5:E15

    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?

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Chris Manheim

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  16. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 16 - Truck Stop
    6.9/10(512 votes)

    #16 - Truck Stop

    S5:E16

    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 events unfold.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 17 - The Sins of Castle Cove
    8.3/10(592 votes)

    #17 - The Sins of Castle Cove

    S5:E17

    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 appear again as the local gossips.

    Director:John Llewellyn Moxey
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 18 - Trevor Hudson's Legacy
    7.2/10(442 votes)

    #18 - Trevor Hudson's Legacy

    S5:E18

    A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.

    Director:Walter Grauman
    Writer:Paul Savage

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  19. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 19 - Double Exposure
    7.7/10(468 votes)

    #19 - Double Exposure

    S5:E19

    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.

    Director:Anthony Pullen Shaw
    Writer:Robert Swanson

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  20. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 20 - Three Strikes, You're Out
    6.9/10(411 votes)

    #20 - Three Strikes, You're Out

    S5:E20

    A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

    Director:Seymour Robbie
    Writer:Donald Ross

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  21. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 21 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)
    8.5/10(586 votes)

    #21 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

    S5:E21

    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 leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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  22. Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode 22 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)
    8.5/10(532 votes)

    #22 - Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)

    S5:E22

    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. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.

    Director:Vincent McEveety
    Writer:Peter S. Fischer

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"J.B. As in Jailbird" is the best rated episode of "Murder, She Wrote" season 5. It scored 7.3/10 based on 502 votes. Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw and written by Robert Swanson, it aired on 10/23/1988. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "A Little Night Work".