The Best Episodes Written By Robert E. swanson

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   #1 - Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice

   S9:E711/29/1992

   Agent Michael Hagarty is arrested for the murder of his estranged daughter's crooked fiancee.

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   #2 - The Trade-Off

   S2:E243/2/1975

   Kojak arrests the ringleader (Mark Stevens) of a drug operation, whose gang kidnaps Captain McNeil's wife in order to trade her for the evidence they have against him.

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   #3 - The Adventure of Miss Aggie's Farewell Performance

   S1:E610/23/1975

   Beloved Vera Bethune stars as Miss Aggie in a radio soap opera, but is about to be written out. One day she drinks water from a jug and is poisoned in a murder attempt. She is taken to the hospital and survives, but the killer returns.

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   #4 - How To Make a Killing Without Really Trying

   S6:E142/4/1990

   Jessica is trying to learn to invest, but this wasn't the best day for it.

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   #5 - Reflections of the Mind

   S2:E611/3/1985

   Jessica decides to pay a visit to her long-time friend Francesca, only to learn that Francesca, who is now married to a much younger man, is convinced that she is being haunted by the ghost of her first husband, Ross. When her new husband, Scott, turns up dead, the investigation reveals that he had been poisoned, and suspicion turns to Francesca. Jessica, however, is determined to prove that her friend did not commit the crime, and begins looking into the mysterious re-appearances of her dead husband.

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   #6 - Simon Says, Color Me Dead

   S3:E173/1/1987

   An artist is murdered and his prized painting is missing.

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   #7 - Moving Violation

   S7:E132/3/1991

   An influential father cuts no ice with Sheriff Metzger.

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   #8 - Unauthorized Obituary

   S8:E39/29/1991

   After Jane Dawson informs Jessica of her plans to write an unauthorized biography on her good friend Ellen Lombard, Ellen's husband Arthur comes under suspicion when Jane's sister and husband find her dead body electrocuted after a T.V. was dropped in her hot tub, and Arthur is seen leaving the house.

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   #9 - Terminal Connection

   S8:E711/17/1991

   Evidence points to the battered wife of a powerful businessman as his killer, but Jessica establishes that there is a long list of suspects who wished him dead.

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    #10 - Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief

    S8:E153/1/1992

    No one wants to believe that Jessica found a body in her hotel suite in London and they don't want her to believe it, either.

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    #11 - Weave a Tangled Web

    S5:E101/15/1989

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

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    7.8/10(6 votes)

    #12 - Footnote to Murder

    S1:E183/10/1985

    An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.

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    7.8/10(4 votes)

    #13 - Test of Wills

    S6:E911/26/1989

    A wealthy lumberman invites Jessica to his island retreat to discover which of his relatives is trying to kill him.

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    7.7/10(3 votes)

    #14 - Mr. Penroy's Vacation

    S5:E311/6/1988

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

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    7.5/10(6 votes)

    #15 - Sudden Death

    S1:E173/3/1985

    Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.

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    7.5/10(4 votes)

    #16 - Magnum on Ice (II)

    S3:E711/23/1986

    Jessica offers to help Thomas Magnum, who has been accused of killing a hitman with an unknown target. The crossover starts on Magnum, P.I. S07E09 Novel Connection (I).

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    #17 - The Sicilian Encounter

    S6:E225/20/1990

    Michael Hagarty is involved in a case in Sicily which has many twists and turns including the Mafia.

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    7.4/10(5 votes)

    #18 - The Perfect Foil

    S2:E214/13/1986

    At the request of aunt Mildred, Jessica agrees to stop by New Orleans to check on cousin Cal while on her way to Houston. No sooner does Jessica get to New Orleans then she is tossed into a Mardi Gras party where the host ends up dead, and Cal is accused of the crime. While attempting to clear Cal's name and reputation, Jessica delves into the world of cheating poker players, cheating girlfriends and vengefilled police officers while trying to convince a local lieutenant that Cal is not capable of murder.

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    #19 - Birds of a Feather

    S1:E310/14/1984

    Jessica heads to San Francisco for the wedding of her niece, Victoria Brandon, only to learn that Victoria is having second thoughts because she suspects that her fiancé, Howard, is having an affair. Although Jessica and Victoria are relieved to learn that Howard isn't cheating but rather dressing up as a woman to perform at a nightclub, the relief is short lived when Howard is arrested for murdering his boss, Al Drake, who had been refusing to pay him. The police are convinced that Drake was shot during Freddy York's act, which doesn't leave a lot of time, but Jessica is determined to prove Howard's innocence.

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    #20 - Corned Beef And Carnage

    S3:E511/2/1986

    An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.

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    7.2/10(3 votes)

    #21 - Witness for the Defense

    S4:E310/4/1987

    Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.

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    #22 - School for Scandal

    S2:E410/20/1985

    When Jessica is offered an honorary degree from Crenshaw University, she has no idea she's about to become embroiled in a murder. After the boyfriend of (in)famous writer Daphne Clover is found murdered, Jessica agrees to assist the chief of police, who has never had a murder case before, find out who the killer is. She soon has more on her plate than she bargained for when first Daphne's mother confesses, then Daphne herself confesses. Jessica realises the two women are simply trying to protect each other, and begins to look at the faculty at the university.

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    #23 - Double Exposure

    S5:E194/30/1989

    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.

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    6.7/10(3 votes)

    #24 - J.B. As in Jailbird

    S5:E110/23/1988

    When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.

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    3.3/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Thursday's Child

    S7:E194/7/1991

    A woman turns up claiming that Jessica's late husband was the father of her child and he is in deep trouble involving fraud in his construction company and murder.

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