Episode
Murder, She Wrote: The Bottom Line Is Murder
Overview
A lying TV Consumer advocate is killed. Was it done by one of the clients whose products he maligned?
Details
- Series
- Murder, She Wrote
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1987-02-15
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Bottom Line Is Murder is Episode 15 in Season 3 of Murder, She Wrote. It aired on 1987-02-15. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 20: The Cemetery Vote
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