Episode
Murder, She Wrote: Deadline for Murder
Overview
A veteran reporter, who suffered a heart attack, says his best medicine would be the removal of his publisher who has turned a good paper into a yellow rag.
Details
- Series
- Murder, She Wrote
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1986-11-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Deadline for Murder is Episode 7 in Season 3 of Murder, She Wrote. It aired on 1986-11-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 6: Dead Man's Gold
While diving for sunken treasure near Cabot Cove, a young woman is murdered.
Episode 8: Magnum on Ice (II)
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).
More episodes from this season
Episode 5: Corned Beef And Carnage
An adman handling the account of a fast-food chain is murdered and Jessica smells something funny.
Episode 9: Obituary for a Dead Anchor
Jessica reluctantly agrees to do an interview for an old friend, Paula Roman, but is surprised when Kevin Keats, a journalist who had been doing a series of stories on an art dealer who was really a drug dealer, shows up to do the interview, complete with cameras and crew. After Kevin is presumed dead when a boat Amos chartered for him explodes, Cabot Cove explodes with press and paparazzi, and the citizens blame Jessica for all the problems it causes, demanding that she solve the mystery. Unfortunately, once Keats is revealed to be alive and well, the real question is who the true target was.
Episode 4: One White Rose for Death
Attending a concert in Washington, D.C., Jessica gets involved with two East German defectors and a murder.
Episode 10: Stage Struck
The murder of the leading lady's understudy disrupts rehearsals of a play starring two previously married, but now warring, actors.
Episode 3: Unfinished Business
A retired policeman decides to re-examine an old case he never solved in which Seth was a strong suspect.
Episode 11: Night of the Headless Horseman
The 'headless' horseman rides again, but his costume becomes more realistic.
Episode 2: Death Stalks the Big Top (2)
Conclusion. Despite her brother-in-law's confession, Jessica refuses to believe he killed the circus foreman. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Preston Bartholomew: Alex Cord. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.
Episode 12: The Corpse Flew First Class
Theft and murder of the courier occur on board a jet bound for London.
Episode 1: Death Stalks the Big Top (1)
Jessica's niece receives a gift from her grandfather---a man long thought dead---which leads Jessica (Angela Lansbury) to a circus beset by accidents and murder. Part 1 of two. Neil Fletcher: Jackie Cooper. Edgar Carmody: Martin Balsam. Brad Kaneally: Greg Evigan. Katie McCallum: Pamela Susan Shoop.
Episode 13: Crossed Up
The phone wires get crossed during a storm and Jessica can't convince anyone that what she heard was real.