Season 4
Episodes
S4 · E1 · 20 Sept 1987 · 45 min
A Fashionable Way to Die
Ooh la la! Jessica travels to gay Paris to spend some time with an old friend... and finds herself entangled in a case involving fashion, finance and murder.
S4 · E2 · 27 Sept 1987 · 45 min
When Thieves Fall Out
A walk down memory lane is anything but pleasant for Jessica when she re-examines a 20 year-old case involving her close friends and former students.
S4 · E3 · 4 Oct 1987 · 45 min
Witness for the Defense
Jessica goes to Quebec to testify at the trial of a friend who is accused of killing his wife and burning his house.
S4 · E4 · 11 Oct 1987 · 45 min
Old Habits Die Hard
A terminally ill nun seems to have committed suicide which would be an unacceptable sin.
S4 · E5 · 25 Oct 1987 · 45 min
The Way To Dusty Death
After the 'accidental' death of a tycoon, his associates battle for position to succeed him.
S4 · E6 · 1 Nov 1987 · 45 min
It Runs In The Family
Cousin Emma in London has a new problem when someone serves her lover poisoned herring.
S4 · E7 · 8 Nov 1987 · 45 min
If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly
When Deputy Martin becomes a widower by murder, the investigation turns up some surprising activity.
S4 · E8 · 15 Nov 1987 · 45 min
Steal Me a Story
The special effects used by a TV producer are a real bomb.
S4 · E9 · 22 Nov 1987 · 45 min
Trouble in Eden
Hostility and other surprises await Jessica in a town where she's posing as her friend to investigate the rumoured murder of the friend's sister.
S4 · E10 · 29 Nov 1987 · 45 min
Indian Giver
A resident of Cabot Cove threatens the Native American who claims to own the land, and later is found dead.
S4 · E11 · 13 Dec 1987 · 45 min
Doom with a View
Grady gets into a spot again when he is found with the body of woman known from college days and now had been dating a frat brother who was married.
S4 · E12 · 3 Jan 1988 · 45 min
Who Threw the Barbitals in Mrs. Fletcher's Chowder?
Somebody laced Mrs. Fletcher's chowder and Amos' brutish brother-in-law was in for the long sleep.
S4 · E13 · 24 Jan 1988 · 45 min
Harbinger of Death
Jessica is thrilled to be visiting her niece Carrie and her husband Leonard, an astronomer dreaming of seeing a long-lost comet, but when Carrie's ex-boyfriend Drake Eaton is murdered in the home she's been staying in, Jessica has to prove not only her niece but also her husband innocent of murder.
S4 · E14 · 7 Feb 1988 · 45 min
Curse of the Daanav
Seth's family is touched by an ancient curse attached to the history of a ruby.
S4 · E15 · 14 Feb 1988 · 45 min
Mourning Among the Wisterias
Jessica visits her old friend Eugene McClendon, who soon stands accused of the murder of an old friend, Jonathan Keeler. While helping clear Eugene's name, Jessica learns that her friend believes he is dying, and is surprised when he asks her to marry him so that she can look after his affairs once he's gone. Jessica agrees, but only so that they can expose Jonathan's true killer.
S4 · E16 · 21 Feb 1988 · 45 min
Murder Through the Looking Glass
Jessica gets herself into a mess of trouble after overhearing the dying words of a professional hitman. When she investigates the murder of Adam Cosgrove, she soon discovers that no one seems to want to admit he's missing, let alone dead. With the help of a prickly police sergeant and a priest who isn't quite what he seems, Jessica discovers that the man who was killed was in charge of leading a top-secret government mission to protect a foreign diplomat, and that someone in the safehouse has gone to the other side.
S4 · E17 · 28 Feb 1988 · 45 min
A Very Good Year for Murder
The Gambini family gathers to celebrate the 75th birthday of the patriarch and a murder.
S4 · E18 · 13 Mar 1988 · 45 min
Benedict Arnold Slipped Here
Someone wants the old historic house enough to kill for it and its supposed hidden treasure AND Jessica is executor of the late owner's will.
S4 · E19 · 27 Mar 1988 · 45 min
Just Another Fish Story
Somebody put the maitre d' on ice. Jessica wonders if she has made a bad investment.
S4 · E20 · 10 Apr 1988 · 45 min
Showdown in Saskatchewan
Arson is intended to remove the Rodeo doctor and his patient permanently.
S4 · E21 · 1 May 1988 · 45 min
Deadpan
Two critics take opposite views of a play based on one of Jessica's novels, 'Mainly Murder'. One is suspected of the murder of the other.
S4 · E22 · 8 May 1988 · 45 min
The Body Politic
The suicide of a campaign manager who is suspected of having an affair with a married woman excites the press.
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