Best Episodes
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Written by Sophie and last updated on jan 26, 2023.
PS: The following content contains spoilers!
PPS: I will admit that parts of this page was written with the help of AI - it makes my work so much easier to not start from a blank page!
While attending a special ballet performance, Jessica helps solve the backstage murder of a young dancer by a defecting ballerina.
The episode was rated 7.45 from 62 votes.
A Wyoming rancher leaves all to an ill-fated stranger, to the disgust of his disinherited daughter.
The episode was rated 7.45 from 55 votes.
Jessica's niece is terrorized on a cruise intended to take her mind off her husband's recent death...or is he dead?
The episode was rated 7.46 from 68 votes.
While in Seattle lecturing at the university, Jessica is convinced that the young man she hired as her secretary is not a killer.
The episode was rated 7.47 from 83 votes.
Jessica helps a most unconventional neighbor who is accused of murdering his former partner with one of his inventions.
The episode was rated 7.47 from 76 votes.
Over Jessica's protests, she is taken to a hospital after a minor accident in the airport.
The episode was rated 7.51 from 61 votes.
An unpublished manuscript is stolen and its author murdered during an awards convention.
The episode was rated 7.55 from 67 votes.
An unpopular show-business personality discovers that elaborate security systems are no guarantee of safety.
The episode was rated 7.57 from 56 votes.
After a terrible storm, Stephen Earl's four daughters tell Sheriff Tupper that their father died while they were out on the boat. Jessica is only midly intrigued; she finds Ralph, the older gentleman who has offered to work for food, much more intriguing, especially since it is obvious he comes from money. The womens' stories about what happened on the boat change constantly, but once Ralph is found dead and later found to be Stephen Earl, Jessica has to help Amos wage through the inconsistencies in the four Earl daughters storylines to determine who killed their father and why.
The episode was rated 7.57 from 131 votes.
Jessica is assigned to fill the empty seat of a deceased congressman for a brief period of time and finds a great deal of political game-playing in Washington.
The episode was rated 7.62 from 73 votes.
Jessica is asked to help solve the "impossible" murder of a wealthy, and much disliked, amusement park owner.
The episode was rated 7.65 from 85 votes.
Retired schoolteacher Jessica Fletcher is shocked to find out that not only did her nephew send her manuscript to a publisher, but it's been accepted! Jessica is caught up in a whirlwind of publicity tours, book signings, and public appearances, but everything takes a turn when she attends a costume party and a private investigator dressed as Sherlock Holmes ends up facedown in the pool, shot. Jessica initially tries to stay out of things until her nephew Grady becomes the prime suspect, and Jessica decides to take matters into her own hands while fighting her attraction to Preston Giles, the first man to interest her since the death of her husband Frank.
The episode was rated 7.68 from 200 votes.
Jessica suddenly must learn all about football when she inherits an interest in a professional team.
The episode was rated 7.75 from 57 votes.
Bus trips are not always as relaxing as they should be. In this case, one passenger had a one-way ticket.
The episode was rated 7.82 from 77 votes.
Jessica meets Harry McGraw and they figure out which one of three cases may contain the motive for the death of a private detective. One dates back 25 years.
The episode was rated 7.86 from 59 votes.
