Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather
Episode #	#1.03
Airdate	October 14, 1984
Murder
Location	San Francisco, CA
Victim	Al Drake
Method	Gunshot
Killer	Freddie York
Motive	Drake would not let York out of his contract.
Production crew
Director	John Llewellyn Moxey
Writer	Robert E. Swanson
Chronology
Previous	Deadly Lady
Following	Hooray for Homicide

Birds of a Feather is the third episode of the first season of Murder, She Wrote.

Summary

Pre-wedding jitters take on a new meaning for the fiancé of Jessica's niece when he's accused of a cabaret owner's murder.

Starring

• Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher

Guest Stars

Harry Guardino as Lt. Floyd Novack Bart Braverman as Bill Patterson Martin Landau as Al Drake Carol Lawrence as Candice Drake Barbara Rhoades as Barbara Stevenson	Gabe Kaplan as Freddie York Richard Gautier as Mike Dupont Genie Francis as Victoria Brandon Jeff Conaway as Howard Griffin

Co-Starring

• Robin Bach as Maitre d'
• John O'Leary as Minist
• William Edward Phipps as Charlie
• Brian Avery as M.C.
• Gary Pagett as Security Guard
• Herndon Jackson as Waiter #2
• Tony Ballen as Waiter
• Nick Savage as Leather Guy

DVD Release

This episode was released with the other 21 episodes of the first season of Murder, She Wrote in a variety of formats, the DVD's didn't contain any special features.

Box art	Title	Region	# of Discs	Release Date
	Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season	Region 1 (US & Canada)	3	March 29, 2005
	Substitute English Teacher Jessica Fletcher, has fame thrust upon her when her nephew Grady shows her manuscript to a publisher. It’s not long before Jessica is solving murders with the inquisitive mind that makes her a bestselling mystery writer. Jessica often finds herself in the middle of investigations; some more notable ones include investigating the death of a PI dressed as Sherlock Holmes at a private party and the subsequent murder of seafood mogul Caleb McCallum. The Death of Maine’s sole Congressman, whose seat Jessica must fill while investigating the death, and Jessica’s first meeting with Private Investigator Harry McGraw.
	Murder, She Wrote: Season 1	Region 2 (Europe)	6	August 29, 2005
	Substitute English Teacher Jessica Fletcher, has fame thrust upon her when her nephew Grady shows her manuscript to a publisher. It’s not long before Jessica is solving murders with the inquisitive mind that makes her a bestselling mystery writer. Jessica often finds herself in the middle of investigations; some more notable ones include investigating the death of a PI dressed as Sherlock Holmes at a private party and the subsequent murder of seafood mogul Caleb McCallum. The Death of Maine’s sole Congressman, whose seat Jessica must fill while investigating the death, and Jessica’s first meeting with Private Investigator Harry McGraw.
	Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 1st Season	Region 4 (Australasia)	6	May 2, 2007
	Substitute English Teacher Jessica Fletcher, has fame thrust upon her when her nephew Grady shows her manuscript to a publisher. It’s not long before Jessica is solving murders with the inquisitive mind that makes her a bestselling mystery writer. Jessica often finds herself in the middle of investigations; some more notable ones include investigating the death of a PI dressed as Sherlock Holmes at a private party and the subsequent murder of seafood mogul Caleb McCallum. The Death of Maine’s sole Congressman, whose seat Jessica must fill while investigating the death, and Jessica’s first meeting with Private Investigator Harry McGraw.
	Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 3	Region 2 (Europe)	18	November 20, 2006
	Here are the first three years of Jessicas carrer as a novelist. Notable cases include;investigating the death of a PI dressed as Sherlock Holmes at a private party and the subsequent murder of seafood mogul Caleb McCallum. The Death of Maine’s sole Congressman, whose seat Jessica must fill while investigating the death, and Jessica’s first meeting with Private Investigator Harry McGraw. The investigation into the death of a John Doe who may very well have been the Cabbot Cove hero Joshua Peabody, Jessica solving a murder while acting as foreperson on a jury and Another run in with PI Harry McGraw when the two are bidding against each other to get their hands on the diary of a sex symbol, however when the friend whom hired Jessica winds up dead, Harry must come to her rescue and the two pair up to solve the case. Another run in with MI6 Agent Michael Haggarty who drags Jessica into the middle of an international incident involving the defection of two East German Citizens and the murder of a fellow MI6 agent while on British Embassy grounds. Another run in with Harry McGraw, when he is arrested for the murder of a prominent Boxing Manager and investigating the death of a popular city mayor and his father which sheds some light on the shady individuals whom hold public office in the city.
	Murder, She Wrote: Seasons 1 - 5	Region 2 (Europe)	36	October 22, 2007
	Follow Jessica very eventful first Five years as a Mystery writer. Notable cases include;investigating the death of a PI dressed as Sherlock Holmes at a private party and the subsequent murder of seafood mogul Caleb McCallum. The Death of Maine’s sole Congressman, whose seat Jessica must fill while investigating the death, and Jessica’s first meeting with Private Investigator Harry McGraw. The investigation into the death of a John Doe who may very well have been the Cabbot Cove hero Joshua Peabody, Jessica solving a murder while acting as foreperson on a jury and Another run in with PI Harry McGraw when the two are bidding against each other to get their hands on the diary of a sex symbol, however when the friend whom hired Jessica winds up dead, Harry must come to her rescue and the two pair up to solve the case. Another run in with MI6 Agent Michael Haggarty who drags Jessica into the middle of an international incident involving the defection of two East German Citizens and the murder of a fellow MI6 agent while on British Embassy grounds. Another run in with Harry McGraw, when he is arrested for the murder of a prominent Boxing Manager and investigating the death of a popular city mayor and his father which sheds some light on the shady individuals whom hold public office in the city. Jessica's cousing Emma McGill must investigate when her close friend, The Viscount Blackraven, is poisoned and she is the only suspect, Jessica is forced to investigate who poisoned her meal when she hosts a dinner party for Amos' family and Jessica must Investigate the death of a campaign manager while simultaneously serving as the campaign's speech writer. Politics can be a deadly business! Jessica investigating a series of murders when she is snowed in at a ski lodge, Jessica going head to head with the KGB when she is accused of espionage and a man is killed attempting to escape from a state dinner and A Former top selling Mystery Novelist is consumed with jealousy of the prominent rise of JB Fletcher so hatches a plan to kill her.

See Also

• San Francisco Police Department

External Links

• Birds of a Feather at the Internet Movie Database