The eighth season of Murder, She Wrote began airing on September 15, 1991 and completed on May 17, 1992 with twenty-two episodes.
Summary[]
Return to the scene of the crime as all 22 episodes of Murder, She Wrote: Season Eight arrives on DVD in this 5-disc collectible set! Rejoin Angela Lansbury in the season that won her the Golden Globe for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. Writer/detective Jessica Fletcher (Lansbury) is always uncovering clues, whether she's at home in the charming town of Cabot Cove, teaching in New York City, or traveling the world. Along for the investigation are great guest stars, including Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), John Hillerman (Magnum PI), Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager), and more. Along with innumerable fans, Murder, She Wrote earned a phenomenal 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and 16 Golden Globe nominations, along with innumerable fans. Get ready for the best chapter yet!
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Episodes[]
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Prod. code | Original airdate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 155 | 1 | "Bite the Big Apple" | 67501 | September 15, 1991 |
| Jessica takes a teaching position in New York, gets an apartment and finds its previous tenant has been murdered. | ||||
| 156 | 2 | "Night Fears" | 67503 | September 22, 1991 |
| A professor and ex-cop challenges Jessica to a race to solve a series of campus muggings. | ||||
| 157 | 3 | "Unauthorized Obituary" | 67512 | September 29, 1991 |
| A murdered writer leaves a devoted sister, a grieving husband, and a tangle of secrets for Jessica to sort. | ||||
| 158 | 4 | "Thicker Than Water" | 67504 | October 6, 1991 |
| Sheriff Metzger assumes his younger brother, the black sheep of the family, is guilty as charged, of murder. | ||||
| 159 | 5 | "Lines of Excellence" | 67517 | November 3, 1991 |
| Jessica trades in her typewriter for a computer and Michael, one of her students, takes her to the company where he works to get setup. When one of their programmers is murdered, Michael is arrested. A missed phone call is the key. | ||||
| 160 | 6 | "Judge Not" | 67505 | November 10, 1991 |
| Jessica probes a 20-year-old unsolved murder after attending the funeral of a New Orleans jazz great. | ||||
| 161 | 7 | "Terminal Connection" | 67519 | November 17, 1991 |
| When a friend is charged with murdering her abusive husband, Jessica tries to help. | ||||
| 162 | 8 | "A Killing in Vegas" | 67513 | November 24, 1991 |
| Jessica tries to disprove charges against her friend's boyfriend, suspected of murdering a Las Vegas casino manager. | ||||
| 163 | 9 | "The Committee" | 67524 | December 1, 1991 |
| Jessica is the first women to speak at a function at an all-male club, then a member is murdered. | ||||
| 164 | 10 | "The List of Yuri Lermentov" | 67516 | December 15, 1991 |
| Once again, a reluctant Jessica is drawn into Michael Hagarty's spy world when a retiring KGB agent hides a coded list of undercover MI6 agents in her book at a Trade Reception. | ||||
| 165 | 11 | "Danse Diabolique" | 67507 | January 5, 1992 |
| Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it. | ||||
| 166 | 12 | "The Witch's Curse" | 67506 | January 12, 1992 |
| Cabot Cove suspects a woman playing a witch in a community play is the real thing. | ||||
| 167 | 13 | "Incident in Lot 7" | 67527 | January 19, 1992 |
| The would-be producer of the movie adaptation of Jessica's latest book dies. | ||||
| 168 | 14 | "The Monte Carlo Murders" | 67525 | February 2, 1992 |
| Jessica probes a Monte Carlo murder for which her hotelier friend is a suspect. | ||||
| 169 | 15 | "Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief" | 67528 | March 1, 1992 |
| Jessica gets involved in a British Intelligence operation's cover-up of a double agent's murder. | ||||
| 170 | 16 | "Ever After" | 67521 | March 8, 1992 |
| An actress neighbor involves Jessica in her husband's murder. | ||||
| 171 | 17 | "To the End Will I Grapple With Thee" | 67536 | March 15, 1992 |
| Jessica tackles the mystery of a man who apparently migrated from Ireland to New York for the sole purpose of taking revenge on an old friend of hers, but is killed himself. | ||||
| 172 | 18 | "Programmed for Murder" | 67526 | April 5, 1992 |
| A computer programmer's death may mean a malpractice suit for Seth, but Jessica suspects murder. | ||||
| 173 | 19 | "Day of the Dead" | 67535 | April 26, 1992 |
| The noise and costumes of the Mexican "Day of the Dead" fiesta make it hard for Jessica to identify a killer. | ||||
| 174 | 20 | "Angel of Death" | 67532 | May 3, 1992 |
| Martin Tremaine, a playwright haunted by his wife's suicide, loses another family member to murder. | ||||
| 175 | 21 | "Badge of Honor" | 67539 | May 10, 1992 |
| Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder. | ||||
| 176 | 22 | "Murder On Madison Avenue" | 67531 | May 17, 1992 |
| Jessica plays a real-life version of her own murder mystery board-game when the toy company she's working with becomes the scene of the crime. | ||||