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"Seal of the Confessional" is the second episode of the sixth season of Murder, She Wrote and its 112th episode overall. It aired on October 1, 1989.
Summary[]
Cabot Cove's new priest finds himself in a sticky situation when a murderer confesses their crime and he recruits Jessica to help him uncover the truth without violating his oath of silence.
Starring[]
Regular cast[]
Recurring cast[]
- Ron Masak as Sheriff Mort Metzger
- William Windom as Dr. Seth Hazlitt
Guest stars[]
- Bonnie Bartlett as Marilyn North
- Hunt Block as Father Donald Barnes
- Alan Feinstein as George Woodward
- Robert Horton as Jack Hutchings
- Lance Kerwin as Eddie Frayne
- Madlyn Rhue as Doris West
- Jennifer Runyon as Kelly Barrett
- Jon Cedar as Evan West
Trivia[]
- Jennifer Runyon appears twice in the Murder, She Wrote (1984) universe, her second appearance in Murder, Plain and Simple (1991) as the character Rebecca Beiler. Interestingly, actor Hunt Block makes his second appearance in the same episode as a different character, too.
- This is the first of three appearances for Hunt Block. He also appears in Murder, Plain and Simple as Reuben Stoltz and Programmed for Murder (1992) as Dr Jonas Beckwith.
- Final acting credit of Robert Horton.
- The title refers to the vow of silence or the bond between the priest and the confessor about the deeds that are revealed during the Roman Catholic Rite of Confession.
Home media releases[]
Item | Region | Release date |
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Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Sixth Season | Region 1 | April 17, 2007 |
Murder, She Wrote: Season 6 | Region 2 | September 10, 2007 |
Murder, She Wrote: The Complete 6th Season | Region 4 | November 21, 2007 |
External links[]
- "Seal of the Confessional" at the Internet Movie Database