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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.
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