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The
Episodes:
Season One (1984 - 1985)
Episode
1: Mord an Sherlock
Holmes
(The
Murder of Sherlock Holmes) |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
New York, NY
New Holvang, NY |
Jessica
Beatrice Fletcher
is established
as a substitute
English teacher
with an interest
in mysteries.
Her nephew finds
a manuscript
of one such
novel she had
written as therapy
after her husband,
Frank, died.
The nephew brings
it to a New
York publisher
played by Arthur
Hill. It promptly
becomes a bestseller,
and it is soon
followed by
a second book.
When Jessica
visits New York
to publicize
the new mystery,
she finds the
city, the media,
and even the
people on the
streets abusive.
Jessica is even
mugged, and
after three
days in New
York City, she
is muttering
that she has
been "insulted,
browbeaten,
and patronized".
Hill, her publisher,
agrees. "Believe
me", he
says, "it
took years to
get used to
this town".
He invites for
her a weekend
in his country
home to meet
"real people".
That is where
the murder occurs;
Jessica finds
herself attracted
to this publisher
of hers and
then discover
that he himself
is the murderer.
Taken
from Balancing
Act - The Authorized
Biography of
Angela Lansbury. Written by Martin Gottfried. Published
by Little,
Brown and Company.
© Copyright
1999 by Martin
Gottfried. |
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Episode
2: Jessica und
die Damen vom Boot
(Deadly Lady) |
Setting:
Cabot Cove,
ME |
| Four
daughters claim their
multimillionaire father
was swept overboard
from his yacht during
a hurricane. |
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Episode
3: Doppeltes
Spiel
(Birds of a
Feather) |
Setting:
San Francisco,
CA |
| Jessica
arrives in San Francisco
for a family wedding
only to face the task
of clearing the groom-to-be
of murder charges. |
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Episode
4: Im falschen
Film
(Hooray for
Homicide) |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
Los Angeles, CA |
| Jessica
is suspected of murdering
a movie producer who
wanted to turn her novel
into a trashy film. |
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Episode
5: Ein Hundeleben
(It's a Dog
Life) |
Setting:
Greenville,
VA |
| Jessica
delves into two investigations
when both her cousin
and his daughter die
mysteriously. |
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Episode
6: Der Studienfreund
(Lovers and
Other Killers) |
Setting:
Seattle, WA |
| Jessica
sets out to prove her
secretary isn't a murder
suspect. |
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Episode
7: Ohne jede
Chance
(Hit, Run and
Homicide) |
Setting:
Cabot Cove,
ME |
| An
eccentric inventor is
accused of murdering
his former partner. |
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Episode
8: Ein nahezu
perfekter Mord
(We're Off
to Kill the Wizard) |
Setting:
Near Chicago,
IL |
| Jessica
investigates the murder
of an amusement park
owner. |
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Episode
9: Der Tod kommt
zum Applaus
(Death Takes
a Curtain Call) |
Settings:
Boston, MA
Cabot Cove, ME |
| A
special night at the
ballet turns grisly
when Jessica encounters
murder. |
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Episode
10: Blind mit
offenen Augen
(Death Casts
a Spell) |
Setting:
Lake Tahoe,
NV |
| A
flamboyant hypnotist
is murdered in front
of several journalists
who are in a trance. |
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Episode
11: Jessica
in Amt und Würden
(Capitol Offense) |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
Washington, DC |
| Blackmail
and political intrigue
await Jessica when she
is assigned to replace
a deceased congressman
in Washington, DC. |
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Episode
12: Zum Broadway
um jeden Preis
(Broadway Malady) |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
New York, NY |
| A
Broadway legend's life
is threatened after
her daughter is seriously
injured in a mugging. |
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Episode
13: Mörderische
Freundschaft
(Murder to
a Jazz Beat) |
Setting:
New Orleans,
LA |
| Jessica
searches for clues when
a famous musician drops
dead onstage. |
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Episode
14: Gefährliche
Kreuzfahrt
(My Johnny
Lies Over the Ocean) |
Settings:
St. Thomas,
US Virgin Islands
Aboard a ship |
| Jessica's
niece, recovering from
her husband's suicide,
is terrorized on a cruise. |
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Episode
15: Der Tödliche
Pfeil
(Paint Me a
Murder) |
Setting:
An unknown island, Mediterranean
Sea |
| A
famous artist's birthday
celebration ends tragically
when he is murdered
at his island villa. |
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Episode
16: Jugendsüunde
mit Folgen
(Tough Guys
Don't Die) |
Settings:
Boston, MA
Cabot Cove, ME |
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Episode
17: Ein plötzlicher
Tod
(Sudden Death) |
Setting:
Unknown place |
| Jessica
must whittle down a
list of suspects when
the unpopular owner
of a football team is
found dead. |
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Episode
18: Der Tod
eines Schriftstellers
(Footnote to
Murder) |
Setting:
New York, NY |
| Jessica
sets out to clear the
name of a friend who
is a prime suspect in
a murder case. |
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Episode
19: Der Tod
kommt mit dem Bus
(Murder Takes
the Bus) |
Settings:
Cabot Cove,
ME
Outside the Cabot Cove
County |
| Jessica's
bus trip to Portland,
Maine, takes a dismal
turn when a passenger
is murdered. |
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Episode
20: Mord mit
Vorsatz
(Armed Response) |
Setting:
Dallas, TX |
| Jessica,
hospitalized with a
fractured leg, investigates
the murder of a fellow
patient. |
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Episode
21: Der Tod
des Showstars
(Murder at
the Oasis) |
Setting:
Desert Palms,
CA |
| Jessica
investigates the death
of her college roommate's
husband. |
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Episode
22: Dunkle Vergangenheit
(Funeral at
Fifty-Mile) |
Setting:
Fifty Mile,
WY |
| While
attenting the funeral
of her late husband's
military buddy, Jessica
unravels the mystery
behind another mourner's
death. |
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Synopses
courtesy of
TV
Now.com.
Used with permission |
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