A lying TV consumer advocate is killed and suspicion lands on one of the clients whose products he maligned.A lying TV consumer advocate is killed and suspicion lands on one of the clients whose products he maligned.A lying TV consumer advocate is killed and suspicion lands on one of the clients whose products he maligned.
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Mark C. Phelan
- Uniformed Cop
- (as Mark Phelan)
Robert Buckingham
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first episode directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw, Angela Lansbury's son.
- GoofsWhen Jessica is traveling to the crime scene with Jayne Honig, they are on what appears to be a highway with two lanes going in their direction. A vehicle behind them speeds up and starts to pass. Within 1-2 seconds, Jayne's car slows to a stop at the crime scene at the end of a street that is blocked off by police, and the passing vehicle has disappeared.
- Quotes
Jessica Fletcher: [to the murderer] Is that your solution? To kill me?
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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The bottom line is murder
In Denver to appear on a TV book-review show, Jessica (Angela Lansbury) witnesses a nasty confrontation on the set of a consumer-advocacy show hosted by the pompous and abrasive Steve Honig (Robert F. Lyons). Soon afterward, Honig is murdered, and the main suspect is one of the targets of the victim's on-the-air wrath. Jessica, however, quickly learns that practically everyone in the studio--if not everyone in Denver--had ample motive to kill Honig, whose "advocacy" could be bought at the right price.
Another egomaniac and nasty character bites the dust and one of Jessica's friends gets accused of murder. It's a formula that is well done, sprinkled with humour - the detective is a nonce - and enjoyable mystery. Jessica figured it out with the help of a guy who collects trash of famous celebrities. Loved Jessica's expression when he said love your books, love collecting trash. Of course, he wasn't talking about her books.
Another egomaniac and nasty character bites the dust and one of Jessica's friends gets accused of murder. It's a formula that is well done, sprinkled with humour - the detective is a nonce - and enjoyable mystery. Jessica figured it out with the help of a guy who collects trash of famous celebrities. Loved Jessica's expression when he said love your books, love collecting trash. Of course, he wasn't talking about her books.
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- coltras35
- Aug 25, 2023
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- 13726 Oxnard St. Valley Glen, California, USA(Hoppe's Old Heidelberg German Restaurant, interior and exterior shots)
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