Murder, She Wrote

1984

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  • 12
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Released: 30 September 1984 Ended
Producted By: Universal Television
Country: United States of America
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An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

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Drama, Crime, Mystery

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Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen
Inadvands Boring, over-political, tech fuzed mess
Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
ctyankee1 I have watched seasons 1 through 8 of Murder She Wrote series. I think there are 12 season. Angela Landsbury is the star and she is really talented. She plays Jessica Fletcher, JB Fletcher.Jessica Fletcher is a mystery writer in the series. She is a kind hearted, friendly and polite to everyone she meets. She really likes people in the stories. (I wish I had some of her characteristic.)She is great with facial expressions especially her eyes. She shifts her head in surprise or disappointment, non belief of a persons story, sadness and more. She does not have to say anything her expressions say it all. She always looks well dressed and beautiful. After watching so many of these episodes about 20 or more in each season it kind of like watching the same story. It seems like the writers want to make her a perfect, person with no flaws, smart and loving this is okay but constantly being re-enforced gets kind of boring.Some things I noticed, some repetitive:1. The first few season took place in Cabot Cove. Jessica does not drive and has friends drive her about. 2. She starts meeting different characters in Cabot Cove, nieces, nephews old friends. 3. Everyone she meets loves her. 4. Just about everyone she meets comments how they read all her books and that they have them. 5. She travels a lot to speak or visit and there is usually someone related to her in the earlier episodes. 6. She always meets someone at the airport she knows and many times it is a male friend that has known her for years who is infatuated with her. They compliment her take her out and tell her how wonderful she is. 7. She helps the police solve the crimes this is to be expected because she is a crime solver. She does put herself in physical danger by investigating on her own. 8. She has a lot of compassion for some of the criminals and their action which I do not like. 9. When the producer writes the scenes the actors usually over act. When they are angry they are more angry, when they are mad they are more mad and loud. It is like every actor is getting their own 15 minutes of fame. Some of them I don't think could even act. 10. There are a lot of older talented men and female actors in the stories that had their own series years ago. This is kind of nice. I forgot most of them till I saw them in the episodes.Sometimes the original characters like her friends the doctor and the sheriff in Cabot Cove are not seen for several episodes because of her traveling. Some episodes have her narrating the story while her friend Dennis Stanton tells her of a case he handled and then you just see the episode with Dennis solving a crime but his is funny and good as well. Another friend is MI5 secret agent who gets her in a lot of trouble.It is like similar scenes, different people, different cities and countries, different actors but very predictable accept for the murderer.Murder She Wrote reminds me of the writer of Charlie Chan. Everywhere Chan went he was well respected and well known. It is like the author wants you to love his character. In this series there is plenty of that.I do like the series though, there is no swearing, no nudity, and a good mystery.
inge001 I always loved "Murder, She Wrote" on TV, and that is why I bought several season box sets. During the television broadcast of the series I must have missed most of the episodes which were only introduced by Angela Lansbury and which featured several of J. B. Fletcher's "friends." So I was disappointed when the sixth season seems to overflow with these substitutes. I like Jessica solving crimes and not Bill Boyle, Michael Haggerty, Harry McGraw, Jake Ballinger or whoever else the writers came up with. For this reason and for this reason only I will not be buying any sets after the sixth. I would like to clarify that this has nothing to do with the fine actors who portray these people or with the quality of the writing. I am just stating my personal preference for J. B. Fletcher's unique style of solving crimes.
joshuawood2012 "Murder, She Wrote" is a great show starring Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher, a friendly mystery writer drawn into several murders that somehow pop up around her. This clever show is one of the few mystery shows that doesn't spell it out for you, but still allows the viewer to solve it with the characters. A plethora of interesting characters, some not quite properly developed, provides spice to the twelve seasons of the show. The major drawback to the show is a simple one. The twelve seasons of this show, with a murder a piece, is extremely unrealistic. This woman must be either a killer magnet or a brilliant serial killer. This simple problem isn't that big of a deal, and often provides a bit of humor to a show that seriously risks becoming stale, but manages not to after twelve seasons.
Ibuk I absolutely love this show. Angela Lansbury was great as Jessica Fletcher and made the show her own.The weird thing about this show is that Jessica Fletcher rarely had a love interest. She may not have had a love interest but she did have a lot of male companions who would regularly help her solve the murders, like for instance Seth Hazlet. She would be pondering about the murder and Seth would say something and suddenly everything would fit together and she would have the murderer. The show can be enjoyed by all but only if you see it as escapist fun that is not taxing on the brain. It shouldn't be seen as a realistic TV show, if viewers watch it expecting it to be realistic then they will be sorely disappointed. For instance to obtain evidence Jessica would break into offices, people who watch a lot of murder mysteries(like me) would know this evidence would be inadmissible in the court of law and the killer would get off scot free.The show ended in 96 but I normally catch it on reruns. Although I am a fan of the series but I still feel it should have ended after the 93 season. After the 93 season the plots became increasingly tired and predictable. In fact I thought the story lines became far more soapy, it became more about the characters and less about the murders.Out of all the murder mystery shows I watch I like this the most. It was fun to spot stars like Ceasar Romero (the Joker from the Batman T.V. series. Over the years most stars came on the show more than once but in different roles.