TV series
She may be wrong. But frankly, we doubt it.
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Streaming, rental and purchase options
Checked Jul 22, 2026
Murder, She Wrote is available to stream on DirecTV On Demand and Philo in United States. You can also buy it from Amazon, Apple TV, and Fandango at Home. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.
Choose an episode, then use the watch options above for the show.
Episode 1
During the Milan Film Festival, famous fim producer Catherine Wayne is murdered.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Laurence HeathGuest stars Paul Gleason, George DiCenzo, Susan Blakely, George Coe, Robert Desiderio, Robert Harper, Gary Kroeger, Leah Pinsent
Episode 2
Jessica's former student, a reporter, returns to Cabot Cove with new evidence on a 30-year-old scandal involving two of the founding families.
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Robert HamnerGuest stars Brian McNamara, Ron Masak, Paul Carr, William Windom, Louis Herthum, Charley Lang, David Newsom, Debra Stipe
Episode 3
Jessica is mistaken for someone else and kidnapped at the airport. When the woman she is mistaken for is killed, Jessica finds the murderer.
Written by Tom SawyerGuest stars Lewis Smith, Melinda Culea, Ken Howard, Herb Edelman, Lew Saunders, Joseph Bologna, Francis Guinan, John Allsopp
Episode 4
While they are visitors at an estate in Ireland, Jessica and friend Seas are convinced that their host's demise is not from natural causes.
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Michael Alldredge, Shirley Anne Field, Don Knight, Pat Crawford Brown, George Hearn, Mark Lindsay Chapman, Shay Duffin, John Finnegan
Episode 5
Jessica is appalled when, upon returning to New York City, she finds herself caricatured as a fox in a politically satirical comic strip with libelous dialogue.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Jon Polito, Patrick Macnee, Diana Bellamy, Harvey Fierstein, George Furth, Robin Gammell, Kris Kamm, Susan Kellermann
Episode 6
The legend of a stage coach robber's hidden treasure leads to the murder of an old mining town entrepreneur.
Directed by Jerry JamesonGuest stars Graham Greene, Frederick Coffin, Steve Forrest, Mariette Hartley, Gary Kasper, James Stephens, Nicolas Surovy, Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman
Episode 7
Agent Michael Hagarty is arrested for the murder of his estranged daughter's crooked fiancee.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyWritten by Robert E. SwansonGuest stars Kim Johnston Ulrich, Kevin Kilner, Len Cariou, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Donna Bullock, James Handy, Lenore Kasdorf, James Shigeta
Episode 8
After a tycoon disappears, a psychic divines that the has been murdered--then she is found dead!
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Jessica Tuck, John D'Aquino, Michael E. Knight, Louise Latham, Natalija Nogulich, John Rubinstein, Rita Taggart, Wayne Tippit
Episode 9
The return of a Gulf War veteran and his reunion with his fiancée is marred by his big secret.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawGuest stars Ron Masak, William Windom, Sean O'Bryan, Amy Brenneman, Corinne Bohrer, Louis Herthum, Diane Baker, Larry Wilcox
Episode 10
The last sound the producer hears is not from a record.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawGuest stars Mary Beth Evans, Robert Knepper, Richard Beymer, Edd Byrnes, Miles O'Keeffe, Alexia Robinson, Michael Tolan, Jonathan Goldsmith
Episode 11
The personal manager of a 'resting' actor dies just as his client returns to the stage.
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by J. Michael StraczynskiGuest stars Keene Curtis, Ron Masak, William Windom, Julie Adams, Louis Herthum, Dennis Christopher, Peter Donat, Bradford Dillman
Episode 12
The confessional is the site of the last rites as an estranged father seeks absolution from his priest son.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Laurence HeathGuest stars Julius Carry, Robert Beltran, Ismael 'East' Carlo, Raymond Cruz, Rosanna DeSoto, Dan Ferro, Judith Jones, Mark Adair-Rios
Episode 13
Are the disappearance of a private eye in 1963 and the Kennedy assassination of the same year connected?
Directed by Jerry JamesonWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Jason Stuart, Tom Alan Robbins, Al Ruscio, Stewart Moss, Wayne Rogers, Julian Christopher, Ben Masters, Linda Purl
Episode 14
The prospective owner of a radio station in the prairies is killed before the sale goes through.
Guest stars Stephen Caffrey, William Lucking, Lindsay Crouse, Georgia Emelin, Harry Guardino, Lyman Ward, Jeff Yagher, Victor Brandt
Episode 15
Was a Beverly Hills florist killed because he was supplying more than flowers for gossip magazine editors?
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Donald RossGuest stars Denise Miller, Sandahl Bergman, Robert Firth, Penny Fuller, John Gabriel, Richard Herd, Sally Kellerman, Taylor Nichols
Episode 16
A recluse is terrified when the killer she sees in her dreams tries to see her in real life.
Directed by Vincent McEveetyGuest stars Michael Zelniker, Eddie Barth, Margot Kidder, Cynthia Nixon, David Soul, Herb Edelman, Andrew Bloch, Tom Isbell
Episode 17
The town is concerned when a local fisherman dies, but concern turns to confusion when a second body is discovered aboard a fishing boat. Both men died from carbon monoxide poisoning, but seem to have no connection until the fisherman's daughter receives her father's logbook and nautical charts in the mail.
Directed by Jerry JamesonWritten by Mark A. BurleyGuest stars Ron Masak, William Windom, Julie Adams, Louis Herthum, Chad Everett, Gregg Henry, Michael Beck, Hope Lange
Episode 18
Jessica knows her former researcher is a congenital liar, so why should she believe her now?
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawWritten by Tom SawyerGuest stars Molly Hagan, Richard Libertini, Jeffrey Nordling, Wallace Langham, Edward Winter, Evelyn Keyes, Sam Anderson, Christine Belford
Episode 19
A delivery boy says he was only a witness when he is found kneeling beside the victim.
Directed by Walter GraumanWritten by Mary Ann Kasica, Michael ScheffGuest stars Beth Howland, Sheila MacRae, Neil Patrick Harris, Liz Vassey, Raymond Serra, Clifton Powell, Laurence Luckinbill, John Bennett Perry
Episode 20
A pleasant cruise is marred by the discovery that there are thieves on board and possibly a murderer.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawGuest stars Albie Selznick, George Tovar, Keith Michell, Dwier Brown, Michelle Johnson, Jane Withers, Lee Meriwether, Jon Cypher
Episode 21
Jessica's computer tech becomes an inadvertent target when she dates an undercover cop, whom she has just met.
Directed by Anthony Pullen ShawGuest stars Stan Shaw, Monte Markham, Kasi Lemmons, Wolfgang Bodison, Ned Bellamy, Julio Oscar Mechoso, James Pickens Jr., Elayn J. Taylor
Episode 22
The death of a novelist's assistant seemed to be a case of mistaken identity.
Written by Chris ManheimGuest stars Andrea Roth, Ron Masak, Yvonne Suhor, William Windom, Carroll Baker, William Katt, Louis Herthum, John David Bland
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Angela LansburyJessica Fletcher
Tom BosleyAmos Tupper
Richard PaulSam Booth
Ron MasakMort Metzger
Julie AdamsEve Simpson
Leonard LightfootDetective Henderson
William WindomSeth Hazlitt
CBSUnited States
Universal TelevisionUnited States
