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Murder, She Wrote Season 5 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Sunday, October 23, 1988

Ended: Sunday, May 21, 1989

When does Murder, She Wrote Season 5 come out?

Murder, She Wrote Season 5 premiered Sunday, October 23, 1988 on CBS and ended Sunday, May 21, 1989. The season has 22 episodes.

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Murder, She Wrote Season 5 release schedule

Murder, She Wrote Season 5 episode release dates
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1. J.B. As in Jailbird

When Jessica is arrested for murder, secret agent Michael Haggerty and her nephew Grady conspire to keep her safely in jail while they seek the real killer.

Sunday · 38 years ago

2. A Little Night Work

A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.

Sunday · 38 years ago

3. Mr. Penroy's Vacation

The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.

Sunday · 38 years ago

4. Snow White, Blood Red

A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.

Sunday · 38 years ago

5. Coal Miner's Slaughter

The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.

Sunday · 37 years ago

6. Wearing of the Green

A Fletcher novel is the entree to a legendary actress who is a hermit refusing to meet anyone. The occasion is the theft of a famous tiara.

Sunday · 37 years ago

7. The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.

Sunday · 37 years ago

8. Prediction: Murder

A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.

Sunday · 37 years ago

9. Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.

Sunday · 37 years ago

10. Weave a Tangled Web

Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.

Sunday · 37 years ago

11. The Search for Peter Kerry

A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.

Sunday · 37 years ago

12. Smooth Operators

When a drunk is found dead in the alley, it raises a lot of questions. He was well dressed (but only one shoe) and had no id or money--a robbery or something else?

Sunday · 37 years ago

13. Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.

Sunday · 37 years ago

14. From Russia ... With Blood

A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.

Sunday · 37 years ago

15. Alma Murder

An old English professor is caught red-handed over a young girl's body and insists he did it, but a young man later confesses. Whodunit?

Sunday · 37 years ago

16. Truck Stop

Walter tells his story by way of black and white flashbacks which makes an interesting change from the usual. He has made a tape of the events that ended with his murder and we see the events unfold.

Sunday · 37 years ago

17. The Sins of Castle Cove

A red hot novel, written by a former Fletcher student, seems to expose the small town's secrets and inspires murder. Julie Adams, Gloria DeHaven, Kathryn Grayson and Ruth Roman appear again as the local gossips.

Sunday · 37 years ago

18. Trevor Hudson's Legacy

A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.

Sunday · 37 years ago

19. Double Exposure

In a strange case, Jessica bumps into an old friend who is supposed to be dead. His widow insists he is dead and Jessica hires Harry McGraw to investigate.

Sunday · 37 years ago

20. Three Strikes, You're Out

A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.

Sunday · 37 years ago

21. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

Eudora McVeigh, a rival mystery writer, arrives at Jessica's door with seemingly friendly intentions, but the discovery of a corpse and a web of deceit follows her to Cabot Cove leading Jessica to suspect the woman of ulterior and sinister motives.

Sunday · 37 years ago

22. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2) Finale

After Seth is hospitalized and diagnosed as poisoned, with an apple Eudora gave Jessica, she still believes in her colleague's innocence. Sheriff Metzger discovers the murdered P.I. was following her husband, Hank Shipton, and found him adulterous with rich Victor Casper's wife, Lisa. Hank's son, Bobby, is beaten up by local Arnie on account of pool bet debts. Jessica ties up all the loose ends.

Sunday · 37 years ago

Murder, She Wrote Season 5 guest stars

  • Kathryn Grayson

    Kathryn Grayson

    Ideal Molloy

  • John Dye

    John Dye

    Andy Broom

  • Dirk Benedict

    Dirk Benedict

    Dr. David Latimer

  • Richard Anderson

    Richard Anderson

    Lew Bracken

  • Joan Leslie

    Joan Leslie

    Lillian Appletree

  • Tony O'Dell

    Tony O'Dell

    Larry McIver

  • Jared Rushton

    Jared Rushton

    Travis Harmon

  • Erin Gray

    Erin Gray

    Andrea Dean

  • Danny Hassel

    Danny Hassel

    Lieutenant Gaynes

  • Lisa Pelikan

    Lisa Pelikan

    Jill Goddard

  • George Chakiris

    George Chakiris

    Eric Bowman

  • Lane Smith

    Lane Smith

    Pol. Chief Miles Underwood

  • David Wilson

    David Wilson

    Waiter

  • Jill Schoelen

    Jill Schoelen

    Flora Gerakaris

  • Gloria DeHaven

    Gloria DeHaven

    Phyllis Grant

  • Edward Winter

    Edward Winter

    Capt. Everett Larson

Murder, She Wrote Season 5 FAQ

When does Murder, She Wrote Season 5 come out?

Murder, She Wrote Season 5 premiered Sunday, October 23, 1988 on CBS.

How many episodes are in Murder, She Wrote Season 5?

Murder, She Wrote Season 5 has 22 episodes.

Are new episodes of Murder, She Wrote Season 5 released weekly?

New episodes are released weekly.

When is the Murder, She Wrote Season 5 finale?

The Murder, She Wrote Season 5 finale (Episode 22) aired Sunday, May 21, 1989.

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