• Air date: 23 Oct '88 22 episodes
      The fifth season of Murder, She Wrote originally aired Sundays at 8:00-9:00 pm on CBS from October 23, 1988 to May 21, 1989. The Region 1 DVD was released on January 30, 2007.
  • List of Episodes (22)
    • 1. J.B. As in Jailbird

      23 Oct '88
      A colossal mix-up puts Jessica in jail as a suspect in a murder only she witnessed. British agent Hagarty returns.
    • 2. A Little Night Work

      30 Nov '88
      A senatorial hopeful is murdered and his wife's necklace stolen.
    • 3. Mr. Penroy's Vacation

      06 Nov '88
      The sisters used a new type of fertilizer to make their chrysanthemums best of show.
    • 4. Snow White, Blood Red

      13 Nov '88
      A blizzard interrupts a skiing vacation and traps everyone, including a killer.
    • 5. Coal Miner's Slaughter

      20 Nov '88
      The coal miner's daughter thinks the mine owner is responsible for her father's death and someone takes action.
    • 6. Wearing of the Green

      27 Nov '88
      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.
    • 7. The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel

      18 Dec '88
      The airplane her late husband bailed out of in 1952 has finally been found -- with a body inside.
    • 8. Prediction: Murder

      01 Jan '89
      A psychic's predictions have come true, convincing a rancher's daughter that the next one, a fatal fire, will happen.
    • 9. Something Borrowed, Someone Blue

      08 Jan '89
      Grady's wedding seems doomed when someone does in the persnickety housekeeper.
    • 10. Weave a Tangled Web

      15 Jan '89
      Things look bad when a married woman's keys are found by the body in a motel room and she can't explain why.
    • 11. The Search for Peter Kerry

      05 Feb '89
      A long missing heir turns up and trouble ensues.
    • 12. Smooth Operators

      12 Feb '89
      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?
    • 13. Fire Burn, Cauldron Bubble

      19 Feb '89
      A very attractive young witch appears in Cabot Cove making some residents wonder if she really died a century or so ago.
    • 14. From Russia ... With Blood

      26 Feb '89
      A purse snatcher gets Jessica in big trouble in Moscow. What they found in her purse shouldn't have been there.
    • 15. Alma Murder

      12 Mar '89
      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?
    • 16. Truck Stop

      02 Apr '89
      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.
    • 17. The Sins of Castle Cove

      09 Apr '89
      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.
    • 18. Trevor Hudson's Legacy

      16 Apr '89
      A small town editor in Montana threatens to claim in public that he is the real author of a dead man's manuscript.
    • 19. Double Exposure

      30 Apr '89
      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.
    • 20. Three Strikes, You're Out

      07 May '89
      A surprised burglar is blamed for the death of the team's pre-game TV Host.
    • 21. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (1)

      14 May '89
    • 22. Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall (2)

      21 May '89