S10.E4

The Phantom Killer

Episode aired Oct 24, 1993
TV-PG
47m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.Jessica comes to the aid of a promising young reporter when he is suspected of murdering a rival magazine's unscrupulous publisher.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

299

YOUR RATING

7User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos5

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Actor Reiner Schöne, who plays photographer Hans Dietrich, also plays a photographer in a two-part episode of Matlock: The Picture: Part 1 (1992).

Quotes
[last lines]
Ben Forman: Hey, oh, and Abby's going to be doing this great role, a-a real plum, at this little theater in Connecticut.
Jessica Fletcher: Oh, well, I certainly hope that Gary Mannion isn't negotiating your deal.
Ben Forman: We've severed that relationship.
Abby Peters: Ben is my manager now. Oh, and you should hear him on the phone, Mrs. Fletcher. He is a regular killer.
Dean Richards: Yeah.

Connections
References Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)

Soundtracks
Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

User reviews7

Featured review

5/10

A weaker episode.

Jessica helps out clumsy young writer Ben Foreman, a promising young writer whom she's been helping, when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of Harrison Kane, an unscrupulous and devious Magazine owner.

I found this one almost impossible to get into, I didn't care for the story, and I really struggled to get into any of the characters, Ben was too clumsy, that horrendous haircut and the goofy dropping things and knocking things over was just too much.

There is thing of note, when you think of what happened between Abbie and Harrison, it puts you in mind of the diabolical behaviours which led to the whole Me2 movement. How much of it went on, it's sickening to contemplate.

I didn't care for the episode, but once again, it was great to see Herb Edelman back again, he was great.

Sadly it's not too tough to work out whodunnit, this was the first weak episode for a while.

5/10.