S9.E13

Dead Eye

Episode aired Feb 7, 1993
TV-PG
47m

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Angela Lansbury in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy assassination are all part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve both an old murder and a new one.Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy assassination are all part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve both an old murder and a new one.Murder, missing persons, and the Kennedy assassination are all part of the mysteries Jessica must face to solve both an old murder and a new one.

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6.7/10

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Trivia
Showing actual news footage of the killing of Lee Harvey Oswald makes this the only time a real murder was seen on screen in the series.

Goofs
As everyone was looking for some negatives of photographs taken in 1963, Private Investigator Charlie Garrett (Wayne Rogers) stated that he received them in an envelope bearing a postmark of November 25, 1963. That was the day of John F Kennedy's funeral in which then president Johnson proclaimed across the country, schools, businesses, and government offices closed in observance of the day of mourning. This included the post office which could not have produced a cancellation for that date.

Quotes
Charlie Garrett: Then why would he have moved to Coral City in the first place? And then why would he have stayed all those years?
Police Chief Thurman Gillis: Pardon me. Did it ever occur to you that he might have just plain liked the place?
Charlie Garrett: No, not really.

Crazy credits
Opening scenes plot setting: CORAL CITY, FLORIDA, NOVEMBER 24, 1963 - MIAMI, FLORIDA PRESENT DAY

Soundtracks
Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

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7/10

Dead Eye is pretty good.

Jessica investigates a recent death, a historical death, and a series of missing negatives, all of which are linked to one of America's biggest crimes, the assassination of JF Kennedy.

I can see from reading some of that reviews that this isn't a highly regarded episode, I'm so often in agreement with several of my fellow reviewers, but in this instance I have to disagree, the plot is off the wall, but come on it's Murder, she wrote, when wasn't it.

I personally enjoyed it, it's possibly the grittiest episode of Murder, she wrote up until this point, it's worlds away from the cosy Cabot Cove set episodes, and it seems like one of the only occasions where a real life crime is used.

I really liked the characters and acting, in particular I enjoyed Al Ruscio, what a voice.

Fair play that's the quickest time for spotting a microphone, she gets a gold star for that one.

Better than expected, 7/10.