Lovers and Other Killers
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| “Lovers and Other Killers” | |
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| Murder, She Wrote episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Guest stars | Peter Graves |
| Written by | Peter S. Fischer |
| Directed by | Allen Reisner |
| Production no. | 59207 |
| Original airdate | November 18, 1984 |
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"Lovers and Other Killers" is the fifth episode in the first season of Murder, She Wrote. It first aired on November 18, 1984 on CBS. It's written by Peter S. Fischer and guest stars Airplane! star Peter Graves.
[edit] Synopsis
Jessica Fletcher agrees to a series of lectures at a Seattle university as a favor to an old friend, Edmund Gerard, and soon finds herself mixed up in a murder mystery after David Tolliver, the young man that she hires to work as her secretary while she's there, is accused of having killed Allison Brevard, an older woman who had given David money. Jessica decides to try to help the young man who, although she believes is a liar and a con artist, she does not believe to be a killer. Things get worse David's supposed alibi, Lila Schroeder, is found murdered, and Jessica learns that there were a number of people who had reason to want Lila dead.
[edit] Cast
- Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
- Peter Graves as Dr. Edmund Gerard
- Grant Goodeve as Jack Schroeder
- Greg Morris as Lt. Andrews
- Andrew Prine as Prof. Todd Lowery
- Lory Walsh as Lila Schroeder
- Andrew Stevens as David Tolliver
[edit] Quotes
David Tolliver: You know, I was enjoying the writing. Send me a copy of the book when it's finished?
Jessica Fletcher: I may do better. You may end up being a character.
David Tolliver: (light-heartedly) What would I be -- a victim, a suspect, killer?
Jessica Fletcher: I don't know. (looks serious) I haven't made up my mind yet. (Jessica walks away and Tolliver stops smiling, no longer pretending to be the happy-go-lucky grad student.)
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Jessica Fletcher: You seem more upset by me than you are by your wife's death, Mr. Schroeder.
Jack Schroeder: Life goes on.
Jessica Fletcher: You did threaten to kill her.
Jack Schroeder: Yeah, I also threatened to win a gold medal at the last Olympics. I didn't even make the team. I'm real bad at follow-through.
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Jack Schroeder: You ask a lot of questions.
Jessica Fletcher: I'm nosy.
Universal Television • Corymore Productions
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