Murder in the Afternoon

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“Murder in the Afternoon”
Murder, She Wrote episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 3
Guest stars	Mackenzie Phillips
Written by	Paul Savage
Directed by	Arthur Allan Seidelman
Production no.	60302
Original airdate	October 13, 1985
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"Murder in the Afternoon" is the third episode in the second season of Murder, She Wrote. It first aired October 13, 1985 on CBS and guest stars Mackenzie Phillips.

[edit] Synopsis

Jessica Fletcher's niece Nita loves her role on a long-standing daytime soap opera, but worries about her job security when her character turns out to be the serial killer. Before long it's Nita herself who needs to worry when her boss ends up dead and Nita looks like the prime suspect.

[edit] Cast

• Angela Lansbury as Jessica Fletcher
• Mackenzie Phillips as Carol Needom
• Alice Krige as Nita Cochran
• Lloyd Nolan as Julian Tenley
• Terry Kiser as Gordon LaMonica
• Paul Burke as Herbert Upton
• William Atherton as Larry Holleran
• Nicholas Hammond as Todd Worthy
• Robert Lipton as Martin Grattop
• Tricia O'Neil as Bibi Hartman
• Robert Walden as Lt. Antonelli
• Jessica Walter as Joyce Holleran
• Lurene Tuttle as Agnes

[edit] Trivia

• This episode introduces Jessica's niece Nita Cochran. It is unclear whether she is Jessica's niece by blood or by marriage, but her parents (unnamed) are both deceased and she was raised by her grandmother, Agnes.