Jessica sets out to clear the name of a friend who is a prime suspect in a murder case.Jessica sets out to clear the name of a friend who is a prime suspect in a murder case.Jessica sets out to clear the name of a friend who is a prime suspect in a murder case.
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- A.D.A. Mel Comstock
- (as Pat Harrington)
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- TriviaThe characters of "Helmsley Post" -an aggressively macho writer of war stories - and "Adrian Winslow" - a waspish, perhaps homosexual author of historical novels - may be intended as outrageous caricatures of the real-life writers Norman Mailer and Gore Vidal, whose long-standing literary feud had been very much in the news shortly before this was filmed. The name "Post" for the Mailer character is another clue.
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[last lines]
Horace Lynchfield: Now, what I need is some cigarettes and a stiff drink. Let's get out of here, okay?
Jessica Fletcher: Oh! At the risk of sounding like a nag, Horace, you're gonna have to do something about your drinking.
Horace Lynchfield: Are you saying to cut back? That would be like depriving a race car of its gasoline.
Clerk: Oh. May I help you?
[Horace pulls out his gun-shaped lighter, the clerk sees it, screams and presses the alarm]
Jessica Fletcher: You might also consider giving up, uh, cigarettes.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
The episode is set at some sort of convention and awards ceremony for authors. As Jessica enters the hotel, she does something that is VERY tough to believe...she accepts an unsolicited manuscript from a would-be writer. I say this because I saw the show with a best-selling author...and she indicated to me that professional writers NEVER do this for a variety of reasons...particularly legal reasons. If an author accepts something and agrees to read it (which is unlikely, as their time is valuable), they could easily be accused to plagiarism later if in any way any of their stories remotely resembles the manuscript. I was also told that additionally publishers and agents warn authors never to read such things. Now most people watching the show will not realize this, so it's not like it's a serious problem in the script.
During the convention, there are a lot of egos and jerks and, not surprisingly, the biggest jerk of all is soon found dead. One of Jessica's friends is accused of the murder, and so, of course, she springs into action to solve the case.
The story is interesting...particularly the true story of what really happened. Additionally, the characters (minus Paul Sand, who plays pretty much the same guy he always played on TV shows) were good...particularly Robert Reed who played a wonderfully condescending and crabby guy (he was a real hoot to watch). Overall, a very solid episode..well worth seeing.
- planktonrules
- Oct 23, 2022