Amazon.com DVD Review - There are two audiences for this DVD compilation of the first season of the enormously popular TV series Murder, She Wrote. The first enjoys the classic pleasures of the pre-forensics "whodunit," stories in which murder was not so much a crime as a logic puzzle; the joy here lay in how skillfully a writer could misdirect you. Murder, She Wrote--in which mystery writer Jessica Fletcher constantly stumbles across dead bodies in every setting imaginable, from a San Francisco drag show to a football field--doesn't have the elegance of an Agatha Christie or Rex Stout mystery, but the show was efficient at laying out its clues and cunningly used the audience's familiarity with television itself (the relative star power of the guests, the need for a dramatic high point before every commercial break, etc.) to mislead and manipulate. And of course Angela Lansbury, as Fletcher, was an ideal television presence: Warm and friendly, but with just a hint of the fierce, steely will she revealed in The Manchurian Candidate. Lansbury drove the show through an impressive twelve seasons (for which she received twelve Emmy nominations), plus multiple TV movies after its cancellation.
The other audience for Murder, She Wrote: The Complete First Season consists of viewers for whom names like Bert Convy, Dack Rambo, and Barbara Babcock send waves of guilty pleasure down their spines. The promotional materials for this boxed set make much ado about brief appearances by stars-to-be like Andy Garcia (who appears briefly as "1st White Tough" in the pilot TV movie) and Joaquin Phoenix (who's around 10 years old and still going by the name Leaf), but every single episode is a festival of B-, C-, and Z-grade celebrities from the 1970s and '80s: Claude Akins, Tom Bosley, Jeff Conaway, David Doyle, Samantha Eggar, Lynda Day George, Morgan Brittany, Belinda Montgomery, Gabe Kaplan, and Lyle Waggoner, just to name a handful. Some of these names may be forgotten, but their faces (and scenery-chewing performances) will spark a Proustian rush of television memories. --Bret Fetzer

Emmy Award nominee Angela Lansbury is back on the case in all 22 episodes of the critically acclaimed series, Murder, She Wrote Season Two. Rejoin Jessica Fletcher, everyone's favorite mystery writer, back in Cabot Cove, where she pens her whodunit books and keeps finding that her life is imitating her art. Teamed with some of the biggest guest stars on television, including Jerry Orbach, Adrienne Barbeau, Dick Van Patten and Carol Lawrence, Jessica continues her quest to find the truth in even the murkiest circumstances. Catch the complete second season of Murder, She Wrote, the classic mystery series that "...remains well worth revisiting two decades later" (Josef Adalian, Daily Variety).

Get ready to open another chapter of TV’s most beloved crime series, Murder, She Wrote, with all 22 entertaining episodes from The Complete Third Season! Acclaimed actress Angela Lansbury won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama in this season, and it’s no big mystery to see why. From international espionage to insurance scams to murder in the air, Jessica Fletcher (Lansbury) is the only one clever enough to read between the lines and see the clues nobody knew were there. Along for the chase are a stunning line-up of guest stars, including George Clooney, Courteney Cox, Leslie Nielsen, Tom Selleck and many, many more. It’s a mystery lover’s dream come true!

22 entertaining episodes from The Complete Fourth Season! Golden Globe® winner Angela Lansbury returns as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher. Amazing line-up of guest stars including Janet Leigh Dean Jones Frank Gorshin Eli Wallach Dean Stockwell Shirly Jones and many many more.

Amazon.com DVD Review - Season 5 finds Murder, She Wrote's intrepid Jessica Fletcher in fine sleuthing form, and venturing farther afield from Cabot Cove--a good thing, since at the rate the murders have been happening, that town would be nearly cleaned out. Some of the best episodes take place in more exotic locales like New York (dead man on the street, wearing just one shoe), Montana (a publishing convention gone horribly wrong) and West Virginia (two whistle-blowers at a coal company found gruesomely murdered). Angela Lansbury sparkles with determination and bonhomie, hitting her stride and then some. Jessica's own life backstory is even filled out tantalizingly, especially in the episode "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel," in which an investigation is launched into a mysterious cargo plane that is linked, she learns to her horror, to her late husband. The series' other delight is watching for cameos by stars of a certain age, and this season doesn't disappoint, with appearances by Roddy McDowall, Shelley Fabares, and Dinah Shore--but also some up-and-comers like Megan Mullally (proof positive that the Will & Grace whine was a put-on) and future satirist Bill Maher. Extras include a fresh and beguiling interview with Lansbury, who clearly relishes the gift the role of Fletcher was in the latter part of her acting career, as well as other members of the cast and crew. --A.T. Hurley

Get ready for another chapter in this collection of clever, entertaining mysteries as all 22 episodes of Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Sixth Season arrive on DVD! Rejoin Angela Lansbury in the season that won her the Golden Globe for Best Actress as writer/detective Jessica Fletcher, who's always uncovering crime whether she's nestled in the charming town of Cabot Cove or traveling the world. On the case with her is an impressive lineup of guest stars, including Megan Mullally, Erin Gray and Bill Maher. Featuring exclusive interviews with Angela Lansbury and members of the cast and crew, this 5-disc set includes the beloved sleuth's thrilling involvements with international espionage, high society crime, and low-life mercenaries. The sixth season of Murder, She Wrote earned 4 Emmy and two Golden Globe nominations and thrilled fans and critics alike. Return to the scene of the crime!

Get ready for yet another chapter of television's most clever series as all 22 episodes of Murder She Wrote: The Complete Seventh Season arrive on DVD! Rejoin Golden Globe winner Angela Lansbury as writer/detective Jessica Fletcher in the season that earned a Golden Globe nomination and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations! With her at the scene of the crime is an impressive lineup of guest stars, including Patricia Neal and the iconic Jerry Orbach. This 6-disc set includes the entertaining Bonus Feature "The Perils of Success" (exclusive interviews with Lansbury and other members of the cast and crew) and a season highlights reel. Whether Jessica is partnered with insurance investigator Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell), making her case in Nashville or even working to clear her own name, it's no mystery why the acclaimed series earned 41 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and 16 Golden Globe nominations during its many years of broadcast. Murder She Wrote: The Complete Seventh Season: so good, it's a crime!

Get ready to open another chapter of TV's most beloved crime series, Murder, She Wrote, with all 22 episodes from The Complete Eighth Season! Golden Globe® winner Angela Lansbury returns as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, and more people are turning up dead wherever she ventures. But, Jessica is the only one clever enough to read between the lines and see the clues nobody knew were there.

Get ready to open another chapter of TV's most beloved crime series, Murder, She Wrote, with all 22 episodes from The Complete Ninth Season! Golden Globe® winner Angela Lansbury returns as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher, and with more 'Cabot Cove Syndrome' happening, more people are turning up dead wherever she ventures. Jessica (Lansbury) is the only one clever enough to read between the lines and see the clues nobody else knew were there. Along for the chase are amazing guest stars like Harvey Fierstein (Independence Day), Jon Polito (Miller's Crossing), David Soul (Starsky & Hutch), Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), plus many others. Bookmark another chapter of the thrilling mystery with the 5- disc collection of Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Ninth Season.

TV legend Angela Lansbury returns to her acclaimed and admired role as mystery writer Jessica Fletcher in all 21 entertaining episodes of Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Tenth Season. Loaded with the shocking surprises and clever storylines that fans of this 41-time Primetime Emmy® nominated and 16-time Golden Globe® nominated series have come to expect, this compelling season follows Jessica as she investigates crimes from the far reaches of the globe to her own doorstep in the sleepy town of Cabot Cove. With such amazing guest stars as Mickey Rooney, Tippi Hedren, David Warner, George Segal and Morgan Fairchild, each case is sure to keep you riveted until the final clue.