I’m putting on my resume’, I’m a “sweet summer child that keeps failing at women, jobs, and at cooking.” I’m hoping honesty will get me that next promotion.
Lines getting inexplicably crossed is totally something that happened back in the day. In the 70's, my mom got a call from a woman from Chicago that had got weirdly crossed, and they wound up being friends for decades.
Pretty sure the kind that happened in the show still happens today for non-mobile phones, something with water getting in the phone lines and making connection between lines connected to the same exchange, I've experienced it calling a relative in the last 12 months.
could happen in a zoom room today. You transpose a couple of numbers to join in on a zoom room, you wind up at someone else's zoom room and they're talking about this and there you go.
I use a landline for work, taking inbound calls and I have that happen once or twice a day, I hear them, but they don't hear me. The other day I listened to one side of a conversation between a couple having a very heated argument.
How could anyone not love Grady? He's cute as a speckled pup! He reminds me of the sweetest boy I dated when I was young. He could be clueless about things, but he was always kind and thoughtful. HE'S the one I should have married, not the criminal, lying, evil-but-handsome creep who was my husband for about a year. "Sweet Boy" deserved much better than the likes of me, so I am happy that that he was driving home one night and got in a fender bender, with a girl who became his wife. They've been married over 30 years now, they have 5 grown sons and grand babies now, and are still very happy and in love. I stayed friends with him, because that's the kind of sweet person he is. I broke up with him 40 years ago, and I was a thoughtless jerk about it too. He forgave me, and that's more than I deserve.
Wow, J.B. Fletcher's gotten so skilled at randomly happening upon murder plots that she need only pick up the telephone to find one. Is that level of sniffing out murders a superpower or a curse?
I’m voting curse - my silly head-cannon somewhat based on a comment under another video is that someone cursed one of Jessica’s or Frank’s ancestors with bad luck and it manifests itself in different ways eg. Jessica always has a murder show up wherever she goes and Grady is unlucky in love - until he meets Donna who has the same level of complete social anxiousness that he does! Seriously they are adorable together
“Okay Plot, sure, do whatever you want” is, I find, more versatile. One can extend the first to scenes in the M,SW genre (Columbo, Matlock, Diagnosis Murder, anything 80s/90s and a bit campy that doesn’t have a “whoops! Dead random guy” I suppose…) but I could pull up “okay, Plot, sure dwyw” for reality television if I wasn’t here avoiding that
"Mystery writer or serial killer, you decide" - I've been cracking these jokes for ages because of the unfortunate localization of this show's title in German-speaking countries: They called it "Mord ist ihr Hobby", which translates to "Murder is her hobby".
Honestly, before I discovered PUR's videos and actually started watching MSW, I absolutely thought it was about a unsuspecting, kind old lady who murders in her free time but always gets away with her innocent behaviour. The German title really through me off.
I was so mad in this episode because Tupper gave the suspects all the information they had. Telling them that Jessica was the witness and then basically saying she’s home alone. I’d never been so annoyed by his incompetence.
@@davidgantenbein9362 not really if I remember correctly he assured them the first shark that was killed was jaws but it was only jaws relative Greg and then that's what got a lot of them killed
I know this line wasn't in your review, but I loved the scene in the episode where Dodie is complaining about her husband's allergy. "Do you ever think little Muff Muff might be allergic to you?!"
I remember watching this and being extremely frustrated seeing Jessica get gaslit by the two dumbest characters in the show. Another great video! I would love to see you do an episode on Season 4 Episode 9 - Trouble in Eden, aka the one where Jessica accidentally becomes the owner of a brothel.
In addition to the "Sorry Wrong Number" basis, Lansbury played a chair ridden Miss Marple, solving the crime remotely as well in "The Mirror Cracked" in 1980.
As long as someone in the family loves ya, you're good! I KNOW I am the "Grady", I've been a dumfuk all my life, but I was my daddy's favorite. That might be partly why my brother hates me, and the rest of the family sometimes bullied me. Mostly it was because I didn't agree with their racism and hatred of gay people. Daddy died 25 years ago, but before he passed he told me I should strongly consider moving away from Texas and go to California. He told me I'd fit in there, because "there's a lot more folks there who think like you do". After he died, my remaining family had no excuse to tolerate me, so the bullying got worse. I stayed until my beloved Mom died in 2000, then made new plans. In a couple of weeks, I'll have been living in California for 20 years. I'm a happy ol' hippy, living off-grid on a mountain on solar/wind power, raising goats and chickens, enjoying a gorgeous view and blanket of stars overhead at night that I can actually see! Daddy was right, as usual!
Two things - First - Gordon was played by Tony Dow, who previously played Beaver Cleaver's older brother Wally. Second - please review "Jessica Behind Bars"
The episode of Grady in drag is a really good episode. It doesn’t go off the rails. And the 2 parter in S5 where someone tries to poison Jessica with apples is another.
@@NWolfsson I remember the two-parter with the poison apples; can confirm that actually happened! They’re called Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall because of course lol
I just want to applaud you on the cat foreshadowing. It sounds like a random comment about a cute cat, but it introduces the cat to us. And although cat foreshadowing does sounds very silly, that is some first class vid making right there.
Note: this episode was directed by the actor David Hemmings, who you'll remember as the inspector from the "Naughty Captain Janeway" episode (as you called it). And, of course, there's also middle-aged Wally from Leave It To Beaver, Tony Dow, in this episode, and the killer is played by Colleen Camp from CLUE. This whole episode is just MSW's homage to the Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster thriller SORRY, WRONG NUMBER. Probably worth remembering that most of the episodes from the first two seasons (maybe three?) were paying homage, directly or indirectly, to some famous film, novel or tv show.
I actually saw this episode recently! Grady is always a treat. (There is an episode somewhere where Jess highlights that he came to live with her and her husband as a kid after his parents died?? Like... whoa unexpected tragic backstory.)
It’s also interesting to note that this episode is loosely based on the 1940’s radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number” Edit: Well I guess you mentioned that at the end, but what you didn’t mention is that “Sorry, Wrong Number” was originally a radio play about 6 years before it was a movie. It was really revolutionary for radio at the time and many people considered it more scary than “War of the Worlds” because the plot was much more plausible and the audio effects were done really well. The loud jarring ringing sound effect they used for the phones still haunts me to this day (I listened to it like 5 years ago for a uni class, not when it aired I was born in the 90’s lol).
The lightning at 8:51 is a piece of stock footage that appeared in hundreds of TV shows in the 70s and 80s, especially Universal Television productions. That same lightning bolt was first seen in the 1934 Universal movie “Bride of Frankenstein” and is believed to be the work of Kenneth Strickfaden. Along with the overused “Castle Thunder” sound effect that often accompanies it, it is the “Wilhelm Scream” of cinematic thunderstorms.
I just looked it up, and despite the fact that MSW had such an avalanche of guest stars of everybody from the early days of television they could reach, Cassandra Peterson never guest starred. That's genuinely surprising to me.
I’d love to see you take on the season one ep Lovers and Other Killers! It’s implied throughout that Jessica’s secretary could be a serial killer but, at the end, with no real evidence, he is just left to go free. One of the more genuinely creepy moments in the series and definitely one of the most memorable for me!
I used to get sick alot when I was a child, so I was homebound most of the time, me and my mum would watch murder she wrote during the day, and the show gives me a great sense of comfort and home. You covering these episodes has been having the same effect so thank you so much!
Lol. I've taught "Sorry, Wrong Number" (the play, not the movie based on it) so many times that I was yelling at the screen until you mentioned it. Thanks for including that homage!
PLEASE do a video on MSW Season 2 Episode 1 'Widow, Weep for Me'!!!! Jessica is fierce as an undercover rich woman with a huge lilac turban and throws tons of wonderful shade 😏😏
This one has my vote, too! Besides the fabulous turban, we also get the first meeting between J.B. and Michael Haggerty, AND I think one of the guests at the resort is played by the actress who was the conductor of the choir in "Sister Act" until Whoopi came along.
I'm a complete horror movie buff and metal head but you've convinced me to watch Murder She Wrote. This show is fantastic where has it been all my life.
Thank you for your Murder, She Wrote videos!!! When I was a child, I used to watch the show all of the time with my grandma. Since her passing, I couldn't bring myself to watch any of the shows we had watched together. But now, 6 years after her death, I happened to see your videos and it sparked me into watching the show again! Thank you!!😁😁
A fun fact, that I just came across: "Crossed up" was directed by David Hemmings. The ex- Scotland Yard /thief in the episode before "The Corpse Flew First Class. He was an actor and director. Must have liked it on that plane with Jessica.
Yes, and the equally important question: "How can someone be this bad at their job and still be re-elected?" Living in a small Midwestern town, I know 73% of eligible voters stay home, but come on...Tupper's stupidity is inexcusable here.
I always assume the Metzgur principle applies - they're an idiot but not actively incompetent or corruption enough to fire so they ended up offered a sinecure in the boondoggles.
Dude. Been watching a lot of your Murder She wrote videos over the last 48 hours and just got the news that she has passed about half an hour ago. Rip to the murder queen
Jed's son Gordon with the cat allergies played by Tony Dow, who was Wally Cleaver (Beavers Brother) on Leave it to Beaver, and who I only recognized from the 80s reboot. So now I just remembered there was an 80s reboot of Leave it to Beaver
Yeeees I remember this one! I still think the ending is kinda intense, I hate being alone when it's dark and stormy :'D but one episode is even worse for me, and that's Reflections of the Mind, Season 2 Episode 6. Already recommended it once, but I'd really love to see you cover it :) it's really scary imo!
Especially when Jessica says to the daughter (towards the end) "I think something sinister is going to happen"-- I almost peed my pants, yet I watch it over and over again. One of my FAVORITE FAVORITE episodes, though Francesca's acting in the beginning (running down the stairs and towards the closet) was a little much...
@@financialspeakwithkevinjam1279 What I found weirdest about this episode is how the evil daughter was so easily fooled by exactly the same plot she and her boyfriend were using on her mother.
I was just wondering when there’d be a new Murder, She Wrote episode review to watch! As a suggestion, I think No Laughing Murder (Season 3, Episode 18) would be fun to see covered.
Nobody was murdered in Cabot Cove that night. The murder was distinctly reported as "just outside Cabot Cove." Though, as it is Cabot Cove, there were probably 2 or 3 other murders not mentioned on the news.
I just wanted to say I’ve never seen an episode of Murder, She Wrote, and I love your videos! And if you think The Exorcist isn’t all that scary a movie now, I gotta say, you Jessica Fletcher fans are way more metal than I ever thought 😳
I saw The Exorcist when it first came out at the theater. There were claims about people fainting or having heart attacks or something. I was not impressed. It was fun to watch but definitely NOT scarey. What I carried away from this is avoid split pea soup at all costs. So scarey!!
3:26 To be fair, he was right. He said nobody IN Cabot Cove would be murdered. The report says the estate is 'just North' of Cabot Cove, which woud imply it's not technically IN Cabot Cove.
I remember in the 90s using a landline and getting let in on a phone call someone else was having. Sadly though they were discussing making a roast not murder 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My favorite spooky episode is season 5’s Mirror Mirror On the Wall. A rival mystery writer hatches a goofy plot to single white female Jessica’s entire life, from snooping her new manuscript to taking over a Cabot Cove murder investigation! Jean Simmons acts the hell out of what could have been a thankless role and that together with Seth’s rare foray into Serious Life Stuff with Jessica make this one of my favorite episodes of the series.
One of these days, you've got to do a reaction to the Peter Ustinov version of "Death on the Nile", with Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne. With the Kenneth Branagh adaptation coming up, could be timely.
I want to recommend the episode of A Lady in the Lake (S2, E7). It's where Jessica goes to an Inn in the woods to get some writing done and she witnesses a drowning. Which Tupper takes and runs with it.
One of my favorite things is the way Amos recorded the son’s voices. He has the recorder near his heart and as soon as one of the sons even opens his mouth, Amos runs over and sticks his chest at them. And they all look at him like he has two heads. It’s hilarious
Episode suggestion: the season finale of Season 5 (Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, a 2 parter) has a great meta moment where Sheriff Metzger points out the ridiculously high number of murders in Cabot Cove. Also, it involves a rival mystery writer who behaves very much like the wicked queen in Snow White, including bringing Jessica a suspicious basket of apples.
watching your One Time On Murder, She Wrote series inspired me to start watching the show - and I’ve now watched every episode (twice!). Thank you, Roses, for introducing me to my #1 favorite show and for making such fantastic content :)
I mean at least it's a unique take on the rear window plot. Having to find out who and where the killers might be, AND there's a chance to save the victim, not just proving your neighbor is a killer, and you aren't crazy. I mean they don't take that path, but it gave a new kind of intro.
Hey I just found out this tidbit about one Magnum P.I.: Magnum, P.I. was even brought back after a series finale in which Tom Selleck’s Magnum was killed, spent the episode as a ghost, and ascended into heaven! But fans were so outraged that the show returned for an eighth season with an alive-and-well Magnum. I think you know what to do Roses.
Thanks for the video and for your hilarious sense of humour. This was a scary one for sure, very creepy if you were stuck at home and a killer was in your house! Another one that is spooky is Lovers and Other Killers, season 1 episode 5. It was overall scary and with the jewelry thief plot, it leaves you with unresolved feelings/issues! Could you do a video on that one? Do you think Lansbury knew Barbara Stanwyck back when they worked in the Golden Age of Hollywood? I'm sure Lansbury has millions of stories to share!
Hey Roses, I was rewatching your x-files “freak show” episode and was curious if you’ve ever seen/watched Carnivale from HBO. It ran from 03-05 and was about a freak show in the dust-bowl as they face a coming apocalypse. It’s really spooky and has a really cool mythology. You might really dig it.
The biggest problem I have with Carnivale is that it was canceled before they could finish it so it doesn't have a very satisfying ending, but I still love it. That's a Great suggestion!
I was so young watching this show with Grama I couldn't tell anybody anything about the show, but watching these episodes really jogs my memory. Good stuff here, and I'll definitely see the next one!
The crossed phone lines reminds me of "Wrong Number." A very good ironic play. I remember the Table Top Blouses ! Good episode & good overview. Cheers!
Because we heard a man's voice on the phone, and it was so "obvious" that the killer was a man, i figured quite early that it was actually a woman, though i thought it would have been someone changing their voice 😊
This video was super fun and funny! Really enjoyed it. Props! If I may do a suggestion, as a DIE HARD Golden Girls fan, I need to suggest a Golden Girls one. Remember the one where the Girls were stranded on a deserted island? "Vacation". Season 2, Episode 8. I was thinking of episodes that had unique settings and scenarios and this one quickly jumped to mind. Plus, Sophia is just so sweet in this episode it's amazing.
The Sheriff may have been right about there being no murder in Cabin Cove. According to the news report. "...was found shot to death on his estate just north of Cabin Cove." Doesn't that mean he does not actually live in Cabin Cove?
Wait a minute, this entire channel is dedicated to mystery TV shows... How am I just NOW finding this?... RUclips your algorithm sucks... She has an entire Playlist just on Murder, She for crying out loud. Sorry for the rant, just wonderful to know I am not the only person under 65 who is a massive fan of Jessica Fletcher.
the medical alert thing actually makes me think of that Simpsons episode where Homer impersonates Krusty and beats the shit out of the Krusty Burgular and he says in his croaky voice "Please look at my Medic-Alert bracelet. Ohhhh."
I would love it if you would do “Wearing of the Green” Season 5 Episode 6. Lucie Arnaz and Patty McCormick spoof Cagney & Lacey and they are hilarious. Lucie’s Tyne Daly accent is a hoot. I crack up every time she refers to the Queen of Tara Tiara.
I only occasionally watched Murder She Wrote as a kid (with my parents...) & rarely as an adult...(in reruns. ) Until now. I now have a renewed appreciation for the show, thx to this channel. Great job.
Hell yes! Crossed up is one of my favourite episodes, rainy day coziness! Please do fire burn, cauldron bubble or the witches curse next :) x oh, or the legacy of borbey house! :D
I'm rewatching the series from the first episode, and I blame you! Now I need to know, how does JB manage not to get kill in any episode? I mean, she is victim of so many attempts of murder and meet so many murderers that either she is a sociopath who does not care about people and her safety, or she has some deep trauma very well hidden.
I'm sure you've heard this a hundred times, but it would be fun if you did a comparison of the first episode vs the last episode? You could literally go episode by episode for the series and I'd watch it 😆
Your videos are such fucking comfort for me. Even just the background music. Your Colonel’s Bequest videos etc., among everything else, meant a LOT to me during the past year and some change.
For a long time I didn't understand why Grady was so important to Jessica but I think it was in the episode where he gets married that she basically raised him as her son. His parents died and Frank and Jessica never had children so when he went to live with them he filled that hole in her life.
With Angela Lansbury's history in stage and musicals I was wondering if there's an episode of Murder She Wrote that dealt with that exact topic, like investigating a murder on stage type episode. I'd think that would be neat.
"it's not scary, but it is sexy" is going on my resume as how I describe myself
Love this comment
I’m putting on my resume’, I’m a “sweet summer child that keeps failing at women, jobs, and at cooking.” I’m hoping honesty will get me that next promotion.
@@chriskidwell8595 ditto
Lines getting inexplicably crossed is totally something that happened back in the day. In the 70's, my mom got a call from a woman from Chicago that had got weirdly crossed, and they wound up being friends for decades.
Pretty sure the kind that happened in the show still happens today for non-mobile phones, something with water getting in the phone lines and making connection between lines connected to the same exchange, I've experienced it calling a relative in the last 12 months.
could happen in a zoom room today. You transpose a couple of numbers to join in on a zoom room, you wind up at someone else's zoom room and they're talking about this and there you go.
I use a landline for work, taking inbound calls and I have that happen once or twice a day, I hear them, but they don't hear me. The other day I listened to one side of a conversation between a couple having a very heated argument.
Sounds too wholesome to be real
@@DevlinBlake I think the chances of that are very very slim
"He interviews the daughter, who is dressed like a dining room table." Never stop with the snappy insults, I love them.
That casual delivery got me. 😂
Murder Takes A Bus episode
I like Sheriff Tupper
@@gailshea2294 yes!
I hate how much sense that read makes lol
If you're looking for spooky episodes, they did one about vampires, sort of, not really. It's called The Legacy of Borbey House, and it's bad.
Sounds Good XD
Don't forget the other one where the maybe witch lady comes to town for revenge. That one's good too.
@@jeremiahgabriel5709 Oh god, which one? Fire Burn Cauldron Bubble or The Witch's Curse?
Is this the one that's like voodoo shit and takes place in Jamaica
@@wtfaiwpodcast The Witches Curse is the better of the Witch in the Cove episodes!
I love Grady. Dude's a mess, but he never gives up. Real inspiration.
How could anyone not love Grady? He's cute as a speckled pup!
He reminds me of the sweetest boy I dated when I was young. He could be clueless about things, but he was always kind and thoughtful.
HE'S the one I should have married, not the criminal, lying, evil-but-handsome creep who was my husband for about a year. "Sweet Boy" deserved much better than the likes of me, so I am happy that that he was driving home one night and got in a fender bender, with a girl who became his wife. They've been married over 30 years now, they have 5 grown sons and grand babies now, and are still very happy and in love.
I stayed friends with him, because that's the kind of sweet person he is. I broke up with him 40 years ago, and I was a thoughtless jerk about it too. He forgave me, and that's more than I deserve.
6:24: When the bit lingered on Grady for so long, I thought they killed him.
I was honestly going to lose it if Grady had died for being a good son.
RELATABLE
When she said he never fails to disappoint 💀
@@LazyIRanch what a bittersweet tale, thanks for sharing that. ❤️
Wow, J.B. Fletcher's gotten so skilled at randomly happening upon murder plots that she need only pick up the telephone to find one. Is that level of sniffing out murders a superpower or a curse?
Are you sure it's not that she commits the murders herself and what we are watching are her rationalized delusions?
I’m voting curse - my silly head-cannon somewhat based on a comment under another video is that someone cursed one of Jessica’s or Frank’s ancestors with bad luck and it manifests itself in different ways eg. Jessica always has a murder show up wherever she goes and Grady is unlucky in love - until he meets Donna who has the same level of complete social anxiousness that he does! Seriously they are adorable together
"Grady please" will forever be how I refer to a ridiculous Murder She Wrote moment in any future rewatches 😂😭
For Grady, every day at University was "Tuna Surprise."
“Okay Plot, sure, do whatever you want” is, I find, more versatile. One can extend the first to scenes in the M,SW genre (Columbo, Matlock, Diagnosis Murder, anything 80s/90s and a bit campy that doesn’t have a “whoops! Dead random guy” I suppose…) but I could pull up “okay, Plot, sure dwyw” for reality television if I wasn’t here avoiding that
"Mystery writer or serial killer, you decide" - I've been cracking these jokes for ages because of the unfortunate localization of this show's title in German-speaking countries: They called it "Mord ist ihr Hobby", which translates to "Murder is her hobby".
Honestly, before I discovered PUR's videos and actually started watching MSW, I absolutely thought it was about a unsuspecting, kind old lady who murders in her free time but always gets away with her innocent behaviour.
The German title really through me off.
who tf cares about your jokes
"dressed like a dining room table" killed me
Is it so bad that right before laughing out loud at this I kind of liked the outfit?😂
@@adelaaire8861 haha, not at all. She had kind of a Diane Chambers thing going.
No respect for lace on this channel, I'm telling you.
@@adelaaire8861 You aren't the only over. I love those quick quips that get thrown in
Me too😂
I was so mad in this episode because Tupper gave the suspects all the information they had. Telling them that Jessica was the witness and then basically saying she’s home alone. I’d never been so annoyed by his incompetence.
Literally was watching the episode yelling at Tupper that he was a first class eejit
Tupper is an example of why it's so harmful in small districts that sheriffs run unopposed.
The Mayor in Jaws is still mayor in Jaws 2. Local elections matter, people.
The man looks like he'd crash into the police station while returning from patrol
Hello Fellow ALF Fan
@@harrisonlee9585 Didn’t the locals side with the mayor in Jaws?
@@davidgantenbein9362 not really if I remember correctly he assured them the first shark that was killed was jaws but it was only jaws relative Greg and then that's what got a lot of them killed
2:16 the reason he’s incredulous about a hitman in Cabot Cove is because the locals have a very DIY approach to murder
Yeah, why outsource when you can get local?
Farm fresh, locally produced, homemade Murder
When you said "solved from bread" I too realized that I was hungry.
I thought she meant "breadcrumbs" , a term that refers to small clues in a mystery. The hunger joke made me chuckle.
I know this line wasn't in your review, but I loved the scene in the episode where Dodie is complaining about her husband's allergy.
"Do you ever think little Muff Muff might be allergic to you?!"
I remember watching this and being extremely frustrated seeing Jessica get gaslit by the two dumbest characters in the show.
Another great video! I would love to see you do an episode on Season 4 Episode 9 - Trouble in Eden, aka the one where Jessica accidentally becomes the owner of a brothel.
Thats A Good Episode.
Every time I think the most bonkers MSW episode had been found another slowly starts raising its hand.
Oooh, I second this one! "Trouble in Eden" is pretty high on the bonkers scale and I love it.
Loved that episode - Trouble in Eden. It was a hoot!!
Me too please
"He interrogates the victim's granddaughter, who is dressed like a dining room table." Favorite line of the video.
In addition to the "Sorry Wrong Number" basis, Lansbury played a chair ridden Miss Marple, solving the crime remotely as well in "The Mirror Cracked" in 1980.
I'd would love to see Roses do a video on Lansbury's turn as Miss Marple in The Mirror Crack'd.
One of the things I love most about these videos is your ruthlessness with people's outfits, "Dressed like a dining room table", my god what a burn.
Guys, I’m worried I’m the Grady of my family. I’m scared.
Remember though, if Aunt Jess loves you, you'll always be safe...
As long as someone in the family loves ya, you're good!
I KNOW I am the "Grady", I've been a dumfuk all my life, but I was my daddy's favorite. That might be partly why my brother hates me, and the rest of the family sometimes bullied me. Mostly it was because I didn't agree with their racism and hatred of gay people.
Daddy died 25 years ago, but before he passed he told me I should strongly consider moving away from Texas and go to California. He told me I'd fit in there, because "there's a lot more folks there who think like you do".
After he died, my remaining family had no excuse to tolerate me, so the bullying got worse. I stayed until my beloved Mom died in 2000, then made new plans.
In a couple of weeks, I'll have been living in California for 20 years.
I'm a happy ol' hippy, living off-grid on a mountain on solar/wind power, raising goats and chickens, enjoying a gorgeous view and blanket of stars overhead at night that I can actually see!
Daddy was right, as usual!
If you don’t know who the Grady is in your family, then it’s probably you….😬
I think if you have the self awareness to realize you might by the Grady, you're already a step above Grady.
I think it was always implied that Jess interfered with Grady
Two things - First - Gordon was played by Tony Dow, who previously played Beaver Cleaver's older brother Wally. Second - please review "Jessica Behind Bars"
That's such a good episode!
I was wondering why he looked familiar!
The episode of Grady in drag is a really good episode. It doesn’t go off the rails. And the 2 parter in S5 where someone tries to poison Jessica with apples is another.
... I'm quite amazed at how easily I believe these can be and probably are Murder She Wrote episodes.
@@NWolfsson I remember the two-parter with the poison apples; can confirm that actually happened! They’re called Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall because of course lol
When you say Grady in drag, it brings to mind Jessica’s niece whose husband played by Jeff Conaway dons drag. Birds of a Feather
Grady didn’t go in drag. That was her niece’s fiancée, Howard.
@@Cheezbuckets That was a fun Episode with Jean Simmons as a rival Mystery Novelist.
I just want to applaud you on the cat foreshadowing. It sounds like a random comment about a cute cat, but it introduces the cat to us. And although cat foreshadowing does sounds very silly, that is some first class vid making right there.
Note: this episode was directed by the actor David Hemmings, who you'll remember as the inspector from the "Naughty Captain Janeway" episode (as you called it). And, of course, there's also middle-aged Wally from Leave It To Beaver, Tony Dow, in this episode, and the killer is played by Colleen Camp from CLUE. This whole episode is just MSW's homage to the Barbara Stanwyck and Burt Lancaster thriller SORRY, WRONG NUMBER. Probably worth remembering that most of the episodes from the first two seasons (maybe three?) were paying homage, directly or indirectly, to some famous film, novel or tv show.
I did not recognize Colleen Camp as Yvette from Clue until you mentioned it. I love that movie.
Definitely wrong number!! ♡
David Hemmings was also the protagonist of Deep Red.
@@DrGregoryHouseIT omg and thats directed by Dario Argento!
Doesn't Mrs. Peacock also appears in some episode (or episodes) of Murder She Wrote?
I actually saw this episode recently! Grady is always a treat. (There is an episode somewhere where Jess highlights that he came to live with her and her husband as a kid after his parents died?? Like... whoa unexpected tragic backstory.)
Oh, yeah. "Something Borrowed, Someone Blue" episode.
It’s also interesting to note that this episode is loosely based on the 1940’s radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number”
Edit: Well I guess you mentioned that at the end, but what you didn’t mention is that “Sorry, Wrong Number” was originally a radio play about 6 years before it was a movie. It was really revolutionary for radio at the time and many people considered it more scary than “War of the Worlds” because the plot was much more plausible and the audio effects were done really well. The loud jarring ringing sound effect they used for the phones still haunts me to this day (I listened to it like 5 years ago for a uni class, not when it aired I was born in the 90’s lol).
The lightning at 8:51 is a piece of stock footage that appeared in hundreds of TV shows in the 70s and 80s, especially Universal Television productions. That same lightning bolt was first seen in the 1934 Universal movie “Bride of Frankenstein” and is believed to be the work of Kenneth Strickfaden. Along with the overused “Castle Thunder” sound effect that often accompanies it, it is the “Wilhelm Scream” of cinematic thunderstorms.
Jessica Fletcher x Elvira. The crossover I still don't know if I want.
It would be wonderful to see them solve a mystery together.
I just looked it up, and despite the fact that MSW had such an avalanche of guest stars of everybody from the early days of television they could reach, Cassandra Peterson never guest starred. That's genuinely surprising to me.
I will take it. Would be fun to see who can be the larger ham Elvira or Jessica.
I’d love to see you take on the season one ep Lovers and Other Killers! It’s implied throughout that Jessica’s secretary could be a serial killer but, at the end, with no real evidence, he is just left to go free. One of the more genuinely creepy moments in the series and definitely one of the most memorable for me!
Episode 7, my favorite because I'm a trashy shipper.
Gee whiz, Wally, your wife killed Dad.
Aw, Beav, cut it out will ya.
Was trying to figure out why he looked familiar
I was hoping someone would recognize Wally Cleaver!
If there is one thing Grady fears, it's hearing that someone has to rely on him for anything beyond looking decent in flannel.
I used to get sick alot when I was a child, so I was homebound most of the time, me and my mum would watch murder she wrote during the day, and the show gives me a great sense of comfort and home. You covering these episodes has been having the same effect so thank you so much!
Lol. I've taught "Sorry, Wrong Number" (the play, not the movie based on it) so many times that I was yelling at the screen until you mentioned it. Thanks for including that homage!
PLEASE do a video on MSW Season 2 Episode 1 'Widow, Weep for Me'!!!! Jessica is fierce as an undercover rich woman with a huge lilac turban and throws tons of wonderful shade 😏😏
This one has my vote, too! Besides the fabulous turban, we also get the first meeting between J.B. and Michael Haggerty, AND I think one of the guests at the resort is played by the actress who was the conductor of the choir in "Sister Act" until Whoopi came along.
I'm a complete horror movie buff and metal head but you've convinced me to watch Murder She Wrote. This show is fantastic where has it been all my life.
Thank you for your Murder, She Wrote videos!!! When I was a child, I used to watch the show all of the time with my grandma. Since her passing, I couldn't bring myself to watch any of the shows we had watched together. But now, 6 years after her death, I happened to see your videos and it sparked me into watching the show again! Thank you!!😁😁
A fun fact, that I just came across: "Crossed up" was directed by David Hemmings. The ex- Scotland Yard /thief in the episode before "The Corpse Flew First Class. He was an actor and director. Must have liked it on that plane with Jessica.
"How can someone be this bad at their job?" ROTFLMAO
Yes, and the equally important question: "How can someone be this bad at their job and still be re-elected?" Living in a small Midwestern town, I know 73% of eligible voters stay home, but come on...Tupper's stupidity is inexcusable here.
I always assume the Metzgur principle applies - they're an idiot but not actively incompetent or corruption enough to fire so they ended up offered a sinecure in the boondoggles.
Dude. Been watching a lot of your Murder She wrote videos over the last 48 hours and just got the news that she has passed about half an hour ago. Rip to the murder queen
Yesssss can’t wait to tell my gf about another upload. Thank you roses.
Jed's son Gordon with the cat allergies played by Tony Dow, who was Wally Cleaver (Beavers Brother) on Leave it to Beaver, and who I only recognized from the 80s reboot.
So now I just remembered there was an 80s reboot of Leave it to Beaver
Yeeees I remember this one! I still think the ending is kinda intense, I hate being alone when it's dark and stormy :'D but one episode is even worse for me, and that's Reflections of the Mind, Season 2 Episode 6. Already recommended it once, but I'd really love to see you cover it :) it's really scary imo!
Especially when Jessica says to the daughter (towards the end) "I think something sinister is going to happen"-- I almost peed my pants, yet I watch it over and over again. One of my FAVORITE FAVORITE episodes, though Francesca's acting in the beginning (running down the stairs and towards the closet) was a little much...
Yes!!
@@financialspeakwithkevinjam1279 What I found weirdest about this episode is how the evil daughter was so easily fooled by exactly the same plot she and her boyfriend were using on her mother.
9:55 haha! I had said out loud "Did she just say bread?"
She did - in her defense, she was hungry :)
I was just wondering when there’d be a new Murder, She Wrote episode review to watch! As a suggestion, I think No Laughing Murder (Season 3, Episode 18) would be fun to see covered.
I'd like to see the Jaws-Cabot Cove connection explored
Nobody was murdered in Cabot Cove that night. The murder was distinctly reported as "just outside Cabot Cove." Though, as it is Cabot Cove, there were probably 2 or 3 other murders not mentioned on the news.
I just wanted to say I’ve never seen an episode of Murder, She Wrote, and I love your videos! And if you think The Exorcist isn’t all that scary a movie now, I gotta say, you Jessica Fletcher fans are way more metal than I ever thought 😳
I mean, have you seen The Thing? Not much is scary after that, lol.
I saw The Exorcist when it first came out at the theater. There were claims about people fainting or having heart attacks or something. I was not impressed. It was fun to watch but definitely NOT scarey. What I carried away from this is avoid split pea soup at all costs. So scarey!!
As someone from the Boston area and living in Western mass, I can totally appreciate the comment about the New York drivers!
Grady is my eye candy for Murder, She Wrote.
I'd love to see you review Appointment in Athens.
Isn't he adorable? What's not to love!
3:26 To be fair, he was right. He said nobody IN Cabot Cove would be murdered. The report says the estate is 'just North' of Cabot Cove, which woud imply it's not technically IN Cabot Cove.
You should do the episode “Prediction: Murder” from season 5 episode 8. There’s a psychic and a fire and a storm it’s crazy.
I just watched this episode two days ago and oh boy was it WILD. Seconded!!
your videos on Murder She Wrote remind me of how much i miss my Grandma and i love it! never stop being your best you!
I remember in the 90s using a landline and getting let in on a phone call someone else was having. Sadly though they were discussing making a roast not murder 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My favorite spooky episode is season 5’s Mirror Mirror On the Wall. A rival mystery writer hatches a goofy plot to single white female Jessica’s entire life, from snooping her new manuscript to taking over a Cabot Cove murder investigation! Jean Simmons acts the hell out of what could have been a thankless role and that together with Seth’s rare foray into Serious Life Stuff with Jessica make this one of my favorite episodes of the series.
One of these days, you've got to do a reaction to the Peter Ustinov version of "Death on the Nile", with Angela Lansbury as Salome Otterbourne. With the Kenneth Branagh adaptation coming up, could be timely.
I want to recommend the episode of A Lady in the Lake (S2, E7). It's where Jessica goes to an Inn in the woods to get some writing done and she witnesses a drowning. Which Tupper takes and runs with it.
One of my favorite things is the way Amos recorded the son’s voices. He has the recorder near his heart and as soon as one of the sons even opens his mouth, Amos runs over and sticks his chest at them. And they all look at him like he has two heads. It’s hilarious
Episode suggestion: the season finale of Season 5 (Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, a 2 parter) has a great meta moment where Sheriff Metzger points out the ridiculously high number of murders in Cabot Cove. Also, it involves a rival mystery writer who behaves very much like the wicked queen in Snow White, including bringing Jessica a suspicious basket of apples.
Ngl Grady's cooking is pretty horrifying
Hey, it looks good compared to my skills.
It's Grady Not Brady.
Yeah, I don’t blame Jess for not being hungry…
@@skarloey1214 Fucking auto correct back at it again
@@PhileasLiebmann Auto Correct: This Guy's Try To Type Grady That Not A Name.
Shades of Josephine Tey’s “Daughter of Time.” (But the dining room table remark made me rewind so I could hear what came next.)
More Murder She Wrote. Edit: The question of how bad Tubber can be at his job makes me think Roes has never heard of R/Youhadonejob
My boss uses that expression. I never knew until now where he got it from. He says it in a joking manner. He's not a bad boss at all.
Or met a real life cop
watching your One Time On Murder, She Wrote series inspired me to start watching the show - and I’ve now watched every episode (twice!). Thank you, Roses, for introducing me to my #1 favorite show and for making such fantastic content :)
Is there ACTUALLY an episode where sheriff Tupper is competent? Genuine question...
I'm starting to question how this man survives living on his own at this point
That should be on a Murder She Wrote bingo card if it doesn't exist.
I THINK there are a couple, I will find them. It is my mission.
The murder on the bus?
Sure
But only when Tom is Father Dowling...
The pilot movie: Murder of Sherlock Holmes, would be a great one to do a video on!
I mean at least it's a unique take on the rear window plot. Having to find out who and where the killers might be, AND there's a chance to save the victim, not just proving your neighbor is a killer, and you aren't crazy. I mean they don't take that path, but it gave a new kind of intro.
Hey I just found out this tidbit about one Magnum P.I.: Magnum, P.I. was even brought back after a series finale in which Tom Selleck’s Magnum was killed, spent the episode as a ghost, and ascended into heaven! But fans were so outraged that the show returned for an eighth season with an alive-and-well Magnum. I think you know what to do Roses.
Thanks for the video and for your hilarious sense of humour. This was a scary one for sure, very creepy if you were stuck at home and a killer was in your house! Another one that is spooky is Lovers and Other Killers, season 1 episode 5. It was overall scary and with the jewelry thief plot, it leaves you with unresolved feelings/issues! Could you do a video on that one?
Do you think Lansbury knew Barbara Stanwyck back when they worked in the Golden Age of Hollywood? I'm sure Lansbury has millions of stories to share!
Lovers and Other Killers is episode 7. And my favorite, because I'm a trashy shipper.
Did you miss that Gordon was played by Tony Dow (Wally in Leave It To Beaver)?
Hey Roses, I was rewatching your x-files “freak show” episode and was curious if you’ve ever seen/watched Carnivale from HBO. It ran from 03-05 and was about a freak show in the dust-bowl as they face a coming apocalypse. It’s really spooky and has a really cool mythology. You might really dig it.
Oh! That's a good one. It's one of my favorite episodes.
The biggest problem I have with Carnivale is that it was canceled before they could finish it so it doesn't have a very satisfying ending, but I still love it. That's a Great suggestion!
I love how she has a portrait of Shakespeare on the wall 11:27
Heck yeah time to watch this again! I can't get enough of Angela.
I was so young watching this show with Grama I couldn't tell anybody anything about the show, but watching these episodes really jogs my memory. Good stuff here, and I'll definitely see the next one!
I wonder if one the this episode’s goals was to reduce the stigma of having a MedAlert device.
The crossed phone lines reminds me of "Wrong Number." A very good ironic play. I remember the Table Top Blouses ! Good episode & good overview. Cheers!
Every time a new one drops, I have to rewatch them all!! PUR- thank you so much for these
Because we heard a man's voice on the phone, and it was so "obvious" that the killer was a man, i figured quite early that it was actually a woman, though i thought it would have been someone changing their voice 😊
"cat" or "changing voice", who's to tell the difference?
Officially starting the PushingUpRoses Coffee Fund. We need more "That time on Murder, She Wrote" videos
Woah I'm early. I love Murder she wrote and spoopy time 💕
Tupper is such a cliché 😂
This video was super fun and funny! Really enjoyed it. Props!
If I may do a suggestion, as a DIE HARD Golden Girls fan, I need to suggest a Golden Girls one. Remember the one where the Girls were stranded on a deserted island? "Vacation". Season 2, Episode 8. I was thinking of episodes that had unique settings and scenarios and this one quickly jumped to mind. Plus, Sophia is just so sweet in this episode it's amazing.
The Sheriff may have been right about there being no murder in Cabin Cove. According to the news report. "...was found shot to death on his estate just north of Cabin Cove." Doesn't that mean he does not actually live in Cabin Cove?
Still, Jessica said a wealthy man was going to be shot and Tupper didn't immediately think of the one rich guy within 10 miles?
Wait a minute, this entire channel is dedicated to mystery TV shows... How am I just NOW finding this?... RUclips your algorithm sucks... She has an entire Playlist just on Murder, She for crying out loud. Sorry for the rant, just wonderful to know I am not the only person under 65 who is a massive fan of Jessica Fletcher.
the medical alert thing actually makes me think of that Simpsons episode where Homer impersonates Krusty and beats the shit out of the Krusty Burgular and he says in his croaky voice "Please look at my Medic-Alert bracelet. Ohhhh."
Stop it! Stop it! He’s already dead!
This is my favorite episode. Period.
I would love it if you would do “Wearing of the Green” Season 5 Episode 6. Lucie Arnaz and Patty McCormick spoof Cagney & Lacey and they are hilarious. Lucie’s Tyne Daly accent is a hoot. I crack up every time she refers to the Queen of Tara Tiara.
I only occasionally watched Murder She Wrote as a kid (with my parents...) & rarely as an adult...(in reruns. )
Until now. I now have a renewed appreciation for the show, thx to this channel. Great job.
I could just _hear_ your voice in the title 👏😂😂😂
0:21 dang David Harbour really had a glow up
Brady is a good sweet decent person and must be protected.
Hell yes! Crossed up is one of my favourite episodes, rainy day coziness!
Please do fire burn, cauldron bubble or the witches curse next :) x
oh, or the legacy of borbey house! :D
It returns! (I’m seriously curious what got changed from the first version, since I didn’t get all the way through before it was pulled.)
As stated on the community tab, it had extreme volume issues. I could barely hear some of the episode parts. Should be totally fixed now.
@@pushinguproses Whoops, completely missed that. 😅 Glad it came out so great on the second pass! Fantastic work as always!
Holy cow, I don't think I've watched a single video of yours that you haven't made me laugh out loud. Your humor and timing is just *chef's kiss*
Eeee! Always a good day when Roses is at play. Also, Lansbury for the win!
I have an aunt named Dodi. Don't hear that name outside of family functions often.
Gurl, yyaaaasss!! 🙌🏾 I LOVE MSW and these videos you make, so enjoyable. Thank you for another awesome episode review. 🙏🏾
This is my second favorite episode of MSW. My favorite is "Keep the Home Fries Burning". Excellent work on your part as usual.
I'm rewatching the series from the first episode, and I blame you! Now I need to know, how does JB manage not to get kill in any episode? I mean, she is victim of so many attempts of murder and meet so many murderers that either she is a sociopath who does not care about people and her safety, or she has some deep trauma very well hidden.
I'm sure you've heard this a hundred times, but it would be fun if you did a comparison of the first episode vs the last episode?
You could literally go episode by episode for the series and I'd watch it 😆
I've been looking forward to this! 😃
Your videos are such fucking comfort for me. Even just the background music. Your Colonel’s Bequest videos etc., among everything else, meant a LOT to me during the past year and some change.
For a long time I didn't understand why Grady was so important to Jessica but I think it was in the episode where he gets married that she basically raised him as her son. His parents died and Frank and Jessica never had children so when he went to live with them he filled that hole in her life.
"Able to move", and with that line alone my day was complete. Thank you.
With Angela Lansbury's history in stage and musicals I was wondering if there's an episode of Murder She Wrote that dealt with that exact topic, like investigating a murder on stage type episode.
I'd think that would be neat.
there's a musical called Curtains which is about a murder that occurs within a theater troupe!
@@drayton.2078 that sounds fun!
I believe there is a theater episode in the first season.
Yep. Stage Struck Season 3 Episode 10 with Eleanor Parker as the actress
The season 1 episode is season 1 episode 11 Broadway Malady.