Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.Jessica unravels the death of a ballerina after she dances a ballet that has killed everyone who has tried it.
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Robert Buckingham
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Marcello Clay
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Jenna Elfman
- Ballet Dancer in background
- (uncredited)
Suzanne Lodge
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Randy Masoner
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Gary Moerke
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAll of the actors whose characters were ballet dancers: Marisa Berenson, Robert Torti, Adrian Paul, and Nancy Valen all had their dance scenes performed by professional dancers. Indeed, Berenson and Valen wore flat practice slippers with ribbons tied like the ribbons of pointe or toeshoes but never did Berenson or Valen perform on pointe wearing toeshoes. Obvious differences such as the body types of Torti and Paul are noticeable in scenes portrayed by their dance doubles and Torti's hairstyle, height, and musculature are noticeably different between the actor and his dance double and Valen and her dance double. Members of the San Francisco Ballet stepped in as dance doubles and extras for the episode.
- GoofsThe "fast-acting" poison used to kill the victim was Thallium. Thallium is a heavy metal, which takes a long time to kill its victims.
- Quotes
Jessica Fletcher: There are three things you can never get enough of in life, Lieutenant. Chocolate, friends, and the theater.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2023)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Featured review
Lots of style, with some substance.
Jessica is on hand to order assistance to a ballet company, who bravely decide to perform the danse diabolique, a show that's only been performed twice before, in which both leading ballerinas died, could lightning strike for a third time?
A solid episode, for me this is one of the weaker episodes from series 8, but the standard is such that it's still a pretty good watch.
Nice staging, and good visuals, this one boasts a very attractive cast, and makes good use of them, it's a very appealing episode visually. I enjoyed the stage performances scenes, and with some clever camera work, they made it look convincing.
The issue I had, it was too easy to guess the killer and murder weapon, one you could spot a mile off.
Chocolate, friends and the theatre? Jessica has two out of three right, I'd argue with her third choice.
Why on Earth does Jessica put on an accent to the woman in the florists, it made absolutely no sense at all.
6/10.
A solid episode, for me this is one of the weaker episodes from series 8, but the standard is such that it's still a pretty good watch.
Nice staging, and good visuals, this one boasts a very attractive cast, and makes good use of them, it's a very appealing episode visually. I enjoyed the stage performances scenes, and with some clever camera work, they made it look convincing.
The issue I had, it was too easy to guess the killer and murder weapon, one you could spot a mile off.
Chocolate, friends and the theatre? Jessica has two out of three right, I'd argue with her third choice.
Why on Earth does Jessica put on an accent to the woman in the florists, it made absolutely no sense at all.
6/10.
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- Sleepin_Dragon
- Sep 23, 2023
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