Dennis Stanton must prove his innocence when he is accused of murdering a flame's estranged husband.Dennis Stanton must prove his innocence when he is accused of murdering a flame's estranged husband.Dennis Stanton must prove his innocence when he is accused of murdering a flame's estranged husband.
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Yuji Okumoto
- Detective Ishimini
- (uncredited)
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- Trivia"Bookend" episode featuring character Dennis Stanton. Jessica Fletcher appears only at the beginning and the conclusion of the episode.
- GoofsIn the law office seen. The main character of the episode threw the typewriter out of the window to distract the cops. When the cops ran into the office to check out the noise, you see the typewriter still on the desk.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Jessica Fletcher: Oh, hello again. You know, all afternoon I've been fighting the war of the roses with some Japanese beetles. So far, the beetles have been winning, but all of that is going to come to a screeching halt, I hope.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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REALLY obvious plot right from the get-go
Jessica appears only at the beginning to introduce this episode of her friend, Dennis Stanton, the former burglar turned insurance investigator. Others have detailed the plot so I will forego that here.
Never before have I seen an episode, with or without Jessica, in this series where the plot seemed so obvious from the opening minutes. Columbo had more surprises and we saw the murders committed there in the opening scenes in each episode.
There's no way to explain details here without totally ruining it. But I truly believed I knew what was going to happen and why Dennis was involved and what would be the result long before we got to the mention of someone being murdered. And I was right all the way.
I think Dennis should have suspected what was going on.
One other thing: Lieutenant Catalano, who has now worked with Dennis several times and been aided by him and knows he is enjoying his honest job with the insurance company, seems way too hostile to Dennis in this one, refusing to try to keep anyone from being harmed at first, then accusing Dennis of murder later on. Too "over the top"-in the script, not in the acting-Ken Swofford is a hidden gem of an actor. I loved his news reporter character in the Ellery Queen series.
Have to give this one a 4-well below average score.
Never before have I seen an episode, with or without Jessica, in this series where the plot seemed so obvious from the opening minutes. Columbo had more surprises and we saw the murders committed there in the opening scenes in each episode.
There's no way to explain details here without totally ruining it. But I truly believed I knew what was going to happen and why Dennis was involved and what would be the result long before we got to the mention of someone being murdered. And I was right all the way.
I think Dennis should have suspected what was going on.
One other thing: Lieutenant Catalano, who has now worked with Dennis several times and been aided by him and knows he is enjoying his honest job with the insurance company, seems way too hostile to Dennis in this one, refusing to try to keep anyone from being harmed at first, then accusing Dennis of murder later on. Too "over the top"-in the script, not in the acting-Ken Swofford is a hidden gem of an actor. I loved his news reporter character in the Ellery Queen series.
Have to give this one a 4-well below average score.
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- FlushingCaps
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