When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.When Jessica's recently widowed niece takes a cruise to get away from it all, a would-be murderer follows her.
Jo Anne Worley
- Carla Raymond
- (as JoAnne Worley)
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- TriviaThis is the first hint in the series that Jessica's maiden name is MacGill. Angela Lansbury's real-life mother was famed actress Moyna MacGill but MacGill was not her real birth name. Her birth name was Charlotte McIldowie but the series decided to use her mother's stage name as Jessica's maiden name.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Pamela Crane: Johnny!
Nurse: It's all right now, Pamela. I'm here. Easy now. It's all right. Lie down, dear. Lie down. It's a dream. That's all. Just a dream.
- ConnectionsReferences Gaslight (1944)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Featured review
Not exactly the Love Boat!
In this episode, Jessica accompanies her niece, Pamela (Belinda Montgomery) on a cruise...and viewers KNOW that sooner or later, someone is going to die on this boat! In fact, wherever Jessica goes (such as Hollywood, to Broadway or to visit family), you know that death follows!
Pamela is a very sad young lady. Following her husband's death, she had a nervous breakdown and is an emotional mess. Once on the cruise, someone begins harassing her...leaving her notes from her dead husband, hearing the husband's voice, etcetera. However, very soon Jessica also sees and hears these things, so you know SOMEONE is trying to drive Pamela over the edge....but why?
While the show has some serious overacting (even Angela Lansbury does this in this particular episode), the show is a neat one because the crime is so unusual. Well worth seeing.
By the way, I think casting Leslie Nielsen as the ship's captain was an inside joke. After all, he also played the captain in the ill-fated "Poseidon Adventure"!
Pamela is a very sad young lady. Following her husband's death, she had a nervous breakdown and is an emotional mess. Once on the cruise, someone begins harassing her...leaving her notes from her dead husband, hearing the husband's voice, etcetera. However, very soon Jessica also sees and hears these things, so you know SOMEONE is trying to drive Pamela over the edge....but why?
While the show has some serious overacting (even Angela Lansbury does this in this particular episode), the show is a neat one because the crime is so unusual. Well worth seeing.
By the way, I think casting Leslie Nielsen as the ship's captain was an inside joke. After all, he also played the captain in the ill-fated "Poseidon Adventure"!
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- planktonrules
- Oct 19, 2022
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