Murder, She Wrote Season 3, Episode 2
"Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 2"
Original Airdate: October 5, 1986
Writers: Story by Peter S. Fischer, Teleplay by Paul Savage
Director: Seymour Robbie
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Martin Balsam, Jackie Cooper, Alex Cord, Courteney Cox, Ronny Cox, Joey Cramer, Laraine Day, Greg Evigan, Florence Henderson, Gregg Henry, Charles Napier, Lee Purcell, Mark Shera, Pamela Susan Shoop, Barbara Stock, Joe Dorsey, Susan Brown, Dennis Howard, Ken Sansom, Robin Bach, John Alvin
Last week on Murder, She Wrote, Jessica tracked her brother-in-law, long thought killed in a boating accident, to a traveling circus in Arkansas. It's a good thing, too, as Neil wound up at the center of a murder investigation that same week. The local mayor wants to rush a conviction in his bid to sew up reelection. We all know how the adjudication of circus crime can swing these races in the rural south.