Murder, She Wrote Season 3, Episode 1
"Death Stalks the Big Top: Part 1"
Original Airdate: September 28, 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
Tonight on Murder, She Wrote, Season 3 kicks off with a two-part whopper, rich with Frank Fletcher lore. We learn it's been about five years since Jessica's husband died, her impetus to take up writing. Five years prior to that, Frank's brother Neil was killed in a car accident.