Murder, She Wrote Season 2, Episode 2
"Joshua Peabody Died Here … Possibly"
Original airdate: Oct. 6, 1985
Writer: Tom Sawyer
Director: Peter Crane
Cast: Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley, William Windom, John Astin, Chuck Connors, John Ericson, Meg Foster, Michael Sarrazin, David Sheiner, Bobby Jacoby, Deborah White, Bobby Jacoby
Ah, the Harry Pierce saga! Having first appeared on Murder, She Wrote in "Hooray for Homicide" back in season one, John Astin returns in a new role for a unique multi-episode arc. Though a number of Mrs. Fletcher's friends and neighbors recur throughout the twelve seasons, real estate broker Harry Pierce is the only Cabot Cove regular who turns out to be a killer. Not yet though. Today's episode also sees the return of William Windom, last seen as lawyer Sam Breen in "Funeral at Fifty-Mile." Of course, he's better known as the loveable, if prickly, Dr. Seth Hazlitt M.D.. Swoon!