Cabot Cove Gazette – a Murder, She Wrote podcast

Harry McGraw is back! When Jessica encounters a murder at an auction and a fight over a diary that makes no sense, TJ and Bridget are quick to join the occasion and complain about plot holes and celebrate fashion. 

Jessica's old friend was murdered...possibly by a pastor. TJ and Bridget wade into the fraught waters of 1980s prosperity theology and televangelism. Content warning: Brief references to domestic violence.

Jessica is stranded in Alabama while a lynch mob gathers outside the local jail. Run, girl, run! Otherwise entitled, one our least favorite episodes.

There's food poisoning at the new Revolutionary War-themed restaurant, which means Jessica, Seth, and the state health department inspector are busy trying to figure out what happened while Amos imagines he's dying. Plus, TJ and Bridget bicker the definition of "preserves."

Following the news of Angela Lansbury's death, we take a look back over her career to discover how kids born in the Murder, She Wrote age might have understood her stardom.

It's jury duty for Jessica, and TJ and Bridget are on the scene to give you their hot takes on murder trials, a ridiculous guest cast, and which other detective series this episode most emulates. Content advisory: Like the TV episode, this episode discusses domestic violence.

Lipstick, Stan and Kirsten, prostitution, and Grady being dumb - there's a lot to love about this episode. Put your best face on and join TJ and Bridget for the discussion!

In New Mexico, Jessica joins an archaeological dig with Dr. Seth Hazlitt, and Bridget and TJ think the whole episode is kind of a hot mess.

When poison pen letters flood Cabot Cove with gossip, Jessica has to find out who's sending them. Plus, more real estate shenanigans on the coast! Join TJ and Bridget for a discussion of a favorite episode with a shocking revelation at the end.

Jessica enters a women's prison. Bonus: Jan Brady shows us the consequence of always talking about Marcia. And TJ raves about Yvonne De Carlo.

Jessica's off to the races! Can she solve the murder faster than a champion thoroughbred can make it around Churchill Downs? TJ and Bridget will tell you everything. Plus, in the first furlong, we apologize to our listeners for pretty much everything we ever did.

While at a lake resort, Jessica witnesses a woman being drowned. Or did she? Bridget and TJ will find out and share their memories of vacationing together, with a bonus argument over Catwoman.

In a dark take on Gaslight , Jessica visits a friend whose daughter is torturing her into believing her dead husband is still alive. TJ and Bridget talk about the episode and its connections to feminist care ethics - with just the right amount of references to old Hollywood movies.

Goodbye, little yellow bird, and hello to Emma Macgill! This week we go to London to talk Gaslight, identical twins, Hallmark naps, and how much we love "Sing a Song of Murder." 

Jessica's going to give the commencement address at a private college, but the boyfriend of an erotic novelist who's the daughter of the English dept chair is murdered. Confused? You won't be after listening to Bridget and TJ!

Behind the scenes at a daytime soap opera, real life turns out to be more melodramatic than anything the writers can cook up! And speaking of cooking, Bridget and TJ discuss baking...and the fabulous Jessica Walter. 

We're finally back in Cabot Cove for our beloved curmudgeon Dr. Seth Hazlitt's debut! TJ and Bridget talk about how the writers established him as an old friend to Jessica, even though he didn't exist in season one, and a host of other topics. But like the TV episode, we regret we never conclusively determine if Joshua Peabody is real or not.

We're back, baby! Season two kicks off with Jessica masquerading as an uppity rich lady ripe on a Caribbean island. Meanwhile, Bridget and TJ have comically disastrous attempts to understand each other when the internet cuts in and out.

As we wrap up season 1 and look ahead to season 2, TJ and Bridget are joined by special guest listeners Geoffrey D. Henry and Anton Runkles, who share some of their memories of Murder, She Wrote and flatter us with praise for this podcast. 

It's the season one finale! Bridget and TJ discuss the Western, culottes, and guest star William Windom before he became Seth Hazlitt. CW: This episode and the episode of the TV show discuss sexual assault.

Fly us to a place that's kinda like Palm Springs, let us swing among the classical Hollywood stars. In other words, it's "Murder at the Oasis," which is part family melodrama, part Rat Pack allegory with guest star Joey Bishop. Bonus: Bridget and TJ writing fan fic to fix the episode's ending.

Jessica does Dallas! When our favorite novelist lands in the hospital in Texas, she's in prime position to witness and solve the murder of a doctor.

Blanche! Cheddar cheese on apple pie! A fake sailor and a big screen TV raffle! And some nerdy thing about how close-ups guide audiences and the crumbling middle class. We've got the best takes on "Murder Takes the Bus."

Jessica and her drunk poet friend are nominated for big-time book awards, but a plot twist with a pushy wannabe and a feud between a bro and a dandy gets in the way. Join Bridget and TJ for their discussion of the stereotypes of the literati and the persistent snobbery toward genre fiction. CW: This episode, like the TV episode, contains discussion of sexual assault.

Jessica inherits a football team, Caitlyn Jenner guest stars, and TJ and Bridget reveal they know very little about professional athletics...but they are very opinionated about carpeting in bathrooms.