Episode
Title: Triangle Episode
#16 (Second Season of the series) Telecast:
November 26, 1978 Rebroadcast:
June 22, 1979 Ray's
marriage proposal to would-be country singer Garnet McGee (Kate Mulgrew)
is tarnished, when he learns that she has been secretly negotiating with
J.R. for a recording deal in which J.R. would receive a percentage and
her sexual services.
Episode Title: Time Heals (2
Parts) Episodes #85 & #86 -
Season Four Episodes Telecast: February 19, 1986
& February 20, 1986 Flashbacks to interwoven
decades present the men and women of St. Eligius at pivotal points in history,
beginning with the optimistic beginnings in 1935 with the oft-mentioned
Father McGabe. This episode won an Emmy for "Outstanding Writing in a Drama
Series (Single Episode)" in 1986. Story and teleplay by Tom Fontana, John
Tinker and John Masius.
Episode Title: Strange Bedfellows
(3 Parts) Last 3 episodes of Season
4 Telecast: May 1, 1986 (Pt.
1), May 8, 1986 (Pt. 2), & May 15, 1986 (Pt. 3) Part 1 - When Sam starts
seeing the pretty politician Janet Eldridge (Kate Mulgrew), Diane fears
that he is headed for a serious relationship. Part 2 - Diane's worries
that Janet will dump Sam after she wins the election turn out to be false,
and Sam and Janet's relationship seems to be going great. Janet feels that
Diane needs to leave the Cheers nest, and at Janet's encouragement, Sam
fires Diane so she ``can get on with her life.'' Part 3 - Diane comes
in to Cheers to apologize to Sam, but instead decides to ask some rather
personal questions at Sam and Janet's press conference. Sam throws
Diane out of the bar, and Janet breaks up with Sam. At the end of this
episode Sam is seen making a phone call during which he proposes to someone.
Is it Diane or Janet? In the first episode of the Fifth Season we find
out that of course it was Diane and Janet is never seen again.
MURDER,
SHE WROTE
Episode Title: The Corpse
Flew First Class Episode #55 - Season Three
Episode Telecast: Jan. 18, 1987 Sonny Greer (Kate Mulgrew)
is traveling with her lover, Leon Bigard, on a transatlantic flight from
Boston's Logan Airport to England. During the flight Leon is killed in
first class. It is discovered that Leon is actually Sonny's bodyguard who
was in charge of protecting her jewerly. Now her Empress diamond necklace
is missing. Jessica Fletcher, who was on the flight to research a grizzly
turn-of-the-century murder case for her new book, steps in to solve the
crime.
Episode Title: Ever After Episode #168 - Season Eight
Episode Telecast: March 8, 1992 After being away Jessica
Fletcher returns home and meets her new neighbor, Joanna Rollins (Kate
Mulgrew), star of the long running daytime soap opera, "Happily Ever After".
Jessica witnesses a quarrel between Joanna and her lover, Devon "Sonny"
Lane, an ex-child star, who has just been fired from "Happily Ever After"
and is now being dismissed from Joanna's life. A few days later Joanna
marries wealthy older man, Walter Bowman. She moves into his extravagant
home where she isn't welcomed by his daughter, her boyfriend or his ex-wife.
After a valuable painting in Joanna's apartment is found slashed, her husband
Walter is found shot to death in their home. Jessica steps in to solve
the crime.
Episode Title: The Dying
Game Episode # 213 - Season Ten
Episode Telecast: March 13, 1994 Jessica Fletcher is a board
member of the Manhattan-based Museum of Cultural History. The institution
is having financial difficulties, a reflection of its involvement with
Larkin's Department Store, which is being bought out by Amalgamated combine.
Henry Wilson, an accountant at Larkin's Department Store, is murdered after
he discovers that someone is stealing from the store's pension fund account.
Is Maude Gillis (Kate Mulgrew), in charge of the personnel department and
blackmailing the store's fashion designer, involved? Jessica steps in to
solve the crime.
Souce of informtion for "Murder,
She Wrote" - The Unofficial Murder, She Wrote Casebook by James Robert
Parish
Episode Title: Reservations Telecast: October 24, 1987 Peter McDermot (James Brolin)
notices Leslie Chase (Kate Mulgrew), who he knew years ago, at the front
desk of the St. Gregory where she is asking that a newspaper from her hometown
be sent up to her. He is told that she is running her business out
of the Windsor Suite until her permanent offices in the financial district
are ready.
Peter delivers the newspaper
and Leslie is surprised and pleased to see him. They reminisce and
Peter suggests dinner. She'd love it she says as he leaves.
In the meantime, she continues to run her 'escort service' out of the hotel
suite.
Peter and Leslie share several
dinners and all goes well between the two. Sparks appear to fly until
one of Leslie's employees is beaten up by her escort. The cat is
out of the bag as to exactly what kind of business Leslie runs and Peter
leads the police to her suit.
Episode Title: On The Rocks Episode #99 - Season Four
Episode Telecast: May 4, 1992 The network tries a temporary
replacement, Hillary Wheaton (Kate Mulgrew), for the pregnant Murphy; however
Murphy recognizes the same signs in her that show she is on the same path
Murphy once traveled, alcoholism. Mulgrew was awarded the
Tracey Humanitarian Award for this performance.
