Season 8 of Murder She Wrote has Jessica Fletcher taking an apartment in New
York because she's joined the faculty of one of the colleges here. Her BFF Dr.
Hazlett is skeptical about big cities especially New York's reputation for crime in
the streets.
William Windom when he visits Angela Lansbury spends the whole episode with
an 'I told you so' look on his face because sure enough when she arrives Lansbury
finds Alan Feinstein the previous tenant the subject of a murder and the cops
in the persons of Eugene Roche and Jay Acovone investigating. In fact Roche
is a big old fan.
Feinstein was in the smuggling business using his brother's import/export
business for a cover. He's got a lot of people wishing him ill will.
There's a nice performance from Rosemary Forsyth who is Lansbury's new
neighbor who keeps her door perpetually open. No mugger would bother
this lady, but God forbid she should miss some juicy gossip.
A heralded debut in the Big Apple for Jessica Fletcher.