This episode of Murder She Wrote has Jessica Fletcher recording some of her
stories as talkiing books for the blind for blind producer William Atherton. It's
while she's there that a blackout occurs and when the lights are back on studio
owner Patrick Wayne is found stabbed to death.
It's the considered opinion of Detective G.W. Bailey that in the blackout the blind
guy in darkness 24/7 has the advantage. Wayne in fact had told him that the
talking book blind series was being terminated. But Wayne had bigger problems in that someone is pirating recordings done by his label's biggest
star Charlie Daniels who is playing a country western star like Charlie Daniels.
What was interesting to me was how G.W. Bailey is so dismissive of Jessica
Fletcher and her assistance unlike most of the law enforcement she deals with.
In some ways this was a warmup for his role as Detective Provenza in The Closer and Major Crimes, but Provenza was not that patronizing at all.
Nicely done with a suspect you won't suspect.