- When Amos' sister & her in-laws descend upon Cabot Cove, Jessica hosts a dinner party with homicidal results, leaving the finger pointing at the Sheriff's sister.
- Sheriff Amos Tupper is just working flat out since a deputy gave notice when his younger sister, Winnie Tupper Banner, arrives, having left her husband. He dumps her on Jessica, who is fighting a deadline. When she takes her to Dr. Seth Hazlitt for ulcer medicine prescription, she is relieved that the old bachelor-gentleman enjoys her company and leave Winnie with him. Amos allows overbearing Marigold Feeney's "you're no bigot, are you?"" routine to railroad him into hiring her as deputy. Later, he finds himself the last in line for sleeping accommodation in his own home after the unannounced arrival of brother-in-law Elmo Banner, manager of a drugstore, his half-brother and business partner, pharmacist Harold Banner, sister Flo Oakes and her husband, Kenny. Winnie refuses to talk to her in-laws, even announces a divorce, Elmo mumbles 'you'd have to kill me', then she runs off to Seth. Next day, Jessica offers to cook a seafood feast for the unappreciative, grumpy Banner bunch, who all doze off at the table, mildly drugged with phenobarbital, as Seth soon finds, but Elmo dies from an overdose of it. It's also the chief ingredient of Winnie's ulcer drug which she claims to have dropped in the bathroom already. Feeney arrests Ed Bellamy, whom Amos earlier saw fighting with Elmo, but it turns out he is a P.I. Elmo hired.—KGF Vissers
- Everyone in Cabot Cove is surprised when Sheriff Amos Tupper introduces his sister, Winner Banner, to everyone. She's left her boisterous and somewhat gruff husband, Elmo Banner, and has no intention of returning to him. Soon, the entire Banner clan seems to descend on Cabot Cove. Elmo, his brother and sister, and their spouses, all seem to have an opinion on who should do what. At a dinner in her home, Jessica serves her famous chowder, but midway through the meal everyone falls asleep. Everyone that is, except Elmo, who is dead. It's apparent that the chowder was drugged and it's clearly a case of murder. Meanwhile, Amos hires a new deputy, the over-eager Marigold Feeney.—garykmcd
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