Murder, She Wrote (season 9)

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Murder, She Wrote (1984–1996) is an American television show, airing on CBS, about mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher.

Family Secrets [9.2]

Janet Weymouth: [after Jessica exposes her as the murderer] I just wanted to talk some sense into him. But he wouldn't listen. Every dime I have is from the Babbington side of the family. If word got out that Margaret had a child, we'd have lost the entire inheritance. We'd be ruined. I offered him everything, anything.

Sheriff Mort Metzger: But he refused.

Janet Weymouth: Yes.

Jessica Fletcher: And then?

Janet Weymouth: And then I ... And then I ... It was as if I'd lost touch with reality. My head was swimming. All I could feel was a terrible hatred for him and for what he was doing to me and to my family. I didn't know what I was doing. I just knew I was terrified of losing everything and I couldn't let that happen. I just couldn't.

Sugar & Spice, Malice & Vice [9.7]

Laura Downing: [after Jessica exposes her as the murderer] Oh, yes, Paul taught me a lot. His problem was that he didn't know that I was smarter than he was. The information on that disk? I dug it out for him. Did he think I didn't know what he was going to use it for? Didn't know what it was worth?

Jessica: So you decided to cash in on it, take over his game. You phoned him, said you had to talk with him.

Andrea Cromwell: But why did you frame my father?

Laura Downing: I didn't plan it that way. But Hagerty followed Paul. Paul had spotted Hagerty following him. It was Paul who hit him. It just flashed into my head. The perfect cover. Now, I had to kill Paul either way. I had the gun in my purse, but Hagerty's gun was just lying on the floor. It was even better.

Jessica: Then you slipped out and phoned security, reporting the gunshot.

Laura Downing: It was almost a perfect plan.

Jessica: Except for the fact that Paul wasn't carrying the disk.

The Classic Murder [9.8]

George Foster: [after Jessica accuses him of committing the murders] You think you know everything, don't you? Yeah, I'd been stealing money for years. Winnowing it from every unit in the corporate structure. But old Buck found out about it right before B.J. did. I ran into him the other night at the steakhouse, just as he was leaving. He pulled me aside and said that he was going to hand me over to the investigation committee, try to save the company and prevent his employees from losing their jobs. When I got home that night and found out that Buck was there, something snapped. I went to his room. I shot him. I had no idea that woman was hiding in the bathroom, listening to the whole thing.

Jessica: But you had a good-paying job, you lived in a mansion and you were married to a billionaire's sister. Why did you need to steal the money?

George Foster: I needed to get away. From the job, from that house. Most of all, from my wife. I'm so sick of being Buck Wilson's brother-in-law! I wanted to fly to Rio and start a new life. In my own mansion.

Dead to Rights [9.18]

Bruce Hastings: [after Jessica accuses him of committing the murder] Ethan didn't simply threaten to implicate me. He demanded part of my share. I arranged to meet him at his office. I told him I'd bring the money. We're both members of the downtown squash club, so I borrowed his keys out of his locker and I made copies. I arrived a few minutes early and let myself in. I was just putting my bag on the desk and then the strangest thing happened. The door opens, and in walks this young woman. She comes right toward where I'm hiding. I was beginning to panic. And suddenly ... I noticed the young woman's blood, and I realized I had a chance to frame her. I wiped some on my glove and smeared it on the edge of Ethan's desk. And then I placed the gun in her hand, squeezed the trigger, fired a round into the wall.

Vincent Polaski: Listen, Bruce, you know I'd be happy to defend you on this. Of course, no plea bargains, you know. This is actually one trial I'd enjoy losing.

Love's Deadly Desire [9.22]

Sibella Stone: [after Jessica exposes her as the murderer] My compliments, Jessica. I should have stuck to my specialty, gothic romance, and left the murder plotting to you.

Jessica: I think you were mistaken on a far more basic level, Sibella. You convinced yourself you could pull it off in real life.