Hear me out. This is my idea for a proper way to reboot or bring back Murder She Wrote.
In my mind Grady & Donna have been married for nearly 40 years they have 4 children their eldest is a daughter. Grady & Donna live in New York but the story will focus on their eldest daughter.
She is nearly 40 if not just 40 to be accurate. Her name is Jennifer Beth Fletcher (JB) which is appropriate name for her age. She is a gossip columnist who is recently divorced now children.
After her recent divorce she takes time off from work to “reevaluate” her life. She heads to the family vacation home which has been empty for years. Yup her great aunt Jess’s Cabot Cove. Cabot Cove is still a small quaint town that has been resident to technology and kind of known as a dead zone for cell phones in certain parts.
While reevaluating her life and choices she looks through old photos and some diaries of her great aunt. One night as a storm comes in as they do in Cabot Cove she has a roaring fire and literally uncovers the “typewriter”. She finds it amusing but then sits down playfully taps on the keys. Then grabs a sheet of paper and starts typing. She finds it thrilling compared to her tablet she uses to type her gossip.
I then imagine she types so much she accidentally fell asleep and is awoken by a hard knocking at the door. Enter case one someone in Cabot Cove is missing.
Thoughts? It came to me one night and I thought I would watch a version like this giving enough respect to the OG Angela but tying it to the original plot picking up. By having no kids and no spouse she is free to travel. Having parents and 3 younger adult siblings who probably have small children it opens up the possibility of more storylines.