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"A Dogs Life" & Knives Out connection

EDIT: "It's a Dog's Life" is the correct title of the episode.

I figured this community would be a good place to share this connection I just made. If this theory has already been made, then I am not as cool as I thought. While watching an episode of Murder She Wrote that I don't recall ever seeing, I instantly made a connection. It progressed throughout the entire episode and connected many dots for me. I've seen this somewhere else. It almost instantly reminded me of Rian Johnson's Knives Out. The episode is "A Dogs Life" (S1EP6). Rian Johnson definitely was inspired by this episode specifically when he put Knives Out together. The victim is very much like Harlan Thromby and the family Lawyer character who meets with the family to review the will is almost SPOT ON (personality and southern draw) to investigator Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig). There are also many other parallels. If you get a chance to compare the two, you might draw the same conclusion I just did. At first I was a little annoyed with Rian but I remembered that he is a huge fan of Murder She Wrote (MSW) and even put a MSW easter egg in this movie. And if you were unaware, also put a little Angela Lansbury cameo in Glass Onion during the bathtub Among Us scene (it's hilarious).

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u/GOGOCAIT — 18 hours ago

What's your favourite creepy scene?

The scarecrow scene in Murder, Plain and Simple (S07E20) is a little eerie.

u/FruityMagician — 2 days ago

Murray Hamilton

It just dawned on me the crusty reporter who had a beef with Caligostro in "Death Casts a Spell" was the same actor as the idiot mayor in JAWS!

u/Glacier2011 — 1 day ago

Trial by Error on Google TV

So I just watched Trial By Error via the Murder She Wrote station on Google TV Freeplay. I belatedly noticed that it’s the one episode that for some reason doesn’t have any commercial breaks at all. Just wondering if anyone has any insight as to why that would be?

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u/ME_IN_NYC2311 — 1 day ago

Remembering MSW guest star Gloria Stuart who was born on July 4, 1910 & died on September 26, 2010. She appeared in the MSW episode "The Days Dwindle Down" (S3.E21)(top)& then appeared in a MSW TV movie Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man (2001)(bottom)..

u/thing_place_person — 2 days ago

Tom Bosley & Ron Masak in the late 1970s Glad Sandwich Bags commercial. This commercial may be the only project that the two future Cabot Cove sheriffs worked on together as actors.

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u/thing_place_person — 4 days ago

"Bloodlines"

I watched this season 10 episode the other night. I don't usually watch later season episodes but I liked this cast so I gave it a go. I don't know if I was too tired but I think I missed how Jessica figured out who the killer was. I know she remembered 2 car doors closing but I some how missed how she figured out the identity. Does anyone remember ? I'm away or I'd put in my Bluray to find out.

Also, it's funny how all 3 horseracing episodes involve switching horses. You'd think by now Jessica would just assume that's the issue.

u/Greedy-Purple-7203 — 4 days ago

MSW guest star Hurd Hatfield, who died in 1998, appeared in three episodes of MSW. He was also lucky enough to have worked with Angela Lansbury before he guested on MSW. This still is from the movie The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945).

u/thing_place_person — 4 days ago

Remembering the recurring MSW cast member RON MASAK who was born 90 years ago on July 1, 1936 and died at the age of 86 on October 20, 2022. Ron appeared in 41 MSW episodes. He played Sheriff Mort Metzger in 39 of the 41 episodes.

u/thing_place_person — 5 days ago

Brief Update on the MSW Book Series

Hi my friends! I hope everyone is doing well on this July 2nd. So is a verbally official that my husband David did get a verbal job offer for eBay in Austin Texas. His official offer should be coming in the next few days as they have to do a compensation review. With that said we would be officially moving and will be in Austin probably by the week of August 3rd. So that means I've got a lot of packing to tackle amongst job searching. Where does that leave the book series? Well if I can manage to squeeze in an episode per day with wardrobe analysis I could get season 1 wardrobe analysis completed by next week. All the analysis for season 1 up to episode 16 is now completed. I can try to squeeze an episode 17 today. However the key thing is putting the entire book together and get it ready for print and out into the hands of the world. That is going to take a little bit longer than the research alone. I'm not sure if I should just do all the research for all the seasons first with all the episodes followed by the movies and followed by all the book covers first before I actually create all of the books. What is everyone's thoughts about this? It means that you will have consistent Jessica's wardrobe analysis but the actual final product of the book series won't be done for a while. I'm thinking it might be easier to go that way and do all the research first but I just wanted to get everyone's thoughts on this. Please let me know in the comments what you all think which would be the best way for me to go research first or research them publish the books? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts while I am about to go tackle breakfast and then start planning one very huge move. Have a terrific Thursday!

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u/StatementOk5074 — 4 days ago

Last Good Episode

I have noticed (and mostly agree with) a distate for the later seasons of MSW. So my question is: what do you think is the last good episode of Murder, She Wrote?

For me, I think it's "What You Don't Can Kill You". While I think the title is a little misleading, it was one of a few Season 12 episodes that I was completely satisfied with, as its story managed to take a few genuinely surprising turns, and the conclusion was pretty good in my opinion.

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u/BlueHistor1 — 5 days ago

Two Shows??

I have always enjoyed MSW, it debuted when I was a kid and I used to watch it with my mom every week. To me, the show is like a game where I would attempt to figure out the killer before the reveal, and watching it made me quite a good puzzle solver- in fact, I considered going into law enforcement/FBI (thanks not only to JBF but also to Dana Scully, but I digress), however, that never materialized. I of course missed episodes as I got older/became an adult and have never watched the show in order, either catching an episode on some random cable channel years ago, or streaming my favorites the past few years. Now the only way I have to watch it is via the MSW channel since removal of the show from Tubi, and I am noticing that from a certain point on, the show really isn’t that good. I think there are some later gems, but for the most part, once I get to about season 7 onward, I kind of lose interest, unless it’s a Cabot Cove/Seth episode because the entire atmosphere is completely different- the stories are weak, the acting is meh, the guest stars are forgettable, the dialogue is goofy, the music doesn’t enhance the plot, the situations are cringe- I could go on and on. The biggest disappointment is that the CHARM disappears, and I’m left wanting what I know the show is capable of. Does anyone else feel this way? Do you only watch certain seasons? Do you (like me) think that the show should have ended much sooner so the integrity had remained? I’m truly curious what other fans think.

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u/Training-Finish-2754 — 6 days ago

Solve Along Murder She Write

Has anyone been to one of these? They are doing this near me. It sounds like fun. Just curious if anyone has firsthand experience, I'd appreciate knowing more about it. Thanks in advance.

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u/Maleficent_Chard2042 — 6 days ago

Quick update

Hello members! I know I have not posted in a while to say the least. So wanted to cut you all up on what kind of happened with me recently and why you have not seen any Jessica outfit posts. So in between job searching, we had a lot of vendors appear at the house to get a bunch of fixes done and that required a lot of management and not enough time for me to sit down and analyze JB's outfits from that episode. Anyway, my husband has been also applying to jobs even though he has one, and this past Friday June 26th he had a final interview for a company with the location in Austin Texas. We will find out this week if he happens to get the offer. If he does I will be moving to the Austin Texas area by the first week in August. Which means between the job searching but I have to do whether that's part-time or full-time, I would also have to get an entire house which is large and get all of our personal belongings into storage or into a moving truck. However today might be my lucky day and sitting down and analyzing season 1 episodes 16 and 17 possibly more because I have some pretty severe tendonitis going on in my left thumb muscle region. Therefore that means that I cannot do any real computer work or any sorting of clothes or anything preparing for potential moves. With that said, I am hoping to have some analysis ready to go for what I see for these two episodes and have another post going with my thoughts. I hope everyone is doing well wherever you may be currently located on the very last day of June.

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u/StatementOk5074 — 6 days ago

Here's a recent photo of MSW guest stars Debbie Zipp (who turns 74 on June 28th & who played the wife of Grady Fletcher's fiancee/wife) & Michael Horton (who played Grady Fletcher on MSW) that Debbie posted on her Instagram page last month. Debbie & Michael have been married since 12/1975.

u/thing_place_person — 8 days ago

MSW guest star DEBBIE ZIPP, who appeared in five episodes, turns 74 on June 28th. She played Jessica's nephew Grady Fletcher's (Michael Horton) fiancee/wife Donna in 4 of those 5 episodes. Michael & Debbie are married in real-life as well. In fact, they have been married since December 1975.

u/thing_place_person — 8 days ago