女作家与谋杀案第六季

AsMurder,SheWrotesauntersthroughitssixth(ofaneventual12)season,starAngelaLansburymaintainshereternallybuoyantandinquisitiveairasJessicaFletcher,professionalwriterandamateursleuth.ThoughJessicacontinuedtoinvestigatemurdersinherhometownofCabotCoveandelsewhere(intheworldsofhighfinance,opera,andvoodoo,amongothersettings),thisseasonbeganthepracticeofguestdetectiveepisodes,introducedJessicaaseitherastoryshewroteorataletoldafriend,butstarringavarietyofquirkyinvestigators:Anex-footballplayer(KenHoward,TheWhiteShadow)pairedwithacleverpoodle;atelevisioncrime-showproducerwhosolvedcrimeinreallife(DianaCanova,Soap);astoutIrishdetective(longtimecharacteractorPatHingle);anabrasivehomicidecop(BarryNewman,VanishingPoint);aswellasrecurringMurder,SheWrotecharacterslikeformerjewelthiefDennisStanton(KeithMichell)andBritishsecretagentMichaelHaggerty(LenCariou).TheproducerswereobviouslyhopingtouseMurder,SheWrote\"spopularitytospin-offnewseries,butnothingfromthisseasontookoffandviewerresistancesoonbroughtthepracticetoanend.Executivesmusthavebeensurprisedtodiscoverthat,thoughmurdermysteriesareplot-driven,thisshow\"ssuccessdependsheavilyontheundeniablecharmofstarLansbury.Still,theseone-offepisodesareofaconsistentqualitywithLansbury\"s,andviewersopentovarietywillenjoythemjustasmuch.Therestoftheseasonfeaturestheusualastonishingarrayofguests,includingmoviestarsold(DonaldO\"Connor,Singin\"intheRain)andrecent(ElliottGould,TheLongGoode),televisionstalwarts(ShirleyJones,ThePartridgeFamily;JerryStiller,TheKingofQueens;DorisRoberts,EveryoneLovesRaymond;KevinTighe,BattlestarGalactica;andGavinMcLeod,TheLoveBoat),andD-listcelebritiestodiefor(DackRambo,MorganBrittany,SusanAnton,andmore).