If the Frame Fits

Episode aired May 18, 1986
TV-PG
47m

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7.5/10

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Deborah Adair, Angela Lansbury, Bryan Cranston, John de Lancie, Norman Lloyd, and Anne Schedeen in Murder, She Wrote (1984)

Crime Drama Mystery

Jessica is spending her holidays with an old friend, Lloyd Marcus. His daughter is found murdered in her house and her husband Donald becomes the prime suspect.Jessica is spending her holidays with an old friend, Lloyd Marcus. His daughter is found murdered in her house and her husband Donald becomes the prime suspect.Jessica is spending her holidays with an old friend, Lloyd Marcus. His daughter is found murdered in her house and her husband Donald becomes the prime suspect.

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Trivia
The title is from the common expression "If the shoe fits, wear it" meaning the if something fits the facts, then accept it or live with it.

Goofs
When Jessica is sitting in the police station with her friend Lloyd Marcus, talking about Lloyd's daughter's death and how he framed someone for having murdered her, Lloyd stands up from his chair and walks around his chair and Jessica's chair. At one point he has his right hand up to his mouth as he speaks. The camera then cuts and immediately goes to a shot of him with his left hand up by his mouth and, this time, his right arm down.

Quotes
[first lines]
Jessica Fletcher: [laughs] And do you remember "The Horror of Harrow House", with the lurid bloodstains on the doormat?
Lloyd Marcus: Don't knock it. It sold half a million copies in paperback. Schlock, pure and simple, but very effective.

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Murder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison

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8/10

The killer did confess...but only after quite a bit of evidence was presented to them.

Often in "Murder, She Wrote" killers confess their crimes when there really isn't much, if any, evidence to prove they did it. It's a major weakness of many episodes. Fortunately, when the killer does confess, it's only after the police and Jessica present them with irrefutable evidence...making it a good episode.

As for the killing, a series of valuable art thefts have occurred and the final theft appears to have been ill-timed. It's because it looks as if the thief was caught in the act and killed a woman to hide their identity. Of course, Jessica is on hand to help sort all this out and capture the real killer.

Aside from a decent plot, the episode has a few fun performances. Norman Lloyd plays a marvelous old curmudgeon, though John De Lancie REALLY shines as an effete and rather flamboyant rich guy. Well worth seeing.