Maine. It’s known as “The Way Life Should Be.”
Well, that wasn’t exactly true for the town of Cabot Cove, in the t.v. show “Murder, She Wrote,” where mystery writer/amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher was constantly solving murders.
Jessica, played by Angela Lansbury, was one of America’s most popular fictional amateur detectives. The show ran from 1984-1996, and was hugely successful. Lansbury was nominated a dozen times for an Emmy (although she never won) and 10 times for a Golden Globe. (She won 4.)
Jessica’s appeal was that she was a genteel, retired English teacher with the ability to see the big picture and notice the smallest details. The sheriffs came to rely on her. Cabot Cove was a neighborly place where people acted like they do in Mayberry.
Unlike Mayberry, however, it was a bit unbelievable that so many dead bodies turned up in this tiny town. (That’s why they sent her off to NYC for a teaching gig in Season 8!)
We miss Jessica and the twists and turns of this entertaining show. It was a great way to test your own detective skills.
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