Murder, She Wrote: Appointment in Athens (1989)
Season 6, Episode 1
6/10
Ransom or Rescue
18 January 2018
I don't know about you but if Len Cariou had roped me into one of his spy deals the way he roped Angela Lansbury in this episode of Murder She Wrote. But I'm figuring Jessica Fletcher just looks at it as getting more material for a future mystery.

Season 6 opens with Len Cariou on a mission to ransom or rescue another MI6 agent and his undercover role calls for him to be a married man. When his female partner doesn't show up he actually has Jessica Fletcher's flight to Cairo overbooked and her fly with him to Athens.

But in Athens the original partner does show up, but she's murdered shortly after. Our Maine mystery writer peels away the layers of intrigue and does of course solve the crime.

Angela's co-star from Broadway's Sweeney Todd made 6 appearances on Murder She Wrote. It's one mission after another he ropes Lansbury into. Still Cariou carries off the role of Michael Hagerty beautifully. The rest of the cast fits their roles as well in this good season opener.
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