Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder.Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder.Jessica intervenes when Seth's long-lost Army buddy is accused of murder.
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- Sheriff Mort Metzger
- (as Ron Másak)
- Driver
- (as John C. Tuell)
- Tony Salducci
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJust before Ben Oliver enters Lawrence Jarvis's motel room, Jarvis is watching Kojak A Question of Answers (1975) featuring Jerry Orbach. Orbach was a frequent guest-star on Murder, She Wrote (1984) playing Harry McGraw.
- GoofsWhen Lawrence Jarvis (Robert Lansing) breaks into Ben Oliver's (Gerald S. O'Loughlin) motel room, the door knob is on the right side of the door (in the outside shot). When the camera cuts to the inside, the doorknob is on the opposite side of the door.
- Quotes
Ben Oliver: [explaining his stay in the VA hospital and his later nomadic behavior] Okay, then, I'll give it to you in one quick swallow. You see, Corporal, when a mortar round hits close enough, it not only explodes, it implodes at the very same time. This causes a vacuum, a force that sucks part of your being right out through the top of your skull. For lack of a better word, let's call it your soul. And what most people don't know is, souls are a hell of a lot more fragile than human flesh. Sometimes they just never seem to heal
- ConnectionsReferences Kojak: None So Blind (1990)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
This is one high quality episode, Series eight has truly been a high point, and this is one of the standout episodes.
It's a fine mystery, with some great characters. I didn't see the victim coming, nor did I see the killer's identity coming.
It's been nice to see Seth playing a bigger part in recent episodes, he hasn't long had a big storyline, and here he gets another. I would argue that this was perhaps William Windom's finest moment on the show, that scene where he described the events of the war, was quite brilliant.
Gerald S. O'Loughlin is excellent as Ben, it's a genuinely memorable and strong performance.
9/10.
- Sleepin_Dragon
- Nov 6, 2023