Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Series + 4 TV Movies Blu-ray - June 17, 2025

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Originally Posted by Cap.T

I do have to say, that the show's quality dropped rather sharply after the first six or seven seasons. It's stil enjoyable but not as good as those earlier seasons.

that is because they didn't know in time if the show would be renewed for season 8, that's why the last episode of season 7 has Jerry Orbach's character say "and that folks..... is all she wrote"
as it was originally intended as the series finale.

when the show was renewed for season 8, they changed the setting.
and in some episodes Angela Lansbury only did the prologue at the beginning, because she was getting older and worked too much,
so they did stand-alone episodes where someone else's story was told by Jessica, so Lansbury could have some more free time, which in the long run clearly helped.
you can absolutely devide this show into seasons 1-7 as Classic MSW,
and season 8-12 + the 4 tv movies as perhaps more of a reboot?