In 2004, Jessica Fletcher was listed in Bravo's "100 Greatest TV Characters".
16 Facts About Jessica Fletcher
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Jessica Fletcher was ranked at number six on Sleuth Channel's poll of "America's Top Sleuths".
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Jessica Fletcher has two sisters and two brothers, Martin and Marshall, a doctor.
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Jessica Fletcher is introduced as a widow in the first episode, her beloved husband Frank having died a couple of years before the start of the series.
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Jessica Fletcher was close with the family of Frank's brother Neil, who had died some years before Frank had.
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Jessica Fletcher began her career writing on an old Royal typewriter, but as her career progresses, she eventually purchases a computer running Windows 3.1.
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The format of the show usually has Jessica Fletcher solving the mysteries within five minutes of the end of each program, unless the producers felt they could prolong the suspense across two episodes.
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Jessica Fletcher is generally forced to solve every mystery herself in the style of one of the characters from her book, as the police prove to be incapable of doing so without her help.
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The episode opens as Jessica Fletcher arrives, either in her fictitious town of residence, or visiting elsewhere and meets several characters.
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Jessica Fletcher enters into a conversation with this character and in a few minutes accuses him or her of being the killer, explaining how and why this person did it.
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Sometimes Jessica Fletcher will make up evidence which was not actually found, but the discovery of which will seem plausible to the killer.
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At this point, the murderer admits guilt and confesses, whereupon Jessica Fletcher shakes her head sadly.
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The episode concludes with a final scene in which the innocent former suspects say goodbye to Jessica Fletcher and thank her for the happy ending.
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Almost every episode then ends with a freeze frame shot of Jessica Fletcher laughing or smiling.
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Fortunately Jessica Fletcher, who had been blissfully unaware of the murder for half the episode, solved the crime over the phone.
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Jessica Fletcher is credited along with authors Donald Bain, Jon Land, and Terry Farley Moran as co-author of a series of Murder, She Wrote novels inspired by the television series.