Jessica comes to the rescue when a friend's sculpture is used as a murder weapon.Jessica comes to the rescue when a friend's sculpture is used as a murder weapon.Jessica comes to the rescue when a friend's sculpture is used as a murder weapon.
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Herb Edelman
- NYPD Lieutenant Artie Gelber
- (as Herbert Edelman)
Vince Howard
- Real Dr. Swope
- (as Vincent Howard)
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- TriviaAll entries contain spoilers
- GoofsJuvenile records are sealed. Lt. Gelber wouldn't have known of the suspect's previous crimes.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Philip Jovey: But notice the underlying narrative. How the artist imposes a certain order to the chaos.
Sondra Arthur: Philip, $15,000 is a lot of cash for chaos. Frankly, I hate it.
Philip Jovey: Who said anything about liking it?
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
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Some VERY broad caricatures in this one.
Season 10 was a big improvement over season 9, though "Portrait of Death" and the previous episode ("Proof in the Pudding") were pretty bad.
Jessica is in New York when she bumps into an old acquaintance. It seems that Kim (Loretta Swit) won a fortune and has been living the high life. Now, she's devoting her time to making art. However, when a charity art auction occurs...so does murder!
While the plot is pretty decent, the writer really dropped the ball when it came to a few characters...making them caricatures more than believable people. The worst was Teddy...a woman who was eating in every scene she was in but one. She also was supposed to be a bit of a low-life...and put it on pretty thick. She was just not believable at all. It was also rather funny seeing Francis morph into a gangster at the end...what an unintentionally funny performance. Overall, this one is just bad in places and made me wonder if season 10 was quickly becoming just like season 9...which is sad for lovers of the series.
Jessica is in New York when she bumps into an old acquaintance. It seems that Kim (Loretta Swit) won a fortune and has been living the high life. Now, she's devoting her time to making art. However, when a charity art auction occurs...so does murder!
While the plot is pretty decent, the writer really dropped the ball when it came to a few characters...making them caricatures more than believable people. The worst was Teddy...a woman who was eating in every scene she was in but one. She also was supposed to be a bit of a low-life...and put it on pretty thick. She was just not believable at all. It was also rather funny seeing Francis morph into a gangster at the end...what an unintentionally funny performance. Overall, this one is just bad in places and made me wonder if season 10 was quickly becoming just like season 9...which is sad for lovers of the series.
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- planktonrules
- Jul 29, 2023
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