Murder She Wrote: The
Complete Ninth Season (Universal DVD)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Episodes: C+
We
continue our coverage into Season Nine of the beloved Murder She Wrote series, we have already
covered season two reviewed here,
as well as seasons three through eight, cover here. Of course the show would continue on for a
total of 12 seasons once it was all said and done, but the show remained a
strong one through the 1980s and became a real staple of the television crime
drama, even though Season Nine would continue much of the same formula, it was
obvious that the show was not ready to run out of steam just yet. Angela Lansbury is far too tough for
that!
This set
includes all 22 episodes across five discs, they are as follows:
Disc One:
Murder in Milan
Family Secrets
The Mole
The Wind Around the Tower
Disc Two:
The Dead file
Night of the Coyote
Sugar & Spice, Malice &
Vice
The Classic Murder
A Christmas Secret
Disc
Three:
The Sound of Murder
Final Curtain
Double Jeopardy
Dead Eye
Disc
Four:
Killer Radio
The Petrified Florist
Treshhold of Fear
The Big Kill
Dead to Rights
Disc
Five:
Lone Witness
Ship of Thieves
The Survivor
Love’s Deadly Desire
The show
did try new things here and there, but was always strongest when it kept to
doing what it knew best and kept with the shows original intentions. Even the best shows run out of ideas at some
point and this may have been the season to end the series as it was finally
getting to the point where fresh ideas were few and far between and the
strength of the entire show was relying heavily on Lansbury and die hard
fans. Either way, it is here to stay on
DVD.
Like the
other sets for the show it features a slightly soft 1.33 X 1 full frame image
that shows some date, but still looks good since it was shot on film. The Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono is also fine for it’s age and is consistent with the previous sets as well.
We look
forward to the remaining seasons and this is a show that deserves Blu-ray treatment
at some point in time, hopefully sooner than later.
- Nate Goss
