I've mentioned before how for some strange, inexplicable reason - I like to watch "Murder She Wrote." Toddcat and I love to laugh at all of the ridiculous "A-list" celebrities and how with all the guests it is like "The Loveboat" with murder involved. With Ross traveling so much I have developed the weird-o habit of turning on a "Murder She Wrote" (bless Abby, she gave me the first season dvd collection) and falling asleep to the sounds of Angela Lansbury solving a crime. I know, it doesn't make sense - but I do it.
Anyway - for the past week I have been stuck on the same episode. I'll turn it on and blissfully fall asleep never knowing "who done it." Each night I would fast forward to the place I last remember and fall asleep. Well, last night I hunkered down and finally finished the episode. It brought up a lot of questions. Questions like 1) Why did Angela love to stay in the hospital with her broken foot (she stayed in the hospital for like a week - excuse me - a broken foot is an in and out procedure) 2) Why did all the doctors know her name? and every time she left the hospital to go with the policeman to investigate the murder scene the doctors were always worried that "she had run off." What in the? 3) What kind of hospital would serve meals on the outdoor terrace? 4) Why did everyone else have on nightgowns but Jessica was always dressed up in a dress with a beautiful broach of some sort?
Ross doesn't really indulge my "Murder She Wrote" habits - so I guess until next week - I'll just have to wait to watch another one.
4 comments:
I'd like to begin my comment by saying what an excellent show this is. I really wonder how it is that you are falling asleep with all that murder and excitement, but we don't have time to get into that now.
You bring up a good point in your comparison of this hit show to The Love Boat. Why did they never do a cross-over episode? How awesome would it be to have Jessica on a luxurious cruise falling in love and solving mysterious murders?
Let’s get to answering your questions:
1) Jessica is of an advanced age…a broken foot could easily turn into a coma and she lives alone. Do you want her falling into a coma at home all by herself where she wouldn’t be discovered until the next morning when Sheriff Tupper stopped by for coffee (tea for Jessica).
2) Of course they all knew who she was. JB Fletcher is a famous writer? They were constantly worried that she might have been abducted by one of her crazed fans (#1 suspect: Kitty Carlston)
3) A good hospital, that’s what kind. This might also help explain why she was so willing to stay there all week for a broken foot.
4)Jessica would not wear one of those ridiculous paper gowns for 2 reasons: (a) she is a fashion icon, and (b) no one would take her seriously if she were solving mysteries in a flimsy nightgown with her rear hanging out the back. Oh, and a third reason would be she is far too modest to wear something so revealing….unless she is in disguise as a bar fly trying to get information from a questionable bartender, in which case she would wear a tube top. That’s not very modest at all.
Oh KTC, the answer to your question is really so simple (sort of like Jack Bauer's answer to any dilemma in 24: "You're just going to have to trust me."). The answer is: She is Jessica Fletcher.
(1) Jessica Fletcher can stay in a hospital for a week after an out-patient procedure to be pampered by the doctors whose professional (and probably personal) lives completely revolve around her comings and goings. And, obviously, they would know her name. She is Jessica Fletcher.
(2) Jessica Fletcher can make repeated successful escapes from her extremely attentive physicians to investigate a murder with an appreciative police officer, who under normal circumstances may resent the interference of a 60-year-old woman with a broken foot hobbling about and peppering him with questions. But hey, it's Jessica Fletcher.
(3) Jessica Fletcher is just class so, of course, the hospital she stayed in would serve breakfast on the balcony.
(4) Jessica Fletcher would not be caught dead -- or wounded -- in a regular hospital gown. If you're going to be a top-notch crime fighter, you've got to dress the part. Besides, you never know when you're going to need to poke some would-be double murderer in the eye with the broach-pin or blind them with the reflection off all that bling.
All of you need to get out more.
oh, that is the pot calling the kettle black, Ross.
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