Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.Jessica happens on a computerized clue to a murder while writing a mystery story for a friend's interactive video game company.
- Sgt. Ignacio Delcanto
- (as Richard Yñiguez)
- Jeremy Hastings
- (as Arthur Cohan)
- Man in Restaurant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey said in a Wired interview that this episode inspired him to work on his virtual reality device.
- GoofsAfter Windstrom is shot, his body slumps to the wall which remains totally devoid of blood.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Jessica Fletcher: Thank goodness it's nonstop from Boston.
Dr. Seth Hazlitt: To Silicon Valley, huh? Now, let me get this straight. You made up an arcade game, is that it? What is it? One of those mind-numbing, blast-the-enemy space ships gizmos? Or, perhaps it's the one where one little face goes running around eating up all the other little faces.
Jessica Fletcher: Oh, of course not. Stop it. This is very fresh. It's a whole new technology and they call it virtual reality.
- ConnectionsReferences Virtual Murder: Dreams Imagic (1992)
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Just hacked into FBI computers.
"A Virtual Murder" is an episode of "Murder, She Wrote" that is supposed to be very high tech and cutting edge. When seen today, however, it seems very dated, as software, computers and video games have changed immensely since it was made in 1993.
Jessica has been hired to help write and test out a virtual reality murder mystery game. However, when the man responsible for writing the source code for the game is murdered, Jessica resorts to good old fashioned investigative skills to uncover the murderer.
The ugly, pixilated game you see in the show actually looks a lot like a few of the games which came out in the early 90s...so don't hold this against the show. What I do hold against it is the bizarre motivation for the murderer...it didn't make a ton of sense. But otherwise, it's a decent episode...though far from the best from season 10.
- planktonrules
- Jul 26, 2023