As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more). 　　译文(2): 在《谋杀，她写》的第六季中，明星安吉拉 · 兰斯伯里保持着她作为洁西卡·佛莱契、专业作家和业余侦探永远活跃和好奇的气【资源囤-ZiYuanTun.Com】。虽然杰西卡继续调查在她的家乡 Cabot Cove 和其他地方的谋杀案(在世界的高金融，歌剧，伏都教，和其他背景) ，这一季开始了实践的客串侦探剧集，介绍了杰西卡作为一个故事，她写的或一个朋友讲的故事，但主演了各种古怪的调查人员: 一个前足球运动员(肯霍华德，白影)配对聪明的狮子狗;一个在现实生活中解决犯罪问题的电视犯罪节目制片人(戴安娜 · 卡诺瓦，《肥皂剧》) ; 一个身材魁梧的爱尔兰侦探(长期扮演角色的演员帕特 · 辛格尔) ; 一个粗鲁的凶杀组警察(巴里 · 纽曼，《消失点》) ; 以及反复出现的谋杀，她写的角色像前珠宝窃贼丹尼斯 · 斯坦顿(基思 · 米歇尔饰)和英国特工迈克尔 · 哈格蒂(莱恩 · 卡里乌饰)。制片人显然希望利用《她写的谋杀》的流行来衍生新系列，但是这一季没有什么成功，观众的抵制很快使这种做法结束。高管们一定很惊讶地发现，尽管谋杀悬疑故事是由情节推动的，但这部剧的成功在很大程度上取决于明星兰斯伯里不可否认的魅力。尽管如此，这些一次性节目的质量与兰斯伯里的一致，观众开放的多样性将喜欢他们一样多。本季剩下的时间里，将有一系列令人惊叹的嘉宾，包括老电影明星(唐纳德 · 奥康纳，《雨中曲》)和新电影明星(埃利奥特 · 古尔德，《漫长的告别》) ，电视明星(雪莉 · 琼斯，鹧鸪家庭; 杰瑞 · 斯蒂勒，《皇后区之王》 ; 多丽丝 · 罗伯茨，《人人都爱雷蒙德》 ; 凯文 · 泰伊，太空堡垒卡拉狄加; 加文 · 麦克劳德，《爱之船》) ，以及四线名人(达克 · 兰博，摩根 · 布列塔尼，苏珊 · 安东，等等)。