Anyone who knows me well will verify that Murder, She Wrote is my all-time favorite TV series. Universal started releasing the series by seasons in 2005...and thus far, the first 11 seasons have been released and occupy a place on my book-shelf (or floor now, since I am out of space for DVDs). I have really been surprised that sales have stayed strong enough for 11 sets of the series to be released...and feared that we would never get to see Season 12, the series' lowest-rated and final one, available for purchase.
My fears were put to rest last week when www.tvshowsondvd.com announced that Season 12 WILL be released -- November 23, two days before Thanksgiving! With that, the collection will be complete. They have even gotten a sneak preview of the proposed cover art for the set...although there will be some slight changes when the actual set is released.
There will NEVER be another Murder, She Wrote. Today's fascination with forensics and the youth movement make shows like Murder, She Wrote impossible or too simple to reproduce -- but for pure puzzle-solving pleasure, you can't beat the 263 episode legacy Angela Lansbury was gracious enough to leave us with.
I have an autographed picture of Angela Lansbury (the only celebrity I have ever written to) and for years, it sat proudly on my TV set but eventually was removed because I got tired of having to explain why "I had a picture of that old lady from Murder, She Wrote" on my TV on the rare occasions when someone would come by to visit. Having the series on DVD allows me to enjoy her and her smooth acting in the privacy of my own home and indulge a need to solve a mystery when my mind is unsettled or anxious or re-kindle memories from a time, pre-computer age, when life was simpler.
