Original Air Date: December 3, 1989
Directed by: Allen Reisner
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains a spoiler for this episode!
Synopsis: Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) narrates the story of Lt. Amos Ballinger (Barry Newman), a police detective assigned to teach a class in criminal investigation at a local university and whose students help him solve a woman’s murder.
Kitty Cameo: Ballinger lives with his adult daughter Jane (Heather McAdam) who finds him about to eat a breakfast of burned eggs, bacon and toast. She quickly takes the plate away and sets it on the floor, calling for their cat Caesar. The gray and white longhaired cat approaches the plate, sniffing, then backs away.
Caesar tries to approach the plate again but turns away. It would appear the cat actor’s trainer is setting the cat down just off screen and is positioned behind the cat the whole time, just in case the feline thespian decides to bolt.
Final Mewsings: Don’t insult your cat with bad food!
Many thanks to Ted Davis for letting us know about the cat in this episode!
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