maybe i can summon the MIA KINGRAT with a special MURDER SHE REVIEW.
I was not planning on reviewing this episode, it's not one I often watch, but it came up on autoplaY and it dawned on me,
this episode is PEAK MURDER, SHE HAIR.
BAD HAIR IS EVEN A KEY PLOT POINT.
MURDER IN THE ELECTRIC CATHEDRAL, a season 3 (I think?) episode about a TELEVANGELIST
played really, really well by STEVE FORREST who gets involved in the death of a wealthy OKLAHOMA OIL WIDOW played by MILDRED NATWICK- who seems to be depending on LANSBURY for some of her cues (I can't think of why else JESSICA tugs her ear every time she finishes speaking to her)
it also features
DICK VAN PATTEN- who is very funny and who I wish appeared in more MSW episodes- and J
UDY "KILL, KILL, DIE! DIE! DIE!" GEESON of BERSERK!
It also features some of the most
DARKSIDED WIGGETRY EVER FEATURED IN ANY MURDER, SHE EPISODE.
like, I dunno if the SAN FERNANDO VALLEY BRANCH OF BARGAIN CLOWN had a fire sale or what. BUT THERE IS A DEEPER STORY HERE.
EXHIBIT A:
(not pictured, but worth mentioning)
THE MAID who appears in the scene with NATWICK AND LANSBURY in the first 10 minutes is wearing a wig that must be seen to be not believed. it is the least convincing wig i have ever seen. HELEN KELLER could clock this wig- and I'm factoring the fact that she is dead into that.
EXHIBIT B: NURSE NAN
I want you to look me right in the eye and tell me that- on that day in 1987- there wasn't A DAZED RONALD MCDONALD somewhere in the side of VENTURA BLVD, SNATCHED BALD and wondering what in the Fresh HELL just happened to them.
The most ludicrous thing about this WIG is that IT IS PART OF THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION TO THE MYSTERY AND ACCORDING TO JESSICA, THIS IS THIS WOMAN'S ACTUAL G**D*** HAIR!!!!!! like, GURL, NO. UH UH. NO. NO. JUST NO. I AM CAPABLE OF SUSPENDING MY DISBELIEF FOR A LOT THINGS REGARDING THIS SHOW AND ITS ENTIRE PREMISE, BUT IS THIS A STEP TOO FAR AND I REFUSE.
EXHIBIT C: LINDA RICHMOND of COFFEE TALK
This might actually be her real hair, but I'm going to be nice and call "WIG."
EXHIBIT D: THE HAIRDRESSER LASHING OUT AT HUMAN HAIR ON A BIT PLAYER, I THINK THERE IS SOME KIND OF BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY OF TRAUMA BEHIND THIS EPISODE.
WHAT DID THIS POOR GIRL EVER DO TO YOU, YOU SADISTIC B****?