In Australia, Jessica may be the legal owner of a valley that the sheepherders and miners are arguing over, and may be the cause of the disappearance of Jessica's lawyer.In Australia, Jessica may be the legal owner of a valley that the sheepherders and miners are arguing over, and may be the cause of the disappearance of Jessica's lawyer.In Australia, Jessica may be the legal owner of a valley that the sheepherders and miners are arguing over, and may be the cause of the disappearance of Jessica's lawyer.
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- TriviaContrary to popular belief, Foster's Beer is hard to find in Australia as it is not one of the more preferred beers.
- GoofsJessica tells Kookaburra's local historian that her great-uncle Eamonn McGill was her grandmother's brother. "Brother-in-law" would be more genealogically accurate, as "McGill" would only be the grandmother's surname by marriage.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Tim Jarvis: So, the bauxite mine will not only get some of you layabouts jobs, it's gonna put Kookaburra Downs on the map so to speak.
Melba Drummond: And to hell with our sheep, right? Sheep-men have been supporting Kookaburra Downs for two centuries, Jarvis!
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Jessica arrives in the middle of no where in Australia just as the locals are all up in arms. Why? Because a mining outfit wants to buy up the town and the local sheep ranchers are fighting them. So why is Jessica there? She might just be the heir that owns this town! But of course, bodies soon start piling up...something you expect with a visit from this particular mystery writer.
The mistake about the beer didn't bother me. It made me laugh...but otherwise it wasn't important. What I did NOT like was the use of the world's WORST cliche from murder mysteries. What was it? A guy phones Jessica and tells her to meet him so he can help clear up the mystery...and the cliche just dictates that he'll be dead before Jessica arrives...which is exactly what everyone knows will happen. This really is NOT a spoiler...it's just that standard cliche.
So despite all this, is it any good? It's okay. If you pay attention, you can figure out the killer during the course of the show. But as with all the episodes, it's still worth seeing despite its limitations.
- planktonrules
- Dec 13, 2023