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11 episodes

A Nero Wolfe Mystery - Season 1

First aired Apr 22, 2001Season 1

Browse all 11 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

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Unknownian

10.0

Nero Wolfe (Maury Chaykin), is an eccentric orchid loving brilliant detective with a taste for fine cuisine. He and his assistant: Archie Goodwin (Timothy Hutton), live in luxury in a brownstone in 1950's New York. Nero Wolfe solves extremely difficult crimes while rarely leaving his mansion, relying on the footwork of Goodwin to gather his evidence. Wolfe's rates are expensive, but his well-heeled clients are very eager to pay. The episodes are done in repertory, with an ensemble of actors each playing different characters in any particular episode. This show is one of the finest television series to ever be broadcast anywhere. It was on A&E for 2 seasons. A&E had problems at the time and had to drop the show. On any other major network, at any given time, this series would have run a decade. It is one of the best written, finely acted, beautifully photographed masterpieces of television history.

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Unknownian

10.0

Set in the mid to late 1950s, this unique detective show, well acted, beautifully photographed, and done in repertory, with an ensemble of actors each playing different characters in any particular episode, was eons ahead of any competition in its quality. Nero Wolfe (Maury Chaykin), is an eccentric orchid loving genius detective, sharing his New York Brownstone with his assistant Archie Goodwin (Timothy Hutton). The show ran for two seasons starting in 2001. Seven of the episodes were directed by Timothy Hutton, as he wanted more responsibility in the production, which was filmed in Canada, though you would never know it. If any show ever captured New York in that era, it was this one. This show was doomed to be canceled simply because of the Network it played on. A&E was in its infancy at the time, and couldn't afford the healthy budget the show demanded. I can't say enough about all of the creative aspects of this show including wardrobe, locations, directing, and story-lines. I have all it on DVD, and highly recommend it to every TV detective series lover.

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Doorbell Rang

9.0
Apr 22, 200193 min5 votes

A eccentric millionairess believes she is being followed, bugged, and generally harassed by the FBI and offers Wolfe $100,000 to get them off her back.

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Episode 2

Champagne for One (1)

9.0
Apr 29, 200160 min5 votes

Archie is standing in for a friend at a party for unwed mothers when one of the guests drops dead. Through she had often talked about killing herself and was known to carry cyanide, Archie does not believe her death was suicide. A little digging uncovers the connection that proves his hunch, and Wolfe helps bring the killer to justice.

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Episode 3

Champagne for One (2)

9.5
May 6, 200160 min2 votes

Archie is standing in for a friend at a party for unwed mothers when one of the guests drops dead. Through she had often talked about killing herself and was known to carry cyanide, Archie does not believe her death was suicide. A little digging uncovers the connection that proves his hunch, and Wolfe helps bring the killer to justice.

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Episode 4

Prisoner's Base (1)

8.7
May 13, 200160 min3 votes

A beautiful heiress attempts to seek refuge in Nero Wolfe's house without revealing her identity or reasons for hiding. When she is turned away and found murdered shortly thereafter, Archie Goodwin takes off on his own to find the killer.

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Episode 5

Prisoner's Base (2)

9.5
May 20, 200160 min2 votes

Moved by Archie Goodwin's zeal in trying to find the killer of heiress Priscilla Eads, Nero Wolfe takes on Archie as a client to aid him in his quest. Tension mounts when another woman who knew the heiress is found murdered.

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Episode 6

Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Moe

10.0
Jun 3, 200160 min1 votes

When fastidious Nero Wolfe abandons a stained tie after eating his lunch in his study, it is used to strangle a prospective client shortly thereafter.

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Episode 7

Disguise for Murder

10.0
Jun 17, 200160 min1 votes

The Manhattan Flower Club's next visit to the brownstone proves fatal for one of the members. Fortunately, she talked to Archie just before she died, and one clue from their conversation proves critical.

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Episode 8

Door to Death

10.0
Jun 24, 200160 min1 votes

Wolfe needs a new orchid man, and goes on an adventure to find him. Only to find a murder scene at his destination and no way of retrieving the horticulturalist without first solving the mystery.

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Episode 9

Christmas Party

10.0
Jul 1, 200160 min1 votes

Nero Wolfe is stunned when Archie Goodwin reveals evidence of his impending engagement. However, Archie is no less shocked when accompanying his so-called fiancée to a Christmas party by the murder of their host.

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Episode 10

Over My Dead Body (1)

10.0
Jul 8, 200160 min1 votes

A woman from Montenegro claims that Wolfe's long-lost adopted daughter is in New York, and is accused of theft at a prestigious fencing club. Her troubles increase when a club member is found stabbed to death and she is the prime suspect.

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Episode 11

Over My Dead Body (2)

10.0
Jul 15, 200160 min1 votes

As Wolfe tries to unravel the mystery of a young woman who could be his long-lost adopted daughter, she draws him and Archie Goodwin further and further into a web of deceit, political intrigue and murder.