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A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)
Popularity 15.2
Overview
Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.
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Cast & Crew
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Top Cast
Maury ChaykinNero Wolfe
Timothy HuttonArchie Goodwin
Colin FoxFritz Brenner
Bill SmitrovichInspector Cramer
Key Crew
Charles B. WesslerProducer
Delia FineExecutive Producer
Holly DaleProducer
Howard BraunsteinExecutive Producer
James TolkanProducer
John L'EcuyerProducer
Michael JaffeExecutive Producer
Neill FearnleyProducer
Randi RichmondProducer
Rex StoutNovel
Susan MurdochProducer
Timothy HuttonExecutive Producer
ARTWORK GALLERY
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EPISODE GUIDE
Seasons & Episodes
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Season 1
11 episodes · First aired 2001-04-22 · ★ 9.6
E01
The Doorbell Rang
2001-04-22 · 93 min
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.
E02
Champagne for One (1)
2001-04-29 · 60 min
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.
E03
Champagne for One (2)
2001-05-06 · 60 min
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.
E04
Prisoner's Base (1)
2001-05-13 · 60 min
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.
E05
Prisoner's Base (2)
2001-05-20 · 60 min
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.
E06
Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Moe
2001-06-03 · 60 min
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.
E07
Disguise for Murder
2001-06-17 · 60 min
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.
E08
Door to Death
2001-06-24 · 60 min
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.
E09
Christmas Party
2001-07-01 · 60 min
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.
E10
Over My Dead Body (1)
2001-07-08 · 60 min
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.
E11
Over My Dead Body (2)
2001-07-15 · 60 min
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.
Season 2
16 episodes · First aired 2002-04-14 · ★ 9.2
E01
Death of a Doxy (1)
2002-04-14 · 60 min
A simple favor for a friend leads Archie to a dead body. The friend is arrested but Wolfe suspects the real murderer is still on the loose, though Archie isn't so sure. His investigations take him to the victim's sister, who is willing to go to any length to keep her sibling's transgressions a secret. Only a clever ruse by Wolfe finally flushes out the killer.
E02
Death of a Doxy (2)
2002-04-14 · 60 min
A simple favor for a friend leads Archie to a dead body. The friend is arrested but Wolfe suspects the real murderer is still on the loose, though Archie isn't so sure. His investigations take him to the victim's sister, who is willing to go to any length to keep her sibling's transgressions a secret. Only a clever ruse by Wolfe finally flushes out the killer.
E03
The Next Witness
2002-04-21 · 60 min
When Wolfe realizes his testimony will be used to convict a defendant he believes is innocent, he storms out of the trial in contempt of court. With Archie at his side and Inspector Cramer on his tail, Wolfe's investigation uncovers a complicated blackmail scheme. With the new evidence in hand, Wolfe returns to the court, much to the prosecuting attorney's annoyance.
E04
Die Like a Dog
2002-04-28 · 60 min
Archie stumbles onto a murder scene while trying to retrieve his raincoat. Not wanting to get involved, he leaves the scene only to discover a black Labrador retriever following him. Wolfe, surprisingly, is taken by the animal and christens him Jet. When Cramer shows up in search of the pet, wolfe gets Archie involved in the investigation in order to keep the dog.
E05
Murder Is Corny
2002-05-05 · 60 min
Inspector Cramer arrives with Wolfe's specially-picked corn, fresh from the murder scene of the delivery boy. Archie is the prime suspect in light of his infatuation with a "sweet" young farm girl turned fashion model. Once Wolfe realizes the inconvenience of Archie's potential incarceration, he joins the case, and the two eventually flush out the criminal -- but not before some deadly corn pops in their faces.
E06
Motherhunt (1)
2002-05-12 · 60 min
A baby is left on a widow's doorstep with a note implying that her late husband had been its father. The widow, Lucy Valdon, hires Wolfe and Archie to find the true mother, but soon the case turns deadly.
E07
Motherhunt (2)
2002-05-19 · 60 min
A baby is left on a widow's doorstep with a note implying that her late husband had been its father. The widow, Lucy Valdon, hires Wolfe and Archie to find the true mother, but soon the case turns deadly.
E08
Poison a la Carte
2002-05-26 · 60 min
Someone's poisoned a lecherous producer during a banquet prepared by Fritz, and Wolfe starts investigating the kitchen before the victim has even stopped breathing. He boils down the pool of suspects to one of five female servers, but it takes a clever ruse to bring the killer out into the open.
E09
Too Many Clients (1)
2002-06-02 · 60 min
After Thomas Yeager hires Archie because he believes he's being followed, he winds up dead at a construction site. Wolfe and Archie's investigations show that the victim had many lovers.
E10
Too Many Clients (2)
2002-06-09 · 60 min
After Thomas Yeager hires Archie because he believes he's being followed, he winds up dead at a construction site. Wolfe and Archie's investigations show that the victim had many lovers.
E11
Before I Die
2002-06-16 · 60 min
The gangster Dazy Perrit wants to keep his daughter's identity a secret so he hires a stand in to pose as her. But when the stand in blackmails him, he turns to Wolfe and Archie for help.
E12
Help Wanted, Male
2002-06-30 · 60 min
After Wolfe turns down a request for help, the man is murdered. More troubling than that is that now Wolfe is the one being threatened. In order to buy some time Wolfe hires a body double, but will that be enough to keep him safe until he finds the killer?
E13
The Silent Speaker (1)
2002-07-14 · 60 min
Wolfe and Archie investigate the murder of the Head of the Bureau of Price Regulations, who was about to speak before the National Industry Association.
E14
The Silent Speaker (2)
2002-07-21 · 60 min
Wolfe and Archie investigate the murder of the Head of the Bureau of Price Regulations, who was about to speak before the National Industry Association.
E15
Cop Killer
2002-08-11 · 60 min
Two illegal aliens flee a barbershop when a New York City cop begins asking questions. When the cop turns up dead, Wolfe must clear the two of his murder.
E16
Immune to Murder
2002-08-18 · 60 min
Wolfe is asked to cook his famous baked trout for an oilman and an Eastern European ambassador. But when Archie finds a body in the trout stream, Wolfe must solve the murder first.
