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Nero Wolfe - Episode Guide

Season 1

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Episode: S01 Special | Airdate: Mar 5, 2000 (120 min)

The Golden Spiders: A Nero Wolfe Mystery

What starts with Archie trying to teach Wolfe a lesson, ends in three murders and a plot to fleece unknowing immigrants.

The Doorbell Rang

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Apr 22, 2001 (120 min)

The Doorbell Rang

Rachel Bruner wants Wolfe to stop the FBI from spying on her. In order to do that, Wolfe needs to solve a murder that's flummoxed the NYPD for two months, as well.

Champagne for One Part 1

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Apr 29, 2001

Champagne for One Part 1

A last minute invitation to a dinner for unwed mothers, lands Archie in the middle of a murder. Or is it a suicide?

Champagne for One Part 2

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: May 2, 2001

Champagne for One Part 2

A last minute invitation to a dinner for unwed mothers, lands Archie in the middle of a murder. Or is it a suicide?

Prisoner's Base Part 1

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: May 13, 2001

Prisoner's Base Part 1

Priscilla Eades tries to convince Wolfe to let her hide out in his house until after her twenty-fifth birthday. When Wolfe refuses, she leaves and is murdered.

Prisoner's Base Part 2

Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: May 20, 2001

Prisoner's Base Part 2

Priscilla Eades tries to convince Wolfe to let her hide out in his house until after her twenty-fifth birthday. When Wolfe refuses, she leaves and is murdered.

Eeny Meeny Murder Moe

Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Jun 3, 2001

Eeny Meeny Murder Moe

A necktie carelessly left on Wolfe's desk, by Wolfe, is the weapon of choice for a murderer who kills a woman in Wolfe's office.

Disguise for Murder

Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Jun 17, 2001

Disguise for Murder

When a garden club invades the brownstone to admire Wolfe's orchids, a murderer is there as well. A young woman who asks Archie for help to is found dead in Wolfe's office and Wolfe must solve the case to get his office unsealed by the police.

Door to Death

Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Jun 24, 2001

Door to Death

Wolfe's desire for an orchid minder to help while Theodore is away, sends him out of the brownstone and to the wilds of Westchester County to find Andy Kriscki. Unfortunately, he also finds a murdered girl in Krisicki's greenhouse and must prove Andy's innocence.

Christmas Party

Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Jul 1, 2001

Christmas Party

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.

Over My Dead Body Part 1

Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Jul 8, 2001

Over My Dead Body Part 1

Archie discovers Nero has a daughter who is entangled in a murder at a fencing studio.

Over My Dead Body Part 2

Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Jul 15, 2001

Over My Dead Body Part 2

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

Season 2

Death of a Doxy

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Apr 14, 2002

Death of a Doxy

When Archie does a private eye associate a favor and tries to recover his P.I. license from a blackmailing girlfriend, he finds the ex-showgirl bludgeoned to death.

The Next Witness

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Apr 21, 2002

The Next Witness

Wolfe defies a summons to testify against a man he believes innocent and incurs a contempt of court charge hunting for evidence to cast reasonable doubt on the case against him.

Die Like a Dog

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Apr 28, 2002

Die Like a Dog

A murdered man's dog, who has attached himself to Archie and been accepted at the Wolfe brownstone, provides a vital clue to solving his master's murder.

Murder is Corny

Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: May 5, 2002

Murder is Corny

Archie stands accused in the murder of a man delivering corn because both of them were rivals for the affections of the farmer's daughter.

Motherhunt Part 1

Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: May 12, 2002

Motherhunt Part 1

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

Motherhunt Part 2

Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: May 19, 2002

Motherhunt Part 2

When a baby, allegedly fathered by her late husband, is abandoned on the doorstep of his rich, beautiful widow, she hires Nero Wolfe to locate the mother.

Poison à la Carte

Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: May 26, 2002

Poison à la Carte

At the annual meeting of Wolfe's gourmet society, Ten for Aristology, one of the members is poisoned, and Wolfe suspects one of the beautiful servers of the crime.

Too Many Clients Part 1

Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Jun 2, 2002

Too Many Clients Part 1

When a philandering womanizer with a lavish secret love nest penthouse is found murdered, Wolfe finds he has almost as many clients as suspects.

Too Many Clients Part 2

Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2002

Too Many Clients Part 2

When a philandering womanizer with a lavish secret love nest penthouse is found murdered, Wolfe finds he has almost as many clients as suspects.

Before I Die

Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Jun 9, 2002

Before I Die

A notorious gangster hires Wolfe to protect his real daughter, who is unaware of who her father is, and stop the woman impersonating his daughter from blackmailing him.

Help Wanted, Male

Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Jun 16, 2002

Help Wanted, Male

Wolfe hires a look-alike double to stand in for him after he receives a death threat, the exact same threat that was carried out earlier against a potential Wolfe client.

The Silent Speaker Part 1

Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2002

The Silent Speaker Part 1

In post-War America, where shortages are common, the Bureau of Price Regulations is a very controversial organization, and when its leader is murdered, Wolfe takes the case.

The Silent Speaker Part 2

Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2002

The Silent Speaker Part 2

In post-War America, where shortages are common, the Bureau of Price Regulations is a very controversial organization, and when its leader is murdered, Wolfe takes the case.

Cop Killer

Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Aug 11, 2002

Cop Killer

Two illegal immigrant barbershop workers, fearful of a police detective investigating a hit-and-run, flee to seek refuge with Wolfe and Goodwin. When Goodwin investigates on their behalf, he discovers the detective has been murdered.

Immune to Murder

Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Aug 18, 2002

Immune to Murder

Arriving at a remote lodge at the request of the State Department and a South American diplomat, a reluctant Wolfe prepares to cook trout for an oil tycoon's fishing party when Archie discovers one of the men dead in the river.

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