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A Nero Wolfe Mystery(TV show/series, 2001-2002)

TV-PG
| 1h per episode | Genres: Drama, Comedy, Crime

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 27 episodes

A Nero Wolfe MysteryRating: 3.9/5 (with 10 votes)
Nero Wolfe is a television series adapted from Rex Stout's series of detective stories that aired for two seasons (2001–2002) on A&E. Set in New York City sometime in the 1940s–1950s, the stylized period drama stars Maury Chaykin as Nero Wolfe and Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin. A distinguishing feature of the series is its use of a repertory cast to play non-recurring roles. Nero Wolfe was one of the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. The series won praise for its high production values and jazzy score by Michael Small, and for preserving the language and spirit of the original stories. Most of the teleplays were written by consulting producer Sharon Elizabeth Doyle and the team of William Rabkin and Lee Goldberg, whose "Prisoner's Base" was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. A total of 20 episodes were produced over the two-season run. Eight of Stout's novels were adapted into two-hour broadcasts, while 12 of his short stories were filmed as one-hour episodes. Nero Wolfe was produced for A&E by Jaffe/Braunstein Films, one of the first production companies to use high-definition video for television. Although the second season was shot in HD, none of ... ()
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About A Nero Wolfe Mystery

Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man, Archie Goodwin, solve seemingly impossible crimes.

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A Nero Wolfe Mystery Seasons and Episodes

04/14/2002Season 2 - 16 episodes
#1 | 04/14/2002Death of a Doxy (1)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#2 | 04/14/2002Death of a Doxy (2)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#3 | 04/21/2002The Next Witness
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#4 | 04/28/2002Die Like a Dog
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#5 | 05/05/2002Murder Is Corny
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#6 | 05/12/2002Motherhunt (1)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#7 | 05/19/2002Motherhunt (2)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#8 | 05/26/2002Poison a la Carte
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#9 | 06/02/2002Too Many Clients (1)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#10 | 06/09/2002Too Many Clients (2)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#11 | 06/16/2002Before I Die
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#12 | 06/30/2002Help Wanted, Male
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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?
#13 | 07/14/2002The Silent Speaker (1)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#14 | 07/21/2002The Silent Speaker (2)
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#15 | 08/11/2002Cop Killer
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
#16 | 08/18/2002Immune to Murder
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
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.
04/22/2001Season 1 - 11 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/22/2001
Last episode released on: 08/18/2002
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Nero Wolfe"
Keywords: criminal, detective

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