Mystery 101
Mystery 101 is an American/Canadian series of mystery TV movies series created by Robin Bernheim & Lee Goldberg[1] and starring Jill Wagner as Amy Winslow, a professor of English literature who specializes in mystery fiction, Kristoffer Polaha[2] as Travis Burke, a "big city" police detective who moves to Amy's small town of Garrison in the Pacific Northwest, and Robin Thomas as Amy's father Graham, the author of a bestselling series of crime novels. The series airs on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel in the US.
Main cast
- Jill Wagner as Amy Winslow, a mystery/fiction literature professor
- Kristoffer Polaha as Travis Burke, a newly transferred police detective
- Robin Thomas as Graham Winslow, a famous author and Amy's father
- Preston Vanderslice as Bud, Amy's talented assistant
- Derek Green as Chief Tate, police chief and Travis' boss
- Sarah Dugdale as Claire Tate, Chief Tate's daughter and a rookie detective
Characters
- A dark grey cell indicates the character was not in the film.
| Character | Title | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery 101 | Playing Dead | Words Can Kill | Dead Talk | An Education in Murder | |
| Amy Winslow | Jill Wagner | ||||
| Detective Travis Burke | Kristoffer Polaha | ||||
| Graham Winslow | Robin Thomas | ||||
| Bud | Preston Vanderslice | ||||
| Chief Tate | Derek Green | ||||
| Claire Tate | Sarah Dugdale | ||||
Films
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Mystery 101" | Blair Hayes | Robin Bernheim & Lee Goldberg and John Christian Plummer, Story by Robin Bernheim & Lee Goldberg | January 27, 2019 | |
| One of Amy's students goes missing shortly after the girl's boyfriend, a crusading campus newspaper reporter, is killed in a motorcycle accident. Amy uses the skills she's learned from teaching mystery fiction to not only find her missing student, but prove the motorcycle crash was actually murder, putting the professor in conflict with Travis Burke, the cop investigating the case. | |||||
| 2 | "Mystery 101: Playing Dead" | Blair Hayes | John Christian Plummer | June 23, 2019[3][4] | |
| Amy is working on a play when the main actress Bella Brightman's life is threatened as two accidents occur. As Travis and Amy look into these incidents, Bella suddenly dies of a heart attack leading Amy to suspect foul play. Travis and Amy join together delving into the scandals in the world of theatre as they investigate. | |||||
| 3 | "Mystery 101: Words Can Kill" | Andy Mikita | John Christian Plummer | September 15, 2019 | |
| When a guest at the college book festival is killed, Amy and Travis clash after he arrests her father for murder. Amy must fight to prove he's got the wrong person behind bars. | |||||
| 4 | "Mystery 101: Dead Talk" | Winnifred Jong | Jim Biederman and John Christian Plummer, story by John Christian Plummer & Jim Biederman | September 22, 2019 | |
| Amy heads to Seattle to give a TEDTalk-style lecture. When a tech genius dies, Amy suspects foul play. When local cops shut her out, Travis joins forces with Amy to figure out whodunit. | |||||
| 5 | "Mystery 101: An Education in Murder" | Michael Robison | John Christian Plummer | March 29, 2020 | |
| A young writer's research prompts the police to revisit a famous murder case that convicted Amy's colleague at Elmstead, so Travis and Amy get a second chance at clearing the professor's name. | |||||
Production and filming
Parts of the first film were shot in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada.[5]
References
- "Interview with Lee Goldberg about 'Mystery 101'". Kings River Life Magazine. 9 February 2019.
- "'Mystery 101' Star Kristoffer Polaha Chats Playing 'Dark' Hallmark Character [Cast, Trailer]". ibtimes. 27 January 2019.
- "Armchair Sleuths, Grab the Remote: Hallmark's Mystery 101 is Back". Southern Living. 21 June 2019.
- "Get Your First Look at Hallmark's Newest Movie, Mystery 101: Playing Dead". Parade. 23 June 2019.
- "Hallmark's 'Mystery 101': Cast & Where Filmed". Heavy. 27 January 2019.
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