Season 5 finds Murder, She Wrote's intrepid Jessica Fletcher in fine sleuthing form, and venturing farther afield from Cabot Cove--a good thing, since at the rate the murders have been happening, that town would be nearly cleaned out. Some of the best episodes take place in more exotic locales like New York (dead man on the street, wearing just one shoe), Montana (a publishing convention gone horribly wrong) and West Virginia (two whistle-blowers at a coal company found gruesomely murdered). Angela Lansbury sparkles with determination and bonhomie, hitting her stride and then some. Jessica's own life backstory is even filled out tantalizingly, especially in the episode "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel," in which an investigation is launched into a mysterious cargo plane that is linked, she learns to her horror, to her late husband. The series' other delight is watching for cameos by stars of a certain age, and this season doesn't disappoint, with appearances by Roddy McDowall, Shelley Fabares, and Dinah Shore--but also some up-and-comers like Megan Mullally (proof positive that the Will & Grace whine was a put-on) and future satirist Bill Maher.
风光秀美的象牙山又迎来了极其闹腾的一年。嘚嘚瑟瑟的谢广坤（唐鉴军饰）祖坟冒了青烟，王小蒙（毕畅饰）居然给他生了龙凤胎孙伙计，这可把广坤时刻想要显摆的心美坏了，他大张旗鼓要搞庆祝，这期间却忽略了腾飞的感受。广坤的死对头刘能（王小利饰）看在眼里，气在心头，一门心思地要干帮超，将希望全都寄托在闺女刘英的肚皮上。亲家赵四（刘晓光饰）的生意越做越红火，眼瞅着就不把刘能放在眼里了，新的矛盾由此产生。香秀即将迎来新生命，但她和李大国的婚姻却走向破裂边缘。新的政策出台，让山庄的效益直线下降，王大拿（赵本山饰）发愁之际，后院似乎也见到了火苗子。大大小小的人物，继续装点着他们各自的人生……
