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.
供职于某大型家电制造商矢野慎二(渡部笃郎饰)和绘里子(檀丽饰)是一对居住在东京的恩爱夫妇,某天慎二受公司委派,即将只身前往大阪分公司赴任。和丈夫分隔两地,习惯了在家操持一切的绘里子感到隐隐不安。就在此时,美丽而神秘的女子笕沙希(仲间由纪惠饰)搬到矢野家隔壁,很快便让绘里子感到久违的欢快与安慰。沙希的脸上永远挂着阳光般的微笑,但是其内心却藏着不易为人察觉的黑暗。令绘里子想不到的是,远在大阪的丈夫毫无防备走入沙希编制的粉红落网,自己和家人也不知不觉成为沙希实现个人目的妻子。蛇蝎美女,暗藏毒牙,一旦时机成熟,将瞬间致猎物于死地……
嘎子、大招,相依为命的两位亲兄弟,一个憨一个傻,分明就是一对活宝。弟弟嘎子性格冲动,常常好心办坏事;哥哥大招有智力缺陷,往往弄巧成拙。日本侵略者血洗揦子村时,全体村民为掩护嘎子和大招,被残忍杀害。仓皇逃难的二人巧遇外甥“狗蛋”——八路军营长赵有亮。誓言为乡亲们报仇的兄弟俩,一心想要加入八路军,却遭到赵有亮的拒绝。为了证明自己有能力成为合格的八路军战士,嘎子和大招抓到为寻找妹妹而逃脱国民军的猴子作为“投名状”,最终他们各自在硝烟战火中历练和成长。