As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more).
六十年代香港，经营皓月珠宝店的富商朱兆昌（刘江饰）膝下只有三个女儿，长女朱碧云（商天娥饰）、次女朱碧霞（宣萱饰）及三女儿朱碧霖（陈美诗饰）。兆昌一直希望勤奋又聪明的碧霞继承家业，但碧霞不理父亲的期望，反而离家出走。兆昌只好将碧云嫁给自家伙计何祥兴（林保怡饰），让其协助打理家族生意。而兆昌的外甥洪耀生（陶大宇饰）一直对兆昌的家业虎视眈眈，更利用职务之便以权谋私。 世事无常，碧霞的丈夫身故，兆昌因肝癌去世。碧云与碧霞共同管理珠宝店。然而觊觎朱家财产已久的耀生，居然与苏丽嫦（滕丽名饰）合谋，谎称丽嫦为兆昌情妇。为夺家业，他更不惜挑拨离间三姐妹的感情，三人视如水火。四分五裂的朱家，频临家破人亡的惨状。此时，朱家三姐妹才恍然觉悟，终于团结起来，联手作出大反击。
