该剧改编自清闲丫头所著同名小说。故事延续第一部的剧情，讲述三法司少年团联手“攘外”，将一个个看似毫无关联的案件抽丝剥茧、扎根串联，护百姓安宁，更守家国平安的故事。
故事发生在清朝乾隆初年，少女魏璎珞（吴谨言 饰）随一众同龄秀女入选皇宫。璎珞美丽机敏，蕙质兰心，可是她入宫的初衷与其他女孩有所不同。由于姐姐被人杀害，璎珞决心进入紫禁城追查凶手。她误认为皇帝的弟弟傅恒（许凯 饰）是幕后真凶，于是假意接近对方。在解除误会后，璎珞发现自己也 喜欢上了这名男子。富察皇后（秦岚 饰）欣赏璎珞的聪颖，于是将其留在身边，悉心调教。一入宫门，万劫不复，宫中的女人为了取得乾隆皇帝（聂远 饰）的宠幸，不惜勾心斗角，暗刀杀人。在丧失人性的修罗场，璎珞为了保护自己不得不出手反抗。她与皇帝接触越来越多，也开始得到皇帝的宠爱。 进入了延禧宫后，璎珞襄助皇帝走向权力的顶峰……
1987年秋天，裂缝开启让霍金斯小镇伤痕累累，主角群团结起来，只为一个目标：找到威可那并杀掉他。但威可那彻底消失，他的行踪和计划皆成谜。更麻烦的是，政府将整个小镇列为军事隔离区，更加强搜捕伊莱雯，迫使她必须再度藏身。威尔失踪将届周年之际，再熟悉不过的恐惧感排山倒海袭来。最终战役将至，这次他们要面对的黑暗力量，比以往更强大而致命。为了彻底终结这场恶梦，必须凝聚所有人的力量，最后一搏。
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.
