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.
故事发生在1945年的陪都重庆。国民党特训班学生许忠义（沙溢饰）因留级奉命进入沈阳的军统组织，他的任务是打入中共部队做卧底，军统沈阳站特务头子陈明（赵纯阳饰）不明就里，对许的突返东北心存疑虑，许忠义设局巧妙地化解了陈的猜疑。由于许忠义当年是被迫加入军统组织，逐渐被共产党仁义精神教化，最终向我党自首，经过对他严格考查，党决定让他在敌人内部为我党发挥作用。投诚的许忠义利用敌人连吃败仗的厌战心理，在其内部分化瓦解，并为我军提供了大量急需的军用物资。原先他在军统的老对手齐公子（曹炳琨饰）来到沈阳，带来了上峰拟定的“渗透”行动方案，许忠义深知山雨欲来……
