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.
和上一季相同，本季的《黑镜》也由3个故事组成，向观众展现了一个残酷而又现实的未来世界。《马上回来》：一次车祸夺走了玛莎（海莉·阿特维尔HayleyAtwell饰）的男友艾什（多姆纳尔·格利森DomhnallGleeson饰）的生命。在朋友的推荐下，玛莎利用艾什在社交网络上留下的信息塑造了一个具有人工智能的假艾什。刚开始玛莎只能通过手机听到合成的艾什的声音，不久之后，那个声音告诉玛莎
