长歌行

公元941年，吴越国王钱元瓘离世，新主少年继位，吴越王室陷入内外交困。五年后，王弟钱弘俶自请随使臣北上汴梁朝贺正旦，然而汴梁的局面竟是契丹兵临城下，天子石重贵称臣契丹，宰相冯道在风雨飘摇中权衡各方。此行，钱弘俶经历了北方家国破碎、人伦失序的惨淡，在危难中与郭荣和赵匡胤结下深厚的情谊。回到吴越国，钱弘俶一改往日自由散漫的个性，在朝廷大展拳脚，内除奸臣、外打豪强，又于政权动乱之时扛起国主的重任。另一方面，北方的赵匡胤，继承了郭荣未竟的事业，建立北宋政权，兴兵南下。最终，在北宋统一的大势和天下黎庶的福祉面前，赵匡胤、钱弘俶摒弃兵戈，于太平兴国三年（公元978年）完成了“纳土归宋”和平统一的历史创举。

 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.