奋勇向前

 在阳光普照的新墨西哥沙漠中，坐落着风景如画的退休镇，小镇致力于为居民提供毕生难忘的美好时光。然而，对于新来的山姆·库珀而言，这天堂般的地方却更像是一座牢笼。一场恐怖的夜间遭遇揭示这座修剪整齐的封闭社区潜伏着可怕的怪物，这彻底改变了一切。山姆被社区高层视为另外一个糊涂蛋而置之不理，他却意外地结识了一群形形色色的邻里怪咖：一位机智的前记者、一位精神探索者、一位愤世嫉俗的音乐经纪人以及一位走投无路的天才医生。这些不被重视、被人低估的人必须团结起来，揭开退休镇深处隐藏的黑暗真相， 否则就为时已晚。

 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.