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.
改变自坂上泉的小说《渚之萤火》。故事发生在返还协定生效前的琉球岛。1972年春天，派遣至警视厅的刑警真荣田太一（高桥一生饰）回到琉球警察本部任职。刚就任就碰上了岛内回收美元的运钞车遇袭，车内100万美元失窃的大案。真荣田能否顺利解决此次的强盗案件、抓获潜伏在岛上的美元大盗？
【洗冤录】是根据一本宋朝（公元1247年）期间所写的书《洗冤录》改编而成，这本法医史上的惊世巨著记载着中国法医学的先驱──宋慈的一生，及怎样抽丝剥茧地破解当时哄动朝野的奇案。 宋慈（欧阳震华饰演）诞生于棺材中，被取笑为“棺材仔”，饱受歧视。然而乐观积极的他从不受影响，是一个快乐的打更人。直到他与侠义江湖女唐思（宣萱饰演）被卷进谋杀村长的案件中被判死刑，在案件侦破过程中得到了新知县宋翊的帮助，沉冤得雪之余还被聘请为仵工。其后二人联手，屡破奇案。唐思与捕快聂枫（陈妙瑛饰演同样暗恋宋翊，然而宋翊迎娶的，却是富家千金蓝彩蝶。宋翊的聪明和憨厚慢慢让唐思与聂枫刮目相看，这时却传来了唐思乃是公主的消息，同时，宋翊的行为引起了父母的怀疑，他……不是真的宋翊吗？
