讲述了三个命运交织的人物： Naksit——遭构陷贪污的政客，被迫遁入丛林部落避世； Phawanee——刚从法国名校毕业的教师，秉持正义揭发担任镇长的叔父与私立学校的黑幕； Siwa——人前圣商、人后行贿的伪善企业家。 当Phawanee目睹愈演愈烈的腐败现象，这位倔强的女教师毅然踏上对抗社会不公的险途。屡战屡败却愈挫愈勇的她，最终说服隐匿山林的Naksit重出江湖，两人携手向盘根错节的利益集团宣战……
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.
