故事发生在战火纷飞的一九四一年，莫笑侬（商天娥 饰）的双亲在战争中不幸去世，无奈之下，莫笑侬只得投靠姑姐唐瑛（关菊英 饰），莫笑侬和唐瑛之间并没有真正的亲情，两人不过是相互利用。很快，漂亮热情的莫笑侬成为了娱乐圈人人争相追捧的交际花，与此同时，她结识了名叫詹姆士（张国荣 饰）的英俊男子。 莫笑侬被詹姆士的风流倜傥所吸引，之后两人成婚，不幸的是，婚后的生活并不幸福。秦小曼（周秀兰 饰）是莫笑侬的同学，她的父亲秦简夫（刘兆铭 饰）和唐瑛之间产生了真挚的感情，一直对唐瑛怀恨在心的莫笑侬决定不惜一切手段，拆散二人。
米田正子（松岛菜菜子 饰）是一名在东京国税局资料调查课任职的精英调查官，她创立了新的“复杂国税事案处理室”，专门处理连主部门都难以着手的棘手逃税案件。她招募了一群能力卓越却性格独特、不求升迁的成员，共同对付各类恶意隐匿收入的逃税者。新部门成员各有怪癖，但在米田的带领下，他们运用超强的信息搜集能力与调查技巧，将一个又一个狡猾的逃税分子逼入绝境。剧情以爽快的正邪对决为主轴，展现税务调查官如何凭专业与坚持维护社会公平，让努力纳税的人得到应有的正义。
身为劳改犯儿子的足疗技师朱朝阳从2025年穿越到1997年父亲朱义海（杨川北 饰）的身体里，带着现代思维的朱义海一次次攻克难关，凭借现代思维带领兄弟发家致富，并铲除地头蛇龙笑的阴谋，由此逆天改命！
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.
