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.
辛亥革命胜利之后的民国初年，江南才女沈碧云为了实现进入中国最大的私人藏书楼博览群书、为所有学子争取读书的权利的理想，也为了探查杀父仇人，不惜以终生幸福为赌注，嫁入藏书楼之主的宣家，却由此陷入宣家内部的勾心斗角、争权夺利漩涡，遭遇重重危机，尝尽人情冷暖，几度出生入死，宣家也经历了一次次浩劫，直至家破人亡，碧云仍然矢志不渝，在宣家四少爷宣孝季和进步青年吴时的帮助下，凭着坚强的信念和过人的智慧拯救了宣家，成为宣家新当家人，并查清真凶，报得父仇。最终，沈碧云冲破封建祖制开放书楼，包括碧云在内的莘莘学子得以登楼读书。
余二两为救妻治病偷了好友老疤积蓄，老疤追债致使对方妻子意外死亡。过失杀人的老疤受到了法律的惩罚，其女儿阳馨误以为余二两全家伤害了父亲老疤。至此，阳馨心里暗藏仇恨并开启了一场复仇与赎罪的真心话杀机游戏。
神探默多克第十八季
