本剧改编自同名漫画。38岁的麦卷聪子（樱井由纪 饰）因患上需终身共存的疾病，不得不辞职并搬入一座建成45年的公寓。在这里，她结识了房东美山铃（加贺麻理子 饰）和有着特殊经历的料理人司（宫泽冰鱼 饰），并通过他们接触到药膳，以饮食调养身心。在邻里和职场关系的影响下，聪子逐渐学会接受不完美的自己，找到属于自己的生活方式。温暖而治愈的故事，如同一碗热粥，缓缓滋养身心，让她意识到幸福其实一直近在咫尺。
乔尔·拉撒路（山姆·克拉弗林 饰）的父亲乔纳森·拉撒路博士（比尔·奈伊 饰）自杀身亡，他很快就被卷入了一系列谋杀悬案之中，同时他还在努力揭开父亲之死和25年前妹妹的死亡之谜。
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.
