五百年前小锦鲤菱儿误入紫竹林，红鲤出手相救，从此她们成为了生死相依的姐妹，琼魔降世，为祸人间。青云宗主青芽子用尽毕生修为化结界封印琼魔，哪知琼魔冲破结界再次危害人间。
鹤鸣府的继承人鹤雪是一位才貌出众、风流倜傥的青年，但到了夜晚却会化身为一名红衣男子，使出各种撩人手段，让全城女子都为之心动。杨小小是一个容貌艳丽、思想前卫的女孩，同时也对鹤雪一见倾心。一个才子，一个佳人，二人的相遇会擦出怎样的火花？
落榜才子石玉昆来到老北京的天桥，以弹唱单弦为生，并希望能成就一番事业。在这里他遇到了武艺高超的懒猫“展昭”、牙尖嘴利满肚子鬼点子的白玉堂、秀美灵巧的丁氏姐妹、口技了得的小艾虎，还有身怀绝技的五鼠。石玉昆热心机敏，他机巧地帮助大家伸张正义，并与大家结成了生死兄弟。各怀绝技的“十三郎”屡破奇案，成为北京市井民众心中的“包青天”……石玉昆假借包拯为主角，将他们破案的真实过程写成了小说，这就是千古传诵的《七侠五义》！
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.
