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。
半年间，SNK剧变，总监余英飞离职、门外汉古肇华空降。张家妍虽掌权却难服众。刘艳的公开平台崛起，动摇传统媒体地位，连已入官场的许诗晴亦被卷入新旧媒体的角力。文慧心于此时复出，昭告世人：新闻女王的地位永远不可撼动！
这是一部具有相当强警示意义的刑侦片，细腻真实地再现了发生在我们现实生活中一个个罕见的凶杀案件。全剧每集讲述一个故事，每集一个案例，且每一个案例的切入角度不同，有因婚外恋引起的凶杀，有因生意场里纠纷而起的灭口，有发生在宾馆里的令人触目的血案…… 发生在普通生活中的杀戮事件如此令人心惊，也含蓄地道出了潜伏在这些杀人案件背后的一些社会根源。
An Argentinean intelligence agent infiltrates the Jewish community to gather information that is then allegedly used to perpetrate two of the worst terrorist attacks in Latin American history, leaving over 100 dead.
NBC续订第二季。
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.
