本剧改编自朱野归子的同名小说，村上诗穗（多部未华子 饰）因为过去的某件事，想把为了家人“做家务”作为工作而选择了成为在育儿和家务上奋斗的全职主妇。但在这个时代，全职主妇很少见。丈夫回家之前，和女儿两个人度过了漫长的白天。在那样的情况下，意外地与职场妈妈长野礼子（江口德子 饰）和育儿休假中的精英官僚爸爸中谷达也（藤冈靛 饰）等不应该遇到的人们交流了。在与生活方式和想法都完全相反的“对岸的人们”碰撞的同时，他们又将联系在一起…
阴间见习判官（谢天华饰）因不满庄玉雪（陈妙瑛饰）、方家希（梅小惠饰）的命运安排，擅自更改了二人的生死册，闯下弥天大祸逃往到阳间，恰遇戴耀东（张达明饰）车祸身亡。戴耀东弥留之间借尾还魂，从此改变了戴耀东一生……
今回の主人公は、アパレル商社の社長秘書を務める南愛衣。歳下のイケメン俳優・氷室旬の推し活に励み、人生を謳歌していた。そんなある日、社長が病で倒れ辞任することに。さらに旬が舞台を降板し、愛衣は絶望する。しかし新たに社長に就任したのはなんと旬。愛衣はファンだとバレないよう必死に振る舞い、旬はそんな愛衣に次第に惹かれていく。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
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.
