Rachel 选择了与 Ben 分手保持朋友关系，但是还是继续怀恋着 Dale。Ken 的结扎手术没有成功，导致 Lorna 怀孕，一切都在等待新宝宝降生过程中平稳进行。Dale 在圣诞节的时候不辞而别，却在6个月后回到了Lichfield，原来过去的六个月里他跑到中国跟着一个商业老板干活。但是怪怪的 Dale 貌似也从中国带了一些麻烦……
在得克萨斯州的一个小镇，受欢迎的青少年凯特被绑架。看似毫无关系，一个名叫珍妮特的女孩从一个甜美、笨拙的局外人变成了镇上最受欢迎的女孩，但到了1995年，她成了美国最受鄙视的人。
主要讲述了了一对母子二十多年来的情感纠葛，儿找母、母寻子的故事，折射出当今社会一些人在金钱和利益的驱动下失去对社会的责任感、家庭的温暖以及亲人的关爱。
NBC续订《猎捕行动》第二季。
ABC续订《劣探德克尔》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.
