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。
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。
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.
