1942年3月19日傍晚,一架载有笃信者的盟军飞机飞抵仰光机场,降落之时发现机场已被日军占领,奋起复飞,不料第二天最高当局却收到了飞机被击落的AAAA级电报,引起了当局极大恐慌,笃信者此次的使命是向中国战区最高当局送达一份绝密的行动方案及联络密码,当局命令军事情报部门不惜一切代价,查到失踪飞机和笃信者的下落。 笃信者此次携带的是此次轰炸东京的全部绝密计划,与太平洋上的航母编队以及与执行轰炸任务的轰炸机编队的联系密码,一旦这份文件落入日军手中,不但轰炸东京计划将失败,还会使得整个护送舰队沦为日军嘴里的待宰羔羊! 笃信者受伤跳伞,降落到了日军海军第六航空基地驻守的三灶岛,被当地岛民营救并藏匿。日军对岛屿实施了严密的封锁,派人上岛营救几乎是天方夜谭。面对这个不可能完成的任务,军事情报部门不得不启动了一支长期静默的情报组,唤醒了驻扎日本的情报员伐木工----
犯罪心理研究小组隶属FBI,他们跨州行动,主要针对连环杀人案,从嫌疑人的犯罪心理和行为模式入手建立人物侧写,圈定罪犯的性别、年龄、职业特征、居住环境乃至成长经历,从而预测罪犯下一步行为,直至缉拿罪犯。他们的成员包括:高智商、强记忆力的少年天才斯拜瑟尔·瑞德博士(马修·格雷·古柏勒 Matthew Gray Gubler 饰)——负责数据和资料分析;外冷内热的硬汉阿伦·哈奇(托马斯·吉布森 Thomas Gibson 饰)——沟通能力极强,波多黎各小伙德里克·摩根(谢默·摩尔 Shemar Moore 饰)——强制性犯罪行为专家;打扮招摇的小胖妹佩妮洛普·格西娅(克里斯汀·范奈丝 Kirsten Vangsness 饰)——数据库专家,美女媒体联络员JJ(A·J·库克 A.J. Cook 饰)等,在老探员戴维·罗西(乔·曼特纳 Joe Mantegna 饰)带领下,飞往全美各地,展开一场场缉凶行动。
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.