家庭幸福、爱情甜蜜的明珠刚领证、怀孕，丈夫建奇就因见义勇为去世。明珠在众说纷纭中自己拿定主意，决定生下孩子，却遇见来寻亲的亲生父母一家。明珠在心有戚戚的亲情中走出伤痛，但公公意外猝死暴露了婆家的资不抵债。明珠挺身而出，厘清债务、承包单位，把家人们拧成一股绳，重新昂扬生活。
该剧根据作家马识途同名小说改编，讲述了四川解放前夕，一名与组织失联的中共地下党员，在各种复杂关系和恩怨纷争中斡旋，面对生死考验，在隐蔽战线上坚持战斗、坚守伟大信仰的故事。
早已忘记笑容为何物的混混山崎虎儿（长濑智也 饰），在替所属帮派新宿流星会催要债款时意外的被逗笑了。逗笑他的就是欠债人——落语（即单口相声）师林屋亭屯兵卫（西田敏行 饰）。于是，虎儿决定拜屯兵卫为师，学费就用债务来抵。游走于黑夜的帮派份子有了新的身份“林屋亭小虎”。 从没接触过落语的虎儿起初很头疼，意外的邂逅了曾经的落语天才，屯兵卫的次子谷中龙二（冈田准一 饰）。极富天分的龙二却执意要经营没有人气造型诡异的服装店“Dragon Soda”。二人的相识，在无形中也影响着对方。而虎儿也找到了属于自己的落语，把身边的事结合传统相声，打造出新的落语。每集一个小故事，即是历代相传的经典，也记录着现实里的点滴，或悲或喜。
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.
