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.
一九三〇年代初，一起女大学生宿舍离奇死亡案案发上海滩，中央巡捕房探长关岑（王星越 饰）因此结识热爱侦探小说的女大生陆以真（吴佳怡 饰），并由此牵扯出一起十七年前的女童绑架案。两年后，陆以真参加上海第一批女警招考，关岑成为她的直属上司。在案件迭出的巡捕房二人联手，重启调查女童拐卖案，驱散了遮蔽在他们头顶的迷雾与噩梦。
