心理治疗师Ben（迪伦·麦克德莫特 Dylan McDermott 饰）因与女学生有染被妻子Vivien（康妮·布里登 Connie Britton 饰）发现，经协调决定带着女儿Violet一家搬到洛杉矶开始新生活。 但各式奇怪的人接踵而来：亦老亦少的感女仆Moira（ 阿丽克丝·布莱肯瑞吉 Alexandra Breckenridge 饰）；能预知的诡异女孩Adelaide；穿黑色紧身橡胶服的神秘人；满脑子古怪念头的病人Tate（伊万·彼得斯 Evan Peters 饰），不请自来的邻居Constance（杰西卡·兰格 Jessica Lange 饰），令人不寒而栗的跟踪者Larry（丹尼斯·欧哈拉 Denis O'Hare 饰）。而地下室里的怪物；萦绕不去的幽灵；坛坛罐罐里的秘密实验，这些离奇事件也似乎在证实这所房子隐藏着不可告人的神秘......
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.
