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.
消防站长宋焰（杨洋饰）和急诊科医生许沁（王楚然饰）分别十年之后重逢，青春时代的两人因家庭反对被迫分开，再相见时，两人都有了许多成长和改变。由于工作性质的原因，宋焰和许沁渐渐有了交集。宋焰带领十里台的消防员们为维护人民群众生命财产安全而英勇奋斗，经历了无数次血与火的生死考验后仍不改初心。他的坚持感染着许沁，困扰他们多年的心结也渐渐被解开。两人克服家庭阻力，最终重新走到一起，互相鼓励，共同进步，用各自的专长守护着这座美丽的城市。
抗战时期，出身于国民党高官家庭的华桢原本要参加海军，实现自己成为舰长的梦想。然而一趟意外的上海之行，华桢的人生被彻底改变—他改名向远生并成为了一间破落派出所的底层警员。在这里，向远生遇到了一生中最重要的两个人—共产党员陈浩和骆珉敏，他们让向远生找到了人生的意义。在陈浩、骆珉敏等人的影响下，向远生坚定了共产主义信仰，最终成为党隐蔽战线上一名优秀的战士，成全了自己对理想信仰的追求。
