郭柏飞、姜曦文和刘力十多年前初出学堂之时，与警长罗友邦四师徒感情深厚。三年前一次行动中，邦被匪徒枪杀、力重伤昏迷，文归咎于飞，好友自此分道扬镳。城中发生妙龄女郎肢解谋杀案，受害者与贩卖人口集团有关，隷属情报科的文负责调查集团罪证，而重案组的飞负责追查凶手，派遣见习督察温嘉莉混入犯罪集团。飞和文不约而同、接二连三地收到神秘手机讯息，提示命案线索，上级遂将两组人合并，成立神秘讯息情报科（ASIB）。ASIB由飞和文带领，共同拆解这些似是来自未来的神秘讯息，侦破离奇命案。讯息神秘莫测，无法以科学解释。究竟讯息是由谁人发出？由未来人吗？还是未知的自然力量？对方到底是敌是友？
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。
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.
