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.
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帕拉恰克（杰西达邦·福尔迪 Tik Jesdaporn Pholdee 饰）尽管出生于名门望族，但他的家族正面临着日益衰落的窘境。帕拉恰克的弟弟是一个赌鬼，嗜赌成性的他欠下了大笔债务无力偿还，索性玩起了失踪。身为哥哥的帕拉恰克无奈之下只得亲自出面，收拾弟弟留下的烂摊子。 债主向帕拉恰克提出了一个可以令债务一笔勾销的条件，那就是让后者迎娶自己的女儿瓦妮达（泰莎昂·派索克乔纶 Taksaorn Paksukjaroen 饰），尽管此时帕拉恰克已经有了一个即将踏入婚姻殿堂的未婚妻，但迫于现实的无奈，他还是答应了这个条件。债主告诉瓦妮达，帕拉恰克是因为爱上了她才会娶她为妻，天真的瓦妮达相信了这个谎言，满心喜悦的等待着属于她的新婚之夜。
