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.
入间道夫（竹野内丰饰）是一个为了绝不制造冤案，亲自进行现场验证，查明事件真相的不守常规的刑事法官。虽然与稳重的法官形象相去甚远，但他有着自由的观察眼光和彻底调查的探究心，完全不受约束、偏见和成见的束缚，是律师和检察官都惧怕的怪人。另一方面，对于每个人经常负责250件左右案件的刑事法官来说，迅速有效地处理案件也是一大使命。对于以自己的步调深入挖掘事件的道夫，其他成员总是很苦恼。这样的道夫，其实有着原律师的特殊经历。成为法官的背景，好像和过去的某个事件有很深的关联。 （猪猪字幕组翻译）
