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.
宋真宗年间秘密筹组的情报组织金龙门，门下高手如云，卓不凡（吴岱融）、骆孤峰（欧瑞伟）及韩椎（李家声）尤为佼佼者，三人出生入死屡建奇功。辽国二太子耶律修哲为达颠覆中原之目的，亦成立紫薇山庄，由展聘婷（罗慧娟）主持，婷利用凡之感情，介入凡与曲云烟（李婉华）之间。其后凡发现婷之真实身份，依然斩情丝与之对抗，然婷与哲则因争夺而明争暗斗......
因为前世所犯下的罪孽，白蛇（范文芳 饰）苦苦修炼却无法成仙，为了了却夙愿，她必须找到吴王夫差（李铭顺 饰）。在寻人的途中，白蛇和青蛇（张玉嬿 饰）大打出手，又惹恼了高僧法海（焦恩俊 饰）。之后白蛇才知道，吴王夫差早已转世成为了名叫许仙的男人。因为自己的过失导致了母亲的死亡，许仙陷入了深深的自责之中无法自拔，他故意自我放纵放浪形骸，只为了惩罚自己的不孝。白蛇找到了许仙，想要帮他重回正轨，与此同时，青蛇亦和法海纠缠不清。立志斩妖除魔的法海想要收了白蛇和青蛇，为了抗争，白蛇导演了一出水漫金山寺令生灵涂炭，法海将白蛇压在了雷峰塔下，并告诉她，二十年后，他将回来寻找白蛇和许仙的孩子，带他出家。
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。
