任职惩教署多年的马虎（刘丹 饰）退休后搬回与儿子同住，因马虎仍沿用看守监犯的法则管治家庭及各人，令小儿子马壮（黎诺懿 饰）回家犹如坐牢，就连他在律师楼的工作也经常受老爸干涉，两父子争拗日多，夹在中间的二哥马强（徐荣 饰）和妻子劳丽嫦（林漪娸 饰）除了经常充当调解者，更要背负抚养大哥遗下一对子女的重担，加上一个十三点的姑姐马柔（郭少芸 饰）；马家三代同堂，因着不同的际遇、经历及价值观，令原来温馨的小家庭里埋伏着莫名的芥蒂，到底用什么才可真正填补各人心中的罅隙……
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.
