人族与妖族皆因受欲望驱使寻找玉醴神泉，数百年来引发各路人马纷争不断。生性洒脱、应变值满点的少女肖瑶，意外开启万妖谷奇幻之旅，将妖界搅的天翻地覆。受万妖敬仰、人族忌惮的万妖之王红烨再次出世守护万妖谷。历遍沧桑的他早已洞察世间万物的本性弱点，深知玉醴泉乃万千欲望的缩影，在相处中逐渐察觉肖瑶不被欲念支配的纯粹之心的可贵。二人携手前行，接连被怪案缠身，遇到了难以对付的神秘对手……
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.
