剧集聚焦钱弘俶（白宇 饰）、赵匡胤、郭荣三人在国家板荡中的命运抉择。他们目睹离乱，深知唯有重建秩序方能终止苦难。钱弘俶秉持“保境安民”，守护一方；郭荣志在重振纲常，然天不假年；赵匡胤顺势而为，立宋建制，革新图治。最终，在历史洪流与苍生祈盼下，钱弘俶“纳土归宋”，为华夏文脉得以延续与发展奠定了和平基础。
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.
霍东觉（刘续民 饰）是霍元甲的儿子，和霍元甲的徒弟陈真（梁小龙 饰）相依为命，两人浪迹江湖，快意恩仇。陈真一直严格要求霍东觉，希望他能够成长为一个正直有为的青年。东瀛武者佐藤（郑雷 饰）想要在中华武林里作威作福，为了打击佐藤的渐渐抬头的势力，陈真决定重建精武门。 遭遇了打击的佐藤心中十分不甘，于是绑架了霍东觉，想要以此诱惑陈真自投罗网。得知霍东觉遭到绑架的消息，陈真心急如焚，当即决定只身勇闯虎穴。然而，敌人为数众多，陈真寡不敌众，最终中了佐藤的奸计不幸遇害。然而，临死之前，陈真豪气盖天，大大削弱了佐藤一党的力量，弘扬了中华雄风。
少年得意，颇具学识的状元书生高升（郑少秋 饰）得到了雍正皇帝的赏识，最后被任命为弘历，也就是后来的乾隆皇帝的陪读。在紫禁城，高升一待就是二十多年。他不仅是皇帝的伴读，还为乾隆皇帝解决了大大小小的事情，但乾隆妒高升才学突出，因此高升没有一官一职，倒也活的自在。新入宫的小宫女如意（杨怡 饰）颇得皇帝喜欢，但碍于如意卑微的身份和皇后的威严，一直未能得手。而这时，如意却惹上了莫须有的罪名，最后遗失在了宫外，不知去向。 乾隆命高升追逐如意的下来，高升借机感受外面的大千世界，来到了扬州城。在这里找到了如意的下落，结识了侠妓，万花楼的老板苏三（邓萃雯 饰）。二人从互看对方不顺眼到后来心心相惜，可事情不可能一帆风顺……
