女作家与谋杀案第五季

Season5findsMurder,SheWrote"sintrepidJessicaFletcherinfinesleuthingform,andventuringfartherafieldfromCabotCove--agoodthing,sinceattheratethemurdershavebeenhappening,thattownwouldbenearlycleanedout.SomeofthebestepisodestakeplaceinmoreexoticlocaleslikeNewYork(deadmanonthestreet,wearingjustoneshoe),Montana(apublishingconventiongonehorriblywrong)andWestVirginia(twowhistle-blowersatacoalpanyfoundgruesomelymurdered).AngelaLansburysparkleswithdeterminationandbonhomie,hittingherstrideandthensome.Jessica"sownlifebackstoryisevenfilledouttantalizingly,especiallyintheepisode"TheLastFlightoftheDixieDamsel,"inwhichaninvestigationislaunchedintoamysteriouscargoplanethatislinked,shelearnstoherhorror,toherlatehusband.Theseries"otherdelightiswatchingforcameosstarsofacertainage,andthisseasondoesn"tdisappoint,withappearancesRoddyMcDowall,ShelleyFabares,andDinahShore--butalsosomeup-and-erslikeMeganMullally(proofpositivethattheWill&Gracewhinewasaput-on)andfuturesatiristBillMaher.