东邻西舍第五季

　　故事发生在马里兰州切萨皮克湾（Chesapeake Shores）沿岸地区的一座小镇，O’Brien三兄弟亲手设计并创立了这座小镇，这个爱尔兰裔美国家庭也因此成为当地最重要的势力。然而因为内部矛盾加剧，这个家庭最终四分五裂。多年之后，一家人再次团聚，但他们不得不回忆过去的痛苦经历，同时面对难以确定的未来。他们很快发现，学会融洽相处是一件非常重要的事情。
　　Abby O’Brien（Meghan Ory）是个雷厉风行的职业女性，离了婚，独自带着一对双胞胎女儿生活。她从纽约回到家乡切萨皮克湾探亲，这迫使她再次面对自己的过去——包括她的高中恋人Trace（Jesse Metcalfe）、顽固古板的父亲Mick（Treat Williams）、受人尊敬的祖母Nell（Diane Ladd）。Abby意识到自己的职业令她无法做一个合格的母亲，于是她考虑永久留在家乡。

　　该剧分为《九阴真经》《东邪西毒》《南帝北丐》《五绝争锋》四个单元。《九阴真经》单元讲述了海商之女梅若华，少时遭奸人灭门，自此背负血海深仇。她因缘际会拜师桃花岛，从此改名梅超风，并与师兄陈玄风暗生情愫。梅超风一心想修习绝世武功复仇，误以为黄药师私藏《九阴真经》不愿传授，梅陈二人情根深种，定情盟誓，决定携手盗取经书，叛逃出岛。二人练成九阴白骨爪，黑风双煞，一战成名，却注定无法长相厮守。《东邪西毒》单元讲述了黄药师、欧阳锋，两个初涉江湖之怪人，一个逍遥近似仙，一个天真如孩童，亦敌亦友，亦正亦邪，他们用自己的规则打破江湖秩序，掀起一场云谲波诡的乱世纷争。《南帝北丐》单元讲述了逃婚出宫的大理世子段智兴与丐帮弟子洪七一见如故，乌蛮女子依火误将洪七当作和亲对象，一场乌龙成就命定缘分。洪七因缘际会习得神功，成为丐帮帮主，昔日父辈深仇却引兄弟反目，“一阳指”对上“降龙十八掌”，石破天惊 ！《五绝争锋》单元讲述了绝世武功秘籍《九阴真经》重现，引江湖厮杀，少女葭兰意外成为寻经“活地图”，遭各路人马穷追不舍，更结识黄药师、欧阳锋、段智兴与洪七等当世高手。众人约定华山论剑，天下第一者得《九阴真经》，最终全真教王重阳力压群雄。此时幕后黑手现身，一场捍卫武林正义的决战就此引发。

　　民国时期，关中名医金郎中，因受诬陷下药不当将剿匪司令何雷鸣妻子致死，被逼全家跪行为何妻送葬。金郎中为洗血耻，带大儿子金治国和土匪田川挖掘何家祖坟，意外得到珍贵的秘方。金郎中顿生恶意，将田川埋在坟中，但却将其子收养。金治国无生育能力，为了家族的兴盛，金郎中强迫二儿子金保国与大儿媳荷花同房，生下一子。土匪为报杀父之仇抢夺了何家刚刚出生的龙凤胎，两个孩子一个落入匪巢，一个流落金家。从此，荷花暗藏着对小叔……

 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.