抉择：女人们的战争

 As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more).

　　该剧讲述了姚三美（三妹）追寻梦想的故事。三美对动物有着天生的恐惧并兼而皮毛过敏，但是她却阴差阳错的读了兽医大专。而且也只能在宠物医院里做文员，接受电话咨询的闲差。不过在她心中始终梦想成为一名室内设计师。三美的生活平淡而又无奇。但是命运似乎偏爱捉弄三美，男友潘立安在结婚当天成为了“落跑新郎”，稳定牢固的工作一夕间化为泡影。二姐姚二美为了救急，把三美拉进了自己垂死挣扎的“幸福美天”装饰设计公司，三美成为了首席设计师，但是美梦还没做够，二美就和她的小情人拿着钱跑了，留给三美一个公章和负债累累的公司……

　　讲述曾经哪个街道都存在着的复古且可爱的喫茶店。你不想知道更多关于这种隐藏的老铺子的事吗？滞销的漫画家、妄想家的男人将造访日本各地的喫茶店，希望每个人都会从主人公的角度爱上纯喫茶。

　　盛唐初年，气象万千；夜魅长安，业孽浮屠。光怪陆离之下尽是怪异之事，血雨腥风间暗藏猎杀危局。盛世奇谭，诡案揭幕。

　　八十年代末，北方小镇金水河，通过勤劳致富的个体户们手里有了闲钱。聪明但是经常好做梦的刘奇思给大伙出了个“钱生钱”的好主意，那就是造飞机卖专利。在刘奇思好哥们五里香烤鸡店老板金守财的大力倡导下，大伙纷纷入股这个“高科技”项目，都梦想着飞机造成后能够一本万利。
　　刘奇思日夜操劳，飞机还真的造成了形，尽管做工比较粗糙。飞机预期试飞，但是专家没有来，刘隐瞒了事实，忽悠着大伙敲锣打鼓的迎接飞机试飞，不料没有成功，栽了下来。这一栽，使那些投资的老乡们的钱立即变为泡影。
　　刘奇思虽说没被摔死，却被乡亲们追得走投无路，老婆也跟他离了婚。他把三岁的女儿刘殊妹托付给了金守财，说是要去找外地继承遗产回来还债。
　　刘奇思一走音信全无，金守财自然成了债主们的靶子，无奈之下金守财开始装疯。日子一长，金守财意识到装疯也不是长久之计，他带着老婆马翠兰，七岁的儿子金刚兆和刘殊妹，远走他乡，来到江南的一个小城。夫妻俩白手起家，历经千辛万苦终于又经营起了一家烧烤店。
　　两口子对待刘殊妹视如己出，极为疼爱，给刘殊妹改名为金留。金留从小乖巧精灵，对金守财夫妇和哥哥体贴入微，成为金家不可缺少的活宝。金留高考那年，金刚兆考上了法律系的研究生，金留为了不给父母增添经济上的负担，故意制造出一起“私奔”的事端，被学校开除，放弃了上大学的机会，帮着金守财经营起小店，并自封为烧烤店的执行董事。这件事却成了金守财夫妇的一块心病。
　　金刚兆研究生毕业后进了法院，成为金家的骄傲。金留和父母本着诚信经营的原则，买卖做得也十分红火。自从金刚兆的女友唐小燕到访金家，金刚兆转眼也到了该交女朋友的岁数，但老两口却像铁公鸡似的一毛不拔，最终导致了唐小燕移情别恋。金守财甚至因积劳成疾病倒了，都不愿花钱去医院看病。
　　金刚兆遭受了初恋失败的打击，精神恍惚，致使工作上出错，被迫离开了法院。金留鼓励哥哥东山再起，从事律师这一职业。金刚兆为了跟同学继红叙合开律师事务所而四处筹钱，老两口却还是一毛不拔。金留最后给老两口下了结论，跟爹妈要啥都行，就是别要钱，因为他们拿钱不当钱，当命！兄妹俩始终不明白，老两口为什么不在关键的时候帮儿子一把，家里的钱到底都去了哪里？[1]
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 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.