《女作家与谋杀案》是一部非常著名且持续时间很久的美国经典侦探剧集。这部剧集共12季264集，从1984年开始在美国CBS电视台一直播放至1996年，之后又于1997年至2003年间陆续推出四部电视电影。Angela Lansbury扮演主角推理小说家兼业余侦探Jessica Flectcher，她在50岁左右失去了丈夫， 却成为了一名非常成功的推理小说作家，并且没有让成功冲昏头脑，拒绝了声望和金钱的诱惑，住在缅因州一个叫Cabot Cove的安逸的沿海小镇，和自己的老朋友们保持来往。在大部分剧集里，Jessica总能卷入一些离奇谋杀案的调查。警察们总是把表面上看来嫌疑很大的人抓走，而Jessica却觉得凶手另有其人。通过向每个嫌疑人询问一些其他人都想不到的问题，她总能找到真正的凶手，并在每集最后五分钟与之对峙，通过自己的推理指出对方的罪行。一部分凶手能够在Jessica的劝解下主动坦白罪行并向警方自首，也有一部分凶手会试图杀人灭口，而这时埋伏在暗处的警方人员便会及时赶到，将凶手当场逮捕。
伯纳·布莱克（迪兰·莫兰 Dylan Moran 饰）是伦敦最荒唐的书店店主。他的书店脏乱不堪，营业时间随心所欲，财务状况乱七八糟。伯纳自己则是蓬头垢面，嗜烟好酒，脾气暴躁，想打烊了就拿着扩音器和扫帚驱赶顾客，还会因为懒得订书而不愿把书卖光。书店隔壁礼品店的女老板弗兰（ 塔姆辛·格雷格 Tamsin Greig 饰）时常过来帮伯纳看店，是伯纳唯一的朋友。她喜欢搜集各种稀奇古怪的玩意儿，感情生活乱作一团。 一天伯纳的会计逃跑了。没了会计的伯纳算账到抓狂，崩溃之际遇到了曼尼（比尔·贝利 Bill Bailey 饰）。曼尼随和忍让，受到弗兰和顾客们的欢迎。伯纳在弗兰逼迫下不情愿的聘用了曼尼，从此布莱克书店里每天都上演着令人捧腹的荒诞戏码。 本剧全三季，主演迪兰·莫兰亦是剧集编剧。
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).
Ally McBeal Season 5 Season 5, Episode 1: Friends and Lovers Season 5, Episode 2: Judge Ling Season 5, Episode 3: Neutral Corners Season 5, Episode 4: Fear of Flirting Season 5, Episode 5: I Want Love Season 5, Episode 6: Lost and Found Season 5, Episode 7: Nine One One Season 5, Episode 8: Playing with Matches Season 5, Episode 9: Blowin' in the Wind Season 5, Episode 10: One Hundred Tears Season 5, Episode 11: A Kick in the Head Season 5, Episode 12: The New Day Season 5, Episode 13: Woman Season 5, Episode 14: Homecoming Season 5, Episode 15: Heart and Soul Season 5, Episode 16: Love Is All Around: Part 1 Season 5, Episode 17: Love Is All Around: Part 2 Season 5, Episode 18: Tom Dooley Season 5, Episode 19: Another One Bites the Dust Season 5, Episode 20: What I'll Never Do for Love Again Season 5, Episode 21: All of Me Season 5, Episode 22: Bygones
如果说布莱克书店的老板伯纳（迪兰·莫兰 Dylan Moran 饰）是全伦敦最荒唐的店主，曼尼（比尔·贝利 Bill Bailey 饰）就是全伦敦最温顺的店员。曼尼每天忍受着伯纳各种疯癫的行为，过着没有假期、受尽压榨的生活。两人的朋友、喜欢收集杂物的隔壁礼品店女老板弗兰（塔姆辛·格雷格 Tamsin Greig 饰）经常过来串门。弗兰把心血来潮买的钢琴搁在书店里练习，被导师骂得狗血淋头之际意外发现了曼尼的音乐天赋。另一边，伯纳喜欢上一位女顾客，想在她面前炫耀自己。各怀心思的两人同时盯上了琴技突飞猛进的曼尼。可怜的曼尼根本不想再帮他们演戏，他只想拿到一个假期，抛开书店的一切好好休息。但是伯纳和弗兰不肯放过他，他觉得自己就快要被逼疯了…… 本剧全三季，此为第二季。
Ally McBeal and Billy Thomas were going steady throughout their childhoods. Ally even followed Billy to Harvard law school despite having no interest in law. But when Billy chose to pursue a career in law away from Ally, their relationship came to an end. In the present, an old classmate of Ally's named Richard Fish gives Ally a job at his law firm, where Billy and his new wife are also working. This puts Ally in a predicament since she still has feelings for Billy which she's laboring to get over. At the office, Ally puts up with a nosy, gossiping secretary named Elaine, and an oddball lawyer named John Cage never seems to lose a case. At home, Ally's friend and house-mate Renée regularly advises her on her love life. The series follows Ally's trials and tribulations in life through her eyes, and caricaturizes her personal thoughts and fantasies. Written by Ondre Lombard {olombard@lombard.cyberverse.com}
