两三个月前，林思明就找过我。夏琳是一个时代女性，在一家杂志社里任记者，为人能乾，工作卖力，是上司同事眼中的优秀人才；令人奇怪的是，聪明漂亮的夏琳一直缺乏爱情生活。和夏琳相反的是她的母亲朱美娥，一个嫁了又离，离了又嫁，对结婚乐此不疲的美艳成**性，座右铭是追求爱情是女人最重要的事业。了三次，都是以离婚收场，而美娥不住的替夏琳找合适的结婚对象，也是夏琳平淡生活的点缀品，给她带来不少令人啼笑皆非的笑话。 其实夏琳性格活泼开朗，身边本不乏追求者，但是夏琳不是看不上对方，就是对方受不了夏琳的无心快语而知难而退；没有爱情生活虽然难免沉闷，幸好夏琳偶尔会收到一封匿名的情书，信里的关怀和爱慕，给夏琳带来了生活的动力，也令夏琳对这个写信者产生了一种莫名的感情。第一次淞沪会战期间，苏州富家子弟周文与同学打赌，去前线慰问战士。在目睹了战争的残酷和中国军人的热血后，产生了弃笔从戎的念头。周文改名周卫国，参加了黄埔军校。因表现优异被派往德国军校，专修特种做战技术。在德国学习的过程中，他认识了日本派来的竹下俊。俩人在军校的学习生活中交为至交好友。1937年中日战争爆发，周卫国和竹下俊被召回各自的国家，两个好友最终无法避免在战场上兵戎相见的命运。周卫国归国后屡立奇功，却亲眼目睹了战友们相继死去，未婚妻也为避免日军侮辱，吞枪自尽。南京大屠杀后他逃出南京，决定北上参加八路军。周卫国到达抗日根据地，亲手训练出中国第一支特种作战分队屡立奇功，而竹下俊也组织了最精锐的日本特战队，与周针锋相对。最终，周卫国的特战队战胜了日本特种部队，将日军彻底赶出根据地，并迎来了抗战的最后胜利。详细解剖了两段婚姻和一段婚外情之间的激烈矛盾。主人公Noah是一个好丈夫、好父亲，在纽约一所高中教书。他的生活安逸而舒适——工作不太累，四个孩子不需要他太操心，妻子很体贴。他夏天时常跑到长岛构思自己正在创作的新小说。当他偶遇漂亮女人Allison之后，他突然感到自己找到了性情相投的「精神伙伴」。Noah的妻子Helen，他们大学时就开始相恋，已经结婚17年。她得知丈夫的奸情后感到非常失望，她的态度也从理解逐渐变为愤怒，从原谅变为复仇。Allison在一家热门汉普顿餐厅当服务员。最近发生了一个悲剧事件，她至今没有恢复元气。Allison的丈夫Cole，一位锋芒毕露的牛仔，经营着位于长岛东侧的一个农场，这个农场已经在他的家族中传了好几代。Cole和Allison的婚姻本来已经问题很多，当Allison出轨之后，他们的矛盾进一步上升。《开国前夜》的故事素材来源于国家安全局尘封60年的绝密档案，与其说它是小说，还不如说它只是用小说的形式还原了当代历史的真相——根据故事改编的同名电视剧已由上海文广集团投资千万拍摄完成，国庆期间将在东方卫视与大家首次见面，101家广播电台也在紧张地录播之中。上世纪初的1903年，大清帝国驻法公使裕庚任期已满，准备携夫人和两个宝贝女儿德龄、容龄回国。长女德玲，精通法语、德语和日语，青春逼人，秀外慧中，高华博学；次女荣龄，美丽单纯，聪明伶俐，是美国著名现代舞蹈家邓肯的入室弟子。裕庚鼓励德龄，在慈禧已经宣布实行新政的时刻回国，是报效国家的良机，德龄也充满了报国的激情，尽管多年居住在海外，祖国的种种已经陌生，但她仍然从心底里爱着这个古老而优秀的国家，她期望自己的所见所闻所学，能够对自己的祖国有所裨益。这天，德龄意外地发现，父亲在临行前和一位不寻常的客人进行了坦率的对话，而这位客人竟是朝廷在四处通缉的孙中山！裕庚欣赏孙中山，因为孙中山和他一样，有一颗赤子之心，德龄由此也对"爱国"有了崭新的认识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).
