Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from Coventry to London. The case resulted in three boatmen being sentenced to death and two of them hanged. Morse starts to read Millie's book and dreams about it. He soon has a number of problems with the case.
　　Why weren't the three men also charged with theft? Why did Mrs Franks take a boat instead of a train that was much faster and comfortable and only slightly more expensive? Why didn't she abandon the boat after she complained about lewd behavior of the crew at the shipping office in Banbury? Why did she then drink and 'socialise' with the crew? What happened to her 'carpet bag' with which she arrived on the boat but which was not mentioned in the court case, nor was it stored in the archives with her, almost empty, trunk? The trunk was marked with initials of her first husband who had died. How did it happen that her shoes were found on the boat but nobody saw her return to the boat from the forest?
　　PC Adrian Kershaw does some brilliant leg work for Morse. He studied history and has invaluable background knowledge. For instance, he mentions that the boatmen had bad reputation because they worked on Sundays and did not attend church. Later a chapel was built for them in Oxford.
　　The dead woman's clothes and the shoes found on the boat are submitted to modern forensic investigation. The result is that the shoes did not belong to the dead woman found in the water because she was much taller.The shoes were never used in the forest.
　　Only Mrs Franks' husband, Charles Franks, was called to identify the body of the dead woman. He claimed that, while her face was darkened and disfigured, he found a birth mark behind her ear. The prosecutor welcomed that information "that only a husband or a lover would know". The accused were not shown the body. The defense attorney merely claimed that the guilt of the three men was not proved. All three accused claimed to the end that they were innocent. One of them was not executed because he embraced Christianity in prison.
　　Morse instructs Kershaw to investigate if Charles Franks benefited from his wife's death and, indeed, he pocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Case closed: Charles Franks murdered a tall women and dropped her in the canal after meeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jumped off the boat at the same time as the dead body hit the water, she swam to the bank and joined her husband. The couple changed their names, in the case of 'Charles Franks' a second time after he 'died' as Joanna's first husband. The fourth boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by Joanna to give false testimony.
　　Morse travels to Ireland and has a grave of Joanna's first husband exhumed. The coffin contains bags of sand and some stones.

　　A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse has been ill and has only just returned to work. He steps on Lewis' toes by involving himself in the case, but as the body count rises, Morse finds himself in charge of investigating a woman who had many affairs with many different men. When he learns that the dead men were in possession of large amount of cash, he suspects they were blackmailing her murderer.

　　该剧根据弗兰克·塔利斯的小说改编，由《神探夏洛克》的编剧史蒂芬·汤普森负责撰写剧本，故事设定在20世纪的维也纳，讲述师从弗洛伊德的年轻医生Max协助奥地利警探Oskar破案的故事。Max对于人类行为的深入理解，让他为一些神秘莫测的案件提供了不一样的侦破角度...

　　该剧根据弗兰克·塔利斯的小说改编，由《神探夏洛克》的编剧史蒂芬·汤普森负责撰写剧本，故事设定在20世纪的维也纳，讲述师从弗洛伊德的年轻医生Max协助奥地利警探Oskar破案的故事。Max对于人类行为的深入理解，让他为一些神秘莫测的案件提供了不一样的侦破角度。

　　Rachel James is shot through her kitchen window while having breakfast early one morning. She was having an affair with Dr. Julian Storrs, an Oxford professor who is a candidate for Master of Lonsdale College. When her next door neighbor is also killed however, Morse determines that the shooting of James may have been in error. Morse also suspects that he may have been a blackmailer. Both Storrs an his rival for the Masters position, Denis Cornford had secrets that would make them suspects. Morse determines that several others also had things to hide and any one of them could have committed the murders.

　　博基亚家族是14到16世纪间十分有影响力的一个意大利家族，教皇亚历山大六世及其子女均为该家族成员。博基亚家族是当时欧洲颇有影响力的宗教、军事和政治领袖。
　　剧集《博基亚家族》的背景设定在1492年，当时教皇亚历山大六世（真名为 Rodrigo Borgia）正在欧洲呼风唤雨，显赫一时。该剧将在2011年播出。

　　FX宣布续订《美国谍梦》（The Americans）第三季13集——该电视网的高管终于兑现了两个星期前做出的「该剧很快就会得到续订」的承诺。

　　凯丽·拉塞尔与马修·瑞斯将带着《美国谍梦》第四季在3月16日回归，这一季的焦点落在生物武器的威胁与对钱宁夫妇秘密的挖掘之上。制作人乔尔·菲尔德表示，电视评论家建议他与制作人乔·韦斯伯格，就目前的剧情发展来说，是时候考虑结束了。
　　菲尔德还无法确定到底何时结束该剧，但他暗示本剧将在第五季或第六季结束，“如果你将它视为一部三幕式戏剧，那么我们现在已经接近第二幕的尾声了。但无论它在第五季还是第六季结束，我们都会认真挖掘它的新走向，尽力拍好下一部。我现在真的说不准它什么时候会完结，只会做一切对于这部剧是对的决定，并希望给观众不断带来惊喜。”

　　《美国谍梦》已被续订到第六季，但是第六季将会是剧终季。第六季10集，2018年播出。

　　The series follows James St. Patrick, nicknamed "Ghost", owner of a popular New York City nightclub. In addition, he is a major player in one of the city's biggest illegal drug networks. He struggles to balance these two lives, and the balance topples when he realizes he wants to leave the drug ring in order to support his legitimate business.

　　该剧由音乐人Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson制片，故事描述绰号「鬼魂」的主人公James St. Patrick（Omari Hardwick）不甘心只当一个小小的夜总会老板——他打算依靠自己的夜总会白手起家，在纽约城建立一个庞大的娱乐帝国并使之成为世界财富五百强企业。但是他面临一个问题：他除了白道身份之外还有一个黑道身份：一个大型贩毒集团中的大毒枭。当他计划离开犯罪世界专心做生意时，他的婚姻、家庭和事业全都受到了威胁，这迫使他不得不思考自己的人生道路。

　　故事描述绰号「鬼魂」的主人公James St. Patrick（Omari Hardwick）不甘心只当一个小小的夜总会老板——他打算依靠自己的夜总会白手起家，在纽约城建立一个庞大的娱乐帝国并使之成为世界财富五百强企业。但是他面临一个问题：他除了白道身份之外还有一个黑道身份：一个大型贩毒集团中的大毒枭。当他计划离开犯罪世界专心做生意时，他的婚姻、家庭和事业全都受到了威胁，这迫使他不得不思考自己的人生道路。

　　Starz续订《权欲》第六季，该季首播集将由Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson负责执导。

　　NBC宣布直接预订一部《法律与秩序：特殊受害者 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit》衍生剧，主演是曾在1999-2011年于剧集中演出的Christopher Meloni。
　　Christopher Meloni会在此13集衍生剧中再次饰演Elliot Stabler，讲述他在纽约警局领导一支反黑组。

　　《联邦调查局：通缉要犯部 FBI: Most Wanted》是《联邦调查局 FBI》的衍生剧后门试映集，然后被正式预订。《联邦调查局：通缉要犯部》讲述FBI一个分部门，他们任 务是专门追捕联邦调查局最高通缉名单里的犯人；这部衍生剧由Dick Wolf及Rene Balc er执笔，Fred Berner负责执导。

　　CBS宣布续订《联邦调查局：通缉要犯》第2季。

　　博世开始了他职业生涯的下一个篇章，发现自己与他曾经的敌人哈尼·钱德勒（Honey Chandler）共事。

　　Netflix宣布一口气续订《女子监狱》第5﹑6﹑7季。

　　X档案关闭后，穆德（David Duchovny 大卫•杜楚尼 饰）和斯科莉（Gillian Anderson 吉莲•安德森 饰）被分开。穆德受命执行监听工作，斯科莉则回到学院读书。
　　某日国会议员麦特森（Raymond J. Barry 饰）向穆德透露一条消息，称在波多黎各接收到外星人的电讯。为了在特种部队之前找到外星人的证据，穆德只身前往。得知消息的斯科莉赶到穆德住处，从电脑中的旅客名单中找到线索，尾随来到波多黎各。
　　在波多黎各阿雷希伯，穆德偶遇一个当地人，并从他手里得到一幅外星人的画。但不久后此人便离奇死去。穆德最终能否找到外星人来访的证据？

　　CBS宣布续订《庭审专家》第5季。

　　加州圣佩得罗静静的河水上，一具冰冷的尸体随波飘荡。事是上这冰冷并不蕴含任何死亡的信息，这只是一个装着玻璃眼球的硅胶假人。随着这个假人的出现，它的真身—那位客串演员也将逐渐淡出人们的视野，淡出CBS人气剧集NCIS(《海军罪案调查处》)。
　　不过有人离开就有人回来，第五季NCIS我们迎来了马克·哈蒙（Mark Harmon）的回归。这次他出演的还是那位勇敢的特工Leroy Jethro Gibbs，又一个烫手山竽，于是我们主角来到了位于沿海地区俄罪案现场。身穿一件准路军的白T恤外加一件花尼夹克，一头银发这就是我们的主角带着旁边一个娃娃脸的特工Timothy McGee(或者叫Probie，由Sean Murray饰演)还有前任摩萨德组织成员Ziva David(由Cote de Pablo饰演)一起开始了沿河堤寻找所谓“死尸”的旅途。
　　拍摄休息期间，哈蒙从那明争暗斗的世界中回到了平静的现实之中。这时一个壮实的中年男子拦住了哈蒙，他手拄一根拐杖，静静地看完了刚才的这个排演。“你觉得圣佩德罗怎么样？”男子随意地问道。哈蒙突然表现地异常专业，边走边回答到，“是个好天”，嘴角露出只有他是Gibbs才有的那种狡黠，继而哈蒙又说道，“有什么可讨厌的呢？”。
　　那个男子的问题真是个好问题。蓝天，海风，随风细语着的棕榈叶，这样优美的环境可能只会让人想小憩一下，可是正是在这里哈蒙努力着自己的事业。九周的空白并没有使失去镇静，相反的，他在这里，在这NCIS继续着他的传奇。“这里很平静”，哈蒙说道，一边他还在他心爱的72年版Airstream首发版（一款概念车，也是哈蒙外出工作时的家）里搜寻着他生活的碎片：散落的照片，书本，背包还有他作品的DVD（有《Comes a Horseman》，《Cool Hand Luke》）。“现在我们一般每天工作12个小时，我们都有自己的剧本，一切井井有条。过去我们一天工作16小时，不过即使如此也没有人抱怨。在现场只有剧本才是重要的，毕竟巧妇难为无米之炊。所以，这里一切都很好”。
　　我们观察现场，似乎在现场的每个人，所有的演员和工作人员，都有同样的一个信念。出演验尸官Donald "Ducky" Mallard的David McCallum说到：“这一季的NCIS会是全新的。由于管理层的变动，整个工作团队被注入新的活力，大家的工作劲头也会更上一层搂”。
　　管理层的变动，David指的就是闹的沸沸扬扬的“NCIS之父”Don Bellisario离职一事，正是Don的努力才让NCIS走过整整四季的风风雨雨。今年四月，《电视指南》（TV Guide）报道说Bellisario对细节的苛求和对剧本发放的疏忽让剧组拍摄的进程一再受阻，这也使一向温和的哈蒙难以忍受。几周之后，就有报道声称Bellisario决定离开NCIS，毕竟他手头还有像Magnum, P.I. and Quantum Leap这样的荧屏经典。于是合作制片人Chas Floyd Johnson和前任剧本作者Shane Brennan（现在也使合作制片人之一）接手成为NCIS剧组新的管理层。“这一季一切都进行得十分顺利”。

　　几个月来，粉丝们都对新一季的NCIS无比期待，在上一季的两小时最终回里，NCIS小组失去了一个重要成员，Jenny Shepard主任(Lauren Holly饰演)在一场混战中死于乱枪之下。而Tony (Michael Weatherly饰演), Ziva (Cote de Pablo饰演), Tim (Sean Murray饰演)全部被扫地出门，摆着光杆司令Gibbs面前的，似乎是一个全新的团队。不过根据之前的报道，NCIS的监制Shane Brennan已经暗示粉丝们不必失望，因为在新的一季中，这部剧不会和House一样经历人员大换血；这番话大概能够使粉丝们强大的怨念略有平息。不过他同时也说，新的一季将扣人心弦，悬念迭出，而且充满真刀真枪的较量。

　　NCIS是Naval Criminal Investigative Service的缩写，直译过来就是海军罪案调查处。这个隶属五角大楼的特别部门，专门从事与海军以及海军陆战队有关联的任何罪案调查。海军调查处被赋予了特殊的调查权，只要是案情需要，任何人都必须接受质询无论职务和军衔高低。NCIS小组每次都会遇到各式不同的案情，从谋杀、缉毒、谍报活动、到反恐行动、甚至是神秘宗教，无奇不有。
　　上季末，Ziva红肿的眼睛惊到了所有观众，多灾多难的Ziva究竟又出了什么事，还会回到NCIS的大家庭吗？Tiva是否还没开始就要宣告结束？McAbby又能否有所发展？还有老大的船，究竟有什么玄机？一切谜底将在第七季中为您揭晓。

　　Paloma's goons shoot up Jackson's store, but he escapes, then he stays with Jethro. A helo lands, and two die, as do an agent and another person. Rivera takes matters into his own hands, but he produces an unintended and unexpected result.