The producer of a hit TV show called "Buds" featuring an ensemble cast is about to kill off one of the characters when she is found dead in her office.
Amanda wins a guest role on The Young and the Restless and walks right into a murder. Various mishaps occur on the set and lead to some very close encounters.
The death of a popular musician raises suspicious questions. The musician's pregnant wife, who claims to be carrying an alien's child, complicates matters.
Ashley York murders her wealthy father and cleverly manipulates it to appear as though he killed himself. Dr. Sloan picks away at holes in the story, which leads him directly to Ashley.
Jessica Fletcher attends a lecture given by Cassandra Hawkins who is trying to clear the name of her ancestor Samuel Pinckney, a slave accused of killing a white plantation owner.
