Yuko Asano returns as "Zaimu Sosakan Amamiya Ruriko" on this week's "Monday Mystery Theatre" (TBS, 9 p.m.). A zaimu sosakan is a police agent who handles financial matters.
Amamiya is summoned to help police detective Murakami (Toshiro Yanagiba), who is investigating two murders. The first victim is a young female college student named Akiko, and the second, which occurs in the middle of the first investigation, is a female employee of the accounting department of the college Akiko was attending. Because the college is one of Japan's most prestigious, the case receives a lot of media attention. Amamiya is brought in because a great deal of cash was found with the corpse of the accountant. Murakami thinks the murders have something to do with embezzlement, but they need Amamiya to go over the university's books.
The premise behind the popular late-night variety show, "Flying Gout Temps," is narcissism: What do you think of yourself and how do you think others view you? Centered around three celebrities -- actress Ryoko Shinohara, tarento Yuka, and a guest -- the show purports to analyze and understand individual personalities by any means available. Last week, actor Richard Gere was the guest and the two regulars flattered him and bought him gifts, the point being to make him choose which young lady he liked better.