This week, former teenage beauty queen Ryoko Sakaguchi returns to "Tuesday Suspense Theater" (Nippon TV; 9:03 p.m.) for the fifth time. She stars in "Rinsho Shinrishi (Clinical Psychologist)" as college lecturer Yuri Matsunami, who uses her psychoanalytical skills to solve murder mysteries that leave the police scratching their heads.
This time, Yuri is brought in to counsel Natsuki, a 14-year-old girl caught shoplifting. During their discussions, the psychologist discovers that Natsuki's rebelliousness stems from problems in her family: Both her mother and grandmother seem to have their own psychological afflictions.
What is more shocking for Yuri is that the sessions with Natsuki reveal that the girl's father has been having an affair with a woman whom the police suspect of murder. Shortly thereafter, this woman herself is found dead, having jumped -- or been pushed -- from the top of a building. Yuri and her female detective sidekick decide that the solution to the murders can be found somewhere in Natsuki's extended family.