Atsuko Asano plays the title role in the mystery special "Okinawa Rizoto Konsheruju Gushiken Yoko no Meisuiri Ibitsu-na Misshitsu" ("Okinawa Resort Concierge Yoko Gushiken's Excellent Deduction of the Irregular Locked Room"; TV Tokyo, Wed., 9 p.m.).
Hotel guest Maiko (Akiko Ogata) calls the front desk when she is unable to access her room. The assistant manager goes up and unlocks the door to discover Maiko's husband, Ishikawa, dead. The room connects to an adjoining room through another door, but that one is locked also. It has been rumored that Ishikawa, a company president, was carrying on an affair with a woman named Eiko, and later her dead body is found as well. Police detective Oshiro (Shin Takuma) can't figure out how the killer dispatched the victim in a room that was completely locked, but eventually it is the concierge, Yoko, who comes up with a theory.
The drama special "Kazoku Kashimasu" ("We Rent Out Families"; Nippon TV, Fri., 9 p.m.) looks at the issue of social atomization. Yamamuro (Hiroshi Tamaki) is the president of a company called Family Romance, which provides stand-in "family members" for any occasion.