故事发生在战火纷飞的一九四一年,莫笑侬(商天娥 饰)的双亲在战争中不幸去世,无奈之下,莫笑侬只得投靠姑姐唐瑛(关菊英 饰),莫笑侬和唐瑛之间并没有真正的亲情,两人不过是相互利用。很快,漂亮热情的莫笑侬成为了娱乐圈人人争相追捧的交际花,与此同时,她结识了名叫詹姆士(张国荣 饰)的英俊男子。 莫笑侬被詹姆士的风流倜傥所吸引,之后两人成婚,不幸的是,婚后的生活并不幸福。秦小曼(周秀兰 饰)是莫笑侬的同学,她的父亲秦简夫(刘兆铭 饰)和唐瑛之间产生了真挚的感情,一直对唐瑛怀恨在心的莫笑侬决定不惜一切手段,拆散二人。
在得克萨斯州的一个小镇,受欢迎的青少年凯特被绑架。看似毫无关系,一个名叫珍妮特的女孩从一个甜美、笨拙的局外人变成了镇上最受欢迎的女孩,但到了1995年,她成了美国最受鄙视的人。
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
珠宝品牌创始人顾流苏,工作雷厉风行,生活中也处处严谨认真,却在一次意外中与仅有一面之缘的“少爷”陆星辰一夜春宵,闹了个大乌龙!更糟糕的是,陆星辰紧随其后入职公司成为顾流苏的贴身秘书,这对欢喜冤家万万没有想到,曾经的“死对头”竟在时间的发酵中发生质的变化。陆星辰对嘴硬心软的顾流苏产生不可言说的爱慕心意,而他的设计才华,也被眼光挑剔的顾流苏认可,灵魂契合让他们在清醒中愈渐沉醉,沦陷在平淡又暗涌的朝夕之间。