该剧讲述1948年至1980年发生在淮河岸边、念恩桥两岸的感人故事。剧中，刘涛饰演的男主角“耿长和”是解放军猛虎团红三连的连长，在战争年代，面对炸毁念恩桥的军事命令，却因考虑到两岸劳苦人民生息问题而拒绝服从上级安排，从而导致经历了一系列的艰难坎坷。
赵十两（郑则仕 饰）出生于富贵家庭，过着养尊处优游手好闲的生活，从小就品尝过世间各种美味珍馐的赵十两拥有一条格外挑剔的舌头，然而，他却对烹饪一窍不通。因为好友周武（徐锦江 饰）是宫中的侍卫统领，赵十两因此常常能进宫游玩，一次偶然中，赵十两遇见了正在踢球的乾隆，两人结尾了好友。 不幸的是，赵十两家道中落，终于品尝到了生活的滋味，他忍辱负重发愤图强，终于练就了高超的厨艺，成为了御厨。之后，赵十两因为得罪了太监总管李天乐（刘兆铭 饰）而大难临头，他和名叫赵珊珊（林心如 饰）的姑娘逃出宫外，开了一间名为富多来的小餐馆。
阿哲（吴启华 饰）年纪轻轻就成了全港十大基金经理之一，一直在位于中环某间投资公司工作。阿哲的上司是个心胸狭窄的人，一次他收到了内幕却故意不透露给阿哲，致使阿哲投资失利，在公司的地位一下跌到了谷底，随后更是千方百计排挤他。阿哲忍无可忍，决定自己出来自立门户开投资公司，手下阿昌（阮兆祥 饰）决定跟随他一起出来创业。虽然两人满腹宏图大计，但缺乏启动资金，阿哲想起父亲在大澳老家有一块地，于是决定回将土地转让以期获套取现金。 阿哲、阿昌回到大澳，认识了当地女孩开心（陈松伶 饰）以及她的一家人。开心的父亲根叔（元华 饰）是这里的村长，他家里的虾膏厂正好盖在阿哲父亲的那块土地上。阿哲打听到村里唯一能证明这块地是自己父亲的人忠伯已经移居外地，恰巧他们又错过了刚刚回来探亲的忠伯，于是两人只好先居住在大澳等忠伯再次回来。根叔误以为阿哲和开心已经爱上对方，于是开始极力撮合两人，闹了不少笑话。而阿哲与开心相处日久，两人亦渐生情愫。
该剧讲述一位海归父亲与叛逆女儿之间的情感纠葛。
Season 5 finds Murder, She Wrote's intrepid Jessica Fletcher in fine sleuthing form, and venturing farther afield from Cabot Cove--a good thing, since at the rate the murders have been happening, that town would be nearly cleaned out. Some of the best episodes take place in more exotic locales like New York (dead man on the street, wearing just one shoe), Montana (a publishing convention gone horribly wrong) and West Virginia (two whistle-blowers at a coal company found gruesomely murdered). Angela Lansbury sparkles with determination and bonhomie, hitting her stride and then some. Jessica's own life backstory is even filled out tantalizingly, especially in the episode "The Last Flight of the Dixie Damsel," in which an investigation is launched into a mysterious cargo plane that is linked, she learns to her horror, to her late husband. The series' other delight is watching for cameos by stars of a certain age, and this season doesn't disappoint, with appearances by Roddy McDowall, Shelley Fabares, and Dinah Shore--but also some up-and-comers like Megan Mullally (proof positive that the Will & Grace whine was a put-on) and future satirist Bill Maher.
