落榜才子石玉昆来到老北京的天桥，以弹唱单弦为生，并希望能成就一番事业。在这里他遇到了武艺高超的懒猫“展昭”、牙尖嘴利满肚子鬼点子的白玉堂、秀美灵巧的丁氏姐妹、口技了得的小艾虎，还有身怀绝技的五鼠。石玉昆热心机敏，他机巧地帮助大家伸张正义，并与大家结成了生死兄弟。各怀绝技的“十三郎”屡破奇案，成为北京市井民众心中的“包青天”……石玉昆假借包拯为主角，将他们破案的真实过程写成了小说，这就是千古传诵的《七侠五义》！
这是一部具有相当强警示意义的刑侦片，细腻真实地再现了发生在我们现实生活中一个个罕见的凶杀案件。全剧每集讲述一个故事，每集一个案例，且每一个案例的切入角度不同，有因婚外恋引起的凶杀，有因生意场里纠纷而起的灭口，有发生在宾馆里的令人触目的血案…… 发生在普通生活中的杀戮事件如此令人心惊，也含蓄地道出了潜伏在这些杀人案件背后的一些社会根源。
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.
电影《七十二家房客》轰动一时，著名粤剧演员文觉非在电影里扮演的大反派“太子炳”深入民心，其余的经典角色如“三六九”等也脍炙人口，里面的一些台词更成为广东地区的流行俗语。而周星驰也在他的作品《功夫》里对《七十二家房客》的主场景和主要角色进行了艺术加工，向这部经典影片致敬。 新改编的《七十二家房客》主要讲述解放前40年代里广州西关一栋三层楼的大杂院里，“包租公”太子炳、“包租婆”八姑和七十多家房客交织所发生的许多妙趣横生、让人忍俊不禁又发人深省的故事。
A rootless genius, Iris Nixon, steals an enigmatic code from a charming philanthropist and disappears. A tense countdown ensues as she races to unravel the code's mystery.
