该剧改编自横关大的小说，主人公是从性格、价值观到办案方针都截然不同的两名同父异母的刑警，他们将面对在池袋发生的凶恶案件。
故事发生在湖南长沙市区的南门口，讲述了几个土生土长的青春少年：小令宝、细罗、解小明、东子和美丽少女冯燕子平凡而传奇的成长故事。
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。
对自己没有自信，没有恋爱经验的30岁图书馆员聪子（波琉 饰），与温柔绅士的凉介（濑户康史 饰）相遇，瞬间坠入爱河，在每天过着想要改变自己的生活中，聪子面前突然出现了一个自称是法国文学《恋爱论》作者司汤达（小日向文世 饰）。惊讶的聪子觉得恋爱烦恼过多，眼前出现了妄想，但似乎没有什么害处，不仅如此，为了和凉介谈恋爱，司汤达运用恋爱的技巧引导聪子，慢慢地让她重生。逐渐靠近的聪子和凉介，但聪子有着谁都不想知道的秘密过去……
Fearless and playful, she acts on instinct; both avenging angel and a bit of a shit stirrer; deeply empathetic and blunt to the point of rudeness. And with a deeply irreverent sense of humor to boot. Other than the fact her husband died a few years ago, very few people know much about Alexa or why she left the force, rendering this woman a mystery in and of herself. And Alexa can't resist a mystery, so when former colleague and long-time friend Detective Inspector Kieran Hussey asks her to "consult" on his trickier cases, she seems reluctant. But in truth, she can't resist. Joining Alexa to solve the unsolvable is the bubbly, sarcastic, ambitious and grounded, Madison. A true extrovert, Madison works as a Data Analyst for the Police and is on hand at Alexa's call to do what she does best. Written by ten press release
