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。
故事讲述成为了罪犯的哥哥葛城勇吾以及成为了警视厅搜查一课刑警的弟弟圭吾。弟弟因在杀人未遂事件中被测出了与嫌疑人的DNA跟自己完全一样而遭到逮捕。此时他想起了在20年前因被诱拐而下落不明的双胞胎哥哥。
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。
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.
