主要讲述了了一对母子二十多年来的情感纠葛，儿找母、母寻子的故事，折射出当今社会一些人在金钱和利益的驱动下失去对社会的责任感、家庭的温暖以及亲人的关爱。
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.
本剧讲述了山冈优子（石田光 饰）和义正（甲本雅裕 饰）结婚后生了两个孩子，成为了一家人。4个人长期生活在同一个屋檐下，孩子们都离巢了，虽然觉得“随时都可以4个人聚在一起”，但是一旦离开家就很难再回来。夫妻之间的对话越来越少，和孩子们的关系也越来越疏远。对分离的家人感到寂寞的某一天，优子参加了悬赏应征的“一家人一起去！两天一夜的会津之旅”。虽然有些犹豫，但还是联系了孩子们，没想到他们爽快地答应了。为了让“家族”重新来过，山冈家的“周末旅行”现在开始了。
辛亥革命胜利之后的民国初年，江南才女沈碧云为了实现进入中国最大的私人藏书楼博览群书、为所有学子争取读书的权利的理想，也为了探查杀父仇人，不惜以终生幸福为赌注，嫁入藏书楼之主的宣家，却由此陷入宣家内部的勾心斗角、争权夺利漩涡，遭遇重重危机，尝尽人情冷暖，几度出生入死，宣家也经历了一次次浩劫，直至家破人亡，碧云仍然矢志不渝，在宣家四少爷宣孝季和进步青年吴时的帮助下，凭着坚强的信念和过人的智慧拯救了宣家，成为宣家新当家人，并查清真凶，报得父仇。最终，沈碧云冲破封建祖制开放书楼，包括碧云在内的莘莘学子得以登楼读书。
