本节目是陈晓卿导演从摄影机背后走到镜头前，用自己的视角，寻访美食，并探讨食物背后的故事。在本节目中，陈晓卿前往中国八个不同的地区，他和不同的向导一起，完成自己的风味探索之旅。向导中，有陈晓卿的老朋友，也有新相识。他们背景身份各异，有哲学家、考古学者、人类学家、 音乐人、职业厨师、经济学家、作家等。陈晓卿用食物把更多的人聚集在一起，他认为，“美食不仅是美味，更是一种粘合剂，能让人有更多的理解和沟通”。
讲述清末民国初期一位在省城上学的大户人家少爷因姐夫暴毙火速赶回家奔丧，夜里在回家路上于树林中搭救一姑娘，后发现姑娘长相貌美遂将其带回自己府内做丫鬟，伺候爹妈。该女子名为丽娘，少爷与丽娘日久生情，大婚之夜，丽娘被一厉鬼鬼上身，家里请来道士降服厉鬼，并将厉鬼封印在镜子之中，但这只是所有恐怖灵异事件的开始，佛堂祭奠的神秘之物，家中老爷的恐怖叫声，府中人的离奇之死，所有发生的一切将揭开一段鲜为人知的前朝旧事。
The comic himself told us, “I’m excited to have my breakout piece be with a company that nurtures vision like HBO does. I’m grateful to them, and you, for watching.”
ISSAC is an intense psychological thriller which constantly treads the lines of reality and fiction. Issac, A young reclusive mortician who inherited his stepfather's mortuary business meets a friendly waitress, Cassi. The two create an instant connection and after a night of terror, they pursue a revenge murder together. This film mixes a realistic story with surreal imagery, showing how one in isolation may operate due to the circumstances he has been given. Issac inevitably makes a choice and never questions the morality of his decisions.
Four men working at a remote scientific outpost unravel the disturbing secrets about the facility's history, signaling the approach of a mysterious menace that will not only consume these men, but, perhaps, everyone on the planet.
