上世纪70年代末，带着两儿一女的机械厂工人庄先进，迎娶了带着一儿一女的歌舞团演员苏小曼，来自两个家庭的孩子各怀心思，和父母一道演绎了一段三十年的情感大戏。自小当家的大女儿庄好好，是两个重组家庭的“定盘星”，从电车售票员到歌舞厅里的驻唱红歌手，她像高山之巅的野花，和家人们携手并肩心向阳光，顽强生长。庄先进终于实现了为孩子起名“好好学习，天天向上”的梦想，可为之圆梦的庄向上却成为庄好好和苏小曼之间不可说破的“秘密”。庄学习和王元媛本是青梅竹马的同学，却因各自父母的结合，两人只能擦肩而过。庄先进的徒弟刘成追求庄先进的女儿庄好好未果，却娶了苏小曼的女儿。
剧根据英国同名剧集改编。 本剧主演 William H. Macy 曾获得艾美奖。 拥有有六个孩子的单身父亲 Frank（威廉姆·H·梅西 William H. Macy 饰）和孩子们生活在周围到处是酒鬼、乞丐和罪犯的最底层社区。他收入不高，整天酗酒，根本不管儿女们的死活，不到20岁的大女儿 Fiona（埃米·罗森 Emmy Rossum 饰）不得不承担起照顾五个弟妹以及养家糊口的责任。跨过宿醉的父亲的身体争抢着偷来的早餐；凌晨4点大开着摇滚乐狂欢；纵容邻居在他们的楼梯上做爱；这个热闹非凡的家庭忙碌、自由、无法无天、充满冒险。他们拥有的不多，但他们懂得生活中最重要的是什么……
As Murder, She Wrote saunters through its sixth (of an eventual 12) season, star Angela Lansbury maintains her eternally buoyant and inquisitive air as Jessica Fletcher, professional writer and amateur sleuth. Though Jessica continued to investigate murders in her home town of Cabot Cove and elsewhere (in the worlds of high finance, opera, and voodoo, among other settings), this season began the practice of guest detective episodes, introduced by Jessica as either a story she wrote or a tale told by a friend, but starring a variety of quirky investigators: An ex-football player (Ken Howard, The White Shadow) paired with a clever poodle; a television crime-show producer who solved crime in real life (Diana Canova, Soap); a stout Irish detective (longtime character actor Pat Hingle); an abrasive homicide cop (Barry Newman, Vanishing Point); as well as recurring Murder, She Wrote characters like former jewel thief Dennis Stanton (Keith Michell) and British secret agent Michael Haggerty (Len Cariou). The producers were obviously hoping to use Murder, She Wrote's popularity to spin-off new series, but nothing from this season took off and viewer resistance soon brought the practice to an end. Executives must have been surprised to discover that, though murder mysteries are plot-driven, this show's success depends heavily on the undeniable charm of star Lansbury. Still, these one-off episodes are of a consistent quality with Lansbury's, and viewers open to variety will enjoy them just as much. The rest of the season features the usual astonishing array of guests, including movie stars old (Donald O'Connor, Singin' in the Rain) and recent (Elliott Gould, The Long Goodbye), television stalwarts (Shirley Jones, The Partridge Family; Jerry Stiller, The King of Queens; Doris Roberts, Everyone Loves Raymond; Kevin Tighe, Battlestar Galactica; and Gavin McLeod, The Love Boat), and D-list celebrities to die for (Dack Rambo, Morgan Brittany, Susan Anton, and more).
