汪家有两个与众不同的女儿：姐姐绿萍（秦岚 饰）是出色的芭蕾舞演员，而妹妹紫菱（张嘉倪 饰）是一个平凡而爱做梦的女孩。他们同时爱上了世交楚家的儿子楚濂（保剑锋 饰），然而楚濂爱的却是大家都没想到的紫菱。二人甜蜜的恋爱在绿萍的车祸中失去，楚濂为了责任迎娶绿萍。而心碎的紫菱则跟着大自己十九岁的费云帆（方中信 饰）远嫁海外。费云帆用尽心机去令紫菱适应新环境，开始新生活。当绿萍无意中发现当年楚濂与紫菱的恋爱后，平静的生活被打破了。
20世纪80年代初，平川县为了加快发展，决定设立“月海镇”。李秋萍与郑德诚两名能力及个性突出的干部，秉着“人民城市人民建”的理念，借助改革开放政策和中央一号文件找到了改革的办法，带领成千上万的农民，在没用国家一分钱的情况下，以“集资、合伙”的创举，在滩涂之上建起一座现代 化的城市。这是一段从无到有的造城奇迹，更是中国建城史上的一次壮举，几十万农民的命运因此得以改变。李秋萍、郑德诚、解春来、高雪梅等造城者敢想敢干、敢为人先，在阳光灿烂的80年代谱写了华丽的篇章。
骊城公安局最年轻的法医齐思哲（罗云熙饰），因一场车祸失去了女友俞菲，但他发觉意外的背后似乎隐藏着神秘的幕后推手。为了调查真相，齐思哲入职成为河城市公安局的刑侦法医，却被迫卷入一桩桩令人细思极恐的奇诡悬案之中，身亡许久的被害者被重重蛛丝包裹，失踪的尸体出现在标本室的福尔马林中……在侦破过程中，他与祝青越（刘雅瑟饰），韩烽（江奇霖饰）强强联合，抽丝剥茧屡破奇案，而牵涉当年俞菲之死的“原钻”毒品案，也逐渐展露冰山一角……
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).
