故事发生在1985年的印第安纳州霍金斯镇，正值炎夏，学校放假了，镇上新开了一家购物中心，霍金斯小组成员也即将成年。情窦初开的同时，也使小组成员的动态变得更加复杂，他们必须找出一起长大的方法。与此同时，危险迫在眉睫。当小镇受到新旧敌人的威胁时，小十一和她的朋友们意识到 ，邪恶永远不会结束，它会一直存在。现在，他们必须团结一致才能活下来，并牢记友谊的力量永远比恐惧更强大。
清晨的一声枪响，打破紫藤社区长期以来的安宁。Mary Alice Young（Brenda Strong 饰）在家中自杀身亡。故事以她叙述的口吻开始，死后的Mary开始环顾四周关心自己邻居的生活：Susan（泰瑞·海切尔 Teri Hatcher 饰）是一个儿童文学作家，对男人毫无抗拒能力，丈夫因为出轨而被Susan提出离婚，有一个正值青春期的15岁女儿Julie。Lynette（菲丽西提·霍夫曼 Felicity Huffman 饰）是个标准的女强人，为了谁成为照顾家中四个幼儿的人而和丈夫约法三章时起冲突。Bree（玛西亚·克劳斯 Marcia Cross 饰）则是个完美主妇，她对自己的一言一行都要求甚高，却总是忽略了丈夫以及儿女对爱的需要，她很优雅，却冷冰冰。而性感的Gabrielle（艾娃·朗格利亚 Eva Longoria 饰）则有着富有又懂情趣的丈夫Calos，但总是禁受不住诱惑而偷情和重视物质享受的她也有着自己不为人知的过往。 Mary的死让这群主妇们开始反省自己日常的生活，并且相约要互相倾诉心事。但她们渐渐发现Mary的死背后埋藏着一个惊天秘密，而新来的邻居Mike则似乎与这件事有关……
A drunken call of nature on a generator turns just another night out for Frank into a nightmare. At hospital he's told that tests show he has a heart condition and may not make it to the weekend. With these words ringing in his ears, he sets out to drink and drug himself into a stupor, only to be visited by his younger self and challenged to answer the question: "What is the point of Frank Gallagher?" On one of his regular trips home from university, a little bit of Lip's other life makes an unwelcome appearance in Chatsworth, throwing Mandy into uproar and culminating in a knock-down, drag-out fight in The Jockey with shocking consequences. Elsewhere on the estate, Lillian proves to be quite the madame when she settles on an unconventional way to turn her spare rooms into a little extra cash.
