卧底特工迪潜入罪犯帝国，并面临着艰难的抉择：是执行任务，还是帮助头目的女朋友逃脱。
故事发生在二十世纪三十年代的福建闽南。高家公子高耀宗（吴磊 饰）自幼桀傲不驯且又体弱多病，长工阿福（毕远晋 饰）因看管仓库不善引发火灾，不得已将自已十七岁的闺女秋菊（张玉嬿 饰）嫁给年仅八岁的耀宗做媳妇，当地人俗称“娘妻”。穷人家出身的秋菊娴淑善良，自嫁到高家后没有享受到爱却饱受欺凌，整天伺候年幼的丈夫，小心翼翼、勤俭持家。几年后，高家遭人算计家中落败，逐渐长大的高耀宗（刘恺威 饰）后来爱上了别人，但坚韧的秋菊一如继往地担负着家庭的重抯。耀宗后来去了台湾，秋菊一人支撑着家业，为和家人团圆，她踏上了赴台寻亲的道路......
Joanna moves with her young son, Alfie, to the quiet town of Flinstead, seeking a fresh start. However, she quickly becomes entangled in the lives of local mothers and the unsettling dynamics of the community. When Joanna stumbles upon an online rumour about a child killer living in the town, she uses it to win over the mums at the school gate. As gossip spreads, suspicions build, and Joanna finds herself drawn into a web of secrets and paranoia. Balancing her efforts to protect her son with the growing unease in town, Joanna struggles to distinguish between truth and hearsay. With relationships strained and emotions running high, the boundaries between trust and fear blur. The Rumour explores how quickly small-town gossip can spiral out of control, forcing Joanna to confront the unforeseen consequences of curiosity and mistrust in her search for answers. The story is based on the Sunday Times bestselling book by Lesley Kara.
