After spending the summer with his mother in Philadelphia, Dawson returns to Capeside and meets a beautiful, outgoing, young woman, named Eve Whitman, on the bus from Philadelphia. Eve soon brings trouble to Dawson's ho-hum life when he accidentally wrecks his father's boat during an outing with her and tries to come up with $3,000 to repair it before Mitch finds out. So, Eve helps out by throwing a rave party at the Leery house with strippers from the club she works at. Meanwhile, Joey, who has frozen Dawson out all summer for forcing her to rat out her father, realizes that she still has feelings for him again when they meet during the first day back at Capeside High as juniors. While working at the Capeside Marina, Joey deals with the come-ons from her sexist boss Rob Logan. Jen gets more than she bargained for when she tries out for Capeside High's cheer leading squad and faces off in a war-of-wits against the mean-spirited head cheerleader, and acquires her position. Also, Mitch gets a new job as Capeside High's varsity football coach, and a new charismatic, but very stern, principal, named Howard Green, arrives to administrate the school.
据上世纪八十年代由首届茅盾文学奖获得者周克芹创作的小说《许茂和他的女儿们》为背景,续写了改革开放三十年来,许茂一家的生活变迁,展现出中国南方农村新时代的生活图景.一家人风雨坎坷三十年,他们的沧桑命运,他们的是非恩怨,他们的爱恨情仇以小见大的折射出新农村的新风貌.
花问果实，果实啊你在哪里？果实说，花啊我在你心里。母亲说，爱在我们一家人的心里。父母是树，子女是藤。母亲有三个儿子一个女儿，因为父亲因病早逝，她便成了子女们唯一围绕的树。今年的春节和母亲的生日正好凑到了一起(母亲过阴历的生日)，三个儿子便带着自己的媳妇或女友回到了老家与母亲团聚。小女儿小四则始终陪伴在母亲的身边，她和男朋友陈松负责接待着哥哥嫂子们。在一家人团聚的欢乐的气氛下，母亲觉察出了隐隐的躁动和不安。老大大龙和老三三龙之间只要在母亲不在场的情况下就唇枪舌战，老二二龙和妻子李晓莉为了房子不仅搞起了假离婚而且还有了假戏真做的危险…
清朝人物韦小宝（张兆辉）在阴间巧遇王松，借了王的躯体和身份到阳间，展开了一段神奇的旅程。韦摇身一变而成为八十年代香港的一个工厂工人，对周遭的环境和人事都感到新鲜有趣。王松的未婚妻周玉珠（龚慈恩）发觉其未婚夫原来是只鬼，但仍然对他死心塌地。 韦认识了工厂少爷甄承商（任达华），并与他结成好友。商的叔父甄泽（岳华）一直野心勃勃，暗谋家业，使两人友情遇到不少挫折。加上风流成性的韦一直心仪商的女友阿Mon （李美凤），却不忍横刀夺爱，故陷于极大的感情困扰中。 王松阳寿未尽，折返阳间，向韦讨回身躯，小宝如何是好？故事自有分晓。
