Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler. But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security. And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.
现代话剧演员赵韶欢在古代被迫营业，让一个即将解散的戏班重新振作，运用现代的思想，创造一代话剧传奇。在此过程中，赵韶欢与南宫景情愫渐生，展开了一系列啼笑皆非又浪漫温情的故事。
故事讲述心理治疗师Alexander Strauss最近刚失去了妻子，在他理智且善解人意的表面下，是自己还未深入正视的痛苦和失去。一名连环杀手囚禁了Alexander，并提出了不同寻常的要求：抑制他的杀人欲望。但是，在剖析此人思想的同时，他也在应对自己压抑的心魔所带来的冲击，这一 过程也许和他的囚禁处境一样危险。
故事发生在民国初年，霍东阁（钱小豪 饰）是霍元甲的儿子，日寇侵袭，精武门的势力渐渐衰弱，霍东阁为了自保，偃旗息鼓，在码头从事着搬运工的工作。日渐紧张的时局让满腔爱国热血的陈公哲（刘志荣 饰）、卢雨亭（曾伟权 饰）等人十分焦急，他们找到了霍东阁，希望他能够重振精武门，涨一涨我方士气。与此同时，他们还传授给了霍东阁了得的武功，使得后者在武学方面获得了突飞猛进的长进。 尽管母亲强烈反对霍东阁重振精武门的举动，但强烈的责任感还是驱使着霍东阁走上了这一条危机四伏的道路。他所要面对的，除了张牙舞爪的日寇外，还有贪婪狡猾的土豪劣绅，面对重重的阻碍，霍东阁和精武门的未来会是怎样一副光景呢？
