The plot is a satire derived from Hugh Antoine D'Arcy's poem of the same title. The painter courts Madeleine but loses to the wealthy client who sits for his portrait. The despairing artist draws the girl's portrait on the barroom floor and gets tossed out. Years later he sees her, her husband and their horde of children. Unrecognized by her, Charlie shakes off his troubles and walks off into the future.

庆佳坐两小时公交进城，刚到儿子子豪家，就被儿媳孟瑶指使收拾做饭。孟瑶还特意给庆佳拿一次性碗筷，嫌弃她从乡下来身上带菌，子豪为了在岳父岳母面前有面子，也帮着孟瑶说话，完全不顾庆佳一路奔波的辛苦，连句关心的话都没有，庆佳满心委屈，质问儿子自己连双碗筷都不配拥有。

Benjamin Britten composed The Rape of Lucretia in 1946 after a radio-drama by André Obey. Britten and his librettist, two convinced pacifists involved way before WWII, address a European society bruised by war and hate. Running from the grand operatic machine, their inspiration drove them to a more intimate construction, the chamber opera. Britten wrote indeed for a small number of musicians and singers-actors in a musical and dramatic language where the narration exceeds the illusion on stage. Britten chose the myth of the dedicated and suicidal wife and wrote a piece that interrogates desire in its relation with anxiety: mutual love, gulty will and frustration. Britten makes us think about the violence in human relations, about sexuality and its dark zones. With Lucretia as heroin and victim, Britten makes us face the tragic human condition.

海外归来的科学家沈川携银色手提箱登上回国航班，座位遭白金会员王阳强行霸占，乘务长乔薇偏袒权贵，甚至威胁要将他赶下飞机。面对无端羞辱，沈川始终护紧手中箱子，冷静联系接应人员。后续接应车队抵达，王阳的父亲闻讯赶来，一场小小的座位争执牵出航司服务的层层失责，沈川隐于平凡外表下的科研核心身份逐步揭晓，他带回的不仅是行李，更是承载二十年坚守的重要成果。

他遭奶奶与二叔恶意分家，被赶到荒枯古井旁独居。爷爷临终留下字条暗藏线索，一场暴雨冲开枯井，他意外发现爷爷藏下的毕生积蓄。手握这笔钱，他自立门户开起杂货铺。二叔心生嫉妒，屡次上门使坏，砸毁店铺、截断货源，处处刁难。他冷静收集证据，走上维权之路，当众揭穿伪造的分家契约，顺利夺回祖产家业。大仇得报却不记恨，他选择以德报怨，守好古井，传承家风，最终收获安稳圆满的幸福生活。

平凡大学生秦峰在毕业典礼蒙受羞辱，才知晓自己是矿业集团继承人。他扎根矿场历练，和曹艺相知相爱。多方对手制造舆论风波、恶意收购，掀起家族争斗，秦峰一一化解，守住安全生产底线，带领企业转型新能源，事业爱情双丰收。

刘桂芬赴女儿订的高档酒店聚餐，遭势利经理周莉百般羞辱，被诬陷摔碎花胶、私闯包厢，反被索赔十万扣人。父亲赶到也被轻视，女儿林舒瑶正是集团副总裁，亲临现场还原真相，令恶人付出代价。

曾是弯道传奇的周建国，为抚养孩子告别赛场，靠跑车谋生。辛苦养大的儿子，却觉得父亲的工作难堪，将他拒之门外。心灰意冷的周建国选择重新奔赴赛道，依靠扎实的控车本领与稳妥的安全理念，收获行业认可。面对各类圈套与算计，他守住本心，组建专属车队，再次握住属于自己的方向盘，寻回丢失的尊严。

江南药商之女顾宁为护家族安稳，与财政亏空的工部尚书裴景辞达成利益联姻。大婚当日，寄居裴家的表妹沈芷当众泼酒挑衅，夫君劝她隐忍，顾宁却当场立威宣告内院主权。婚后她执掌中馈，清查账目、整顿产业，一步步盘活裴家家业、偿还巨额高利贷；二人也从冰冷的交易关系，在共抗朝堂构陷、平息内宅纷争的过程中渐生信任与情愫，最终肃清内忧外患，夫妻携手收获事业与家庭的双重圆满。

大学教授江落熙大婚当日，婆婆仅给一元改口费，转头给青梅顾冉冉五万红包，当众折辱她。看清婆家偏心、未婚夫韩云澈算计自己房产的真面目后，江落熙毅然逃婚。她远赴大理散心，重逢多年前受她点拨的年下企业家李泽鑫。面对前夫一家纠缠抹黑、顾冉冉母女算计勒索，江落理智取证维权，一一清算过往亏欠。恶人自食恶果，江落熙洗清污名，最终与懂得平等尊重她的李泽鑫双向奔赴，活出自强独立的人生。