1930年代，湘西。大桐油号叶家两个女儿紫萱与紫桐都自幼定亲，紫萱的婆家潘家日渐没落，只剩潘永清一个人在家苦读，期望能有出头之日。与紫桐定亲的徐家却生意蒸蒸日上，成为八大油号的领军人物。叶家败落，母亲莫云花不想女儿受苦，她雇了两顶红轿要将女儿嫁出去。她暗中将两顶轿子的目的地换了个个儿，结果紫萱嫁给了桐油商徐世平，紫桐则被土匪劫持，当了土匪。抗战爆发，紫萱因孩子被日本人扣为人质，被迫当了间谍。而紫桐在中国共产党的领导下，率领土匪下山加入抗战。紫萱痛心疾首，幡然悔悟最后将日本间谍头目击毙。1945年9月，日军受降仪式在东郊机场举行，紫桐正式率领队伍加入了共产党领导的抗日队伍行列，跟随大部队向新的战场出发。

丹妮尔（玛戈·基德 Margot Kidder 饰）和菲利普（Lisle Wilson 饰）正打算好好的约一个会，却偏偏遇见了丹妮尔的前夫埃米尔（威廉姆·菲利 William Finley 饰），在甩掉了讨厌的埃米尔后，两人来到了丹妮尔的住处，共享春宵。 丹妮尔发现自己一直在服用的药物吃完了，便托菲利普去买，然而，当菲利普回到丹妮尔家时，等待着他的却是冰冷的尖刀。菲利普死了，丹妮尔正是凶手，而埃米尔随后赶到，帮助丹妮尔处理尸体。这恐怖的一幕被一个女记者全部看在眼里，并且迅速报了警。丹妮尔为何要杀害无辜的菲利普？而丹妮尔口中自己的妹妹多米尼克（玛戈·基德 Margot Kidder 饰）真的存在吗？

小海觉得戒毒痛苦，来找花锦帮忙借钱。自从染上毒瘾后，为了填补购买毒品的无底洞，他完全失去了廉耻，像挤牙膏一样不停压榨本来就并不富裕的母亲，最后导致她痛苦之下选择了自杀。

顾炳勋惨死，顾氏家族同胞姐妹反目。姐姐顾玉枝忍痛背着不孝的罪名，投身于严酷的斗争中；而妹妹顾玉倩沦为国民党军统特务。重庆地下党送往延安的通讯器材屡遭敌特阻截。顾玉枝借送亡父灵位回陕西之名，亲自将器材送往延安。岂料姐妹俩同时出现在飞机中，顾玉枝沉稳机智地转移了器材，使守候在西安机场的余亚廷扑空。敌人派出叛徒追踪至西安进行破坏。探明叛徒吴章行踪后，顾玉枝夜击吴章，陷入重围之中，幸得顾家私人保镖黄子农相救才脱离险境。余亚廷率人扮成土匪，劫获电台器材，正当他们举杯庆贺时，顾玉枝杀个回马枪抢走了器材。即将进入解放区时，一辆吉普车挡在了前头，短兵相接，硝烟散尽，玉枝，玉倩姐妹对峙。猝然，两枝乌黑冰冷的枪管同时对准了她俩，玉倩终于明白了黄子农是杀父仇人，而玉枝也悔恨未能及时识破身边的军统特务的面目。枪响了，玉倩倒下，黄子农却栽倒在玉枝脚下。原来，协助余亚廷，顾玉倩阻截器材的张若瑜，正是打入敌人心脏的我地下党员。顾玉枝埋葬了战友及亲人的尸体，重新踏上了征程。

大女儿春雅一心帮父亲扛起宋家和思茅茶业的重任，在父亲的栽培下成为出色的当家人，并出任思茅商会会长。她将对早已定下婚约的失踪多年的谭家后人谭烈的深深情谊埋在心底，却与身份复杂的缅甸人查扎猜强成夫妻；二女儿夏岚被龙守云手下郑邵毅利用而错嫁，和原本相爱的周景恒擦肩而过；三妹雨浓始终解不开童年被家人遗弃的怨恨，不惜利用身体挑拨姐姐的婚姻，并与被仇恨蒙蔽的郑邵毅勾结陷害宋家夺回家产。直到宋海靖的一纸遗书道出了三姐妹的神秘身世。而此时此刻却没有时间容得各种悲喜消化，家将破，国将亡，所有爱恨情仇都化作同仇敌忾。在宋家姐妹的努力下，思茅的茶山一片绿色，而这一切，都只为保卫原本就属于自己的国土 。

为护青梅小花，大牛重伤村霸二狗入狱十年。出狱惊见父盲妹嫁，他肩负愧疚，娶了怀有他人骨肉的坚韧女子巧儿。生活稍稳，小花归来欲续前缘，大牛忍痛拒绝以守家庭。二狗阴魂不散再纠缠。为永绝后患，巧儿智设巧局，大牛、小花、小梅联手取证，终将二狗绳之以法。目睹大牛与巧儿相濡以沫，小花释然远行。大牛与巧儿携手，守护在苦难中重生的家与希望。

David Harvey is a widower with a young son, Davey. They live on an isolated Ohio farm during the pioneer days. He wants his son to be raised in the manner his wife would have wanted - with proper schooling, Bible study and proper manners. Rachel, an indentured servant, is sold to David. David then marries her in order that little Davey would have a mother to properly raise him. David shows no real affection towards Rachel since this is a marriage of convenience. This all changes when Jim, a friend of the family comes for a visit. During his stay, David sees that there is more to Rachel than just being a "bonds woman", especially when Jim takes a liking to her. This awaken new feelings in David for Rachel.

When his wife is killed in a restaurant shoot-out, intelligence man Harry Hannan (Roy Scheider) has a breakdown and finds that his department doesn't want him back. Someone's trying to kill him and it could be them, though a cryptic Jewish death-threat suggests there's something else going on. His only ally seems to be mousy Ellie Fabian (Janet Margolin) who has managed to move into his New York apartment.

The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.