80年代故事，故事主人公陈老二嗜赌成性被人掰折手指仍不悔改，地主马万才想娶陈老二之女为妻，陈老二反对，马万才因此设局，陈老二在兄弟的提醒下知道自己中了连环扣，开始将计就计，可是女儿不只是计，险些自寻短见，后来老二迷途知返

A hit and run of an 18 year old girl becomes the hub of a wheel that sets into motion many a spoke - a journalist , a raging mother, a cop and a system all caught in an ethical dilemma. Questions raised only to realise that truth is rarely pure and never simple.

白丽云，著名美女作家。八年前，她刚到北京工作不久，被老板性骚扰，男友张大维把老板打残被判重刑入狱，为帮张大维减刑，她求助于律师杨迪，杨迪不仅帮张大维减了刑，而且还帮白丽云过上她想要的生活，白丽云跟杨迪产生了感情，张大维出狱后，她不得不面临痛苦的抉择。　北京某区公安分局的刑警马晶晶，她因为忙于工作，忽略了丈夫和家人，婚姻亮起了红灯；在侦查一桩蹊跷的名画抢劫案时，她意外发现好友丁虹和杨迪的婚姻关系的真相，因此意识到家庭对自己的重要，决定要拯救自己的婚姻。　丁虹，《都市法制报》的主编，杨迪的妻子，马晶晶的大学同学和好朋友，她自以为一切尽在自己的掌控中，但当生活的真相浮出水面后，她的精神几近崩溃

William Botibol is a compulsive gambler. While on a cruise he enters a betting pool to guess the number of miles the ship will travel in the course of twenty four hours. William gains some inside information when he learns that the ship is going to slow down to avoid an upcoming storm. Unfortunately, the storm passes, and the ship continues to speed on its course. He decides to force the ship to slow down by throwing himself overboard. He figures that when word gets out of someone going overboard the ship will slow down to get him. He picks out a witness and jumps overboard. The witness doesn't say a word. She's mentally ill and does not alert anyone to Williams' plight.

Gina is young, recently married and bored. On a trip to Lake Tahoe she discovers the game of blackjack. Increasingly obsessed with gambling, she keeps hoping her lucky streak will last.

江秀儿发现自己怀孕，正打算将这个好消息告诉丈夫许坤，没想到，丈夫许坤却跟江秀摊牌，自己已经出轨，并要跟情人远走高飞，让江秀儿打掉孩子。熟料，许坤离开的时候，突然遭遇车祸死亡。婆婆将儿子的死归咎于江秀儿身上，认为江秀儿克夫，害死自己的儿子，将其撵走，并且到处造谣江秀儿克夫。江秀儿挺着孕肚，艰难生活。在好心人的帮助之下，平安生下儿子许浩辰。

为了让儿子许浩辰能够在良好的环境中成长，江秀儿一直隐瞒其父出轨被撞死的丑事。熟料，许浩辰的奶奶，却到处造谣，江秀儿出轨害死了自己的儿子，风言风语也对许浩辰的成长，造成了影响。许浩辰因此对母亲心生嫌隙。