丽斯（ Liz）出生在美国的贫民窟里，从小就开始承受着家庭的千疮百孔，母亲酗酒 吸毒，并且患有了 精神分裂症。在15岁时母亲死于 艾滋病。父亲进入收容所。贫穷的丽斯需要出去乞讨，和一些朋友流浪在城市的角落，生活的苦难似乎无穷无尽。 随着慢慢成长，丽斯知道，只有读书成才方能改变自身命运，走出泥潭般的现况。她用最真诚的态度感动了高中的校长，争取到了读书的机会。然后，丽斯在漫漫的求学路上开始了征程。她一边打工一边上学，用两年时间学完了高中四年的课程。她尝试申请各类奖学金，只有纽约时报的全额奖学金才能让她念完大学，于是她努力并申请到了这份奖学金。影片的最后，她迈着自信的脚步走进了哈佛的学堂。贫困并没有止住丽兹前进的决心，在她的人生里面，勇往直前的奋斗是永恒主题。

周建国从机械厂下岗后，为了还房贷和给母亲治病，穿上蓝色工服成为外卖骑手。他穿梭在城市的大街小巷，却躲不开生活的重锤：儿子的疏远、路人的白眼、恶意剪辑的视频让他一夜之间沦为网暴对象，连最后的配送工作也化为泡影。就在这个家摇摇欲坠之际，一场突如其来的车祸让他奋不顾身冲上前去救人，被撞倒的瞬间，镜头记录下他的果敢与善良。护士林小雨拼凑出真相，用事实击碎谣言，周子浩也在一次次回看父亲背影的瞬间，读懂了那份沉默的深情。风雨散去，周建国没有沉溺于掌声，而是创办便民服务站，把一碗热汤、一声关怀送到每一位外卖骑手手中。他用最平凡的举动证明：再低微的骨头里，也流淌着江河般的力量。

农村女子李香云，新婚发现丈夫腿残，遭婆婆刁难。她凭借外婆传下的缝纫与酱菜手艺，隐忍筹谋。分家摆摊后，虽屡遭婆婆、竞品算计，但她靠独家酱菜配方打开销路，拿下供销社供货，还查到张家陷害外婆旧证，最终自立自强。

大婚之日，大鹏发现新娘被调包成玉莲，大鹏爹去金凤娘家讨说法，却被告知金凤顶替玉莲上学，彩礼已花完，只能作罢。大鹏不在意，与带仨娃的寡妇厮混，玉莲敢怒不敢言。后来寡妇传出患脏病，大鹏害怕，想回心转意追求玉莲。这对阴差阳错的夫妻，在一系列闹剧后，情感走向充满未知，是破镜重圆还是各奔东西，令人好奇。

八十年代化纤厂女工王丽萱照顾瘫痪父亲三年，只分到破旧筒子楼，遭丈夫詹浩澜一家嫌弃逼迫离婚。绝望中她遵父遗嘱砸开墙缝发现黄金，变现后收购化纤厂创立飞燕服装厂。改制大会詹家当众羞辱她，不知她已是老板，当场被开除。富商顾萧屡次相助，二人修成正果。

丈夫离世后，秀芳和同村大军心生爱慕，公公老满仓极力阻拦，还出言恐吓，打算让她嫁给心智仅三四岁的小儿子福贵，秀芳坚决不从。大军想带她私奔，偷偷拿了家中钱买好车票。老满仓察觉不对劲，趁秀芳做饭撕毁车票，把她锁在家中。大军在约定地点等到深夜不见人影，误以为秀芳变了心，上门寻找...

京城要员唐端之子唐翱，智勇双全且富有反抗精神。他与丫环秋蓉自幼青梅竹马，新婚之夜秋蓉却被土匪马祥祺掳走，唐翱误以为秋蓉已死，心灰意冷之下前往日本留学。在日本，他加入了反清组织兴中会，回国后成功完成暗杀朝廷要员等任务，之后被派往广州负责押运军火。在此期间，他多次遭遇马祥祺和朝廷官员杨雨奇的破坏，但每次都凭借智慧战胜了敌人。后来，唐翱被叛徒诬陷，无奈之下隐姓埋名进入朝廷，被任命为宁越府督军，组织标炮营，实际上仍在暗中推进革命。在此期间，他与秋蓉重逢，此时的秋蓉历经磨练，已成为一代革命女侠，还为他生下儿子陈继庭。陈继庭从小与父母失散，饱受欺凌，这也造就了他刚强坚韧的性格。长大后，他加入唐翱的标炮营并参加军人学社，接受了革命思想的洗礼。在一场激战中，陈继庭和唐翱联手击毙了马祥祺和杨雨奇，父子二人终于迎来了革命的曙光。

谁也没想到，这场暴雨竟然会整整持续三年。上一世城市交通瘫痪，无数车辆抛锚在道路中间，而紧接着来救援的车辆也同样堵在路上。排水系统被雨水中的泥沙、垃圾堵死，根本无法清理，水位不断上升，低楼层的住户直接变成了水底世界。电力系统和供水系统很快也瘫痪了，城市陷入一片黑暗，人们只能靠收集雨水度日。

唐末乱世，以人肉为食的现象随处可见。曾经仗剑天涯的侠客变成了如今旧病缠身的老者，为了果腹而小心生存着。直到遇见一个小女孩，老者沉睡的斗志与人性的光辉被唤醒。杀强盗、斩军官，除暴安良......但极端环境中，闪耀的侠义精神真的能照亮人内心的阴暗角落吗?

中文概要 by LIN-14 (来源 天涯社区) 她的父亲是出版界大亨，她的母亲和小叔有染，她的小叔本来娶了个富家女，可惜因为又和他妻子的妹妹乱搞，结果和她母亲通奸的时候被他妻子的妹妹发现了，他妻子的妹妹嫉妒，就寄了她小叔和她母亲通奸的照片给自己的姐姐，他妻子就自杀了，她的小叔也被富翁赶了出去，最后杀掉了自己的哥哥，娶了她的母亲。可惜因为他戴错了她父亲也就是自己哥哥的项链，结果被她母亲发现，报警被抓了…… 其实上面说的全是配角…… 主角是出版业大亨的女儿，她的头发天生有一掠是白色的，她17岁的时候爱上父亲公司里的编辑，编辑已经有女朋友了，她为了得到他，自己跑去上别人的床，而且骗编辑自己已经成年了，19岁……后来她和编辑结婚，生了个女儿就很快分手，然后专心自己的事业，最后决定出一本杂志叫《BB》，可是找不到好编辑，就打电话给前夫，说他们13岁的女儿再吃避孕药，需要见面谈话……于是一本成功的杂志就诞生了，他们也复婚了。 我印象最深的就是她爱赌马，但是她只知道一匹马，就是白雪公主，百赌百赢，没有输过…… 我觉得女主角是那种非常特殊的人，她其实很像她的叔叔，只不过她的叔叔不择手段失败了，她却总是成功 这个片子是根据小说改编的，小说在某期的《译林》有…… 获Emmy奖提名 This is the story of Maxi Amberville and her attempt to save her father's empire from her uncle. It begins when Maxi Amberville's father, Zachary is found at the bottom of a cliff and dies later. Five months later, Maxi and her siblings learn that there is a board meeting that they were not informed of. They discover that their Cutter, Zachary's brother is not only in charge but has just married their mother. And also that Cutter has decided to cease operations on four magazines that have been in the red. When Maxi learns of his she threatens to reveal to her mother some of skeletons in Cutter's closet, unless he allows her to take charge of one of the magazines that he plans to close and if she can make it get into the black, the others will remain in operation. Then the story shifts to when Zachary returned from WW2, a hero, and his family is fawning all over him, which leaves Cutter pretty much out, which is the reason for the animosity between them. Zachary then goes to New York to begin his work, he eventually starts his own magazine. And before long he has several magazines under his belt, and he also finds the love of his Nina, but she rejects his marriage proposal. He then goes to England and meets Lily an aspiring dancer but when she is rejected, she decides to accept Zachary's proposal. They have two children Toby and Maxi. Now Zachary fawns all over Maxi, which sometimes Lily feels is too much, and when Toby is diagnosed as having a condition that will eventually leave him blind, things begin to unravel. She then has an affair with Cutter, who clearly is just using her to get at Zachary. Maxi would grow up to be daddy's girl, who throws herslf at Rocco Cipriani, a man who works for her father, and when she gets pregnant, they marry but divorce when Maxi clearly cannot survive without the lifestyle that her father provided for her. She would marry two more times. Eventually Zachary becomes aware of not only Cutter's affair with Lily but also of other machinations, he then cuts himself off from, which only fuels Cutter's hate for him. Summary written by {rcs0411@yahoo.com}