故事发生在晚清时期，广东省一个偏远小镇—潮丰镇。镇中女子许静（陈敏儿）嫁夫郑贵元（杨泽霖），育一子郑仲生，与家姑及小叔贵开（刘青云）一家生活平淡。 不幸兵战连年，饥民大量流入镇内，镇长命码头总管何四（刘江）派米赈灾，怎知何四从中贪污，以沙混米，引起饥民暴动，挟持妓院老板娘醉蝶（欧阳佩珊）夺取银两。贵元身为捕头，前往调解时被饥民错手枪杀，许静顿成寡妇。此时乡间妹妹迎弟（曾华倩）前往投靠许静，令静百上加斤。 贵开痴恋迎弟，更因而得罪死对头何四，招致杀身之祸。静凭着胆色及醉蝶的暗助，令开得以洗脱罪名，镇长因而对静另眼相看，委任为女捕头，静为了家计答允。静当女捕头后备受各方压力，更得知醉蝶与其夫生前有染，百感交集，其子仲生也因静疏于管教，离家出走，并染上瘟疫，幸得逃犯古泽仁（高雄）相救。静与弟均恋上泽仁，险令姊妹反目，幸有醉蝶中调停，弟重投开怀抱。泽仁念念不忘救命恩人醉蝶，后之醉蝶为青楼女子甚感失望，而许静得知泽仁与醉蝶相好，甚为沮丧，而泽仁逃犯的身分被揭穿，静受命捉仁归案，静会否放过仁、蝶？剧中自有交代。
夜间新闻节目《新闻大门》的新闻编辑部迎来新人户山纱矢（佐佐木舞香 饰），她因祖母的喜好而误打误撞进入新闻行业。在节目改版的混乱中，遇见了志向成为记者却迷茫的入社两年目AD本桥悠介（道枝骏佑 饰），两人因一句话逐渐拉近距离，发展出“秘密关系”。与此同时，温柔体贴的同事宰善（金武俊 饰）也默默守护着纱矢。围绕三人展开的青春×梦想×悸动的职场爱情喜剧由此上演。
This 7-year series chronicled the adventures of the Impossible Mission Taskforce (IMF), a team of government spies and specialists who were assigned "impossible missions" by the unseen "Secretary". Although the cast varied over the years, the main characters included The Team Leader (Dan Briggs the first season, then Jim Phelps the other six), The Techno-Wizard (Barney Collier), The Strongman (Willy Armitage), The Master of Disguise (first Rollin Hand, then The Amazing Paris), and The Femme Fatale (Cinnamon Carter, Casey, Dana Lambert, Mimi Davis). The series is best known for its opening mission assignment (conducted by a pre-recorded tape), the theme composed by Lalo Schifrin, the leader's selection of mission agents from a dossier, the opening briefing, the intricate use of disguises and a typical "mask pulloff" scene near the end of most episodes, and the relative lack of characterization of the characters.
