这部黑色喜剧围绕一个看似成功祥和，实则秘密暗涌的花卉家族企业展开。一天，大家长发现长期陪伴自己的情人溘然长逝，他决定将二人的私生子女带回家与现任妻子和家人同住，而妻子和家人之前并不知晓这些孩子的存在。本剧集探讨的主题是无论内心如何煎熬，都要保护和原谅所爱之人。
明末崇祯年间，宦官曹化淳（刘一帆饰）权力势大，密谋篡位，弄得朝廷乌烟瘴气，时盗贼四起，民不聊生，国运日衰，崇祯（张瑛饰）对曹化淳却无可奈何，后在长平公主（米雪饰）策划下，与昭仁公主（余安安饰）共同邀得袁崇焕儿子——武林第一高手中原桃花剑袁若飞（姜大卫饰）合作诛曹。此间长平公主与袁若飞互为知己，彼此钟情，只因国仇家恨种种恩怨终只换来一声叹息。 曹患刚灭，李自成（麦天恩饰）又率起义军直逼京师，崇祯欲用长平公主远交近攻之策对付李自成。为应对清廷开出的皇族出使才能和谈的条件长平公主与周世显（刘松仁饰）假意成婚。周世显出使清廷，不料成功回来之日方知京城已被乱兵所破，崇祯自缢煤山。 崇祯临死前下罪己诏为袁崇焕洗去冤屈，袁若飞放下家仇与长平公主护送太子逃亡。期间为护太子中了曹化淳义子左云苓（莫少聪饰）蛇毒断去右臂，后更因兵器被换被捉到清廷，此时周世显找到长平，长平被周世显真情打动与之相认，二人为救袁若飞假意归顺清廷，并将内力赠与袁若飞后在成亲之日双双饮毒殉国。而袁若飞终成功护送太子突围并击杀左云苓。
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.
