本剧改编自朱丽叶·麦克丹尼尔的小说，设定在1970年代早期，讲述玛克辛·西蒙斯（克里斯汀·韦格 饰）试图在美国最高档的餐桌——棕榈滩上流社会中占据一席之地。当玛克辛试图跨越富人和穷人之间那道不可逾越的界限时，这部剧提出了至今仍然让人困惑的问题：谁能在上流社会占有一席之地？你该如何获得一席之地？为了达到目标，你会牺牲什么？
When whip-smart Cambodian doctor Thony De La Rosa comes to the United States for medical treatment to save her ailing son, she soon discovers her path won't be as straightforward as she had hoped. As the system quickly fails her, pushing her into hiding, she resolves not to allow herself to be beaten down and marginalized and becomes a cleaning lady for organized crime. Using her cunning and intelligence, Thony forges her own path in the criminal underworld, doing whatever she has to survive.
Home for Christmas is back to save the holidays. Find out who was behind the door.
Michael continues his quest for true love at a speed dating event. Kassandra goes on her first date in months. Ronan consults a relationship expert.
An Irish detective teams up with a Kiwi cop to find an Irish couple who've vanished from a rural New Zealand town. The pair have to contend with a community's growing disquiet that the disappearances may be linked to a series of historical murders.
在美国殡仪业大势并购垄断下，Fisher一家仍然努力坚持家族式服务为生。创办人父亲Nathaniel尽管已经不在人世，但是他的形象却经常出现在家人的幻想中，留下的家族业务由家庭的其余四个人员打理。老大Nate（彼得·克劳斯Peter Krause 饰）一直在殡葬业务和初为人父的家庭角色中寻找平衡；老二David（迈克尔·霍尔Michael C. Hall 饰）和他极度情绪化的同性恋人在外居住，除主要负责家族业务外，还为教堂做事；小女儿Claire（劳伦·艾波罗丝Lauren Ambrose 饰）是个问题青年，富有艺术天赋，处于精力充沛的青春期；母亲Ruth（弗兰西丝·康罗伊 Frances Conroy 饰）则希望与儿孙们拉近距离。他们也会因死亡而被触动，思索什么才是短暂人生的意义。
