Reunited at an exotic destination wedding, five girlfriends decide to rent a boat to spend a day together along the paradise-like coast. Their friendship is put to the ultimate test when they find themselves stranded in open water fighting for their lives against sharks and mother nature as they desperately try to survive.

故事讲述了居住在肯特乡下的拉金一家，爸爸、妈妈，和六个孩子，他们尽情享受着生活。心地善良，乐于分享的他们，却不太被当地社区的某些成员待见。此外，从政府官员、势利的二套房业主，到咄咄逼人的开发商，拉金一家时常需要应对这些威胁到美好田园生活的人，他们从来不会坐视不管。
除了每周与权威和势利村民的争斗外，故事还会讲述拉金夫妇大女儿Mariette，和村里新来的Cedric ‘Charley’ Charlton的爱情故事。Charley初到村庄时，一副大城市会计的样子，不谙世故，爱指手画脚。在他调查拉金一家税务事宜的过程中，很快就被美丽的Mariette分了心，深深爱上了她。然后，他发现自己还有一个对手，英俊又神秘的Tom Fisher。至于Mariette，她有着自己的计划，这其中并不包括男人。

Followed by Tony Towers, he's a local celebrity, a successful nightclub manager and he is engaged to a younger woman, Sue. Things get a little strange when he embarks upon the 3:17 to Nottingham for a Christmas family reunion.