In the series opener we meet Nancy Botwin, a recently widowed suburban soccer mom who's dealing pot to make ends meet; Nancy flips out when she discovers Josh, one of her competitors, is dealing to 10 year-olds at her youngest son's school, but she soon discovers a bigger skeleton in Josh's closet; Nancy is stunned when Quinn, her rival Celia's 15 year old daughter, asks her permission to have sex with her 15 year old son, Silas; Celia thinks her Nanny-Cam is the perfect solution to keep the kids celibate, but she ends up seeing much more than she bargained for.

George falls for the cute guy she's assigned to train at Happy Time, much to Delores' chagrin. Mason's reap at a children's birthday party turns out to be his worst experience ever.by:

每一个人的成长经历往往是艰苦的，特别是当您面对死亡之时。
对于女主角George Lass，生活是乏味的，每日只是做着一些沉闷的工作，在家亦只能够感到少少的温暖，莫非这个便是命运？但世事往往会令人惊喜，George在她新上任的工作中遇到意外而身亡，随后更被选中成为在其它人临死时出现，把灵魂带走的死神 (Grim Reaper)。
从此，她便以一个全新的身份，与其它一同被选中的死神一起，执行这个非常刺激的任务。虽然死神的工作对George 而言很有新鲜感，但她却需要时间去适应这个全新的生活，以及习惯面对着弱小的生命死亡但却无能为力。

Desperate for an heir, England's King Henry VIII shuns his wife Queen Katherine and casts his eye on the alluring Anne Boleyn, while Cardinal Wolsey's loyalty to the Catholic Church and the Pope strains his relationship to the king.

Nancy（玛丽·露易斯·帕克 Mary-Louise Parker 饰）为了掩人耳目开了一家面包店，把大麻放入面包中出售，生意似乎还不错。开始和一个条件优秀的男人约会。深夜，当她从男人身边醒来，却意外发现男人的镜台里放着一把枪，清晨询问后才知道，原来男人是缉毒探员，只 能被迫终止恋情。大儿子Silas（亨特·帕瑞施 Hunter Parrish 饰）和小儿子Shane（亚历山大·古尔德 Alexander Gould 饰）都原来越不听话，仆人掌握了自己卖大麻的把柄，一直陪伴自己的Conrad（罗曼尼·马尔可 Romany Malco 饰）也不想再为自己冒险，身边的一切都开始乱糟糟。想跟孩子们吃顿饭，改善改善关系，想让老搭档重回身边，就在不断努力时，屋漏偏逢连夜雨，面包店失火了。不过是想养家糊口，可一切似乎都那么难……

由于丈夫的意外死亡，单亲母亲Nancy Botwin（玛丽·露易斯·帕克 Mary-Louise Parker 饰）成了一名膝下抚有两子的单身母亲，一无所长的她找不到一份能养活一家三口的工作，为维持家里的生计她选择了在所住的富人区里贩卖大麻，虽然收益丰厚，却也风险不小。大儿子Silas（亨特·帕瑞施 Hunter Parrish 饰）正处青春期，叛逆不羁。小儿子Shane（亚历山大·古尔德 Alexander Gould 饰）有点孤僻，不合群。最糟糕的是小叔子Andy （贾斯汀·柯克 Justin Kirk 饰）还寄住家中总是胡作非为。Nancy在贩大麻的同时还要辛苦躲避她的孩子，亲友，还有她的好友Celia（伊丽莎白·帕金斯 Elizabeth Perkins 饰），于是闹出了一连串啼笑皆非的事……

Nobody said making it big in showbiz would be easy, but the unlikely trio of Matt, Sean and Beverly has stuck it out together to the bitter end, proving that while success may be fleeting, friends really are forever.