英俊沉稳的威尔（克里夫·欧文 Clive Owen 饰）和妻子林恩（凯瑟琳·基纳 Catherine Keener 饰）还有青春期的女儿安妮（丽亚娜·莱伯拉托 Liana Liberato 饰）一起住在一个太平的社区，事业一帆风顺，生活安稳而美满，是一个令人羡慕的幸福家庭。可这一份平静随着女儿新结交的网友开始发生改变。14岁的安妮在网上认识了一个名叫查理的16岁男孩。而威尔和林恩起初并未太介怀，也对安妮的交友表示赞同。直到有一天安妮和查理安排了见面，让她吃惊的是：原来那个每天在网上与她交流的16岁英俊男孩并不真正存在。真正与她每天交谈的人竟然是一个可悲的的40岁中年男子。而更可怕的事情发生率，这个有恋童癖的陌生人强奸了安妮，从此威尔一家发生了天翻地覆的改变。而从来做事冷静的威尔终于忍不住爆发，他要为14岁的女儿讨回公道……

Throughout his life Edward Bloom has always been a man of big appetites, enormous passions and tall tales. In his later years, he remains a huge mystery to his son, William. Now, to get to know the real man, Will begins piecing together a true picture of his father from flashbacks of his amazing adventures.

An old man who has one interest in life, collecting butterflies, has his life changed by an eight year old girl.

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

新的一季里，刚过完65岁生日的杰（艾德·奥尼尔 Ed O'Neill 饰）和娇妻格劳丽亚（索菲娅·维加拉 Sofía Vergara 饰）迎来了新生命的孕育。杰烦恼着孩子的性别，他的继子曼尼则暗自为自己可能受到冷落不安。克莱尔（朱丽·鲍温 Julie Bowen 饰）和丈夫菲尔（泰·布利尔 Ty Burrell 饰）依依不舍的将大女儿海莉送入了大学，眼看二女儿艾丽克斯和小儿子卢克也即将长大成人，夫妻俩开始规划数年后的二人世界生活。米切尔（杰西·泰勒·弗格森 Jesse Tyler Ferguson 饰）和同性爱人卡梅隆（艾瑞克·斯通斯崔特 Eric Stonestreet 饰）也将养女莉莉送到了幼儿园，他们买了一只猫陪伴莉莉，一直赋闲在家的卡梅隆也终于得以回到自己钟爱的工作岗位。
温馨大家庭的影像记录故事已经来到了第四季。伴随着三个家庭点滴的成长与变化，相信这部剧集还将走得更远。