Following the public's realization that Thad Beaumont and George Stark are one and the same, the former stages a mock funeral, only for a series of gruesome murders to begin occurring as in his books.

燈塔管理員埃金是個性孤僻的老頭，沒想到新來的助理布朗跟他趣味相投，他們都同樣討厭女人！關於女人，他們都有一段不為人知的傷心過往，兩人的內心都隱藏著愛情的傷痛，所以他們誓言不再接觸任何女人。直到有一天，鎮上來了一位年輕的美麗女子，陪伴她一起的是風姿綽約的貝斯肯太太，她們對他們來說是如此特別！是冤家還是真愛呢？當愛情來敲門，埃金與布朗是否能守住他們的單身誓言？

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.