故事描述一名开音像店的亿万富翁Johnny Rose（Eugene Levy）和他的肥皂剧明星妻子Moira（Catherine O’Hara）、嬉皮士儿子David（Daniel Levy）、交际花女儿Alexis（Annie Murphy）在一夜之间破产。这家人不得不离开已经习惯了的奢华生活，回到乡下去「从零开始」。好在他们还有一点私人领地：当年他们抱着好玩的心态在最偏僻的角落里买下一座几乎没有人烟的小镇（镇名即本剧标题「施米特湾」），现在这里成了他们仅存的落脚点。他们必须尽快适应新的贫穷生活，找到家庭的真谛……但这个穷乡僻壤的地方让他们感觉「限制」太多！

Eric Draven, a musician, and his girlfriend are killed. Draven returns to life as an undead mime, with psychic powers and a spirit guide (a crow). He first avenges his and his girlfriend's deaths, but finds that he must remain on Earth, separate from her, until he restores the balance between

一名业务不顺的餐饮承办人同意为当地基金会的圣诞庆典烹饪，却因此与举办者英俊的侄子意外结缘。

一条意想不到的短信促使艾迪踏上前往佛蒙特州的节日之旅，她在那里与婆婆结下的友谊将永远改变她的人生。

Season 3 will pick up three years after the events of the Season 2 finale, in which Susan was made partner, but much of the rest of the team split off for new pursuits. Season 3 will follow Luke, Susan, and their team as they continue to help clients buy and sell “metaphysically engaged” properties — otherwise labeled haunted houses — even as “Luke is stalked by an old, demonic childhood nemesis who threatens him and everyone he cares about… dead or alive.”