故事发生在晚清时期，广东省一个偏远小镇—潮丰镇。镇中女子许静（陈敏儿）嫁夫郑贵元（杨泽霖），育一子郑仲生，与家姑及小叔贵开（刘青云）一家生活平淡。 不幸兵战连年，饥民大量流入镇内，镇长命码头总管何四（刘江）派米赈灾，怎知何四从中贪污，以沙混米，引起饥民暴动，挟持妓院老板娘醉蝶（欧阳佩珊）夺取银两。贵元身为捕头，前往调解时被饥民错手枪杀，许静顿成寡妇。此时乡间妹妹迎弟（曾华倩）前往投靠许静，令静百上加斤。 贵开痴恋迎弟，更因而得罪死对头何四，招致杀身之祸。静凭着胆色及醉蝶的暗助，令开得以洗脱罪名，镇长因而对静另眼相看，委任为女捕头，静为了家计答允。静当女捕头后备受各方压力，更得知醉蝶与其夫生前有染，百感交集，其子仲生也因静疏于管教，离家出走，并染上瘟疫，幸得逃犯古泽仁（高雄）相救。静与弟均恋上泽仁，险令姊妹反目，幸有醉蝶中调停，弟重投开怀抱。泽仁念念不忘救命恩人醉蝶，后之醉蝶为青楼女子甚感失望，而许静得知泽仁与醉蝶相好，甚为沮丧，而泽仁逃犯的身分被揭穿，静受命捉仁归案，静会否放过仁、蝶？剧中自有交代。
Chatfah, the youngest sister of the Bupphachinda family, has just received the largest share of her father's inheritance and is about to be married. However, Chatfah falls from the highest floor of a vacation home to her three older sisters' shocked eyes. When her body disappears, her three sisters—Baibua, Chomphu, and Picha—become suspects in her disappearance. The eldest sister Baibua is composed, wise, and has always sacrificed for her family. The second, Chomphu, is a confident model whose boyfriend Chatfah stole and was engaged to. The third, Putpichaya, is a jewellery designer and the closest to Chatfah. The three search for Chatfah while further tragedy befalls them following their youngest sister's disappearance. When no one else can be trusted, the three sisters must try to trust one another. They move back to their childhood mansion to find out who was behind Chatfah's disappearance, which could very well be one of them.
Rita is living in her daughters apartment, working at a burger bar. Molly has sent in a job application on behalf of Rita. It turns out that the job is at the school Rita went to as a teen.
