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。
天光（郭晋安 饰）是重案组的CID，为人刚直不阿黑白分明。在追查一宗连环杀人案时，发现疑凶竟是二十年前从父亲手上逃脱的犯人。天光父亲大河（许绍雄 饰）是一名资质平庸的警察，且粗心大意不思上进，不仅让罪犯逃走，更是死在妓女床上，让天光母子蒙受巨大屈辱。以写作实况小说知名的作家高珊（陈慧珊 饰）此次亦追踪着天光手上的案件，二人对案件的不同理解造成摩擦，纷纷竞逐真相。 一日，天光发现父亲的旧电话神奇响起，对方声称自己是警察，只是所说所讲都停留在八十年代。细问起才发现那竟是二十年前的父亲大河！二人合作无间，跨越两个时空，共同追查真凶。
Big Mood is a vivacious and rebellious portrayal of female friendship when infiltrated by the complexities of a serious mental illness. The six-part series will explore the messy pitfalls and idiosyncrasies of navigating adulthood through wicked humour, daft anecdotes, and unsettling truths. Best friends Maggie and Eddie have lived in each other’s pockets for ten years, through thick, thin, and multiple challenging eyebrow trends. But with the rest of their lives looming, careers hanging in the balance, and Maggie’s bipolar disorder making an unwelcome return to form, Eddie begins to question whether this friendship is really in their best interests. It’s a pivotal point in both their lives, bringing to the surface those all-important questions – could sleeping with your former History teacher be the key to happiness? Is a basement Rat Hotel a functional alternative to pest control? How do you stop your new psychiatrist giving you worry dolls? With their twenties behind them, Maggie and Eddie’s relationship faces the future – can it survive?
