During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. ...。In 2017, University of Illinois scholar Yingying Zhang goes missing and a suspect’s girlfriend works with the FBI to go under cover and secretly record a conversation that ultimately cracks the case.。20世纪90年代,北京什刹海一个四合院中,老牛一家过着平凡的生活。 户主牛德山(刘威饰)和老伴周二玲(朱茵饰)一生操劳,辛苦拉扯三个孩子长大。孩子大了,烦恼也跟着增多。在汽配厂工作的长子牛建国(张国强饰)为人忠厚,妻子金梦瑶(牛莉饰)泼辣开朗,夫妻俩先是为了子嗣问题烦恼不已,后来眼看别人下海经商发财,金梦瑶不愿再过这种望不到头的拮据日子,夫妻俩的口角随之增多;次子牛建军(张博饰)好高骛远,虽然妻子贤惠,儿子乖巧可爱,但是这个爱耍小聪明的男人却一心打出自己一片天地,结果惹出麻烦无数;小女儿牛建红(刘芸饰)性格执拗,对待抛弃自己的陈一冰(赵会南饰)念念不忘,她的婚事成了父母的一块心病……。