两名被社会边缘化的女性最终成为了一场谋杀的嫌疑人，她们刚刚清理了一场犯罪现场。

Famed rock and roll guitarist Johnny Thunders arrives in New Orleans to get his life together after a toll of hardships, but instead falls into a dark journey and trail of events that are based on his real life unexplained mysterious death.

José Luis (Quim Gutiérrez) just has been stood up in the altar and, if that’s not enough,　　Mari Carmen (Carmen Machi), his persistent mother, has blinded herself on go with him on his honeymoon, with the excuse of not wasting the money. Every minute that they spend together in Mauritius, José Luis is feeling more unhappy and washed-up. Meanwhile, Mari Carmen is having the time of her life, living all the experiences that she has always wanted and revealing herself as the wonderful woman she really is and that nobody in her family can see.

在美国殡仪业大势并购垄断下，Fisher一家仍然努力坚持家族式服务为生。创办人父亲Nathaniel尽管已经不在人世，但是他的形象却经常出现在家人的幻想中，留下的家族业务由家庭的其余四个人员打理。老大Nate（彼得·克劳斯Peter Krause 饰）一直在殡葬业务和初为人父的家庭角色中寻找平衡；老二David（迈克尔·霍尔Michael C. Hall 饰）和他极度情绪化的同性恋人在外居住，除主要负责家族业务外，还为教堂做事；小女儿Claire（劳伦·艾波罗丝Lauren Ambrose 饰）是个问题青年，富有艺术天赋，处于精力充沛的青春期；母亲Ruth（弗兰西丝·康罗伊 Frances Conroy 饰）则希望与儿孙们拉近距离。他们也会因死亡而被触动，思索什么才是短暂人生的意义。

安迪计划在圣诞节前夜拜访她的三名开放式恋人。她东奔西走，就是想向他们（以及自己）证明，他们对她同样重要。她想要面面俱到，可她可能什么都无法得到。

Dealing with the pressure of his father and his need to be someone, Pablo decides to start a new s