使徒The Practice focused on the law firm of Robert Donnell and Associates (later becoming Donnell, Young, Dole, & Frutt, and ultimately Young, Frutt, & Berluti). Plots typically featured the firm's involvement in various high-profile criminal and civil cases that often mirrored current events at the time of the episodes' initial broadcast. Conflict between legal ethics and personal morality was a recurring theme.
回复 :山田鞠（常盘贵子 饰）活泼开朗，大泷勉（竹野内丰 饰）内向腼腆，两个性格迥异的年轻人却同时遭受了失恋的打击。在从大阪飞往东京的客机上，初次见面的两人因各自的伤心往事且哭且诉，相互安慰。抵达东京后，阿勉和小鞠偶然重逢，奇妙的缘分开始将两人连在一起。短短两周的相处，阿勉便认定这便是自己理想的结婚对象，于是向小鞠求婚。两个年轻人的“草率”决定自然会遭到家人的反对，不过既然定下来的事总要操办才行。阿勉的父母从大阪赶来，与小鞠的父母见面。然而各自的母亲却因关西、关东的偏见闹得不欢而散。从此开始，通往婚礼殿堂上的各种困难不断向阿勉和小鞠袭来，但他们仍坚定着信念，为了理想的婚姻不懈努力……
回复 :1936年，19岁的阿部初（满岛光 饰）和许许多多同龄女孩乘船前往满洲，以新娘的身份展开了全新而未知的人生。早于数年前，日本政府从全国各地征集贫穷农家的男儿组成开拓团，在满洲实行移民计划。阿初嫁给了千振（今黑龙江桦南市）开拓团的男儿浅野速男（新井浩文 饰），凭借吃苦耐劳的坚韧意志，浅野夫妇在黑土地上逐渐扎根，之后阿初也相继将老家的弟妹接了过来，一家人过上了幸福而短暂的平凡生活。好景不长，随着太平洋战争的爆发，千振不可避免地被卷入无形的绞肉机中。速男随军奔赴战场，阿初和弟妹、子女、千振的朋友们也辗转流离，在苦难的大地上奋力求生。27万人的开拓团，将近1/3死在中国，而这群人的磨难还远远不曾结束……
回复 :A nine part series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal years (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1995) the personal lives of the characters become intertwined with the political struggles of their home town of Newcastle, and the capital, London. We also see the machinations behind the scenes that affect their lives, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.
