故事描述一名开音像店的亿万富翁Johnny Rose（Eugene Levy）和他的肥皂剧明星妻子Moira（Catherine O’Hara）、嬉皮士儿子David（Daniel Levy）、交际花女儿Alexis（Annie Murphy）在一夜之间破产。这家人不得不离开已经习惯了的奢华生活，回到乡下去「从零开始」。好在他们还有一点私人领地：当年他们抱着好玩的心态在最偏僻的角落里买下一座几乎没有人烟的小镇（镇名即本剧标题「施米特湾」），现在这里成了他们仅存的落脚点。他们必须尽快适应新的贫穷生活，找到家庭的真谛……但这个穷乡僻壤的地方让他们感觉「限制」太多！
BBC一口气续订《天堂岛疑云》第13、14季，以及两集圣诞节特别篇。
Based on the internationally acclaimed Tudor murder mystery novels by C.J. Sansom, the four-part drama is set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. The series will follow the story of Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Despite Shardlake’s unwavering loyalty to Cromwell and the Crown, his position in society is unfavored due to his appearance, as a person living with scoliosis during the Tudor period, suffering the indignity of being abused as a “crookback” wherever he turns. As he investigates the murder of one of Cromwell’s commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea, he is accompanied by Jack Barak, a cocky and good-looking character who may be Cromwell’s spy.
