In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
凯伦（玛伦·艾格特饰）和马库斯（安德烈亚斯·多赫勒饰）与他们的孩子们一起住在凯伦父母的房子里。凯伦的妹妹朱勒（布里塔·哈梅尔斯泰因饰）带着她的家人来参加马库斯的生日派对。当凯伦以她那专横的态度令所有人震惊时，朱勒则完全相反。渐渐地，大家开始联合起来对抗凯伦，直到一切最终升级为一场激烈的风暴。这场风暴摧毁了旧有的关系，却也为新生创造了空间。
