Choi So-young (Choi Eun-hee), a poor female law student is in trouble because her grandmother, who had been sending her tuition money, passes away. With the help of her friend Hee-suk, (Kim Suk-il) who dreams of becoming a writer, So-young fools Choi Rim (Kim Seung-ho), a lawmaker, into believing she is his daughter and moves in his house. She studies hard and becomes a lawyer. At her first trial, she defends a female inmate (Hwang Jeong-sun). Coincidentally, the story of the inmate is very much similar to hers. So-young defends her, saying how difficult it is for a woman to survive in a cold capitalism, arguing for her rights in tears. After she wins the case, she goes home and confesses her crime to Choi Rim's wife (Yu Gye-seon).本剧根据王朔的同名小说《一半是火焰，一半是海水》改编。 香港，是一座充满罪恶的城市。王耀(廖凡 饰) 就是其中的一个无耻的皮条客，干的最多的事情就是假装成被带绿帽子的丈夫敲诈勒索和老婆偷情的男人。有一天什么都不在乎的王耀遇到了纯情少女丽川(莫小奇 饰) 。王耀原本以为， 丽川就像其它无知的女孩一样，可以任由他的摆布，但是丽川的倔强远远超乎他的想象，并深深吸引了他。两个人相爱了，却经常互相折磨中,并渐渐越走越远。终于在一次警方的围剿行动中，王耀不幸被捕，而丽川穿着洁白的婚纱在浴缸中割腕自杀了。服刑八年后,王耀走出监狱的大门，持枪闯入丽川母亲(鲍起静 饰) 的住所……经常沉醉在漫画世界中的酒吧侍应生阿星（周星驰 饰）很崇拜黑社会人物，机缘巧合，他被黑帮老大韦杰（杨群 饰）收为手下，并与其义子阿俊（林俊贤 饰）成为莫逆之交，两人同韦杰另一手下朱标（成奎安 饰）搭档做事时配合无间建了许多奇功，以致韦杰打算退休之前从手下众人中找一接班人时，三人成为首选。 三人被 派赴泰国金三角进行毒品交易，不想中途生出诸多波折，好不容易完成任务回到香港后，朱标遭人杀害，阿星被疑为凶手不得不藏匿起，阿俊虽相信他是清白却也无计可施。某日阿星电话约出阿俊见面，不想一名杀手尾随而至。
