On Fran and Maxwell's honeymoon aboard the yacht, Fran falls overboard and Maxwell jumps in to rescue her. They manage to make it to a deserted island. There, they have some good times and bad times in their survival, but the worst ends up being a poisonous bite that Maxwell receives. He thinks he's going to die, but luckily for him, Fran watched daytime television in the past which gave her the necessary skills to tend to his illness. Meanwhile, they are noticed missing when the yacht docked at its first port without them. The Sheffield kids, Sylvia and Niles fear the worst. After a week of the Coast Guard not being able to locate any sign of Fran and Maxwell dead or alive, C.C. decides to take matters into her own hands.
かわぐちかいじの同名マンガを映画化した「沈黙の艦隊」の続編にあたる物語が後半で紡がれる。
好强的主妇克莱尔（朱丽·鲍温 Julie Bowen 饰）受到街区停车牌问题的困扰，在丈夫菲尔（泰·布利尔 Ty Burrell 饰）和三个子女的支持下毅然投身了希望渺茫的镇议员竞选。克莱尔的老父亲杰（艾德·奥尼尔 Ed O'Neill 饰）尝试以自己的方式理解哥伦比亚妻子格劳丽亚和继子曼尼，不过事实表明文化差异并不容易跨越。克莱尔的弟弟米切尔（杰西·泰勒·弗格森 Jesse Tyler Ferguson 饰）和同性爱人卡梅隆（艾瑞克·斯通斯崔特 Eric Stonestreet 饰）决定再领养一名男婴，两人苦于找不到合适的代孕母亲，同时莉莉的教育问题也需要操心，更糟糕的是米切尔还失业了……在以农场度假为开端的本季中，三个家庭将各自面临一些新变化和挑战，彼此间的深入往来也将令家族纽带更为紧密。
要解释何为“小男人”？罗景辉（罗嘉良饰）便是一个活生生的好例子。景辉为人没有什么，只是性格却非常懦弱，工作上事事唯命是从，在家处处受岳母箝制。 一天，景辉好运突来，岳丈岳母要移民，这次以为可以重夺一家之主的地位！景辉还未“掌权”，却发现患上癌症，顿时晴天霹雳，上天这个玩笑开得也真大！此时景辉要到曼谷公干，因觉命不久矣且机会难逢，他终于战胜了怯懦之心，与温婉柔（苏玉华饰）发生了一夜情。回港后，景辉发觉验身报告出错，想到自己对贤妻的不忠，非常内疚，遂决定以后会循规蹈矩。 本来一切安好，怎料婉柔竟突然出现且苦苦痴缠。一波未平一波又起，妻子程晓男（苑琼丹饰）发现丈夫有外遇，岳母亦突然回港。今次真是恨错难返，莫非真是一失足成千古恨？
