公元587年，隋主杨坚为统一天下，以次子杨广为帅，统兵攻打陈国。次年攻入建康，终于使经历了280多年战乱分裂的古老中华得复统一。隋统一后，宫廷内部发生了错综复杂的权力斗争。杨广为了争夺帝位陷害太子，并在皇上皇后面前加上以厌奢侈，倡勤俭，勤政好学的假面目，大大提高了自己在皇上及皇后心里的地位。杨广将陈主后宫的嫔妃都带回隋国，献给了杨坚。杨坚封陈主的妹妹陈淑兰为宣华夫人，杨广对她一见钟情。得知她被杨坚选中为妃，杨广心中一片惆怅……。太子杨勇和晋王杨广两派人马各自为保持和争夺太子位进行密谋和游说。太子的重臣姬戚秘密投靠杨广，设计陷害太子。为了平定冀州之乱，靠山王爷杨林奉诏进京，临行前告诫杨坚不可轻易易嗣。杨广用计阻止了靠山王爷回京救太子杨勇，并取得皇上皇后对他的信任。杨坚不听忠孝王和李渊的忠言，终于下决心废黜杨勇，改立杨广为太子。杨广入主东宫后，面对朝廷上下及其兄弟们的不满，心里并不安宁；为取悦皇上，搜刮民脂民膏，修建万安园，招致民间的怨恨。杨广成为太子后一直对来自三个弟弟的敌意及继位的前途深感不安,他利用晋王府的侍女尉迟贞与杨坚有杀其祖父和父亲之仇，借机将将尉迟贞献给杨坚。尉迟贞刺杀不成又遭杨广手下追杀，一路逃往山东。为防事情败露杨广加紧施行夺宫的计划。然而却让宣华夫人截获了越国公杨素给杨广的密信，至使其篡位阴谋败露。杨坚试图挽回改立太子的错误决定，但为时已晚……。杨广杀兄弑父，终于登上了他蒙昧已久的皇帝宝座。忠孝王爷（伍建章）在杨坚帝的发丧大典上，历数杨广罪行，被腰斩处死，满门抄斩，只有家仆伍保拼死逃脱，到南阳关向伍云昭报信。南阳侯伍云昭得知父亲惨遭杨广杀害，扯出为父报仇大旗。最后城破兵败。杨广登基后，宠幸宣华夫人，沉溺于后宫，经常连日不朝，使得皇后妒恨交加；而在民间横征暴敛，大修离宫，不听谏言，滥杀老臣，更让大臣们人人自危，不满日盛，民怨沸腾。一些绿林豪杰则公然打出反叛的旗帜。 　　在尉迟贞逃至齐州路中，与山东壮士秦琼邂逅。秦琼在好友齐州府衙的捕头樊虎的推荐下进府衙当了捕快。秦琼奉命押解犯人至潞州，不想因故竟滞留数日之久。手头拮据，备受冷落和屈辱，百般无奈下，秦琼只好将自己心爱的黄骠马卖掉。在返回齐州途中，病到在三清观，却由此结识了魏征、徐茂公、单雄信等天下豪杰。以单雄信为首的绿林好汉，杀富济贫，救国扶危，使秦琼深感钦佩。秦琼病愈后因思母心切，告别单雄信、徐茂公、魏征等，返回齐州。不想在途中误伤人命，被投入死牢。单雄信四处奔走，上下打点，才改判秦琼充军河北幽州。在发配的路上，恰巧救了尉迟贞和杂耍班。秦琼被发配到河北幽州，不仅结识了张公瑾等当地的一乾朋友；更让他想不到的是幽州守备罗艺元帅夫妇，竟是他失散多年不曾见过面的姑父、姑母。亲人相认，喜极而泣。罗艺夫妇为秦琼的前途设想，决定校场比武，征授军职。秦琼各项武艺均出神入化，令军中将士无不佩服；只有伍亮、伍魁提出异议。在比武中，伍魁失手落马而亡；伍亮与秦琼结仇。伍亮为其兄之死向秦琼寻仇，设计将秦琼骗至府中关押起来。罗成、金甲、童环潜入伍府，伺机救出秦琼；同时发现了伍亮纠集几名守军将领准备反出幽州，投靠沙陀国的阴谋。秦母因思儿心重，积郁成疾。罗艺顾念秦琼思乡念母之情，介绍秦琼到山东大行台节度使唐壁处效力。唐壁看中秦琼武艺高强，派他押送献给杨素的生辰贺礼上京。途中遇到劫匪欲抢贺礼；经过交手，才知道原来是绿林朋友，劫富济贫。朋友相见，高兴非常，热闹之际，大家商定随秦琼一同进京。在去长安的路上，又结识了柴绍和李靖两位名士。

克里斯托弗（尚格·云顿 Jean-Claude Van Damme 饰）从小就是失去了父母，沦为孤儿，靠着智慧和运气在这个危险的世界里勉强生存。一次偶然中，克里斯托弗登上了驶往异国的货船，遇见了海盗德斯（罗杰·摩尔 Roger Moore 饰），德斯将克里斯托弗卖到了一座孤岛上，在那里，克里斯托弗接受了拳击训练，成为了一名职业拳手。

　　洛杉机在动乱之后成为一座罪恶的城市，在恶势力毒贩统治控制下呈现一片哀败。遭到毒贩杀害而大难不死的艾许，为了復仇，摧毁了几个毒贩的根据地。毒贩老大威胁艾许，不但绑架了和艾许有一段情缘的莎拉，而且还发现了艾许的弱点......

30岁的过气女模特叶山南（山口智子 饰）在婚礼当天惨遭无良未婚夫卷款逃婚。当她怒不可遏的狂奔到未婚夫居所，只堵截到了无辜的室友濑名秀俊（木村拓哉 饰）——一个不得志的24岁钢琴家。身无分文又无家可归的小南对濑名威逼利诱，成为了他的新同居人。两人在同一屋檐下的生活磕磕绊绊 ，事业爱情也都不甚顺畅，渐渐竟生惺惺相惜之感。

　　徐夕（李连杰）本是神秘杀手组织701部队里的一名冷血杀手，因为不想再做杀人工具，他逃离了该组织来到香港化身为一名普通的图书馆理员，因此结识警察石SIR并与之成为好友，不想701部队为追杀黑帮头目突然现身香港，一时石SIR及警方均束手无策，见好友处于危难中，徐夕挺身而出化 为黑侠。　　黑侠让701部队的首脑熊菊（龙刚）大为震怒，遂派徐夕旧情人若兰规劝黑侠归顺，被徐夕断然拒绝，结果令图书馆除Tracy（莫文蔚）之外的诸同事皆丧命。为保护Tracy，徐夕再做黑侠采用强硬态度要带她走，遭不知黑侠就是其意中人徐夕的Tracy的拒绝。后在与熊菊一干人等对抗的过程中，徐夕渐从Tracy身上寻到自己想要的情感。

　　年轻军官许文强（张国荣）逃往路上被日本特务伏击堕海，漂浮到外滩岸上时身体不支晕倒，丁力（刘德华）路过欲将其救却遭其下意识的武力，两人一番打斗后结为好友。丁力偶然救下上海大亨冯敬尧（吴兴国）的千金冯程程（宁静）后，许下心愿要娶其为妻，但襄王有梦神女却心另有所属，冯程程只把他当好朋友，爱的恰是某次旅途中在火车上结识的他的好兄弟许文强，而许文强也因她的勇敢善良机智对她产生了好感。　　许文强再次遇上冯程程时，激情没能控制，与丁力的交情画上句号。而当许文强与冯程程谈婚论嫁时，许文强意外发现冯敬尧正是追杀他和同僚的幕后黑手，他的身份也被对方认出，火药味顿时弥漫房间。

　　一间灯火黯淡的小酒吧内，电视中正在播放迈克·杰克逊的经典歌曲《Bad》的MV。吧台前，一名留着莫西干头、戴着墨镜、从上到下黑色着装的男子小酌杯中之酒。面对电视里的歌，他流露出明显的傲慢与不屑。是的，他就是曾经叱咤中国摇滚界的人物沙皮（陈佩斯 饰），此前不知因何而销声匿迹。而今的他闲散游荡，似乎蓄势待发。　　某天，正躺在一幢在建高楼房顶胡思乱想的沙皮，突然被三个民工（刘金山、姚二嘎、李琦 饰）打乱思路。这三人被臭虫咬得同样难耐，胡乱扭动着身子。可是他们那看似毫无章法的扭动却启发了沙皮的灵感，他决定将三个民工包装成极具震撼力的摇滚组合——臭虫乐队，为此他对三人展开了连番无关音乐质量的培训……

　　清朝末年，慈禧（斯琴高娃 饰）突然身染怪病，御医们一批批来了又走，都没能开出药方治好太后的病。慈溪大怒，命人将御医们全部斩首。斩首这天，刑场旁边放着丰盛的酒席，好让御医们死前饱餐一顿。一个江湖郎中汤元元（陈佩斯 饰）因饥肠辘辘，不知就里就坐上席间大吃大喝。主斩官洪禄以为汤元元是问斩的御医，喝人将他捉了上来。汤元元发现洪禄正不停打嗝，随口说了个药方竟治好了他的病。太后得知此事，忙命人暗中吩咐洪禄带汤元元入宫为她看病。汤元元最终命运如何？

王子服偶遇婴宁后茶饭不思，并到婴宁家题亲，但他得悉她是狐狸所生，他虽有所畏惧，但始终难忘其美貌，坚决娶其为妻。婴宁母亲临死前托付鬼妈把婴宁养大......。最后鬼妈利用法术，套出孙子楚父亲嫁祸婴宁偷官银阴谋，平反其父母冤情，婴宁替父母迁坟合葬，鬼妈对养女婴宁如同亲儿，婴宁顺利嫁入王爷门府，吴生也与表小姐玉燕成婚，双喜临门，有情人皆成眷属。

　　In 2261, the Vorlons join the Shadow War, but their tactics become a concern for the alliance when the Vorlons begin destroying entire planets which they deem to have been "influenced" by the Shadows. Disturbed by this turn of events, Babylon 5 recruits several other powerful and ancient races (the First Ones) to their cause, against both the Shadows and the Vorlons. Captain John Sheridan returns to the station after escaping from Z'ha'dum, but at a price: barring illness or injury, he has only 20 years left to live. He is accompanied by a mysterious alien named Lorien who claims to be the oldest sentient being in the galaxy.　　Hours before Sheridan's return, Garibaldi is rescued and returned to the station, in rather dubious circumstances. He is markedly more paranoid and suspicious of other alien races and of Sheridan than he was before.　　Centauri Emperor Cartagia forges a relationship with the Shadows. Londo Mollari engineers the assassination of Cartagia and repudiates his agreement with the Shadows. Londo kills Mr. Morden and destroys the Shadow vessels based on the Centauri homeworld, in an attempt to save his planet from destruction by the Vorlons. Aided by the other ancient races, and several younger ones, Sheridan lures both the Vorlons and the Shadows into an immense battle, during which the Vorlons and Shadows reveal that they have been left as guardians of the younger races, but due to philosophical differences, ended up using them as pawns in their endless wars throughout the ages. The younger races reject their continued interference, and the Vorlons and Shadows, along with the remaining First Ones, agree to depart the galaxy forever.　　After the Shadows are defeated Garibaldi leaves his post as security chief and works on his own as a "provider of information". He begins working for one William Edgars, a Mars Tycoon, who is married to Garibaldi's former love. While he works ever closer with Edgars, he becomes increasingly aggressive towards Sheridan and eventually leaves Babylon 5.　　Minbar is gripped by a brief civil war between the Warrior and Religious castes. Delenn secretly meets with Neroon of the Warrior caste and convinces him that neither side can be allowed to win. She tells him that she will undergo a ritual wherein she will be willing to sacrifice herself, but will stop the ritual before she actually dies. When Neroon sees that she actually intends to go through the entire ritual, he rescues her and sacrifices himself instead, declaring that, although he was born Warrior, in his heart he is Religious.　　As part of the ongoing conflict between Earth and Babylon 5, Garibaldi eventually betrays Sheridan and arranges his capture in order to gain Edgars' trust and learn his plans. Garibaldi later learns that Edgars created a virus that is dangerous to only telepaths. It is then revealed, that Garibaldi was actually abducted by the Psi-Corps at the end of Season 3 and re-programmed by Bester to provide information to him at the right time. Bester releases Garibaldi of his programming, and allows him to remember everything he has done since being kidnapped. Edgars is killed and his wife disappears, but is reunited with Garibaldi after the end of the war. Garibaldi helps free Sheridan and return him to the campaign to free Earth. An alliance led by Babylon 5 frees Earth from totalitarian rule by President Clark in a short but bloody war. This culminates in Clark's suicide and the restoration of democratic government. Mars is granted full independence, and Sheridan agrees to resign his commission. The League of Non-Aligned Worlds is dissolved and reformed into the Interstellar Alliance, with Sheridan elected as its first President and continuing his command of the Rangers, who are to act as a galactic equivalent of United Nations peacekeepers.　　In the season finale, the events of 100, 500, 1000, and one million years into the future are shown, depicting Babylon 5's lasting influence throughout history. Amongst the events shown are the political aftermath of the 2261 civil war, a subsequent nuclear war on Earth involving a new totalitarian government in the year AD 2762, the resulting fall of Earth into a pre-industrial society, the loss and restoration of humanity's knowledge of space travel, and the final evolution of mankind into energy beings similar to the Vorlons, after which Earth's sun goes nova.