ABC新剧。 罪案（警匪）类型，程序剧，讲述一个女神经外科医生改行当验尸官的故事。 来自《前世今生》（Past Life）的Nicholas Bishop扮演该剧的男主角。该剧讲述神经外科医生Megan Hunt（Dana Delany扮演）转行当验尸官，并利用自己的医学特长协助同事破案的故事。因为Megan像个活测谎仪，所以没人愿意接近她。Nicholas Bishop扮演Megan的同事Peter，这位角色「曾当过职业橄榄球运动员，身材健美」。
这部剧集由《愚人善事》（My Name Is Earl）创作人Greg Garcia打造。故事讲述23岁的Jimmy Chance与一个女人一夜风流之后，对方竟生下了他的女儿。更糟的是，这个女人随后被判处死刑，Jimmy必须独自抚养这个孩子。
Mrs. Brown's Boys became a runaway success upon its initial broadcast. Every episode aired won its timeslot for RTÉ, with an average viewership of 753,500 in January, 2011. One episode's rating beat that of RTÉ's own ratings giant The Late Late Show, with 856,000 viewers tuning in to watch. However, critics disliked the show. "The whole thing is entirely predicated on viewers finding a man dressed as a foul-mouthed elderly woman intrinsically funny," noted Bernice Harrison in the Irish Times. "If you do, you’re away in a hack (and the viewing figures are astronomical), but if you don’t, and you think that died out with Les Dawson and Dick Emery, then it’s a long half-hour." The Irish Independent said that Mrs Brown's Boys was the type of TV programme that "that makes you vaguely embarrassed to be Irish". The Daily Telegraph's Sam Richards noted that show's comedy has a "rudimentary nature", consisting of "an old-fashioned blend of silly voices and slapstick, played out in front of a live studio audience who collapse into giggles at the mere mention of the word “willy”.
本剧跨越四十年，探索了北爱尔兰被称为“动乱”的动荡时期。以吉恩·麦康维尔的惊人失踪事件开场，吉恩·麦康维尔是一位十个孩子的单身母亲，1972 年在家中被绑架，从此再也没有人见过她活着。但麦康维尔只是众多被称为“失踪者”的人之一。
