公元1806年，英格蘭在抗擊拿破侖的持久戰(zhàn)中八面受敵，實(shí)踐派魔法師早在幾百年前就已銷聲匿跡。然而，研究過往光輝歷史的學(xué)者們發(fā)現(xiàn)，尚有一位實(shí)踐派魔法師——諾瑞爾先生在世。此人深居簡出，然略顯身手，舉國上下無不 為之驚嘆。移居倫敦后，他喚美婦人起死回生，召幻影艦隊(duì)威懾法寇。他一貫瞻前顧后、小題大做，怎奈后生可畏——喬納森?斯特蘭奇初出茅廬，已嶄露頭角。該生風(fēng)華正茂、一表人才、意氣風(fēng)發(fā)，方方面面與諾瑞爾截然相反。自此，兩位偉大的魔法師之間斗爭不斷、險(xiǎn)象環(huán)生，比起英法兩國之戰(zhàn)有過之而無不及。二人各懷執(zhí)念，暗中更染指黑魔法，哪知一切實(shí)為作繭自縛，前途兇險(xiǎn)難料。

　　After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for. Just as she’s getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned an infamous unsolved case that will put her under intense scrutiny; from her boss, from the media, and ultimately, from sinister forces that would rather the past stayed in the past.
　　The 1984 case of Catriona and Adam Grant has confounded investigators and intrigued the public like no other. Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife. The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
　　Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap. With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ and the brilliant – but romantically complicated – DS Phil Parhatka. With the international renown of the kidnap and the constant pressure from Catriona’s father, Sir Broderick Grant, the team take on the biggest challenge of their careers to date. As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear… the past is far from dead.

該劇是一部犯罪動(dòng)作搜查劇，講述一次都沒放下過案件的重案組“Outside Black-dog”刑警、滿懷熱情但苦于收視率不振的調(diào)查報(bào)導(dǎo)組PD、前職是側(cè)寫師的生活型偵探、隱藏過去經(jīng)營著酒吧的傳說的核爆社長、原本是國科搜精英解剖檢察官的喪禮指導(dǎo)師，這5個(gè)人集合起來痛快且溫暖地處理未解決案件的故事。

　　1949年12月，廣西桂林，白崇禧公館，各路反動(dòng)匪首，垂死掙扎，叫嚷要實(shí)行蔣介石的“應(yīng)變計(jì)劃”。并將廣西大瑤山與十萬大山等地作為蔣介石“反攻大陸“的游擊根據(jù)地，白崇禧所器重的桂系殘匪126軍軍長林秀山被贈(zèng)與一包上等的煙土。與此同時(shí)，解放軍南下大部隊(duì)解放廣西，廣西軍區(qū)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人張?jiān)埔荨⒛尿?、李天佑等感慨風(fēng)云變幻，自百色起義，20年打了個(gè)來回。林秀山土匪在撤進(jìn)大山前，對(duì)萬山縣城進(jìn)行了空前掠奪、洗劫，燒毀了縣城，并強(qiáng)迫當(dāng)?shù)剜l(xiāng)民進(jìn)山當(dāng)土匪。雜貨店主人馮寒梅正被土匪們調(diào)戲，遇解放軍營長李宏成帶部隊(duì)前來搭救。一波未平一波又起。這時(shí)，萬山糧倉被燒，火光沖天逼人，李宏成營長帶人沖進(jìn)火海，奮力救糧，滅火后，部隊(duì)?wèi)?zhàn)士們?cè)谌f山瀑布下洗澡，突遭大批武裝土匪襲擊，班長不幸壯烈犧牲，敵方神秘的無線電波不時(shí)出現(xiàn)。剛獲得解放的萬山縣城又處于風(fēng)云動(dòng)蕩的變幻中。

　　16世紀(jì)末，日本正處于戰(zhàn)國時(shí)代的白熱化時(shí)期。魔王織田信長（吉田鋼太郎 飾）集結(jié)大軍，朝向早已失去甲斐之虎的武田領(lǐng)地襲來。武田家昔日的風(fēng)光不再，而今則被織田信長、上杉景勝（遠(yuǎn)藤憲一 飾）、北條氏政（高島政伸 飾）、德川家康（內(nèi)野圣陽 飾）這幾大豪強(qiáng)團(tuán)團(tuán)包圍，滅亡在即。覆巢之下安有完卵，依附于武田家的真田昌幸（草刈正雄 飾）為了保護(hù)真田家，于是運(yùn)用變化多端的計(jì)謀縱橫捭闔，翻云覆雨，巧妙周旋于各路英雄之間。在此多事之秋，昌幸的兩個(gè)兒子源三郎（大泉洋 飾）和源次郎（堺雅人 飾）見證并參與了時(shí)局動(dòng)蕩的各個(gè)重要事件。 特別是源次郎，他在父兄的磨練下迅速成長。而在不久后的將來，他還將以“真田幸村”這個(gè)名字在戰(zhàn)國末年的戰(zhàn)場上留下濃重的一筆……