生（廖伟雄）乃香港典型小市民。一次勒索案中，意外救得孤寒富豪铎（刘兆铭）后获得一官半职。生满以为从此平步青云，可攀附绅仕名流。可是，生既得不到铎之提携，更处处受铎之敌威（刘兆铭）针对。另一方面，生好友云（魏骏杰）受铎幼子驰（邓兆尊）所累失去工作，更受尽欺凌;。生一直暗恋的梦中情人玉（陈梅馨）竟是金玉其外，败絮其中。生伤心失望之余，乱打乱撞与玉姊莲（邓萃雯）擦出了爱情火花！就在这时，威竟以巨款收买生离开莲。生看透豪门百态，顿感意兴阑珊，亦决意抽身走出这个曾令他存幻想之地……
As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.
Prime Video续订《大卫王朝》第二季，第一季编导将回归。
