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.
该剧讲述一位海归父亲与叛逆女儿之间的情感纠葛。
拉瓦的母亲把他送到海边和他年轻的叔叔住在一起，他马上开始工作。一天，他发现一个人被冲上了岸。在医院里，Wut医生诊断出这个人患有健忘症，他的叔叔自愿将Lava作为他的看护人。熔岩命名他为波，并重新分配他所有的职责给陌生人。Wave对体力劳动的挑剔和无能令人惊讶，暗示着它过去的骄纵。 Lava's mother sends him to live with his young uncle by the beach and he's immediately put to work. One day, he finds a man washed up on the shore. At the hospital, Dr. Wut diagnoses the man with amnesia and his uncle volunteers Lava as his caretaker. Lava names him Wave and reassigns all his duties to the stranger. Wave is surprisingly fussy and inept at manual labor, hinting at a pampered past.
九一八事变爆发后，留学日本的青年沈云回国效力，却遭遇沈家被日本人竹上灭门的惨剧，而沈云也被日本人陷害入狱，死期不远。为了复仇，沈云假死逃过一劫，忍痛和初恋吴楚琳分手，并改名华明翰，加入中统，与救命恩人兰亭舒扮演假夫妻、收养十岁女孩晶晶后去往上海执行潜伏任务。 七年后，华明翰表面上是上海租界巡捕房的总探长，实则是让日本人闻风丧胆的“冰锋”，他带领华兴社成员周旋于波诡云谲的局势中，粉碎了日本人在华的重重阴谋。 与此同时，朝夕相处的兰亭舒爱上了华明翰，而华明翰心中却只有吴楚琳。然而，当吴楚琳再次出现认出他就是昔日恋人沈云时，为了大义，他只能再一次推开吴楚琳。直到吴楚琳被日本人炸死，他才知道她就是一直报道冰锋事迹的记者曙光。 祸不单行，养女晶晶和兰亭舒先后在抗日行动中牺牲，华明翰亦得知兰亭舒的真实身份是共产党，对国民党彻底心死的他毅然退出中统，带领华兴社加入新四军，开始了新的抗日征程。
二十年代初，徽商后代朱春华在新婚之夜遭匪劫，父母双亡。撇下新娘匆匆随伯父去扬州经营快破产的盐号，凭智慧和诚信，在扬州打下了一片新天地。不久，他发现未来得及圆房的妻子知莲竟生下一子（后名高朱朱），愤怒离去。原来知莲是被他的堂弟朱冬华用蒙汗药强暴得手。痛苦中朱春华与一直爱着他的日本女孩加代发生了关系。加代生一子，受父亲威胁分享者电视网addintime.com，不得已将儿子朱源托知莲抚养。抗战爆发后，朱春华组织商会与日本侵略者、汉奸展开殊死的斗争，并冒生命危险为新四军秘密运送食盐。为此，亲人付出了巨大的牺牲。期间，知莲将两个身世不同的儿子送到他身边。这个乱世家族两代人展现了其大义凛然和抗日斗志。晚年的朱春华告别了长于斯梦于斯的扬州，回老家安度晚年。
