半年间，SNK剧变，总监余英飞离职、门外汉古肇华空降。张家妍虽掌权却难服众。刘艳的公开平台崛起，动摇传统媒体地位，连已入官场的许诗晴亦被卷入新旧媒体的角力。文慧心于此时复出，昭告世人：新闻女王的地位永远不可撼动！
在得克萨斯州的一个小镇，受欢迎的青少年凯特被绑架。看似毫无关系，一个名叫珍妮特的女孩从一个甜美、笨拙的局外人变成了镇上最受欢迎的女孩，但到了1995年，她成了美国最受鄙视的人。
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.
对自己没有自信，没有恋爱经验的30岁图书馆员聪子（波琉 饰），与温柔绅士的凉介（濑户康史 饰）相遇，瞬间坠入爱河，在每天过着想要改变自己的生活中，聪子面前突然出现了一个自称是法国文学《恋爱论》作者司汤达（小日向文世 饰）。惊讶的聪子觉得恋爱烦恼过多，眼前出现了妄想，但似乎没有什么害处，不仅如此，为了和凉介谈恋爱，司汤达运用恋爱的技巧引导聪子，慢慢地让她重生。逐渐靠近的聪子和凉介，但聪子有着谁都不想知道的秘密过去……
