王振扬即将上任成为香港警务处长，而他的上任势必会给香港龙蛇混杂的黑道以重大打击。侯家是香港最大的黑帮，其话事人侯文华（魏骏杰 饰）扬言会在一个月之内让王振扬知道他们的厉害，重振黑道雄风，警方派出情报科高级督察黄家辉（郑嘉颖 饰），命其不顾一切保护王振扬的安全。 侯文华联手泰国毒枭企图垄断东南亚毒品市场，他们的阴谋被女警丽塔（施莉达 Sririta Jensen 饰）识破，经过调查，这一切犯罪行动和富商郑坤有着撇不清的关系。西九龙重案组队长冯志伟（方中信 饰）邂逅了名为彭惠（蒙嘉慧 饰）的女子，后者实为侯文华的心爱之人。在侯文华的精心设计之下，冯志伟蒙上了杀警的不白之冤，与此同时，冯志伟亦发现在警局之中存在着黑帮卧底。
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.
《烈火金刚》是以抗日战争中冀中平原1941年“五一”反扫荡为背景的。当时，抗日战争已经进入战略相持阶段。抗战头两年，八路军一二〇师在贺龙、关向应的带领下，开辟了冀中敌后革命根据地，并取得了很大成绩。然而，在日寇的围攻之下，不得不做出战略调整，即贺龙关相应带领一二〇师主力进入太行山，加入到聂荣臻所创立的晋察冀抗日革命根据地，仅仅留下原东北军将领吕正操在冀中坚持敌后游击斗争。
该剧讲述一位海归父亲与叛逆女儿之间的情感纠葛。
