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！
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.
故事从一紧张而忙碌的早晨拉开序幕：连续的案件让刑警队的侦察员们应接不暇；自杀、他杀、抢动、盗窃……谁也想不到，表面上毫无关系的件件案子，却串联掩盖着一个将震撼整个城市的大阴谋！ 就在破案的紧急关口，当地首富葛振海的一百万现金忽然被人从股市里划走，取款人当天被杀，年青的侦察员丁晓雷奉命调查此案，在艰难的侦察中发现嫌疑人李少非竟敢是葛振海三十多年前被父亲抛弃的亲兄弟。 就在丁晓雷意欲揭开这层面纱的将破未破之际，风云顿起…… 广告公司的小老板，刑警队长钟爱的女友，被追辑的逃犯，戴着面具的摇滚歌手，最后还有丁晓雷心爱的女朋友肖肖，全部卷入此案，以种种面目出现着，扮演着种种角色，在一次次的山穷水尽，进退维谷中，丁晓雷身不由已地陷入漩涡中…… 追踪办案的刑警大田被暗杀，案件惊动了国家最高公安机关，上亿元的期货投资诈骗案在阴谋的掩护下冠冕堂皇地招摇过市；女公安局长的独生女与被灭口的取款人在银行碰面，录像带被神秘的幕后人拍下；每一个人都在陷害别人的过程中被人陷害。欲望编就了无数尔虞我诈的阴谋，欲望培育出靓女俊男的怪胎，欲望在爱恨情仇中沉浮，欲望使母女忍痛分离，兄弟自相残杀，欲望在惊险曲折中被阻曲，正义战胜邪恶，真爱终将永存！
女主角萨拉（Nychaa 饰）因童年创伤，以催眠术作为复仇手段。故事追溯到十九年前的新年夜悲剧，涉及校园霸凌（角色小丽欺凌同学致其轻生）、家庭秘密（母亲娜丽为女顶罪自残）等恩怨。 萨拉与闺蜜普菱（Maprang 饰）联手复仇，逐步渗透仇人家庭，并在公众场合催眠霸凌者小丽，揭露其罪行。反派库娜丽（Vill 饰）察觉萨拉身份可疑，双方展开心理博弈。
