该剧讲述1948年至1980年发生在淮河岸边、念恩桥两岸的感人故事。剧中，刘涛饰演的男主角“耿长和”是解放军猛虎团红三连的连长，在战争年代，面对炸毁念恩桥的军事命令，却因考虑到两岸劳苦人民生息问题而拒绝服从上级安排，从而导致经历了一系列的艰难坎坷。
故事发生在战火纷飞的一九四一年，莫笑侬（商天娥 饰）的双亲在战争中不幸去世，无奈之下，莫笑侬只得投靠姑姐唐瑛（关菊英 饰），莫笑侬和唐瑛之间并没有真正的亲情，两人不过是相互利用。很快，漂亮热情的莫笑侬成为了娱乐圈人人争相追捧的交际花，与此同时，她结识了名叫詹姆士（张国荣 饰）的英俊男子。 莫笑侬被詹姆士的风流倜傥所吸引，之后两人成婚，不幸的是，婚后的生活并不幸福。秦小曼（周秀兰 饰）是莫笑侬的同学，她的父亲秦简夫（刘兆铭 饰）和唐瑛之间产生了真挚的感情，一直对唐瑛怀恨在心的莫笑侬决定不惜一切手段，拆散二人。
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.
性格直爽的警长米奇·福克斯是莎伦·莱昂内（《烈焰国度》角色）的继姐妹。她一边在小镇 Edgewater 的街道上巡逻，一边调查犯罪活动，同时还要应付前科累累的父亲和任性的女儿。
聚焦豪门秘事与人性欲望的博弈
