Already on opposite sides of Michael Hewes's custody suit against his mother, Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) prepare to face off in court after a cyber-hacker's revelations about insider trading expose damaging personal information that push an informant over the edge.
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。
讲述了三个命运交织的人物： Naksit——遭构陷贪污的政客，被迫遁入丛林部落避世； Phawanee——刚从法国名校毕业的教师，秉持正义揭发担任镇长的叔父与私立学校的黑幕； Siwa——人前圣商、人后行贿的伪善企业家。 当Phawanee目睹愈演愈烈的腐败现象，这位倔强的女教师毅然踏上对抗社会不公的险途。屡战屡败却愈挫愈勇的她，最终说服隐匿山林的Naksit重出江湖，两人携手向盘根错节的利益集团宣战……
