一切都由一本科幻小说引起。小说家杨匡（刘兆铭 饰）的科幻小说里描述了一种改造新人类的方法，那就是抽取人类的脑细胞，加以改造，以此甚至能控制被改造者的思想。这一切看似荒诞的想法，竟被一个阴谋控制全世界的富商看中。他出资建立了实验室，招募了一批手下，将杨匡捉了去做实验。后来，杨匡逃了出来，被人送到医院。医生原振侠（黎明 饰）武功高强，为人正义，他发现杨匡十分沉默寡言，目光呆滞，经常用水清洗双手。杨匡的反常的表现引起了原振侠的注意，他和护士彩云（朱茵 饰）决心找出杨匡背后隐藏的秘密。
宇文峰（郑少秋 饰）出身武当，勤学苦练，身手了得，学成下山后，宇文峰受到了当时最大的兵器工厂唐门的赏识，门主更是将女儿唐碧（汪明荃 饰）许配他。哪知道唐门突遭不幸，被诬陷勾结外族，落得满门抄斩的下场，而宇文峰则被打入大牢，即将问斩。太监张诚（陈鸿烈 饰）欣赏宇文峰的身手为人，以替他卖命作为条件，救下了宇文峰。 那边厢，唐碧死里逃生，之后成为了京城第一大镖局的女当家，丈夫死后，唐碧接管了镖局，并且最终凭借她的智慧和能力获得了周围人的认可。宇文峰加入了锦衣卫，受张诚胁迫，干尽了伤天害理之事，一次偶然中，宇文峰和唐碧重逢了，一段旷世情缘再度拉开帷幕。
捉襟见肘的安东在一家高档宠物店找了份工作，从医治乡村农场动物的医生变成了兜售高级宠物狗零食的店员。
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.
