三十年代的上海滩，黑帮横行、列强分割，要在这里闯出一片天，除了有实力，你还要比别人都要狠。于是，这里成了冒险家的乐园，成了机遇与成功的集散地。任鸿飞（张智霖 饰）和龙五（邵仲衡 饰）都是自幼父母双亡的孤儿，两个无依无靠的孩子成了结拜兄弟，互相帮忙着熬过了艰苦的成长岁月， 两人终于长大成人了。 两人虽然出身下层，但是都有共同的梦想，那就是在上海出人投地。于是，他们决定用自己的拳头闯出名堂。他们开始了刀头舔血的日子，在连番激斗后，两人终于一步步接近他们的目标……
阴间见习判官（谢天华饰）因不满庄玉雪（陈妙瑛饰）、方家希（梅小惠饰）的命运安排，擅自更改了二人的生死册，闯下弥天大祸逃往到阳间，恰遇戴耀东（张达明饰）车祸身亡。戴耀东弥留之间借尾还魂，从此改变了戴耀东一生……
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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.
