《洪流》的故事锁定1925——1927年间，5位有志青年兄弟聂天洪、孙静宇、公今寿、韩东水、杨的，军校内外的情感与奋斗故事，映射岁月洪流中那一代热血青年的曲折青春和人生抉择。20岁上下的结拜兄弟，聂天洪、孙静宇、公今寿、韩东水、杨的，因为一次刺杀军阀的行动走到一起，和司徒小云、赵天心、小妮子等女同学由山东辗转至武汉、长沙，投奔革命，报考军校，经历血火，后又有南昌起义、广州起义等洗礼和严峻考验，5兄弟终因信仰不同分道扬镳，孙静宇、韩东水二人与公今寿等走向不同的人生路径。
许佳佳继承父志，加入社会安全支队，和队员们一起维护社会治安。
乔尔·拉撒路（山姆·克拉弗林 饰）的父亲乔纳森·拉撒路博士（比尔·奈伊 饰）自杀身亡，他很快就被卷入了一系列谋杀悬案之中，同时他还在努力揭开父亲之死和25年前妹妹的死亡之谜。
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.
故事发生在明朝末年，胡、苗、范、田四家人本是至交，却因为一场误会而结下了血海深仇，其后人们更是为了争夺明室遗留下来的宝藏而大打出手死伤无数。胡一刀（吕良伟 饰）侠肝义胆想要使沉冤得雪消除误会，却遭到了田归农（曾江 饰）的陷害最终命丧苗人凤（谢贤 饰）手下。 胡一刀的妻子郎剑秋（戚美珍 饰）死前将儿子胡斐（吕良伟 饰）托付给了平四，长大成人后的胡斐发誓要杀死苗人凤替父母报仇。胡斐继承了祖传的《胡家刀法》，习得了一身好武艺闯荡江湖，邂逅了名为袁紫衣（周秀兰 饰）、程灵素（景黛音 饰）等身世复杂的江湖女子，牵扯出了一段荡气回肠的武林传奇。
拉瓦的母亲把他送到海边和他年轻的叔叔住在一起，他马上开始工作。一天，他发现一个人被冲上了岸。在医院里，Wut医生诊断出这个人患有健忘症，他的叔叔自愿将Lava作为他的看护人。熔岩命名他为波，并重新分配他所有的职责给陌生人。Wave对体力劳动的挑剔和无能令人惊讶，暗示着它过去的骄纵。 Lava's mother sends him to live with his young uncle by the beach and he's immediately put to work. One day, he finds a man washed up on the shore. At the hospital, Dr. Wut diagnoses the man with amnesia and his uncle volunteers Lava as his caretaker. Lava names him Wave and reassigns all his duties to the stranger. Wave is surprisingly fussy and inept at manual labor, hinting at a pampered past.
该剧是建国以来广东省首部斥资大制作的一部边防题材的惊险电视连续剧。全剧以广东省边防官兵执法执勤为题材，以和平年代战斗在祖国南大门的边防官兵与走私犯罪集团展开生死较量为主线，大力讴歌保卫沿边沿海的边防时代英雄。
