In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union, due to the fact that the newly elected environmental friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
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.
夜幕降临，魔影共舞。 真正觉醒的夜魔侠（查理·考克斯 Charlie Cox 饰）将与金并（文森特·多诺费奥 Vincent D'Onofrio 饰）正面交锋，揭开纽约市权力风起云涌的幕后真相。
故事从主人公高村树突然被邀请参加支援有前科者们改过自新的“原服刑者特别支援计划”而展开。合格者将得到大笔资金和人际关系等回归社会所需的支援。包括树在内的被邀请的人们在某设施开始了一个月的共同生活，发誓要为了合格而互相合作，但实际上计划的背后隐藏着可怕的陷阱。
