哑女庶妹沈玉清被嫡姐沈元锦以疯娘性命为要挟，被迫替婚前失贞的嫡姐与摄政王姐夫洞房，但天意弄人，沈玉清怀上姐夫的孩子，使得她与疯娘处境更加艰险。好在，哑女不哑，疯娘不疯。母女俩为摆脱被沈元锦“去母留子”的下场忍辱负重，终于逃出魔掌，怎奈嫡姐不依不饶，即便追至天涯海角，也不肯放过，小娘为护女儿不幸丧命，临终前，吐露惊人秘密-五年前逃亡之夜，沈玉清诞下的婴孩并非死胎，实则是被沈元锦抢走......
该剧讲述1948年至1980年发生在淮河岸边、念恩桥两岸的感人故事。剧中，刘涛饰演的男主角“耿长和”是解放军猛虎团红三连的连长，在战争年代，面对炸毁念恩桥的军事命令，却因考虑到两岸劳苦人民生息问题而拒绝服从上级安排，从而导致经历了一系列的艰难坎坷。
他们在一次意外事件中相识，本以为只是彼此生命中的过客，却在不断逼近的危险与真相中，被迫站到同一阵线。当爱与责任、真相与救赎交织，他们必须在“刀刃之上”寻找各自的答案。
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.
NBC续订《猎捕行动》第二季。
