Than警官接到了一份保镖的工作，负责保护Pheem，他是一家私立医院老板的小儿子。医院开业当天，Pheem遭遇了一起刺杀事件。幸好，Than及时赶到，Pheem对他的本领印象深刻，并邀请他担任自己的私人保镖。Than为人随和直率。随着他与Pheem的接触越来越深入，他发现Pheem与他截然相反——冷酷狡猾。随着他不断遭遇刺杀，以及Pheem家族冷漠的关系逐渐加深，他开始看到冰冷外表下隐藏的伤痛和孤独。与此同时，Than的温暖和幽默开始让他心软。
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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.
