After a visiting actress is murdered in her country home, a prosecutor tries to find out if she was the intended target.

Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.

Jason and Midget are two young, black teenagers living in Newark, New Jersey, the unofficial car theft capital of the world. Their favourite pastime is that of everybody in their neighbourhood: stealing cars and joyriding. The trouble starts when they steal a police car and the cops launch a violent offensive that involves beating and even shooting suspects.

A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her.

The series was inspired by real-life Irish American brothers from the Irish neighborhood of South Boston: James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., a gangster who has been on the F.B.I.'s Most Wanted List for 10 years as a fugitive from justice, and Senator William Bulger (known as "Billy"), a powerful state politician who was President of the Massachusetts Senate and later president of the University of Massachusetts higher educational system. 故事发生在美国罗德岛州首府 Provindence 的海港, 风化的排房, 斑驳的拖船, 那里的爱尔兰裔社区, 被称作"the Hill", 旧时的江湖道义还潜移默化地影响着这个强悍的蓝领阶层. Caffee 兄弟的亲情在道德深渊边摇摇欲坠, 与亚当之子该隐与亚伯的手足之争相似. Tommy Caffee 的野心和手段让他同时周旋在地下交易和Providence的政坛, 为了维护"the Hill", 不择手段. 但是他复杂的家庭和职业都将被颠覆, 因为他黑道弟弟 Mike 将回归，重掌"the Hill"的黑社会. 夹在两兄弟尔虞我诈之间的, 是他们的母亲 Rose, 她为两个儿子骄傲, 但选择无视 Mike 的劣迹. Tommy的妻子Eileen, 全心支持丈夫, 同时担心家人的安全会受到Mike的威胁. 当地的黑社会老大 Freddie Cork, 当两兄弟你争我斗之时, 在一旁虎视耽耽. 磨拳擦掌的警官 Declan Giggs 也把 Tommy 和 Mike 当作他建功立业的战利品.

19世纪末的马萨诸塞州，生活着32岁仍待字闺中的白人女子莉兹·波顿（克里斯蒂娜·里奇 Christina Ricci 饰）。她灵巧美丽，但生活中鲜少展露笑容。莉兹的父亲安德鲁（史蒂芬·麦克哈蒂 Stephen McHattie 饰）为人刚直严厉，与周围人的关系都颇为紧张。而莉兹和父亲以及继母艾比（Sara Botsford 饰）的交流也存在着严重的误解和障碍。在某个分外炎热的夏日，波顿夫妇在家中被人残忍杀害。这起案件震惊宁静的小镇，作为目击证人的莉兹无疑有着最大的嫌疑，进而遭受杀人罪的指控。正反双方围绕莉兹展开唇枪舌战，但无人能够辨认出她天使抑或恶魔的身份。 传奇女杀手的再现，真相依然隐藏在历史的迷雾之中……