本剧以Alan Furst的著名小说为蓝本，由获得艾美奖的编剧Dick Clement和Ian La Frenais改编剧本。 1914年，整个欧洲被希特勒纳粹政权的阴影所笼罩。在一战中获得高级勋章的上校Mercier（大卫·田纳特 David Tennant 饰）作为一名武官驻扎在波兰。上校从自己的德国线人Edvard那里获得情报，似乎希特勒纳粹正在秘密策划一个入侵波兰的计划。Mercier在执行任务时差点被杀，千辛万苦逃脱。而法国官僚Jourdain对Mercier成见颇深，唯恐Mercier此番作为会影响外交局面进一步紧张化。巴黎律师Anna（詹尼特·蒙特戈里 Janet Montgomery 饰）和Mercier也在这个危险的时期互生爱意。但Anna还有一名担任政治记者的丈夫Maxim有不可分割的关系。三个人之间的纠缠的关系也随着战争的开始越发紧张......

At the height of the Cold War, a mysterious criminal organization plans to use nuclear weapons and technology to upset the fragile balance of power between the United States and Soviet Union. CIA agent Napoleon Solo and KGB agent Illya Kuryakin are forced to put aside their hostilities and work together to stop the evildoers in their tracks. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a missing German scientist, whom they must find soon to prevent a global catastrophe.