新世纪之初，充满不祥气息的日蚀渐次逼近，为光怪陆离、纸醉金迷的现代化社会蒙上毁灭的阴影。许是命运的安排，在七十亿人汇聚而成的茫茫人海之中，有那么几个人被赋予了特殊的能力和使命。年轻的人类进化学教授莫汗德（Sendhil Ramamurthy 饰）、高中啦啦队长克莱尔（Hayden Panettiere 饰）、沉湎药品的天才漫画家伊萨克（Santiago Cabrera 饰）、从事临终关怀的男护士皮特（Milo Ventimiglia 饰）、平凡无奇的日本职员中村广（Milo Ventimiglia 饰）、靠脱衣舞供儿子读书的单身妈妈妮基（Ali Larter 饰）等，普通的外表下，却各自拥有着独一无二的超能力。
他们为自身的独特而新奇、困扰，又注定肩负着前所未有的重大使命。超能力英雄，接二连三的挑战，迎头而上……

Lincoln Burrows is currently on death row and scheduled to die in a few months for an assassination his younger brother Michael is convinced he did not commit. With no other options and time winding down, Michael takes drastic measures to get himself incarcerated alongside his brother in Fox River State Penitentiary. Once he's inside, Michael, a structural engineer with the blueprints for the prison, begins to execute an elaborate plan to break Lincoln out and prove him innocent.