该剧聚焦军情五处特工约翰·休斯（肖恩·埃文斯 Shaun Evans 饰）的双线挣扎：一边是危机四伏的任务，一边是濒临破碎的家庭。一场秘密会面，掀起无法回头的漩涡。压力如影随形，渗透工作、爱情与无处不在的注视之下。当猜忌蔓延、忠诚信仰动摇，我们终将看清：有些秘密，代价沉重。

 纵使破解谜团危机四伏，却也能嬉闹度过！ 讲述三个年近四十的老朋友西尔莎（罗伊森·加拉格尔 饰）、罗宾（西妮德·基南 饰）和达拉（基琳·邓恩 饰）的故事。西尔莎是一个成功的作家，有自毁倾向；罗宾有三个儿子，话痨，压力很大；达拉是担任着照顾年迈父母的重任，到现在还住在自己儿时的卧房。 当这三个女人都收到一封电子邮 件，通知她们曾经非常亲密的老同学格蕾塔去世时，显然有一些未说出来的、未完成的事情。三人决定参加格蕾塔的守灵，并发现一切并非那么简单。他们很快发现自己卷入了一个黑暗而扭曲的谜团……

 才华横溢却居无定所的艾瑞斯·尼克松从一位魅力十足的慈善家那里窃取了一份神秘密码，随后消失无踪。一场紧张的倒计时就此展开，她必须争分夺秒地解开密码之谜。

　　Inspired by the true life stories of a group of characters battling for survival in the brutal East End of London in the 1880s. Hezekiah Moscow and Alec Munroe, best friends on the run from Jamaica, are thrust into the criminal underbelly of London’s thriving bare-knuckle boxing scene. As Hezekiah finds fortune and fame through the art of pugilism, he attracts the attention of the infamous Queen of the Forty Elephants, Mary Carr, who exploits his talents to further her criminal enterprise. Meanwhile, the menacing and self-declared emperor of the East End boxing world, Sugar Goodson, is determined to destroy Hezekiah, whose ambitions to fight in the West End threaten everything he has built. What ensues is a battle of the old world against the new.

 Set in present-day suburbia, The ‘Burbs follows a young couple returning to the husband’s childhood home. Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.

　　该剧为原版的后续和拓展，如果《斯巴达克斯：复仇》第二季的结尾，Ashur（尼克·塔拉贝 Nick E. Tarabay 饰）没有死在维苏威山，如果他因为帮助罗马人杀掉斯巴达克斯并终结奴隶反叛而被赠与了曾属于巴蒂塔斯的角斗士学院，会怎么样？

 Mick Taylor sees a lifetime opportunity after a chance encounter with a coach full of international tourists.

　　第二季将延续第一季结局的故事，带领观众穿越莫哈韦荒原，到达世界末日后的城市新维加斯。

　　NBC续订《绝妙心灵》第二季。