An unhappily married man, who doesn't know how to break up with his wife, asks a womanizing Casanova to seduce her so that she'll leave him instead. But as he witnesses how his wife gets closer to the Casanova, he begins to change the way he sees her and, soon, realizes that he's made the worst mistake any husband can make.

　　Forensic scientist Lisa is obsessed with the beauty of the human body, and believes that physical love heals, gives relief from the burden of trauma and problems. Therefore, she leads an extremely free lifestyle and quite often enters into casual relationships for one night. But one day on the sectional table in front of Lisa is the body of a girl with whom she spent the night the night before. A photograph of an unknown man is printed on the body of the victim.

　　该剧改编自同名畅销小说，剧中Chloe(Biel饰)和Nicky(Banks饰)是一对许久未联系的姐妹，Chloe嫁给律师丈夫生了娃，Nicky则在保持清白的同时努力求生。当Chloe的丈夫突遭谋杀，嫌疑人正是她儿子，两姐妹重聚在一起，直面家族名背后的秘密。

斯鲁波夫是列宁建立的苏俄秘密警察“契卡”的成员。他们大肆逮捕知识分子、贵族、犹太人、神职人员以及他们的家人，只用一分钟讯问，十秒钟审判，随即枪杀。在契卡的地下室里，犯人们五人一组，全裸着面朝木门，被集体枪杀。没人记录他们的遗言，没有目击者，只有无名的尸体。日复一日，非法的审判，处决和尸体装车像流水线一样运行着。斯鲁波夫是一个冷酷无情的性变态，却也是一个深邃的思考者，他痛恨自己过去的朋友和家庭。当他试图探究革命的目的和契卡存在的意义时，他走向了崩溃。

奥利弗（马克·莱斯特 Mark Lester 饰）是一名孤儿，从小在教会中长大。九岁时，奥利弗被派遣到工厂做工，之后又来到殡仪馆成为了学徒。奥利弗的聪慧和机敏让他很快就在殡仪馆里站稳了脚跟，但与此同时，他亦遭到了同伴们的妒忌，他们故意挑衅激怒奥利弗，最终奥利弗离开了殡仪馆。　　无家可归的奥利弗过起了四处流浪的生活，经过漫长的旅途，他来到了伦敦。一个名叫道奇（杰克·瓦尔德 Jack Wild 饰）的扒手将奥利弗带到了匪首费金（朗·穆迪 Ron Moody 饰）的面前，就这样，奥利弗成为了他们中的一员。一次意外中，奥利弗被警察逮捕了，但随后，他被证实是无辜的，当事人布朗罗先生（Joseph O'Conor 饰）对奥利弗感到十分愧疚，于是收留了他，奥利弗的生活能够从此走上正轨吗？