公安局局长龙传人，一直希望能破案立功，以显示自己的才干。经过一番查探后，龙终于找到了案中关键人物秀，并凭着秀提供的资料，了解事件中真相。秀在悲伤之余，更道出案件经过，原来秀与丈夫剑是一心南下借种的，并看上了健壮的军。怎料借种一事，在阴差阳错下为洪震父子撞破，洪更捉去秀，勒索剑交出二十万作赎款；秀在洪家作人质期间，受尽洪父子凌辱催残，且染上梅毒，祸害腹中胎儿，剑知此事愤怒非常，决意上门找洪算帐，怎知反为奸狡的洪所害。
困于七年前一桩意外的两人再度相遇，美云（辛芷蕾 饰）与葆树（张颂文 饰）开始了一段爱恨交织、扭曲而痛苦的共生关系。在美云试图借其峰（冯绍峰 饰）展望新的未来时，却发现自己仍深陷旧日漩涡。那些关于情与债的执念，再度将所有人推向命运的十字路口……
The three-part series will explore one of the greatest manhunts in New York City history. It will take viewers inside the NYPD’s desperate race to catch the infamous .44-caliber killer—and into the disturbing mind of David Berkowitz himself. Newly unearthed recordings offer rare insight into his twisted psyche, revealing what was going through his mind as he unleashed a reign of terror in the late 1970s.Alongside firsthand accounts from cops, journalists, and survivors, the series unpacks how fear spread through the streets, fueled by cryptic letters, a frenzied press, and a killer who seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.
