一场暴力事件使总警督Carl Morck（马修·古迪 饰）的人生天翻地覆，并留下精神创伤，他被委派去建立被称为"Department Q"的悬案小组。起初，理想破灭的他乐得在这里浪费时间，但作为警察的直觉最终觉醒，他的新部门深深吸引了很多不合群的人、特立独行者。

　　Small Town, Big Story has started filming on location in Ireland under a UK Equity contract and follows goings-on in Drumbán, a rural village of rattled misfits. When a major Hollywood production rolls into town, a spotlight is thrown on a secret that has been kept hidden since the eve of the Millennium.
　　Hendricks (Mad Men) is playing Wendy Patterson, a local girl done good as a hot-shot television producer, who returns to her hometown from LA with the Hollywood production in tow, while House of the Dragon’s Considine is local doctor and pillar of the community Seamus Proctor.