电视剧的蓝本来自于著名作家H.G. Bissinger的小说《Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream》,小说曾获普利策文学奖,讲述了在Texas一支高中橄榄球队Odessa-Permian Panthers在1988赛季比赛的真实故事,故事里的教练、球员及他们的经历都是真实的。
A ship carrying a band of black-marketeers, including a beautiful woman, eludes police after a battle at sea and lands on a remote island where a marine meteorological observatory is stationed. They take over the observatory but tragedy ensues as a violent typhoon approaches the island.