本剧集被评为“21世纪最伟大的剧集”,由Jerry Seinfeld和Larry David共同创意,1989年至1998年在NBC播出,总共180集。《宋飞正传》以纽约为背景,主要人物包括由Jerry Seinfeld本人饰演的喜剧演员“宋飞”Seinfeld、他的多年老友George(杰森·亚历山大 Jason Alexander 饰)、以及前女友Elaine(茱莉亚·路易斯-德瑞弗斯 Julia Louis-Dreyfus 饰)和对门邻居Kramer(迈克尔·理查兹 Michael Richards 饰)。
《宋飞正传》与其它情景喜剧最大的区别在于它是"A show about NOTHING",没有主题,没有主线。每集故事自成一体,主要情节即是四位主要人物的日常生活、工作、异性关系等等,笑料也在这其中铺设。然而这样一部about nothing的情景喜剧,却在播出之后立即得到了评论界和观众的一致好评与喜爱,收视率连年居高。2002年美国权威电视杂志《TV GUIDE》组织的"50 Greatest Shows of All Time"评选中,本剧排在第一位,而George和Kramer则名列"TV's Greatest Characters"。
After her bittersweet success in series one, Karen has been promoted to Detective Inspector and seemingly given the authority she has long been fighting for. Just as she’s getting into the swing of her powerful new role, she is assigned an infamous unsolved case that will put her under intense scrutiny; from her boss, from the media, and ultimately, from sinister forces that would rather the past stayed in the past.
The 1984 case of Catriona and Adam Grant has confounded investigators and intrigued the public like no other. Catriona, the charming young heiress to a vast oil fortune, and her two year old son Adam, were brutally kidnapped at gunpoint outside a fish and chip shop in Fife. The ransom notes that followed stirred up an uncontrollable press storm, but when the culprits fell silent, the police faltered, and Catriona and Adam were never seen again.
Now, a man’s body has been discovered, with indisputable links to the original kidnap. With the first piece of evidence in decades, Karen must assemble an unbeatable team alongside her sincere and lovable sidekick DC Jason ‘Mint’ and the brilliant – but romantically complicated – DS Phil Parhatka. With the international renown of the kidnap and the constant pressure from Catriona’s father, Sir Broderick Grant, the team take on the biggest challenge of their careers to date. As Karen delves deeper into what happened in the autumn of 1984, political grudges and painful secrets reveal themselves, and it soon becomes clear… the past is far from dead.