号称“史上最佳剧集”之一的《宋飞正传》,其知名度与受欢迎度毫不逊色于大部分国人熟知的经典喜剧《老友记》(《六人行》)。故事也是以纽约为背景,讲述四个曼哈顿年轻人的故事。故事围绕喜剧演员宋飞展开,主要人物有:自己演自己的杰瑞·宋飞、宋飞的多年老友乔治、宋飞的前女友伊莲,还有宋飞神叨叨的对门邻居克莱默。《宋飞正传》每集故事之间没有关联性,没有贯穿全剧的主题或者主线,主要情节就是讲述四个主人公的日常生活,巧妙地将笑料暗藏其中。编剧从小人物的视角出发,描绘出色的对白语言、演员精湛纯熟的演技以及美式无厘头的插科打诨,是该剧大获成功的原因。《宋飞正传》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,演职员获得数十个重要奖项或提名,Seinfeld和David也从中获得数亿美元的收入。2002年美国权威电视杂志《手指指南》(TV GUIDE)组织的“史上50部最佳剧集”(50 Greatest Shows of All Time)评选中本剧当仁不让名列第一。
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.