在2016美国总统大选进入白热化阶段之际,第一夫人克莱尔(罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰)与丈夫弗兰西斯·安德伍德(凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰)走向决裂,谋求政治上的新发展,弗兰西斯接连败阵,焦头烂额。雪上加霜的是,先驱报记者卢卡斯·古德温(塞 巴斯蒂安·阿塞勒斯 Sebastian Arcelus 饰)假释出狱,铤而走险刺杀安德伍德,使美国陷入空前危机。但是这次枪击案意外弥合了安德伍德夫妇之间的裂缝,也导致强敌邓巴退出大选。一波未平,一波又起。极具明星光环的共和党候选人威尔·康威(乔尔·金纳曼 Joel Kinnaman 饰)强势登场,克莱尔寻求副总统席位,恐怖分子制造绑架事件,更有媒体对安德伍德历年涉及的脏事展开深挖掘。
为了保住现有的一切,站在民主和自由荣光下的总统不惜制造恐怖与战争……
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.