上一季结尾,弗兰西斯·安德伍德(凯文·史派西 Kevin Spacey 饰)的真实目的逐渐显露出来,老谋深算的他有条不紊将副总统的职位攫到自己手中,并着手扶持杰姬·夏普(莫莉·帕克 Molly Parker 饰)竞选党鞭,展开对总统加勒特·沃克(迈克·吉尔 Michael Gill 饰)的全面围捕。生活中,弗兰克对克莱尔(罗宾·怀特 Robin Wright 饰)温情脉脉,夫妻二人的关系升华到新的阶段。而对于胆敢威胁到自己的人,他则毫不留情地予以抹杀,即便是曾亲手调教出来的佐伊·巴恩斯(凯特·玛拉 Kate Mara 饰),一旦羽翼丰满妄图振翅高飞,也只有丧身殒命,成为可悲的政治牺牲品。
不见硝烟的政坛战争仍在继续,尔虞我诈的官场,谈笑间灰飞烟灭……
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.