故事开始于遥远的1642年，士兵约翰（尼可拉·科斯特-瓦尔道 Nikolaj Coster-Waldau 饰）跟随着军队在荷兰驻扎，在此期间，他意外地救下了一位印第安女郎，为了报答约翰的救命之恩，女郎在他的身上施下了神秘的魔法，那就是约翰将拥有无止境的青春和生命，直到他遇见命中注定的爱情。 就这样，漫长的三百年过去了，在此期间，约翰可谓是目睹了整个世界的巨变。漫长的生命带来的是无尽的孤独，尽管也曾有过美女相伴，但那个约翰命中注定的爱情，似乎还未出现。如今，约翰是一名警察，在一次追捕嫌犯的过程中，约翰竟然心脏病突发而亡，复活之后，心中异样的情感告诉约翰，他几百年来想要寻找的那个人，就在当时的人群之中。
播出日期: 2008-03-04
运行时间: 45 min
概述: John Amsterdam - a brilliant New York homicide detective who's also an immortal being. John will only start aging once he finds his true love which hasn't happened for the past 400 years of his life. John's homicide partner is a woman named Eva Marquez. The only person who knows John's secret of immortality is Omar, who also happens to have his own secret safe with John. John escapes death when he finds himself investigating the murder of a socialite who is somehow connected to his past.
播出日期: 2008-03-06
运行时间: 45 min
概述: John and Eva investigate the suspicious death of a student at a prestigious New York City private school which leads to the revelation of a twisted "affair." One of John's biggest secrets is revealed, following a flashback to 1941.
播出日期: 2008-03-10
运行时间: 45 min
概述: A homeless Gulf War veteran confesses to the grisly murder of a controversial psychiatrist, but Amsterdam is skeptical. While reviewing the psychiatrist's soon-to-be published book, Amsterdam contemplates the reliability of memories and the reasons people bury them. Could the motive for this murder lie in the psychiatrist's own research? The murder also brings Amsterdam closer to finding "the one" who he believes will unlock his heart and make him mortal. Though he's certain the sparks he feels are real, he encounters the unexpected.
播出日期: 2008-03-17
运行时间: 45 min
概述: John Amsterdam is called in to investigate the rape of an Indian supermodel, Amartya Vikram, who is reluctant to testify against her attacker. She finally does so over the objections of her conservative family, but the rapist, Phillip Long, is freed on a technicality. After Long apparently murders Amartya for revenge, John must ensure the killer is brought to justice while dealing with memories of his own past and another time he confronted a rapist.
播出日期: 2008-03-24
运行时间: 45 min
概述: John alongside Eva investigates the case of homeless man who died of overdose. The best friend of the homeless man believes it was a homicide. While searching the belongings of the dead homeless man, John gets hold of an expensive guitar in his locker. In the meanwhile, John remembers when he was an addict and entered a 12-step program in 1964 after being drunk too many times.
播出日期: 2008-03-31
运行时间: 45 min
概述: John and Eva investigate the murder of bullet-ridden body found in Chinatown. However, the body looks similar to Amsterdam's lost son from the 1900s, Roosevelt.
播出日期: 2008-04-07
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Andy Gleason, John's first partner on the force, is dying of leukemia brought on by a bullet wound fired by an unseen shooter. He asks John to bring his killer to justice due to his weakened condition. The investigation brings John into contact with the Russian Mafia while he flashes back to how he got started as a police detective.
播出日期: 2008-04-14
运行时间: 45 min
概述: Eva investigates the case of a woman who apparently drowned, alongside John who is recovering from a gunshot wound. The death is apparently related to robberies of wealthy men linked to a dating service. In the meanwhile, John looks back at his life in the 1920s, when he committed fraud and stole an expensive diamond pendant from his lover. Also, John wants to be sure if Sara is his true love, who can convert him to a mortal. But John is unwilling to hurt her feelings by keeping secrets about his past to himself, and as a result, decides to back away from the growing relationship between the two.
