一起连环凶杀案吸引了警长索恩(大卫·莫瑞瑟 David Morrissey 饰)的注意,这位穷凶极恶的凶手手中已经有了三条人命,然而,第四名受害者却侥幸逃过一死。警方和民众都认为这是凶手的百密一疏造就的结果。然而,可怕的是,没过多久,索恩就发现,犯错的不是凶手,而恰恰是自己,因为尽管保住了一命,但这位幸存者却无法提供任何情报。 几起在同一时间、使用同一手法在两个不同地点作案的谋杀案让警长索恩十分警觉,随着时间的推移,迷雾渐渐拨开,他发现,自己所要面对的并非仅仅一名嗜血残暴的杀人魔王,而是两个在暗地里相互勾结、相互鼓励的反社会分子。
警长索恩:贪睡鬼 (季节 1)
Sleepyhead Part 1 (集 1) 7.0
编剧: Jim Keeble
播出日期: 2010-10-10
运行时间: 49 min
概述: Three women are found murdered, their killer having induced them into having strokes. A fourth is still alive, and may be able to identify her assailant, except she is unable to communicate as she has been left with locked-in syndrome. DI Tom Thorne concludes that it was the killer's intention to leave his victims incapacitated, not dead.

Sleepyhead Part 2 (集 2) 8.0
编剧: Jim Keeble
播出日期: 2010-10-17
运行时间: 49 min
概述: Thorne is forced to conduct his investigation alone when Tughan dismisses his 'iocked-in' theory. He and Anne Coburn try to help Alison Willetts communicate. A woman who claims to have escaped the killer is attacked.

Sleepyhead Part 3 (集 3) 8.0
编剧: Jim Keeble
播出日期: 2010-10-24
运行时间: 49 min
概述: Thorne confronts Phil Hendricks and accuses him of murdering the three girls fifteen years ago.

Scaredycat Part 1 (集 4) 6.0
编剧: Jim Keeble
播出日期: 2010-10-31
运行时间: 49 min
概述: Two women have been murdered simultaneously near St Pancras station, but in different ways. When the connection is made with two past murders, months before but on the same day, Thorne realises that two serial killers are at work in a macabre partnership.

Scaredycat Part 2 (集 5) 5.0
编剧: Jim Keeble
播出日期: 2010-11-07
运行时间: 49 min
概述: One of the killers is caught after a failed attempt on the life of the son of another victim. He confesses to his crimes, but refuses to identify his partner. Thorne decides to free him in an attempt to force the other killer to come forward.

Scaredycat Part 3 (集 6) 5.0
编剧: Jim Keeble
播出日期: 2010-11-14
运行时间: 49 min
概述: Martin Palmer escapes from police custody and he and Nicklin resume their series of murders. Chen, desperate to prove herself, risks everything to catch the pair.

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