主人公Marcella Backland是一名年近40岁的女侦探，11年前因为结婚而离开了自己热爱的警察工作。Marcella的婚姻突然终结——她的丈夫Jason突然宣称自己不再爱她并快速离开了她——女儿又躲在寄宿学校里不肯见她，她只好回到既熟悉又陌生的大都会警署命案调查组重新探索自己的人生道路。上级立刻指派她调查一系列奇怪的谋杀案，这些新案件看起来与11年前发生的、始终未能侦破的多起谋杀案相似。Marcella早在2005年就曾调查过那些谋杀案，但因为当时她的第二个孩子不幸流产，悲伤的情绪严重影响了她的办案能力。或许是当年的凶手再次现身？或许是有人模仿作案？剧情将重点探索这名单身女侦探的心理世界，尤其是她处理一起有多名潜在嫌疑人和受害人的连环谋杀案时的心理世界。她的精神世界如此脆弱，她如何能很好地完成工作？她一心扑在工作上，就能找到她想要的答案吗？或者她的精神状态将把她引入更加危险的领域？另一方面，Marcella始终怀疑丈夫离开自己另有动机，于是在工作之余做了大量调查工作。糟糕的是，她的发现可能导致她更加心碎。
播出日期: 2018-02-19
运行时间: 47 min
概述: The discovery of a young boy's body sends Marcella and the team after a child killer.
播出日期: 2018-02-26
运行时间: 47 min
概述: Dr Fairclough tells Marcella that it might be a good idea to go back to the root cause of her blackouts - Juliet's cot death. But when she tries to relive that moment at her home, the resulting stress levels put her into another fugue state. Meanhile, the team is called out when the driver of a car abandons his vehicle after a fatal collision with a cyclist and police attending the scene open the boot to discover a body surrounded by the same stuffed toys found with Leo.
播出日期: 2018-03-05
运行时间: 47 min
概述: Marcella digs deep in her attempts to take down Phil Dawkins, but her dogged pursuit has tragic consequences, causing her to question everything. Meanwhile, her ongoing blackouts mean she has to face up to the threat of losing her children.
播出日期: 2018-03-12
运行时间: 46 min
概述: Adam gets away from the killer's prison but loses consciousness while trying to escape in the car of an elderly couple. Meanwhile, Marcella confronts Reg about a binder that was stolen from his house, while Phil sets his sights on the detective.
播出日期: 2018-03-19
运行时间: 47 min
概述: Kevin Hoffs and his blue lorry are found abandoned in a lay by. Leann informs Marcella that the lorry had been there for 36 hours. After analysing Adam's phone records, the team become aware that Adam had contacted the KidsCall helpline. Marcella heads there to retrieve the records and Maya is helpful despite both women having Tim Williamson in common. From Adam's records they see that he'd admitted to being abused by his father but his father has alibis for many incidents surrounding the case.
播出日期: 2018-03-26
运行时间: 46 min
概述: The arrest of Vince Whitman causes massive fallout between Tim and Marcella. Meanwhile, Postfeed24’s internet viral video leads the team to discover another body much closer to home.
播出日期: 2018-04-02
运行时间: 44 min
概述: Marcella heads to Nigel Stafford's house to question him. As she walks around the house she finds a small grave before heading inside the unlocked door. Inside she's confronted by Nigel, holding a knife.
播出日期: 2018-04-09
运行时间: 46 min
概述: Marcella has no time to lose as the killer has Edward. Following leads she races to the killer's house, but finds it empty except for a ringing phone. However, a premonition offers up clues, but can she get to her child before it is too late?
