剧集依然探讨柏拉图式友情的内在运作方式。

　　本片曾获得99年澳洲电影金像奖最佳影片/导演/原著剧本/男配角/剪接…等十一项提名，由澳洲男演员希斯莱杰(Heath Ledger)片中饰演主角吉米。一个充满屎蛋风格的笨拙黑色喜剧。
　　
　　19岁的吉米(Heath Ledger)是个涉世未深的街头混混，原本在脱衣舞娘酒馆当保镖，因缘际会认识了甜美忧伤的雅丽媞(Rose Byrne)，纯真的爱情就此发酵。
　　
　　然而，吉米因为答应镇上黑帮毒虫老大旁多一件差事，途中却因两个半路杀出的贼小孩，差点丢了性命。吉米的决定、两个小孩的未来…导演用超现实阴阳交错多轨的叙事情境说故事。究竟是福是祸，上帝与魔鬼，邪恶与纯真的界线在哪里？吉米最后该如何决定摆脱命运呢？

　　1959年，美国马塞诸塞州列辛顿威廉道斯小学，该校即将迎来校庆日，小女孩露辛达•安伯利（Lara Robinson 饰）提出的创意为校长所采纳。校庆日时，学生们将画下自己对未来的设想，并集中放入金属时间囊中埋入地下，准备50年后重新开启。校庆日之后，举止怪异的露辛达用鲜血在墙上写下奇怪文字，并向老师提出警告。
　　2009年，威廉道斯小学再次迎来校庆日，被埋藏地下50年之久的时间囊重见天日。小男孩凯勒（Chandler Canterbury 饰）得到露辛达的信，上面没有任何图画，整页布满毫无规律可言的数字。凯勒的父亲约翰（尼古拉斯•凯奇 Nicolas Cage 饰）夜晚研究这些数字，竟发现这是一组具有预言性的密码。文中的数字清楚记录了世界上过去50年所发生的各种灾难。除此之外，这组数字还包括了接下来将发生的重大灾难……

　　Three months after the Frobisher settlement, Patty is concentrating on establishing a charitable foundation when an old boyfriend, named Daniel Purcell, contacts her and entangles her in a new case involving corporate fraud and greed. Meanwhile, Ellen continues working with the FBI to destroy Patty, but she becomes more rash and impatient as she continues to set up her appearances to hide her rage behind fabricated grief in the wake of David's murder. Elsewhere, Arthur Frobisher is revealed to have survived the assassination attempt and is recovering in seclusion as he plots his next move against all the people whom he felt wronged him.

　　Almost a year has passed since Ellen Parsons left Hewes and Associates. She is now working in the District Attorney's office and is dealing with a fairly important drug case, trying to get a dealer to reveal the identity of his supplier. Patty Hewes is now acting on behalf of a group of investors trying to recover money they had entrusted to Louis Tobin and who, it turns out, was running a Ponzi scheme. With billions of dollars unaccounted for, Patty is trying to find any funds that may have been hidden by the Tobin family. Patty and Ellen have had no contact since her departure but Patty has been reluctant to re-assign her office, convinced that Ellen will return. She even sends her an expensive handbag. Ellen wants nothing to do with her however and when she thinks Patty may be interfering with her drug case, tells her she doesn't need any help. She also tells her that any secrets she may have are perfectly safe. In a flash-forward 6 months into the future, Patty Hewes is in a serious accident when another car broadsides her vehicle in an intersection. The occupant of the other vehicle has fled but it is registered to someone she knows.

　　Three years have passed since Patty and Ellen last worked together. Ellen reconnects with her high school friend, Chris Sanchez, who has recently returned from a stint at High Star, a private contractor in the Middle East. Unable to get assistance from the corporation or the government, Ellen decides to look into his case. Both her new boss and Patty warn Ellen about building a case against High Star Security Corp.

　　芭迪（格伦·克洛斯 Glenn Close 饰）经营着自己的律师事务所，她招募了初出茅庐的艾伦（萝丝·拜恩 Rose Byrne 饰）作为自己的搭档，两人向未知的命运发起了挑战。艾伦即将和男友大卫（诺亚·比恩 Noah Bean 饰）订婚，正当她沉浸在幸福气息中之时，名叫汤姆（泰特·多诺万 Tate Donovan 饰）的资深律师出现在了她的身边成为了她的“职业导师”，随着时间的发展，艾伦发现自己似乎陷入了麻烦之中。
　　接受了顾客的委托，芭迪以腐败之罪名向名叫阿瑟（特德·丹森 Ted Danson 饰）的知名总裁发起了进攻，受到了攻击的阿瑟自然不会罢休，他请来了传说中无往不胜的律师雷（齐杰洛·艾文克 Zeljko Ivanek 饰），打算动用自己的权利和财产给予芭迪全力的反击。

　　Already on opposite sides of Michael Hewes's custody suit against his mother, Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) prepare to face off in court after a cyber-hacker's revelations about insider trading expose damaging personal information that push an informant over the edge.

　　安妮（奎文赞妮·瓦利斯 Quvenzhané Wallis 饰）从小就被父母抛弃，然而，乐观坚强的她一直都相信着，自己的父母总有一天会回来同她相认。安妮生活在汉尼根小姐（卡梅隆·迪亚茨 Cameron Diaz 饰）的家中，在那里，日子算不上好过，然而，这并没能浇灭安妮对于生活的热情和对于未来的希望。
　　威尔（杰米·福克斯 Jamie Foxx 饰）是一名富有的商人，野心勃勃的他决心竞选纽约市长。在副总裁格蕾丝（萝丝·拜恩 Rose Byrne 饰）和竞选顾问盖伊（鲍比·坎纳瓦尔 Bobby Cannavale 饰）的怂恿之下，威尔做出了一个惊人的决定——收养安妮，企图依靠这一举动来为自己赢得更高的支持率。然而，古灵精怪的安妮哪会乖乖听从他的摆布呢？