Like Fritz Lang, David Fincher or Bong Joon Ho before him, talented debut filmmaker Lado Kvataniya uses the concept of police detective vs serial killer for an excitingly stylised, macabre and haunting narrative, that ultimately revolves around the identity of an era: in this case, the late 1980s Soviet Union. With Glasnost and the end of communist rule, the West also learned of the (unsurprising) fact that there were serial killers in Russia too – the most notorious case probably that of Andrei Chikatilo, nicknamed the Rostov Ripper, or the Russian Hannibal Lecter.　　Based on these and many other sources, Kvataniya and screenwriter Olga Gorodetskaya constructed an immersive psychological puzzle, jumping back and forth in time, to reveal ever new-possible motives for the actions of all the protagonists. It all starts in 1990, when Detective Issa Davydov is celebrating his promotion and receives a call, reporting a crime that looks precisely like the ones of the serial killer that he famously captured some years before ...

　　二战时期，一批美国战俘被关押在德军的监狱里，故事就发生在17号监狱（Stalag 17）。有两名囚犯想要越狱，却被德军所杀，监狱里的囚犯们开始怀疑他们其中有人出卖了他们。大家都把嫌疑集中在一个人身上——狡猾的Sefton（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden 饰）身上。Sefton虽然也是个囚犯，但他靠组织“赛马”、卖酒还有出租望远镜赚了不少钱。不久，一位美国中尉Dunbar（Don Taylor 饰）被抓进狱中。他在法兰克福火车站制造了爆炸案炸死了不少德军。然而此事随即被德军军官Oberst von Scherbach（奥托·普雷明格 Otto Preminger 饰）所获悉。Sefton被认为就是那个泄露了消息的内奸，挨了一顿揍。然而他依旧宣称自己是无辜的。Dunbar即将被纳粹军处死。到底谁才是真正的内奸？到底中尉Dunbar能否逃过一劫？　　本片主演威廉·霍尔登获1954年奥斯卡影帝，导演比利·怀尔德也获得最佳导演提名。

　　费里尼拍摄了另一部自传性很强的电影《朱丽叶与魔鬼》，在这部电影里，费里尼过分追求求神秘主义的梦境空间，在影片里极尽详能的描述描写一个资产阶级的女人遭到丈夫的欺骗，精神迷惘，陷于离奇古怪的幻觉，最后终于清醒的故事。虽然费里尼和茱莉埃妲两人携手共度一生，而且费里尼也从来没有传出与其他女人的诽闻，但是我想所有对费里尼非常熟悉的影迷都不相信费里尼从没有出轨的行为。尤其在看了这部电影之后，因为在费里尼的电影中充分的表现出费里尼是一个性欲旺盛且对女人充满遐想的导演，他甚至在他的男人外遇只是把自己的性器官借给别人用一下罢了，并没有出卖自己的灵魂。或者这正是费里尼的迷人之处吧，他永远是神秘的，让人无法捉摸的。

　　正要赶往伦敦完婚的凯莉（Margaret Lockwood）因雪崩被困在山下的小旅馆里，偶遇摄影记者康德（Michael Redgrave），两个人因小事发生争执，第二天大家各自赶路，却登上了同一列火车。　　在车上凯莉与一名老妇人佛洛伊（Dame May Whitty）结伴，彼此照料。然而凯莉因头部被撞，恍惚中沉沉睡去，待她醒来，老妇人不见了。四处寻找佛洛伊，却不见她的踪影，凯莉只好报警。出乎意料的是同车厢的每个人都说没见过什么老妇人，陷入困惑的凯莉再次遇到康德。康德相信凯莉，也感到事有蹊跷，两人渐渐和好，一起展开了调查。

　　贾姬（苏珊·萨兰登 Susan Sarandon饰）是路克（艾德·哈里斯 Ed Harris饰）的前任妻子。她为他生下一对儿女，精心操持家务，却终因性格不合而宣告婚姻失败。离婚三年来，儿女一直由贾姬和路克轮番照料，生活倒也波澜不惊，直到女摄影师伊莎贝尔（朱莉娅·罗伯茨 Julia Roberts饰）和路克堕入情网，矛盾开始繁衍激化。　　伊莎贝尔搬到路克家来，一心一意要做一个合格的继母。即使她没有多少持家经验，但还是设法和孩子们快乐相处，让他们接受自己。事与愿违，在孩子的心中，谁也无法替代生母贾姬的地位。而贾姬的心情更是复杂。她已经身患癌症，当然盼望有个好继母照顾孩子。可是，妒嫉心却让她不愿看到伊莎贝尔和孩子们情如骨肉。病症一天天恶化，心理挣扎的贾姬，终于有了令人释怀的决定。

　　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.

　　根据尚未出版的小说《Dissident》改编。美国近年来加紧对网络进行控制，成立了一支人数众多的「网军」，并于2009年组建了「美国网络战指挥部」（US Cyber Command），本剧便描述其中一个特别小组的故事。主人公是一名有特殊天赋的探员，他的大脑中植入了一枚微芯片，令其能在有效距离之内接收或控制所有电磁频谱。为了发挥他的威力，「网络战指挥部」专门组建了一个行动小组来配合他开展工作。Josh Holloway扮演退役的海军海豹突击队队员Gabriel Black，现在是这个小组的核心——那枚特殊的微芯片就安装在他的大脑中。Michael Rady扮演小组成员Jameson，是一个经验丰富的调查员。James Martinez扮演身强体壮的联邦探员Gonzo Sanchez。Marg Helgenberger扮演网络战指挥部的负责人Lillian。James Martinez扮演好斗的联邦调查员Gonzo Sanchez。Meghan Ory扮演前特勤处特工Riley O’Neil，以前负责保护总统，现在负责保护美国最有价值的情报「资产」。依据CBS的描述，Meghan Ory的角色为该剧的一号女主角。P.J. Byrne扮演计算机科学家Nelson，负责为Gabriel和Lillian提供技术支持。他的父亲是一个有名的计算机天才，他渴望依靠自己的努力获得成功，而不是永远生活在父亲的阴影下。John Billingsley扮演William Crispin博士，是神经系统计算领域（Computational neuroscience）的权威专家。该剧和CBS热门剧集《疑犯追踪》（Person Of Interest）有些类似：带有一点科幻味道，但本质上是一部单元类型的罪案调查剧（一集解决一个案件）。

　　罗蕾莱（劳伦·格拉汉姆 Lauren Graham 饰）未婚先孕，年仅十六岁便生下了女儿洛瑞（阿丽克西斯·布莱德尔 Alexis Bledel 饰），为此，她不惜与母亲艾米丽（Kelly Bishop 饰）和父亲理查德（爱德华·赫曼 Edward Herrmann 饰）决裂，离开了富有的家庭，靠着自己的倔强和努力独自抚养女儿。　　时间流逝如同白驹过隙，如今，洛瑞已然成为了亭亭玉立的漂亮姑娘，罗蕾莱亦步入中年，幸运的是，独特的成长环境和极小的年龄差距反而让洛瑞和母亲之间宛如朋友，相处起来轻松又自然，同时，品学兼优的洛瑞拥有着考入哈佛大学新闻系的远大理想。亲情，友情，爱情，成长，在每一个人的生命里都留下了无法磨灭的印记。