故事讲述两个机器人授命在一个神秘星球抚育人类后代，随着宗教差异导致的分崩离析，机器人发现控制人类信仰是一件极度危险的事情。斯科特表示：“我一直在寻找科幻题材的新疆界，这部剧集将展现一个与众不同、充满想象力的世界，同时这部剧也提出了这样的问题：是什么让我们成为了人类？是什么构成了一个家庭？如果我们能重新来过、消除我们所在星球的混乱会怎么样？我们能幸存下去吗？我们能做得更好吗？”

学校里的风云人物劳拉，善于交际，热爱脸书。某日，劳拉与她在脸书上认识的女孩“玛丽娜”发生争执，怒而取关，玛丽娜自杀。从这时起，劳拉的好友开始离奇惨死。

Theo Abrams is an ex-Cape Town fireman suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Unable to return to work due to the psychological trauma sustained during a failed rescue mission, an increasingly frustrated and volatile Theo's world is rocked when one morning, he wakes up next to his wife's murdered corpse with no recollection of what transpired and all evidence suggesting that he's killed her. When the police label him as the prime suspect, Theo goes on the run, and is soon being hunted by Deputy Chief of Police, Alan Shard, a notoriously ruthless soldier of the law, who is hell-bent on catching Theo as one last act of service before he officially retires. However, when an unknown third party is thrown into the mix, Theo discovers an alarming connection between the sinister forces hunting him in an attempt to silence him permanently for a reason he can't comprehend; and a recent investigation his wife was conducting into a global armament contractor. When connecting the dots becomes a matter of life and death, Theo becomes embroiled in a desperate fight for survival and must figure out who really murdered his wife before a terrifying conspiracy changes the course of a nation forever.