跨足全球的VALA企业透过威胁利诱勾结腐败贪婪的政府单位，成功在市面上释出一种未经测试的疫苗「Nh25」。为了维持家计的杰卡拉摩（克里斯多福古莫瑞斯饰）原本为邪恶的VALA企业卖命，却因缘际会成为背负使命决心复仇的「暗夜杀神」，誓言终结草菅人命的敛财疫苗继续散播，引来VALA召集一群唯利是图的佣兵死命追杀…究竟一心被仇恨蒙蔽的「暗夜杀神」能否坚守正义？超级英雄拯救世界是否是唯一的结局？

The series comprises adaptations of the works of Ruth Rendell, many of which are based on her extensive range of short stories. In some cases, the stories were expanded from Rendell's original material or elements from a number of stories were woven together into one episode. A smaller number of episodes were based on Rendell's full-length novels, e.g. Going Wrong, starring James Callis and Front Seat, starring Janet Suzman. There were a total of 48 episodes centring on the Detective Inspector Wexford stories, starring George Baker and Christopher Ravenscroft, and an additional 29 episodes did not feature Wexford.

When ‘Smiley’ takes over the Vala Drug Corporation, a masked vigilante, Rendel, will avenge the murder of his family.

A once famous and now a washed-up Hollywood screenwriter fighting to finish his latest script with an unrealistic deadline. He finds himself in the center of a murder investigation involving a prominent politician's wife. The surrounding events feed him inspiration for his script.

一位曾经声名远扬、如今却已没落的好莱坞编剧，正漫无止境地创作着他的最后一部剧本。在此期间，他意外卷入了一起杰出政治家妻子谋杀案的调查之中。随着对这起案件的深入探究，他的写作灵感如泉涌般不断涌现，于是他决定以这起案件为主线，完成自己的收官之作。

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