Patrick Jane is a celebrity psychic whose wife and child are viciously murdered by an elusive serial killer called Red John. Devastated, Patrick admits his paranormal act is fake, renounces his earlier life and uses his astonishing skills of observation and analysis - talents that made him appear psychically gifted - to bring killers to justice. At crime scenes across California, Patrick now helps an elite team of detectives break their toughest cases. But no matter how many criminals he catches, Patrick never forgets his central goal: Find Red John. And bring him down.

California Bureau of Investigation consultant Patrick Jane has a blatant lack of protocol but is self-assured and driven. The former "psychic" uses his talent for seeing the clues everyone else misses to solve the most baffling crimes. But there's more than crime: Lisbon and Cho reveal hints about their troubled pasts. Violence fells one CBI boss, and the new boss seems more interested in authority than teamwork. And as the Van Pelt-Rigsby relationship heats up, it threatens to cool down their careers.

公元前52年，罗马共和国正值鼎盛时期，执政官庞贝（里克•沃登 Rick Warden 饰）坐守都城，盟友凯撒（塞伦•希德 Ciarán Hinds 饰）征战高卢。期间，第13军团屡立战功，主将乌里纳斯（凯文•马克德 Kevin McKidd 饰）有勇有谋，手下波罗（雷•史蒂文森 Ray Stevenson 饰）虽嗜酒如命，却忠肝义胆。适逢凯撒得胜，屋大维遵母命赴前线慰问，不想途中遭劫，被经过的乌里纳斯和波罗救下。13军团凯旋，乌里纳斯与阔别8年的妻子相见，却各怀心事。波罗偶然间发现了乌里纳斯妻子红杏出墙的事实，为了保护长官的名誉，波罗在屋大维的帮助下，逼出了真相。凯撒准备独揽大权，一直等待时机。庞贝看出了他的野心，与元老院众人商议，其中以西塞罗为首的贵族势力，坚持认为凯撒为共和国叛徒，应诛杀之。而此时，凯撒的大将安东尼（杰姆斯•鲍弗 James Purefoy 饰）接任了护民官，与庞贝一伙展开周旋……

公元前52年，罗马共和国建立400年后，罗马已经成为世界上最富有的城市，是拥有100万人口的世界性大都市，也是雏形中的帝国的中心。罗马共和国是建立在分享权利和激烈的个人竞争的基础上的，从来不允许搞个人独裁。但这些共和国的原则基石正在腐败的弥漫和道德的沦丧下逐渐崩溃。统治阶级穷奢极欲、挥霍无度，传统的斯巴达人的戒律和团结已经荡然无存。