Tom Parfitt（Michael Palin）是一位八十多岁的老人，独自生活在一座约克郡小镇亚裔社区的排屋内。他突然回忆起一个溺水的陌生人被冲到海岸上的奇怪情景。从此以后，无论Tom做任何事，这个人就会像鬼魂一样出现在他眼前。很快，其他人也相继受到影响。

　　As Leo's replacement Thomas Chamberlain arrives Nikki investigates the murders of Rachel Freedman, shot in the head, and her little autistic son Nathan, who was poisoned. Nikki rejects policewoman Anne Burchett's theory that Rachel killed them both but is perturbed when an impostor, claiming to be Rachel's sister, visits the morgue. At the same time the disfigured corpse of Eva Liron is discovered, killed with the same poison as Nathan. She had been the nanny to French hot shot footballer Isaac Dreyfus and was planning to blackmail him over a sex tape of them both. Jewish Isaac is a controversial figure due to his anti-Muslim sentiments but he denies ant part in the murders. Then another victim, Isaac's agent Mousa, is discovered dead.