该剧由来自《迷失》的制片人组合J.J. Abrams和Bryan Burk打造。
纽约地铁上，几个小混混无端挑衅一个衣着褴褛的流浪汉，却不想被他狠狠收拾了一顿，众人全部被带回警局。警官卡特（塔拉吉·P·汉森 Taraji P. Henson 饰）对这个神秘的流浪汉充满兴趣，正当调查处一丝线索，不想流浪汉竟然被人保释。原来流浪汉是一个曾经接受过中央情报局特殊训练的特工里瑟（詹姆斯·卡维泽 James Caviezel 饰），而保释他的则是拥有无限的财富的富翁芬奇（迈克尔·爱默生 Michael Emerson 饰）。芬奇曾为政府研发了一种可识别罪犯犯罪意识的程序，却被政府认为大材小用而关闭了一部分程序。而现在芬奇希望借助里瑟的能力和这一套程序进行“法外执法”，维持正义、制止犯罪
Gilang is an extra actor who has been in the film industry for 10 years. Gilang always gives too much extra effort so he is blacklisted by many directors and casting directors. Excessive effort makes Gilang always run out of money to invest in his extra roles. Gilang loves a Citra award actress named Rachel Hesington. Unfortunately, Rachel is dating a rising actor, Kevin Sumitro. Kevin is the son of a wealthy businessman named Mr. Nedy Sumitro. Mr. Chen, a mining entrepreneur, kidnaps Kevin and asks for a ransom of 100 billion. The kidnapping incident occurs at the shooting location. In the confusion, Kevin is kidnapped. The kidnapper thinks Gilang is Kevin. So Gilang and Rachel are also kidnapped. The director is also kidnapped. As the story progresses, Gilang manages to overcome all the obstacles that block him, using the knowledge he learned when he was an extra in many films.
Saad, a young Moroccan illegal immigrant, is planning a perilous journey to Canada with Reza, his Iranian lover. In Montreal, Saad is called upon to save his beloved from certain deportation to Iran, where inevitable punishment awaits.
