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 In State of Fear, the members of the Brotherhood face a critical moment when their main leaders are transferred to maximum-security prisons, threatening the group’s stability. Elisa (Camilla Damião), the 18-year-old daughter of Edson (Seu Jorge), founder of the Brotherhood, was raised on the periphery of crime and is kidnapped by corrupt police officers. As her aunt Cristina (Naruna Costa) tries to rescue her, the gang orders the “State of Fear,” a wave of violent attacks against police stations and security forces that plunges the city of São Paulo into chaos. In the midst of the turmoil, Elisa and Cristina grapple with dilemmas of justice and violence as the choices of the past and present collide to shape their destinies.

　　邪恶的克劳博士（托尼·马丁 Tony Martin 饰）锒铛入狱，令将他捉拿归案的G神探（弗伦奇·斯图尔特 French Stewart 饰）名声大噪。然而好景不长，G神探发现，随着时间的推移，自己身上的很多机能都发生了故障，因而惹出了一大堆的麻烦，G神探遭到了连连降职。
　　祸不单行，克劳博士越狱成功，正在酝酿更大的阴谋，想要把整个城市都毁于一旦。为了阻止悲剧的发生，市长设计出了新型机器人G2神探（伊莲·亨德里克斯 Elaine Hendrix 饰），这位精明强干，巾帼不让须眉的机器人小姐很快就抢了G神探的风头。为了维护自己的地位，G神探只得假装和G2神探搞好关系，两人联手追踪着克劳博士的踪迹。

　　Akil (KIL), a quiet and depressed young man sees suicide as an solution though he never succeeds in pulling it off. A chance encounter brings him face to face with the "Life Action Bureau" or LAB, an organization that will help him end his life. But after being bound to LAB's terms and conditions, he meets pretty and vivacious Zara with whom he eventually falls in love with and gives him a reason to live. The new Akil who embraces life must now race against time to undo what he has set in motion before he gets killed.

　　安娜·威尔斯 Anne Welles：外表庄严秀丽内心却情感丰富的女主角，一生渴望获得真爱，而不是委屈于被爱；年轻时甩掉钻石王老五，临近中年时甩掉化妆品公司董事，好友詹妮弗自杀，与闺蜜妮丽反目成仇，可最还被花心的初恋情人莱昂·伯克伤透了心。（电影版由芭芭拉·帕金斯饰演）原型是小说作者杰·苏珊本人。
　　妮丽·奥哈拉 Neely O'Hara：17岁来到纽约打拼认识了安妮，一次偶然的机会她登上舞台一举成名，但随之而来的不仅是名利，还伴随着兴奋剂，安眠药，与同性恋老公离婚之后发疯进了疯人院，出院后东山再起却缠上了好友安妮的老公莱昂，再一次走向自我毁灭。（电影版由帕蒂·杜克主演）原型是朱迪·加兰。
　　詹妮弗·诺斯 Jennifer North：小说里最喜欢的人物，外貌性感靓丽却不失清纯，内心善良与人为善，可惜遇人不淑，她也是第一个服用“红娃娃”的女演员，王子、歌星、制片人直至议会议员，却没有一个人真心实意的爱她，最终因为癌症自杀永别于世。（电影版由莎朗·塔特主演）原型是玛丽莲·梦露。
　　海伦·劳逊 Helen Lawson：满口粗话却主宰百老汇的女明星，自私自利到头来只换来空虚寂寞。（电影版由苏珊·海沃德主演）

　　Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date. When Susan's meddling mother interrupts and injures herself. Steve is left to take care of her and when he meets an old flame in the elevator--Susan's mother takes the opportunity to break-up their marriage. She convinces Susan that Steve is cheating on her-Susan files for divorce. Steve has one solution to save his marriage...Pretend he is insane. Written by Kelly