Many criminals made the mistake of underestimating Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide investigator with a crumpled trench-coat and a beat-up car, who certainly acted as an incompetent bumbler. But he was so polite to every suspect, and he talked so much about his wife (who we never got to see on any episode, but who many believe later had her own show, starring Kate Mulgrew, later of Star Trek: Voyager fame) that he lulled even the shrewdest murderer into a false sense of security. And although the audience had witnessed the murder in the beginning of each episode, it was still a surprise to see what mistakes the killers had made during the seemingly perfect murder.
2009年，世界突发异状，本意长眠地下的死者突然复生，自此丧尸肆虐横行，死者众多。为了保护自身安全，人类成立志愿军向丧尸宣战。而相关药物的开发则宣告这场灾难的结束。丧尸从此被称作“部分死亡综合症患者”，通过药物注射他们得以找回作为人的记忆和情感，并慢慢回归社会。青年吉伦·沃克（卢克·纽伯里 Luke Newberry 饰）曾是丧尸中的一员，他满怀期待与父母家人见面，然而家乡充满了不安气氛。虽然志愿军早已解散，但他所在的诺顿村民风彪悍，思想保守，坚决反对任何回归者，而吉伦最疼爱的妹妹洁迈玛（哈丽特·肯斯 Harriet Cains 饰）正是当地志愿军的一员。 漫漫回家路，期间所承受的痛苦远甚于每日的药物注射和非人时期的残酷回忆。吉伦开始了另一种形式的战斗……
《鹰眼》剧集计划推出衍生剧！聚焦即将在《鹰眼》中登场的新角色「回声」。 「回声」原名玛雅·洛佩兹，登场于《夜魔侠》漫画，是一位失聪的美国土著，能够完美模仿别人的动作。剧中由新人演员阿拉夸·考克斯饰演。 漫画中的「回声」拥有过“浪人”称号，也与夜魔侠和反派金并有很多关联。玛雅与「夜魔侠」马特·默多克关系密切，也曾是恋人。而她的父亲死于金并之手，父亲离世前在她脸上留下了血手印，这也是后来她在面部画上掌印的原因。但金并用谎言蒙蔽了她，收养了她并培养成一名杀手。
