简介：Ned (Lee Pace )开了家派店，通过接触死尸，使他的聪明有了用武之地。但是他的聪明才智却害得他与别人越发疏远，正如女服务员Olive Snook 所发现的。当私人侦探Emerson Cod 发现他的秘密后，他的生活就变得越发复杂、难以捉摸了。Emerson 说服爱财如命的Ned 帮他从死人口里套出杀死他们的凶手的名字以破谋杀案。 接着，Ned 接手处理一个永远改变他生活的案子。他童年的梦中情人 Charlotte在一艘船上 被杀害了。她的死迫使他重新回到他的家乡去侦破此案。但一旦和Chuck 重圆，Ned 却不能将她遣返。他帮她从她死去的阿姨Lily 和 Vivian 那逃了出来。 Chuck 成为Ned 和Emerson 的PI 公司的第三个合作伙伴，但她激励他们俩要用他们的聪明才智为善，而不只是为了盈利。Ned 能与他曾经深爱过的惟一女生重圆感到欣喜过望。除了一个可怕的事情外，生活将是美满非常——如果他将碰她一次，她就会再次死去，这次就永不复生了。 This romantic drama shows us the strange world of a man, Ned, who can bring dead people back to life through the power of his touch. The people he touches, however, can only stay alive for one minute, and if they don't die again, someone else nearby will die. Ned decides to use his ability to solve crime. He and a local investigator, Emerson, bring murder victims back to life and find out who killed them, to cash in on case-solving rewards. But, when Ned brings an old crush back to life, and decides to let her live, things start to get complicated...
