A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.

The series was inspired by real-life Irish American brothers from the Irish neighborhood of South mingtian6.com Boston: James "Whitey" Bulger, Jr., a gangster who has been on the F.B.I.'s Most Wanted List for 10 years as a fugitive from justice, and Senator William Bulger (known as "Billy"), a powerful state politician who was President of the Massachusetts Senate and later president of the University of Massachusetts higher educational system.
故事发生在美国罗德岛州首府 Provindence 的海港, 风化的排房, 斑驳的拖船, 那里的爱尔兰裔社区, 被称作"the Hill", 旧时的江湖道义还潜移默化地影响着这个强悍的蓝领阶层. Caffee 兄弟的亲情在道德深渊边摇摇欲坠, 与亚当之子该隐与亚伯的手足之争相似.
Tommy Caffee 的野心和手段让他同时周旋在地下交易和Providence的政坛, 为了维护"the Hill", 不择手段. 但是他复杂的家庭和职业都将被颠覆, 因为他黑道弟弟 Mike 将回归，重掌"the Hill"的黑社会.
夹在两兄弟尔虞我诈之间的, 是他们的母亲 Rose, 她为两个儿子骄傲, 但选择无视 Mike 的劣迹.
Tommy的妻子Eileen, 全心支持丈夫, 同时担心家人的安全会受到Mike的威胁.
当地的黑社会老大 Freddie Cork, 当两兄弟你争我斗之时, 在一旁虎视耽耽.
磨拳擦掌的警官 Declan Giggs 也把 Tommy 和 Mike 当作他建功立业的战利品.

USA将在《机器人先生》（Mr. Robot）季终集后播出《落梦若水》的特别预览，也就是完整的首集。该剧正式首播是在10月13日。这是电视编剧Henry Bromell（2013年3月去世）生前开发的最后一批项目之一。Blake Masters和《行尸走肉》的执行制片人Gale Anne Hurd参与制片，Juan Carlos Fresnadillo担任导演，剧本由Blake Masters和Henry Bromell（在世时）共同创作。该剧被描述成一部「离奇古怪、令人费解」的悬疑剧，「现实与人的潜意识相互交织」……没错，它在某种程度上有点像《盗梦空间》。

A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob -- the very organization the two men believe they have been stealing money from.