道格拉斯与麦德琳是一个当红时事节目的主持人。麦德琳年轻又精明，而道格拉斯则是备受尊崇的中年男子。但由于一则推文声称道格拉斯在近期的一场婚礼上开了一个带有性别歧视的玩笑，道格拉斯的生活就此分崩离析。在编辑托比、妻子希拉与经纪人班特利的协助之下，道格拉斯试图挽救他的职业生涯。他是否真的有错？抑或是“封杀”文化之下的受害者？而他的共同主持人麦德琳又是如何被卷入这一切？
皮佐法科尼的警局陷入一片混乱，四名涉嫌贩毒的特工被撤职，警局必须在年底度过难关，但偏偏有人挑战局势，卷入一起谋杀案...
FU正式成为了首相，他面临的是女王去世，新王登基，新王依靠数位激进秘书智囊，雄心勃勃地希望能够推行“让我帮帮忙”计划，积极参与到社会福利政策实践中去，这与FU一成不变的政治心态正面冲突。而旧“女儿”的消失，又会有新的“女儿”出现，帮助FU，接近FU，利用并且被利用FU。S作为多年党鞭助理，升任党主席，面临新的职位，必然希望能够成为下一个FU，野心带来危险，也带来机遇，他的手头虽然不如FU那样拥有最高权力，但依然拥有一道秘密杀手锏。FU在四面楚歌之中，如何保全自己，壮大自己，控制全局。
A year after her murder, the police re-open the case of Yvonne Harrison when they receive an anonymous letter implicating a burglar, Harry Repp, who is about to be released from prison. Supt. Strange assigns the case to DS Lewis, who is chafing at the bit awaiting his promotion to Inspector. Morse has been ill and has only just returned to work. He steps on Lewis' toes by involving himself in the case, but as the body count rises, Morse finds himself in charge of investigating a woman who had many affairs with many different men. When he learns that the dead men were in possession of large amount of cash, he suspects they were blackmailing her murderer.
Determined to help Liz keep a man for once, Jack meddles in her burgeoning relationship with Carol. At home, he also struggles to compromise with Avery as she redecorates his apartment. Meanwhile, Tracy Jordan has trouble coming to grips with Kenneth's termination as a page and Jenna becomes TGS' newest producer.
《零日风暴》向所有人提出了一个问题：如果世界变得危机四伏，就像已被我们无法控制的力量撕裂，我们该如何找到真相？而在一个阴谋论和诡计盛行的时代，这些力量中有多少是我们自己造成的，甚至是我们自己想象出来的？
