The series was inspired by real-life Irish American brothers from the Irish neigThe series was inspired by real-life Irish American brothers from the Irish neighborhood of South 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.故事生在美国罗德岛州首府 Provindence 的海港, 风化的排房, 班驳的拖船, 那儿那边的爱尔兰裔社区, 被称作"the Hill", 旧时的江湖道义还耳濡目染地影响着这个刁悍的蓝领阶级. Caffee 兄弟的亲情在操行深渊边安如泰山, 与亚当之子该隐与亚伯的手足之争类似. Tommy Caffee 的野心跟手段让他同时周旋在地下买卖跟Providence的政坛, 为了保护"the Hill", 不择手段. 但是他宏大年夜的家庭跟职业都将被颠覆, 因为他黑道弟弟 Mike 将回回,重掌"the Hill"的黑社会.夹在两兄弟钩心斗角之的, 是他们的母亲 Rose, 她为两个儿子骄傲, 但抉择忽视 Mike 的劣迹. Tommy的老婆Eileen, 全心支撑丈夫, 同时担心家人的安然会遭到Mike的威胁. 外地的黑社会垂老 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 跟 Mike 算作他破功破业的战利品.详情