Stories of influential families with international struggles for power, fraud, betrayal, arrests, revenge and murder. They look like elements from a cinema classic, but they have been linked to everyday life in Rio de Janeiro for years. This is the underworld of Jogo do Bicho, a practice prohibited by law, but which is organized as a business worth millions, divided by territories, headed by representatives of powerful family groups.

Fostul agent guvernamental Raymond "Red" Reddington a scăpat de arestare timp de decenii. Dar el se predă brusc FBI-lui cu o ofertă pentru a ajuta la capturarea unui terorist cu condiția ca el să vorbeasca doar cu Elizabeth "Liz" Keen, o tânăra și frumoasă specialistă a FBI-ului.