故事发生在美国西南部，希基警长试图解决他在小镇上看到的最严重的案件，可能是由一个可怕的罪犯领导的当地暴力团伙引起的。

《黑松林》根据经典剧集《双峰》（Twin Peaks）改编的悬疑惊悚剧，故事描述特工处探员Ethan Burke来到乡村小镇Wayward Pines（即本剧剧名）寻找两名神秘失踪的联邦探员。他没有得到想要的答案，反而遇到了更多的问题。这个地方就像有某种魔力一般，Ethan距离真相越近，就越丧失自我——就连他的性格都变了。他不得不面对可怕的现实：他可能永远无法活着离开这地方。

Jake Cornell devoted his life to running the Seattle basketball team he inherited from his father, but his neglected marriage broke down and now his kids Barton and Alexandra side with mother Frances, who is determined to sell the ailing club. Jake can't bully or persuade them, so the board puts Frances in charge, who is clueless about the sports but enjoys modernizing marketing and PR, to Jake's horror. His last shot is winning his family back, but is out of the courting game and she's more cynical then Barton and Alexandra, whose goals he can more easily support. A arbitrage court must settle the club's and family's fate.

Friends, family and local law enforcement investigate the mysterious disappearance of Erin Corwin, a young pregnant woman married to U.S. Marine Jon Corwin.