Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.

HBO的剧版《守望者》开始选角：雷吉娜·金(《美国重案》《守望尘世》)、唐·约翰逊(美剧版《迈阿密风云》)、蒂姆·布莱克·尼尔森(《逃狱三王》《无敌浩克》)、小路易斯·格赛特(《军官和绅士》)、阿德莱德·克莱蒙丝(《寂静岭2》《昭雪》)、安德鲁·霍华德(《血仇》)加盟。该剧主创Damon Lindelof刚写了长信给粉丝预警：剧集将是基于原作漫画世界的新原创故事，结合当今时代，会有一些新角色。剧中，“超级英雄”们仍被世界看做法外之徒。
Lindelof说的从这些角色也可知一二：这六名演员的角色尚未官宣，但外媒deadline透露：金饰演的是一个名为Angela Abar的人物，小路易斯·格赛特饰演Old Man，霍华德饰演Red Scare，克莱蒙丝饰演Pirate Jenny。有漫画已知的老角色，也有尚不知来头的新角色。

In 1983, personal computing was anyone's game. Navigating the thin line between visionary and fraud, genius and delusion, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer, and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it. The battle for CTRL begins.

Troubled by unsettling visions, young David Haller begins piecing together his fragmented memories and realizes he may have special powers.