Hannah Fry uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world,revealing the mind blowing stories behind their invention.
　　Episode 1: Passport
　　Hannah gains access to a top-secret site where anonymous staff and the latest tech work to make the British passport one of the most secure documents on the planet.
　　Episode 2: Vacuum Cleaner
　　Hannah Fry reveals the incredible tales behind the development of the contemporary world's marvelous technology and unearths their mysteries. Hannah takes a look at the vacuum cleaner, going behind the scenes with Dyson and discovering how the motor in their latest vacuum spins nine times faster than that of a Formula One race car.
　　Episode 3: Smartphone
　　With over six billion of them across the planet, smartphones have changed the modern world. With rare access to electronics giant Samsung, Professor Hannah uncovers the technological game changers that have made the smartphone a reality.
　　Episode 4: Microwave
　　Hannah Fry discovers the hidden WWII radar technology that heats up beans, learns the legend of the melted candy bar in an engineer's pocket that kick-started revolution.
　　Episode 5: Headphones
　　Headphones are worn by over 30 million people in the UK. Hannah Fry visits legendary headphone honchos Bose to find out how today's teeny earbud tech works and meets the human testers with 'golden ears'.
　　Episode 6: Lift
　　Fry goes behind the scenes to look at the tech behind the lift. Along the way, she finds out how coal mines made lifts safer, gets to grips with a piece of medieval siege technology, and discovers how a PR stunt changed the modern skyline.

　　20世纪40年代，美国某个依靠石油而发展起来的小镇。当地最大富豪彻斯特·康维（Ned Beatty 饰）的儿子艾尔姆（Jay R. Ferguson 饰）即将成婚，然而却有件事让彻斯特颇感烦恼。原来艾尔姆此前和妓女乔伊丝·雷克兰德（杰西卡•阿尔芭 Jessica Alba 饰）有染，为避免尴尬之事发生，彻斯特暗中授意警方驱逐乔伊丝，而小警察卢·福特（卡西·阿弗莱克 Casey Affleck 饰）成为了此项工作的具体执行者。卢表面内向顺从，内心却隐藏着不为人知的秘密。短短几周的相处，乔伊丝已然对他深深迷恋，不可自拔。谁知在最后关头，卢却对乔伊丝和艾尔姆痛下杀手，从此跌入万劫不复的黑色深渊中……
　　本片根据吉姆·汤普森（Jim Thompson）的同名小说改编。