Sebastian Bergman is a world-class criminal psychologist and profiler whose career and life imploded after he lost his wife and young daughter in the . This trauma left him:

: His cynical exterior masks profound, unresolved grief and a self-destructive streak.

The series follows Bergman as he is drawn back into police work while managing his tumultuous personal life, specifically his secret discovery that he has an illegitimate daughter, , who is also a detective on the team.