In this procedural drama, we follow Jessica King, a detective from the Toronto Police Department. When Sgt. Derek Spears has a televised meltdown, the Major Crimes Task Force designates her as its new lead investigator. King accepts the challenge even though she survived 8 years in the Homicide section, two marriages and multiple stab wounds.
In the early twenty-first century, Earth is visited by an androgynous-looking alien race, the Taelons. Soon-with the Taelons' help-famine, disease and pollution have been eliminated.