The show focuses on a woman who finds herself recruited into a undercover government agency to be 'stitched' into the minds of recently deceased victims in order to tap into their consciousness to investigate murders and other mysteries.

The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshall stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there.

A resilient attorney starts to rebuild her life and career after her husband leaves for greener pastures, taking the firm, and most of their clients, with him.

"One thousand years ago, superstition and the sword ruled. It was a time of darkness. It was a world of fear. It was the age of gargoyles. Stone by day, warriors by night, we were betrayed by the humans we had sworn to protect, frozen in stone by a magic spell for a thousand years. Now, here in Manhattan, the spell is broken, and we live again! We are defenders of the night. We are Gargoyles!".