本剧改编自常住日本爱尔兰作家Colin O’Sullivan的小说《The Dark Manual》。
苏西(拉什达·琼斯 Rashida Jones 饰)是一位居住在日本京都的美国女性,当丈夫和儿子在一次神秘的空难中失踪,她的生活从此被颠覆。作为“安慰”,她得到了桑尼,一个由她丈夫的电子公司制造的新型家用机器人。起初,苏西对桑尼试图填补她生活中的空白感到反感,但渐渐地,她们建立了意想不到的友谊。她们一起揭开了苏西一家真实遭遇的黑暗真想,并陷入了一个苏西从不知道的危险世界。
100 years ago, the sisters Yod and Yard were the wives of Phra Wanathep. Yard was a loyal servant to madam Kamlai, his main wife. But Khun Thep asked Yod to help him get her sister and he would reward her. So Yod knocked her out and Wanathep raped her. Later, Yod tricks Yard into giving poison to Kamlai, to get rid of her and get Yard in trouble, so she can read morehave Khun Thep all to herself. So Yard unintentionally kills Kamlai and her 2 daughters. All the servants find out that Yard killed Kamlai so they hung her. Yod's mother finds out that she caused Yard's death so she stabbed Yod and put a curse on her, if she was to cause her mother to cry a tear again, she will never be able to get reborn.