讲述住在曼彻斯特的利奥和克莱夫的故事。利奥在运河街经营一家酒吧，克莱夫是一名电工，有两个十几岁的儿子。 但正当生活应该安定下来时，他们周围的世界却变得越来越紧张。言语变成武器，观点变得激进，两个邻居逐渐成为致命的敌人。

Prisoner follows a principled young prison officer escorting a dangerous, high-value prisoner to court to testify against his elite crime syndicate. Throughout the journey, their relationship twists and turns, with the stakes escalating as the crime syndicate stops at nothing to track them down.