周围墙壁上面燃烧的火把，将这儿照耀的一片火亮，这个地方应该是囚禁奴隶的，周围有着许多铁栅制成的铁牢，当中还有一些刑具，看样子是用来教训那些不听话的奴隶所用。中央利用黑石块，堆砌成一个高台，上面几根柱子上面分别捆绑着一具尸体。在高台的中间，有一个长宽三米左右的四方形凹槽，里面有着浓烈的血腥味蔓延。New York private detective Duncan Mac MacLain is blind but has keenly developed all his other senses. He pursues his work assisted by his faithful guide dog Friday, his butler, Alistair, and his assistant, Marty. Retired actress Norma Lawry, an old friend, comes to Mac seeking advice. Her headstrong 17-year-old step-daughter Barbara, herself a promising actress, is enamored with her leading man in a small theater production, the much older Lothario Paul Gerente. Paul, who had once been Norma's lover, has convinced Barbara that Norma actually wants Paul for herself and has only married her father Stephen for his money. At Mac's urging, Norma tried to reason with Paul, but he insists that he loves Barbara and laughs her off. Barbara is equally disdainful of her and agrees to meet Paul for dinner that night at his apartment. Norma's husband Stephen Lawry is a scientist leaving that night on a trip to test a secret invention on which he has been working for the government and the war effort. Worried about Barbara, she uses a pretext not to accompany Stephen and goes to the apartment. When Barbara arrives, she finds Paul's dead body and thinks that Norma has killed him, even though Norma insists that he was dead when she arrived. Barbara threatens to call the police unless she leaves Stephen. Fearing that a scandal will hurt him, Norma agrees. Norma then turns to Mac, who goes to Paul's apartment with Friday and Marty, only to find the body and the rug under it missing. A man arrives to replace the rug and Mac hides in a closet, overhearing a telephone call to Norma's number from Gabriel to Vera. Mac accidentally gives himself away, but with Friday's help overpowers Gabriel, who refuses to talk. Mac has Marty hide him to keep him under wraps. Norma returns to her country home unexpectedly, which discourages an espionage ring that includes her butler, Hansen, from breaking into Stephen's safe and stealing his plans. They have killed Gerente, who was also an agent, and hidden the body. Mac arrives with Friday at Norma's house and pretends to be her curmudgeonly Uncle Mac who has come for a visit. His blindness lulls any suspicions Hansen might have about him. Shortly thereafter, Barbara comes home from an emergency rehearsal, called to get her out of the house by her director, Cheli Scott, who inveigles an invitation to spend the night at the Lawry home. Unknown to Barbara and Norma, Cheli is the ringleader of the spies. Cheli ordered Paul killed because his affection for Barbara was beginning to limit his effectiveness, and she immediately suspects Mac is not what he seems. Gabriel's wife Vera, the Lawrys' maid, is also a part of the plot. When Gabriel does not return home, Vera becomes hysterical with worry. Mac secretly asks Vera to meet him in the greenhouse, using her worry about Gabriel as a lure. She is observed by the others, however, and is killed by Hansen before she can reach Mac. The spies cut the house's telephone wires so that Mac and Norma cannot call the police, and Cheli has Mac locked up under guard. Using his blindness as a distraction, Mac overpowers his guard and releases Friday out a window with instructions to go home and get Marty. Stephen arrives home and Cheli threatens his family if he does not give her the final step in creating his invention, which was not in the safe. Barbara finally realizes how much Norma actually cares for her. Mac tries to stall for time, but is locked in the cellar. When Hansen goes to kill him, Mac has broken the light bulb and his advantage of total darkness helps him overcome the spy. Marty and Friday return with the police. When Friday is spotted by a lookout, Mac overpowers him and is saved from being shot by another lookout by Friday. After the spies are captured, Stephen and Norma are off to Washington, D.C., with Barbara remaining behind to care for her new Uncle Mac.
《夜之眼1942》上映后网友的热议
主角精湛的演技，将角色的内心斗争展现得淋漓尽致，他的表演受到了观众和评论界的一致好评。这也为他的下一部作品奠定了坚实的基础。
这部剧将古装与悬疑探案巧妙融合，为观众呈现了一个北宋宣和年间的故事背景
演员们的出色表现将为这部剧增添不少色彩。而张颂文和白百何的首次合作，更是成为了剧集的一大卖点。两位演员在剧中的化学反应如何，观众们已经迫不及待想要一探究竟。
《夜之眼1942》这部电视剧的巨大成功，很大程度上归功于两位男主角的出色演技，他们的精湛表演堪称功不可没。
有些道理是共同的，就是演了这么多年戏未红，遇到一个角色红了，并不能说这个演员的功力就真的数一数二的了。只能说更多说明那个剧质量比较高，角色也比较适合这个演员。那些演戏多年一直有名字比较红的演员才应该算是功力比较足，演什么基本都不掉线。
