The series is set two hundred years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system. A hardened detective (Thomas Jane, "Hung") and a rogue ship’s captain (Steven Strait, "Magic City") come together for what starts as the case of a missing young woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history. Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo ("House of Saddam," "House of Sand and Fog") portrays Chrisjen Avasarala, a member of a political family dynasty.