平日里游手好闲看似极不靠谱的私立不动高中二年级生金田一（堂本刚 饰）却是个智商很高的推理天才，他和青梅竹马的美女七濑美雪（友坂理惠 饰）、警部剑持勇（古尾谷雅人 饰）等伙伴和朋友，携手解决了不少棘手事件。且金田一解决事件的方法比较特别，他依赖于货真价实的证据，再依照证据来思索和推理，由此及彼，再由彼及此，这样循环往复，最终推理出犯罪凶手。而对于凶手，金田一并不是要把凶手逼向绝境，而是给予其舍生处地的想法，最后加以规劝，使凶手最后以自首结束。借由金田一我们一起进入不思议的案件当中。 本剧改编自同名漫画，是系列作的第二部。
2002年一个举家团圆的中秋夜晚，肖兰兰、韩彩凤、张晓梅三家人聚集张晓梅自然清新的乡下老家在为五年前同一产房出生的三个孩子过生日。热闹喜庆的生日宴正要开始。在外玩耍的三个孩子，就象人间蒸发一样没了踪影。几个大人从喜悦祥和的气氛里遭受到了巨大打击，顿时陷入了灭顶之灾。孩子的集体失踪，给三个家庭带来了颠覆性的灾难。
With Lidsay and Bobby's help, Jimmy defends his personal friend, dentist Henry Olson, when he is tried for murdering a woman who was fount dead in his chair. Hostile ADA Richard Bay tries to prove the two were having an affair, when in fact their relationship was a lot more complicated than he could possibly imagine. Meanwhile, decapitator George Vogleman returns, asking for Ellenor's help when his co-op serves him with a eviction notice.
