Jackie Estacado is in a bad way. The last time we saw him Jackie had taken over a criminal empire and gained control over the Darkness inside of him. But the love of his life, Jenny, had been killed at the hands of his enemies. Jackie was a man with truly nothing to lose. The Darkness II shows us Jackie two years later. The pain of Jenny's death haunts him, but the Darkness hasn't manifested itself in a while. That is, until now...