Paul Slippery (Hugh Laurie), a forty-something doctor, lives with his wife Estelle and three sex-obsessed sons Rory, Daniel and Edwin in the west London suburb of Putney. On top of coping with family pressures and a mid-life crisis, Paul discovers his unusual ability to hear other peoples' inner thoughts.。一名刚当上主角的芭蕾舞演员因巨大的压力而倍感困扰,并因此逃避现实,沉迷于自己与另一位舞者的友谊世界之中。。