Nikolai Videnin is a failed film director who is forced to work in a regular video store in Leningrad. One day, Nikolai accidentally turns on an "adult film" for schoolchildren, for which he first goes to court, and then to a colony settlement. There he gets the nickname Vidik and now, instead of pressing the "Play" button on the VCR, the guy has to cut down the forest from morning to evening.
The protagonist of the series is 30-year-old gamer Igor, who does not think that it is time to grow up. Waking up in the morning in a room where cans of energy drinks and gamepads are scattered is a common thing for him - he does not feel the passage of time and can play around the clock. Any questions and difficulties in his life are usually solved by relatives, he is completely unorganized for an independent life.
Once upon a time, Andrey went against the family tradition and, abandoning his career as a teacher, went to Moscow. The business failed, and the only way to fix things was to sell the family house, which, according to rumors, Pushkin once lived in. But there is a problem: in order to make a deal, it is necessary to obtain the permission of the father, who is serving time in the colony and blames his son for this. In order to improve relations, Andrey goes to the trick and gets a job as a teacher at an evening school at the colony. But this seems to be not enough, and to prove the sincerity of his intentions to return to teaching, Andrei simultaneously gets a job at an ordinary school as a literature teacher. During the day, he instills a love for beautiful teenagers, and in the evening — prisoners. And it's not always clear which school is safer to work at.
Left without a job in Moscow, the ambitious photographer Roma is forced to return to his native Ufa. There he meets the cheerful and naive janitor Yura, who finds himself in debt because of scammers. To help the poor fellow collect at least some money, Roma photographs Yura in the form of a star and, using Photoshop, places it on the cover of a fashion magazine. This picture goes "viral" on the Internet and turns an unknown janitor into a celebrity. This changes the life of both the "star" and its creator.
Nikita lives in the small town of Chegarinsk, which is right on the drug trafficking route from Central Asia to Siberia. Deciding to go to Moscow to build a musical career, Nikita wants to earn extra money. His childhood friend offers to transport a bag of drugs, and during a trip to Krasnoyarsk, Nikita miraculously does not fall into the hands of the police.
Captain Fedor Volkonogov works in law enforcement. He is on the good books of the management, and his colleagues respect him. But one day, his life abruptly changes: he is declared a criminal. The Captain manages to run away before he is arrested. Suddenly he turns into an outcast, whom his former colleagues search across the whole city. At night Volkonogov is visited by a messenger from the other world, who warns him that after death he will go hell and be tormented forever. But he has an opportunity to change his fate and get to paradise if he repents, and at least one person forgives him. The Captain embarks on his way to find forgiveness. But he cannot even fathom what tests are awaiting him on this way.
An ordinary provincial family huddles in a small apartment with carpets on the walls. The head of the family is forced to save on everything in order to feed his wife, son and nephew. Therefore, the appearance of a "Maybach" in the next of kin is an extraordinary event. However, the righteous desire to give relatives a ride in a premium car does not end well: the car ends up in the river, and the grief-stricken family is in debt to the main city bandit, whom even the local police are afraid of.