PaulSlippery(HughLaurie),aforty-somethingdoctor,liveswithhiswifeEstelleandthreesex-obsessedsonsRory,DanielandEdwininthewestLondonsuburbofPutney.Ontopofcopingwithfamilypressuresandamid-lifecrisis,Pauldiscovershisunusualabilitytohearotherpeoples’innerthoughts.