该剧是一部单镜头职场喜剧，故事发生在每个人最怕去的地方：车管所。剧中古怪可爱的主人公们拿着最低工资，干着吃力不讨好的工作，顾客还没进门就已经感到厌烦，好在他们拥有彼此。
战乱中两次机智的应变使胡雪岩得到了左宗棠的赏识，他便顺势依附于左宗棠的笔下。胡雪碉一面为左宗棠筹粮，一面利用过手的官银在上海筹办私人钱庄，继尔又独揽替左宗棠代购洋枪洋炮的生意，并为左宗棠计划在福建创建的马尾造船厂筹集资金，后又首举外债。胡雪岩对左宗棠军务的支持引起了慈禧的注意，御封其为四省税务代理总管，后又御赐黄马褂，封为一品顶戴，成为了中国历史上唯一的红顶商人。从此，胡雪岩凭借其卓越的商业头脑，在全国各地设立了“阜康”钱庄分号，在杭州创立了“胡庆余堂”中药店，其事业已如日中天。为了打破洋商的垄断，他还办起了民族工业缫丝厂，迫使贪婪的英商只好求助于历来与左宗棠为政敌的李鸿章。经过李鸿章幕后谋划，胡雪岩被摘去“红顶”，近3000万两银子的家业也顷刻贻尽，一代商业奇才只剩孑然一身。
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.
本剧讲述一位心理治疗师(席格尔饰)打破常规、将自身想法完全告诉客户的故事，福特则饰演菲尔·罗德斯博士，一位脚踏实地、锋芒毕露的心理医生，这也是他首次在剧集中担任主演。
