"No one is happier than we are": This is the credo of housewife and mother Anna Rückert (Sabine Vitua), who seems to lead the idyllic life of a picture-perfect family with her husband Holger (Ralph Herforth) and their two sons Torben (Johannes Franke) and Rainer (François Goeske). But not all family members feel the same way: The rebellious Torben and his strict father clash again and again. As a great advocate of virtues such as order, punctuality and manners, the teacher is always anxious to raise his son to be a responsible young adult. However, Torben's relationship with his best friend Bernd (Til Schindler), which seems more than just platonic to Holger, does not fit into his image of the perfect family.