The series has very high television ratings and has won multiple awards (received four "TEFI"[1][2]).

Unlike many other Russian sitcoms of those years, this is an original series,[3] and is not an adaptation of a foreign show.

Protagonist Sergei Vasnetsov (Andrei Leonov), a family therapist from a small private clinic, was in a deplorable situation.

His wife, Lyudmila Vasnetsova (Nonna Grishayeva), left him for a hockey player.

His wife's departure leaves their five daughters (Miroslava Karpovich, Anastasia Sivayeva, Darya Melnikova, Elizaveta Arzamasova, Ekaterina Starshova) in his care.