Comedy drama about the trials and tribulations of three sets of parents as they finally realise that their children have grown up and reluctantly they have to let them enroll at Cambridge University.

Owen is a Junior Doctor who falls for Anna - a sophisticated and glamorous older woman. Little does he know that she is married to his boss, consultant Richard Crane.

底比斯王俄狄浦斯得知自己拭父娶母，罪孽深重，因此去位，并客死他乡，留下二子二女。二子为争夺王位，刀兵相见。一子波吕涅刻斯率岳父城邦的军队攻打底比斯，另一子厄特俄科勒斯率底比斯军抵抗，两人都战死沙场。克瑞翁，俄狄浦斯王之母/妻的弟弟，继任底比斯城邦的王位。为惩罚叛徒，克瑞翁下令(一个实在法)不许安葬波吕涅刻斯，违者处死。俄狄浦斯之女安提戈涅挑战克瑞翁的政令，认为哥哥即使是叛徒，也应当得到安葬，因为人死了入土为安是天神制定的永恒不变的不成文法。克瑞翁判安提戈涅死刑—将安氏关进墓室，让其自然死亡。安提戈涅的未婚夫、克瑞翁之子海蒙为了爱情而自杀，并导致其母即克瑞翁的妻子自杀。克瑞翁陷于极度的痛苦。（© 苏力）