This story began with the arrival from Moscow on tour of the artist Gorsky, a longtime friend of police captain Petrenko, who has served as a police officer for 20 years. His career stalled on the captain's stars, which, however, did not upset Petrenko. However, his wife Larissa had a different opinion. Here is her friend's husband - a classmate Petrenko, has long been a lieutenant colonel. In other respects, the family life of the Petrenkos was like that of many who have lived together for almost two decades. And, perhaps, nothing would have changed in their lives, if not for the emergence of a romantic, gallant, obsessive and witty inventor Gorsky.
It is such men who force women to change their hair, cosmetics and even their lives. The artist stirred up Larisa's former maiden dreams of a beautiful prince, already buried in the "family crypt". Although Gorsky himself was worried about only one problem - how to help a friend get a major's shoulder straps.
He begins to act. An avalanche of events falls on Petrenko, who previously lived a calm, measured life. He is involved in a whirlpool of extreme situations, initiated by a cheerful adventurer Gorsky. Shakespeare's passions shake the fragile family walls, leaving threatening cracks ...