PLEBS follows three desperate young men from the suburbs as they try to get laid, hold down jobs, and climb the social ladder in the big city - a city that happens to be Ancient Rome.
Hugo Llor, a 12-year-old boy who spends most of his time on the streets. His day is also spent in the shipyards and his dream is to become a shipbuilding craftsman, although his fate is uncertain. Hugo's life is not easy, he is a very lonely boy and his mother is forced to move away from him, but he has the support and protection of a respected old man: Arnau Estanyol.
该剧改编自爱丁堡艺穗节备受赞誉的单人剧，讲述事业不顺的喜剧演员唐尼·邓恩（理查德·加德 Richard Gadd 饰）与女跟踪者玛莎（杰西卡·古宁 Jessica Gunning 饰）之间扭曲的关系，二人的生活因此面临分崩离析的危险。
