剧情围绕着男孩尼可（大卫·索兰斯 饰）的生活展开。尼可有着超乎常人的智力，他只对一件事情感兴趣，那就是下棋。卡洛斯(何塞·卡罗纳多 饰演)与科拉尔(玛利亚·莫林斯 饰演)是尼可的父母，他们看上去对儿子的反常举动担心不已。卡洛斯决定聘请一位儿童心理学家来帮助尼可。胡里奥·巴尔特兰(胡里奥·曼里克 饰演)通过下棋和尼可进行交流，他渐…

　　TV series about a high school philosophy teacher, Merlí, who teaches in an original way, and about the students of his class, including his own son, and the relationship, friendship, love, and problems between the students of the class.