Adult brothers Mark and Colin Polloc k still live with their parents Frank and Mavis Pollo ck in a small apartment in the projects of London's east end in wh at is a collective depressed and unhappy existence. Th e three men of the h ouseho ld are all on the do le, each doing littl e to fin d gainful em ployment. Bet ween the broth ers, Mark is the smart al eck, who calls his parents by th eir given names to irk them, and w ho hangs out wit h a bunc h of hoo ligans as he refers to hims elf and his friends, s uch as a skinhead named Coxy. Although never medically dia gnosed as such, Col in is seemingly emotionally s low. Colin likes to hang o ut with Ma rk and his friends in his w ant t o be accepted, especially as Mar k tells him that a neighborhood g irl named Hayley is interested him. Th e family rarely soc ializes wi th Mavis' sister and brother-in-law, B arba ra and John, who live a mid dle to upper middle cl ass and seemingly p erfec t existence in the suburbs of Chigwell. Altho ugh not telling th em to their face, John dislikes his relati ons by ma rria ge, believing especi ally M ark to b e brash and trashy. A unilateral act by Barbara lea ds to many issues within the ex tended famil y coming to the surfac e, most specifically th e true happiness of the marriage between Barbara an d Joh n, and what Colin is truly lo oking fo r to be happy in life.
精彩剧情/对白：“这和尚，神神叨叨的，无非就是我本来是个聪明人 ，以前一直傻着，如今清 醒了，是个正常人了，才能带着家人慢慢过 好日子呗。给了赏钱就走了，多半 是巧合。毕竟早不出来玩不出来，在 我们家有钱 了，长意又 考中了，才出来。”
“剑赵太子当初的野心皇 上应该也是看在眼里的，剑赵太子可是三番四次想要夺走意郡主。后来， 意郡主失忆和掉落悬崖 的时间点 ，赵吾出现在京城，轻寒查过，多意所中的毒，那些制毒 的药材只有剑赵那样的地方才有，再结合剑赵太子的出现，那么明赵吾对多意依然没有死心。幸阁老这里的证 据，会不会是赵吾的意思
“而这次在黑木部落附近看到的人，除了神 色像是在打探什么，还 有一点就是，他 们的面孔在我的印象里是 没有的。再者，气质 也和黑木部落的人完全 不同，黑木部落的人，还是比较温和的，这几个人就是那种戾气非 常重的人。”
“既然会议是有记录的，那诸位大可以去查，会 议记录上绝对没有我的姓 名。如果会议记录上有我的姓名，那我也可以 去查一查秦氏楼下的监控，来证明那天我绝对 没有来秦 氏，也从来都 没有参与这场会议。没有参加这次会议，之后的私人会议，又不可能有我参加，那我是从何得知双子塔的投标信息，又是怎么把信息透露给陆氏，使得秦氏落标的？”
“一起出入酒店，是因为那天有场很重要的金融投资会在 那家酒店举行，酒店又刚好是摩里 集团旗下的，那个女人一 直缠着我，就造成了我和她有染的画面，但实际上那天萧振轩，以及其他投资人都在， 我也是很晚才知道有新闻出来，所以 就着急给 你打电话，谁知道被艾伦接了去 。”
