讲述实习生和职场前辈的办公室爱情故事。
剧集聚焦1937-1945年国难时期，讲述北平的三个知识分子家庭的两代人，面对时代的大动荡和大变局，做出的选择和牺牲。有人选择守护中华文化，赓续文化血脉；有人选择投笔从戎，枪杆救国。他们允文允武，百折不挠，是理想主义者，更是现实行动派。他们竭力救亡图存，积极探寻国家出路，最终走向光明。
Professor Jarvis is, as one student describes him, the most henpecked man in the world. When he catches Perry Hatch cheating on an exam, he informs him that he will not be reported to the university but rather to his father who, Prof. Jarivs hopes, will mete out appropriate punishment. Hatch is none too pleased and when he hears that Jarvis's wife has been gone for several weeks, starts to wonder if Jarvis may have gotten rid of her. He and a friend spy on him and find him throwing away some of his wife's belongings. They take their case to the police who decide to question him.
