James Harries and his family appear to be a group of brilliant minds, but their exceptionalism is built on deception. While each member holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysics, some degrees were obtained from a fraudulent American university, and others were self-awarded. The family considers themselves superior to everyone else, despite living in a mock Tudor cottage in a Cardiff council estate with a convicted arsonist, an astral projectionist, a former Bunny Girl, a private detective, and their transgender daughter, Lauren – all seemingly existing outside of normal reality.