An underfunded college's English department is the backdrop for Professor Hank Devereaux's personal and professional life. As the department's chairman, Hank struggles to keep the college's literary program afloat while dealing with a midlife crisis that threatens to spiral into a full-blown meltdown. An English department chairman at an underfunded college, Professor Hank Devereaux toes the line between midlife crisis and full-blown meltdown, navigating the offbeat chaos in his personal and professional life.