Moscow, 1952, mid-October, the XIX Congress of the CPSU had just ended. A communal apartment on Bolshaya Pirogovka. In one of the rooms lives the Petkevich family: Ariadna with her husband Boris and her parents, professor of philosophy Peter Kazimirovich and his wife Angelina Fyodorovna. For those few months that remained until Stalin's death, the family experiences a series of dramatic events. But on a background of terrible time, antisemitism, fabricated "case of doctors", denunciations and snitches, there are people who live their lives without losing dignity.

1954. The restless dreamer Mishka has almost realized his dream of starring in a spy movie. A new adventure awaits him: he and his mother have a long journey across the country to reunite with the boy's father, a pilot. On the train, Mishka discovers a real spy and decides to prevent him from committing an insidious villainy by all means.

A young department employee learns that the fire alarm for which he is responsible only exists on paper. Trying step by step to uncover the criminal circle of a deceitful system, he seeks support from his uncle, the head of the department. But this circle unexpectedly closes ... on himself.

Being a panda is fun! But not Misha, who is forced to work in a panda costume at children's parties. He is thirty years old, lives in a tiny one-room apartment on the outskirts of Moscow, and has no serious job. Everything was like that until he was invited to the birthday party of the son of an oligarch. Artyom is nine years old, and he has a secret plan that only Misha can help implement. The boy and the panda go on a journey across the country, constantly getting into incredible situations.

The guy, coming up with excuses every day, faces the consequences of them piling up like a snowball.