Merlin Bergeron is much more than a high school philosophy teacher. He's actually quite a character - ironic, caustic, seductive, funny and with a good dose of dark humor - and at the same time, he's an annoying and adorable cynic who leaves no-one indifferent.
The series is set in a high school and each episode revolves around a specific philosopher. The new philosophy teacher invites his adolescent students, who are struggling with their own personal and age-appropriate issues, to become 21st century Aristotelians, questioning and reflecting on their worlds.