The series "Lessons in Chemistry" tells the story of Elizabeth Zott, a well-known TV presenter and natural-born scientist. She works in a run-down chemistry laboratory, dreaming of great achievements and inventions that can change the world. However, society makes it clear to her that a woman's place is in the kitchen. The heroine finds herself in a hopeless situation: pregnant, abandoned, and fired. That's when she embarks on an unexpected experiment - becoming the host of a cooking show, through which she begins to enlighten housewives.