Kate seemed to be in a cage. At home, she has to clean and cook for her eccentric scientist father, Dr. Battista, and her younger sister, Squirrel. At work at a kindergarten, parents and management are unhappy with Kate and her too harsh parenting methods, although the children adore her. Despite her obstinate disposition, Kate is ready to come to terms with her situation, but then her father, who works in a scientific laboratory, unexpectedly decides to set her up with Peter, his laboratory assistant, who is about to be expelled from the country. Will Kate rebel just this once? And what was her father really up to?