Todos están conmocionados por la muerte de Phil Bellamy, y especialmente su esposa Gina no puede creer que se haya ido. Después del funeral, ella dice que ha decidido regresar a Liverpool para dejar atrás el pasado. La sede ha aceptado que el PC Mason se quede en Aidensfield, y el PC Wetherby, que se culpa a sí mismo por la muerte de Bellamy, ocupa la vacante en la comisaría de policía de Ashfordly. Un profesor de la Escuela de Brassington en el páramo es encontrado muerto en su casa después de un aparente suicidio. A través de su director, Anthony Barlow, el PC Mason y el DS Dawson descubren que sufría de depresión debido a la muerte de uno de sus alumnos en un viaje escolar, pero Mason está seguro de que algo no está bien. Sin saber que casi atropelló a un ciclista con su auto, Arthur Chiltern continúa conduciendo, pero el ciclista, el Dr. Oakley, quiere acusarlo de conducción imprudente. La enfermera Cassidy trata de persuadirlo para que retire los cargos. También tiene éxito en otra cosa cuando el apuesto médico la invita a salir.

Ralph Spurling ha sido robado y quiere que Oscar Blaketon descubra qué empleado del hotel en el que se hospedaba está involucrado en el robo. PC Wetherby ayudó a Lesley Ashton en un caso en Northallerton y ahora ella está obsesionada con él y aparece en Ashfordly con una maleta. Cuando él la rechaza, ella lo acusa de atropellarla con su coche. Bernie Scripps va a ver a Iris Grocott para cobrar su tarifa por el funeral de su esposo y ella lo sorprende invitándolo a cenar y no acepta un no por respuesta. Se registran en el mismo hotel que Blaketon está investigando con la ayuda de Alf Ventress. Y en el departamento romántico las cosas se están calentando entre la enfermera Cassidy y el doctor Oakley.

Somebody paints a pentagram on the church door in Eltering and Rev. Peggotty is convinced that the church has been targeted for black Masses by followers of the dark arts. And he may be right because a few days later Kord Ashfordly's godson Charles Enderby is found beaten up and terrified in the church, and in the churchyard gravestones sprayed with red paint and overturned. Almost like the record cover of a band, Enderby once managed. Doctor Oakley has invited some colleagues over for dinner and Nurse Cassidy asks Gina to cook for them. One of the guests the psychiatrist Paul Hammond has heard of Gina's loss and wants to help her come to terms with her grief. But that is not what has been bothering her. She has just discovered that she is pregnant again!

Derek Gorman is mad at the police because he has lost his drivers licence for drunk driving. He claims that they set him up and he swears revenge to Sergeant Miller. The next morning the police station has been broken into and rummaged through. Later somebody steels a patrol car in front the very eyes of PC Younger. Is it Gorman or the Leeds gangster Jimmy Faye looking for Alec Fletcher, whom the police is hiding because he wants to testify against him? Lord Ashfordly is looking for a new game keeper. Oscar Blaketon and Gina suggest to Aunt Peggy in fun that she applies for the job and she thinks it is an excellent idea. Lord Ashfordly does not! PC Mason's past catches up with him when his old girl friend Doreen turns up in Aidensfield looking for work. After a broken marriage she is not uninterested in reviving the relationship.

Somebody breaks in at John Harper's cottage and swaps the old, blind man's money with blank pieces of paper. The only visitor Harper can think of is Albert Ross. There is nothing but trouble with Ross. All he thinks about is money and how much it will cost him when his men are not working. When the police cannot do anything after yet another accident at his farm the workers take matters in their own hands. Furthermore Nurse Cassidy suspects that Ross beats his grownup daughter Juliet for seeing the worker Josh. David spots a naked man running through the woods. Later he and Aunt Peggy see the man throw himself from a bridge. Only David's actions save him from drowning and now the man sees David as his guardian angel. When Aunt Peggy discovers his true identity she tries to cash in on it.

While Eva and James Knight of Holly Cottage nearly run PC Younger down when the brakes of their car fail, a young woman breaks into their home and paints Nazi swastikas and slogans on the walls. The vandalism is directed at Mrs. Knight who is Jewish, although only a few people know about it. It also turns out that their brakes have been tampered with. Lisa Barnes stays at the Aidensfield Arms while she researches her family history. Some research it must be as it turns out that she is behind the attacks on Mrs. Knight. She claims that Eva Knight is no Jew, but a Nazi war criminal and responsible for her parents' death. But is it really true? An old steam roller breaks down outside Bernie's garage and blocks the entire road. PC Younger promises Councillor Jowett to have it removed by the next morning, but that is easier said than done. Aunt Peggy solves the problem by buying the steam roller and expects Bernie to repair so that it can be sold as scrap.

Sue Padgett and Nick Payton burn a brand new fur coat as a protest against the fur trade. Payton is determined to make a name for himself as an activist in the animal welfare movement and uses the girl as a willing tool. PC Mason suggests they deprive Payton of the publicity he wants to sabotage his plans. Sid Bestwick and his wife Marge want their daughter Tina to meet young men and get settled, and Sid has a word with David Stockwell about it. Aunt Peggy thinks he hit the jackpot, but David is not so sure. The school girl Lynne Reynolds is about to give birth and wants to give her baby up for adoption. Nurse Cassidy has her hospitalized as a precaution and hopes to change her mind about the adoption because she does not want the baby to grown up in a home as she did. When Dr. Oakley disagrees, and Carol breaks up with him.

Big commotion in Ashfordly. The famous pop manger Stan Sparrow returns to his native town to marry his latest young star Cathy Dee. The next morning Sparrow is found dead in his room at the Aidenfield Arms. The police thinks that he was murdered, but who will kill a man who is already dying of leukaemia? Has it something to do with the memoirs that he was writing? PC Wetherby catches Aunt Peggy with ten cases of stolen rum and suddenly she suffers from a total loss of memory (very conveniently) when the PC tries to interview her. But maybe Alf Ventress can cure her. Or David since he may have won a fortune on the football pools and can't find the coupon. Young Ben informs PC Younger of a crime about to happen, but when the criminal is apprehended Younger is very reluctant to reveal his informant. Understandably since Ben's family name is Wetherby - as in PC Wetherby.

When old Elsie Gray dies unexpectedly PC Mason suspects foul play by the family doctor, but since Dr. Thomas is highly respected nobody else apart from Nurse Cassidy is willing to do anything about it. Aunt Peggy is upset because somebody has offloaded a lot of rubbish on her lawn. Some papers among the rubbish leads to the home of a retired magistrate. When the police won't do anything she takes matters in her own hands and returns the favour, so to speak. Gina's baby is in due five weeks, but she is rushed to the hospital as a precaution when she starts to bleed The doctors are certain nothing serious is wrong, but Gina understandably fears the baby will die like her first child Daniel.

Edgar y Angela Faussett acaban de mudarse a Aidensfield y según la tía Peggy, él es muy rico y ella es bastante atractiva. Pero también están causando muchos problemas al oficial de policía Mason. Al parecer, él piensa que la ley no se aplica a él y prefiere ver la espalda de Mason en lugar de su cara, y ella está tan impresionada con el apuesto oficial que busca cualquier excusa para verlo. También afirma que su vida está en peligro. Esto, por supuesto, no pasa desapercibido para Carol Cassidy, quien más o menos considera a Mason su novio. Es el cumpleaños de Oscar Blaketon y los aldeanos han preparado una gran fiesta de cumpleaños para él. David incluso quiere tocar una canción de cumpleaños para él en el piano del pub. Solo tiene que aprender a tocar el piano primero. Pero puede que haya algo más que celebrar en su lugar: Gina entra en trabajo de parto durante la fiesta y da a luz a un niño sano en su habitación en el Aidensfield Arms.