Adrian Miller is giving lectures all over the country. After a lecture he is accused of trying to rape Lisa Preston in her room at the hotel where they both are staying. Jackie is appointed as his solicitor, but they do not get along at all - and that is putting it mildly. David is in charge of the household in Greengrass' cottage where both he and Vernon Scripps are staying, but he cannot cope with paying the bills and taxes and Vernon suggests that one of them (meaning David) gets a job. They take on a ploughing job for George Walker, but when they try to start his tractor David finds a body in Walker's car in the barn. The "body" turns out to be a bust which Walker has reported stolen together with some other items also found in the car. Once they have been found Walker has disappeared.

Bill Dyer le pide a PC Bradley que investigue más a fondo a Giles Sutton, a quien sospecha de manipular el mercado de ovejas. Sutton percibe lo que va a suceder y le ofrece a Jackie sus servicios legales. Incluso paga una cena una noche en la que "ve" a Mike y Jackie cenando en un restaurante. Mike se enfada cuando se entera, pero Jackie insiste en que Sutton solo lo hizo como un gesto hacia ella, sin darse cuenta de las consecuencias que esto podría tener en su esposo. Sutton incluso deja una gran cantidad de dinero en la chaqueta de Mike, y aunque Mike devuelve el dinero, es suspendido por aceptar sobornos. Pero lo peor está por venir en la vida privada de Mike y Jackie. Dilys Powell persuade a Vernon para que se asocien en un negocio de comercialización de agua de manantial de su granja en botellas. Vernon piensa que es una excelente idea e invita al Lord Ashfordly como posible inversor.