With the fire insurance policy out of date, Andrew buys Cass's shares so he can renovate the pub. Cass and Ellen hail him as a hero. A furious Stephen, fuelled by what is now his customary 'morning wine', takes Maureen for a walk and she escapes into the woods; Stephen almost immediately wishes she hadn't.

Dognappers demand money from Stephen or they will kill Maureen, but help could be at hand. Some new intel from Alison about a local planning decision looks like being the key to revelling exactly why Andrew has returned to the John Barleycorn after 30 years. Cass finally goes off on her six-month travelling odyssey, and the family soon learn that she's got married to an unlikely man.