Approached in the street by a salesman selling Life Assurance, George walks under a bus and kills himself in order to cash in his new lucrative policy. Even though George is perfectly fine after his encounter with a bus (being a superhero he is of course indestructible), Janet has to explain to everyone that her husband is dead. Ella is delighted, because her daughter is now free to marry the far more suitable Dr Piers Crispin. It is not long, however, before George is
feeling trapped by his non-existence and he and Janet hatch a plot to bring George back to life at his own funeral.