Alan and Celia are seven years into their marriage and having moved into a desirable bungalow, they aren't seeing eye to eye. Alan's new supermarket job brings an unexpected challenge when a wild local lad takes a shine to him and, at Far Slack Farm, Gillian faces trouble with a giraffe. John's back on the scene, and Caroline finds herself caught in an emotional tangle with someone at work. Into all this jets Alan's brother, Ted, on holiday from New Zealand... but it turns out he only bought a one-way ticket.