Martin learns that he is under investigation for rude and condescending behaviour with the end result that he may have to attend a 2-week course to improve his people skills. Pauline advises Martin that he will have to find a new receptionist, as she is returning to university to study nursing. Auntie Joan is accidentally shot in her foot by Colonel Gilbert Spencer, who is excited about the rare birds nesting in the cliffs above her home. Bert Large sees the nestings as a golden opportunity to run guided tours in a borrowed police van.^[12] Al Large, meanwhile, decides to strike out on his own as a plumber, to prove his worth to Pauline, whom he asks to move in with him. She discovers he forgot to mail her university application.

Hotel owner Carrie Wilson (Louise Delamere) has her sights on Martin much to Louisa's chagrin. Martin later accidentally runs over and kills Wilson's dog with his car. Joan has an admirer in painter Edward Melville (Justin Salinger), who is 30 years younger than she. Martin walks in on them having sexual intercourse in her home. He and Joan later quarrel over his objections to the relationship. Melville later collapses at Wilson's hotel, diagnosed by Martin as having overdosed on medication prescribed for erectile dysfunction. Al Large returns after a lengthy trip to Africa, telling Martin he was robbed of all his possessions during his trip. Pauline finds Al collapsed on the floor of his apartment. Martin diagnoses him with sleeping sickness, the result of having been bitten by Tsetse flies while in Africa.^[15][18]

Martin takes Pauline's mother Dawn (Denise Black) off all medication and prescribes a change in diet. Louisa and Martin attend a charity concert together, and when Louisa pulls him beneath a tree for a kiss, he ruins the moment by coldly diagnosing her gesture as mood swing behaviour. Louisa realizes they are going nowhere as a couple, and ends their relationship. Auntie Joan insists Martin can work at being a more understanding personality, but he insists he is unable to change and refuses to, " ... talk rubbish and smile all the time." Bert Large quits buying his produce from Auntie Joan, who believes they had a verbal contract.

Pauline's gambling addiction finally comes to a head after she is so distracted that she mixes up patient records, and her scooter is repossessed. Al Large insists to Martin that Pauline fully paid for the scooter with her gambling winnings. After an explosive confrontation in Martin's office with Dawn over Pauline's using her credit card for her gambling, Martin orders her mother out of the office and insists Pauline get professional help with her addiction or be fired from his employ. He makes her return money that Al loaned her to get her scooter back.

Originally aired during the week of Halloween in 2007. The news of Martin and Louisa's engagement spreads like wildfire through Portwenn, and Bert Large asks to cater the wedding. Martin wants to be married in a church wedding. The divorced PC Joe Penhale offers his advice on handling women. Pauline asks to be a bridesmaid. A mysterious respiratory infection breaks out in the village. Martin becomes concerned about patient Beth Sawle (Thelma Barlow) who has a fungal infection in her lungs and lives with her domineering and sinister sister Janet (Irene Sutcliffe), a biochemist who concocts potions and pills in a basement laboratory. Pauline tells Martin that Janet is called "the Black Widow" and is alleged to have murdered her colleagues. Janet says she was fired from her position for, "a difference of opinion over procedure", and doesn't want Martin snooping around their home. Beth is brought into submission by Janet's controlling personality and threats of the consequences if she doesn't follow Janet's orders.

Pharmacist Mrs Tishell, who is found passed out and slumped over her counter, is awakened by Martin and tells him that Beth has filled no prescriptions with her. When Martin delivers Beth's antibiotics medicine to her home, he and sister Janet, who has been growing mushrooms in her basement, have an argument about her overbearing interference in his medical care for Beth. After he leaves, Janet later takes away Beth's medicine, insisting that Beth take only her concoction brewed from her home-grown mushrooms. Beth invites the letter carrier Dave (Tony Maudsley) in for a cup of tea, and Janet berates Beth for doing so, hinting that she might have Beth put away in a hospital.

Bert makes an office visit to Martin for a chronic cough, and says he feels like something has crawled into his ear. Dave later collapses in Martin's office, and Mick Mabley is found unconscious in Bert's restaurant kitchen. Martin tells PC Joe Penhale the epidemic has been caused by spores and fungus. Penhale compares the situation to Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Al Large is concerned about his finances, and his increasing cough spasms.^[15] Martin finds the pills Janet is forcing Beth to take, and goes to the basement lab of mushroom cultures and concoctions. He has an argument with Janet and accuses her of being the source of the illness outbreak in Portwenn, calling her a "spooky old bat". While making wedding plans at Bert's outdoor restaurant, Martin gives Louisa nasal strips to keep her from snoring next to him at night.^[20]

Following the cancellation of their impending nuptials, Louisa has left Portwenn, and Dr. Martin Ellingham takes stock of his life and career. He subsequently applies for a surgeon's position in London. Auntie Joan, accompanied by her neighbour's dog Buddy, drops a pie off for Martin and suggests her friend Barbara (Georgie Glen) can help him with his fear of blood. Much to Martin's annoyance, the dog follows him everywhere. Martin attends to a minor school emergency. Bert Large, who retains a 10% financial interest in the restaurant taken over by his son Al, visits Martin for a check-up. Bert asks Al to fix him up with a date. Bert's date is eager to have sex with him, but Bert wants a fuller relationship than just sexual encounters.

Mrs. Tishell's hearing-impaired husband Clive (Malcolm Storry), presumed long-dead by Martin, returns. Barbara has a bicycle accident as she tries to avoid hitting Clive, who was unable to hear her coming up behind him. After Mrs. Tishell pokes him in the ear, drawing blood, he visits Martin, who tells him a specialist can perform an operation to recover his hearing. Martin's ex-girlfriend Dr. Edith Montgomery (Lia Williams) attends to Barbara, and immediately come to a disagreement with Martin over the patient's need for an operation. Without clearing it with Montgomery, Martin orders an abdoiminal scan and saves Barbara from having unnecessary surgery.

When a pregnant Louisa shows up unannounced at Martin's flat, she sees Dr. Edith Montgomery sitting at the kitchen table. He suddenly finds himself struggling to deal with his expectant fatherhood, but Louisa is adamant she does not want Martin involved with the raising of their child. She applies for a job back at Portwenn Primary School, where her replacement headmaster Mr Strain (David Haig) is creating suspicion and public concern over his increasingly erratic behaviour. Strain is renting out Louisa's house, and he becomes convinced that she has returned to reclaim her old position at the school. At the hospital, Louisa ends up under the care of Dr. Montgomery, who is inquisitive about Louisa's motive for her re-appearance in Portwenn .

At an awkward visit to Mrs. Tishell, who is snippy about the pregnancy, Louisa runs into Auntie Joan, who makes an offer for Louisa to move in with her. Joan offers to help raise the child, later rebuking Martin for his allowing Louisa to go through the pregnancy alone. Pauline casually mentions that she's seen Louisa, but Martin snaps at her and doesn't want to discuss the subject. He later has an argument with Louisa for not telling him about the pregnancy. Pauline's Uncle Jimmy (Roger Morlidge) and Aunt Jennie (Clara Salaman) visit Martin after Uncle Jimmy displays erratic public behaviour, due to his taking excessive doses of a testosterone drug, to overcome what he fears are homosexual tendencies. Uncle Jimmy says he could live with being diagnosed as bi-sexual, just not homosexual.

Dr. Martin Ellingham is shocked to find Louisa and Auntie Joan knocking at his door before the Surgery has opened. Louisa has had a medical scare and wants Martin's reassurance that everything is fine. He refers her to a clinic where she is assigned to Martin's ex-girlfriend Dr. Edith Montgomery. In order to determine if the fetus is normal size, Louisa must provide the last date she had sex with Martin. Louisa later visits the elderly Mr Routledge (Ewan Hooper), to see if he will be vacating his unit soon, but Martin had previously denied his request to certify his physical needs as qualified to move to a nursing home. Routledge later collapses on the floor while both Louisa and Martin are visiting him.^[25]

PC Joe Penhale's artistic brother Sam (Martin Marquez) moves in with him. The clinic just having gotten a notice it is due for a mandatory interior paint job, Pauline hires Sam. When he collapses during the job, Sam is examined by Martin for symptoms of the hereditary Huntington's disease, causing Joe to worry that he also might also have inherited the disease. The medical test results come back negative for Huntington's. Sam is an art forger who collapses in Joe's home while mixing his own lead paint, causing Joe to believe his brother is manufacturing crack cocaine. Martin is called, and informs Joe that his brother is an art forger, not a drug dealer.

Louisa is now 7 months pregnant. Martin urges her to slow down after a dizzy spell, but is shocked to learn that Louisa has applied to be her school's headteacher again. Martin doesn't believe women are capable of balancing a job and raising children at the same time, and tries to discourage her, resulting in an ongoing feud between them.

Sally Tadwick (Sara Weymouth) the school secretary has just returned from a vacation in Spain and visits Martin to ask for medication to treat an infection from her new tattoo. Mr. and Mrs. McLynn (Benjamin Whitrow, Phyllida Law) visit Martin to get medical verification for a disabled parking badge for Mr. McLynn, claiming the disability is recent enough to qualify under regulations. Martin refuses and checks with Mrs. Tishell to learn Mr. McLynn has been disabled for seven years.^[22] The McLynn's agree to pay for the damage when they crash into Auntie Joan's car, if the police are not informed. Mrs. McLynn has been losing her sight for years due to macular degeneration, but she drives anyway, and later hits PC Penhale with her car.

Dr. Martin Ellingham is in London to meet Robert Dashwood (Nicholas Le Prevost), who is leading the selection process for the prestigious Imperial College London surgeon's job that Martin has applied for. Martin has misled Dashwood into believing he has finally conquered his debilitating blood phobia. Dr. Edith Montgomery later recommends him to the very youthful therapist Dr Milligan (Paul Ready) to help Martin overcome his blood fear. Martin attends one session and walks out calling it "psycho-analytical claptrap".

On Martin's train trip home, Auntie Joan's neighbour Jim Selkirk (Dave Hill) is a fellow passenger seated next to Martin. When he becomes ill, Martin is simply annoyed, until the man dies en route. His widow Mrs. Selkirk (Gwen Taylor) believes she sees and talks to her husband, who keeps telling her to visit Martin. In Martin's office, she believes her husband is sitting next to her. At a visit to pharmacist Mrs. Tishell, she talks to her deceased husband. Joan finds Mrs. Selkirk lying in her sheep pen, where Martin diagnoses her as suffering from lyme disease.

Dr. Martin Ellingham meets Portwenn's new midwife, Molly O'Brien (Gemma Craven), who will be looking after Louisa. Martin is dismissive of her profession and irritated by her prejudiced attitude towards him and by her insistence that men aren't needed to help pregnant women. Thus the two of them do not hit it off. Molly shows Louisa a home birthing pool, and tries to persuade her to give birth via the home method rather than having the baby in a hospital. Martin arrives just in time to have an argument with the two women over the birthing method of choice. Auntie Joan responds positively when Martin tells her he's taking the surgeon position in London, and urges him to tell Louisa about it. Louisa overhears Edith tell Martin the London position is his for the taking.

Dr. Martin Ellingham seeks out Louisa to talk about his new surgeon's job at Imperial College London, but they are interrupted by Bert Large, who wants to plan a baby shower for her. Joan opens up her house to the public as a B&B, and her first guest is her old friend Ted (David Ross), who has a disgusting breath and a constipation issue. Joan takes him to see Martin after he displays symptoms of a heart attack. No cardiac arrest has taken place, but Martin finds a large mass is found in Ted's abdomen, resulting from his chewing his own hair when he's in stress.

Martin and Pauline exchange angry words when she discovers a letter offering him a job at Imperial College London, with Martin incensed that she opened his mail in the first place.^[22] He discharges her from his employ, with a letter of reference. Al Large tries in vain to intervene to get a better reference letter for Pauline from Martin. After Pauline refuses to replenish the toilet paper in the bathroom, Martin has her leave immediately. Later, Martin has to come to Pauline's aid after she's stung by a jellyfish. PC Penhale wants to transfer to Metropolitan Police in London to be near Martin.

Martin Ellingham's plans to resume his career as a consultant in London are put on hold following the birth of the (as yet, un-named) son he fathered with his now estranged partner, Louisa Glasson. When he returns, he is given the news that Auntie Joan had a heart attack and died at the wheel of her parked car.

Mrs Tishell's infatuation for Martin increases, encouraged by his continued separation from Louisa. Bert Large's restaurant business is in financial trouble. He can't even afford the food and drink for a charity event to raise money for Florence Dingle's (Anne Reid) cat sanctuary. Mrs Dingle is distraught. She desperately needs the money to continue to look after the cats and kittens in her care. Bert is also being chased by loan sharks Alastair Tonken (Alan Williams) and his son Norman (Marcus Cunningham) for the repayment of £1,000 they gave him to clear his debts, warning of repercussions if he doesn't pay up. Unknown to Louisa, her mother Eleanor prefers to help Bert with his restaurant, so she drops baby James Henry off with teenager Angie Grappy (Angela Terence).

After Ruth gives Al £800 to pay for fencing on her farm, he instead uses the money to get Bert out of the clutches of the loan sharks. Together with the £200 Bert already had, they can repay the £1,000 to the loan sharks. However, the sharks say he still owes another £350 for interest and late payment charge. Ruth is upset when Al tells her what he did with her £800, but Al later offers her a percentage of the restaurant profits to repay his debt to her. After Mrs. Dingley collapses, Penhale tends to her while waiting for Martin to arrive. While Martin is tending Mrs. Dingley, Penhale hears Al, Bert and the loan sharks arguing, and orders the Tonkens to leave town and never return.

Mrs. Tishell discovers that she can no longer hide her infatuation with Dr. Ellingham and she decides that she must take drastic action, fuelled by a cocktail of drugs that are affecting her judgment. Her husband Clive (Malcolm Storry) shows up and announces his retirement. After a check-up with Martin, Clive learns he has to inject himself everyday, to keep his blood from clotting. Louisa's mother Eleanor says she's leaving town for a while. Mrs. Tishell mis-dispenses eyedrops to PC Penhale causing him to crash his Land Rover.

Wedding bells are ringing for the Doc and Louisa, but Martin attends to his patients prior to the ceremony.

Penhale and Al adjust to different wake-up times and styles. Penhale is ready to conquer the day, and Al wants more sleep. Al is unhappy living with Penhale, and thinking about how to get out of it distracts him from his daily work with Ruth. Encouraged by Ruth, Al decides to make changes in his life. Martin's sleep patterns make it difficult for Louisa to get a good night's sleep, so upon the advice of Jennifer, she sprinkles lavender around. Martin's mother Margaret Ellingham (Claire Bloom) delivers the news that his father has died.

The Pharmaceutical Council, which earlier kept Jennifer on as their watchful eye over Mrs. Tishell, now believe Mrs. Tishell no longer needs the supervision. Bert pops the question to Jennifer, and she agrees to marry him. Ruth finds fault with Al's business proposal. Mike dates Morwenna, but their attempts at conversation don't go well.

Mrs. Tishell finds herself falling in love with Martin all over again, and visits his office with her latest physical complaint, which Martin diagnoses as angina. She has stopped taking all medications he prescribed her, and is on the verge of a heart attack.

Martin rejects Louisa's suggestion that they take a small holiday with baby James. He is convinced that something is physically wrong with him following a conversation with his mother Margaret. Aunt Ruth views Margaret's sudden visit as suspicious, calling her "morally bankrupt". Ruth says Margaret damaged Martin by isolating him from friends, while keeping him emotionally distant from herself. Martin has agreed to be the special guest at the school Sports Day, which ends up in disaster, because he discourages participation in sports. He complains he has patients to see, and hands out all the medals before the competitions begin. He leaves and when she goes after him to talk to him about what happened. She crosses the street and is hit by a car, and is taken away by an ambulance. She tells Martin that she and James are going to her mother's home in Spain to spend time away from him.

Louisa decides to leave for Spain with baby James and says an awkward goodbye to Martin, who becomes teary-eyed and sad that they are leaving. He is so distraught that he cannot concentrate on his medical practice. A patient comes to him for headaches, and he absent-mindlessly inoculates her for rabies. Martin seeks Ruth's advice about his personal life. She tells him all his problems are rooted in being raised by parents who were cold and distant, and advises him that he does not have to be like his parents. Martin finally corners his mother Margaret, who makes up a story about his father's wishes on his dying bed. Martin knows she's lying, and makes her admit that her real motive in visiting him at Portwenn is to get him to give her enough money to buy a country cottage. He insists she leave his home.

When Martin finds the scan of Louisa's brain, he spots a malformation and realises she could have a haemorrhage. Martin gets to the airport, and removes Louisa and James who have already boarded the plane. He takes her immediately to a medical facility. Martin apologizes to her for not being a good husband, and asks for a second chance. He then locks the nervous young doctor in a closet, and performs the procedure himself.

With Louisa visiting her mother in Spain to get some perspective on their marriage, Martin knows he needs to try to change for the sake of their relationship, so he endeavours to keep his promise to her to see a therapist. Aunt Ruth arranges an appointment for him with Dr Rachel Timoney (Emily Bevan), but a lifeboat training exercise causes problems for the doctor.

Joe Penhale wants to know how much longer Al will live in his flat before moving out to the Bed and Breakfast enterprise. Aunt Ruth rejects Al's idea of naming their resort the play on words "Salmon Enchanted Evening". Al works to get the enterprise up and running, but he's having labour problems. His father Bert is short handed with his own business and also is miffed that Al only asks for his help as a last resort.

Martin begins his therapy sessions with Dr. Rachel Timoney (Emily Bevan). When he indicates his prime objective is to make Louisa happy, the doctor requests to also see Louisa, who arrives home early with baby James. Both she and Martin want to make the relationship work, and Louisa believes it would help if she moved out. Louisa has to find a new babysitter to look after James Henry and reluctantly decides to offer Janice Bone (Robyn Addison) a trial.

Aunt Ruth, who is soon leaving for London to interview for a medical position, asks Mrs Tishell for pain medication for her neck. Martin walks in the pharmacy, and she denies to Martin that she might have polymyalgia rheumatica. However, she tests positive for both that and giant cell arteritis. Ruth refuses to admit there is anything wrong, and says she'll be in London for 10 days interviewing for a medical position, which frustrates Martin. He eventually talks her out of applying for the London position. Morwenna asks Martin for a 30% pay rise.

Martin decides to move out of the surgery to give Louisa space. He and Louisa agree to couples therapy sessions with Dr Rachel Timoney. Alice Bell and her husband run a pig farm, and Mr. Bell is sidelined by an injury in the pig pen. Alice wants her daughter Ellie to do the farm work, not mess around with her music. Melanie (Rosie Cavaliero) takes over as host of Radio Portwenn, and introduces a new segment on dietary health. Ellie has run away from home, and Melanie takes her to see Martin who diagnoses her with Strep throat. Instead of resting her voice, Ellie sings on Melanie's radio show after Melanie encourages her by saying she might be the next Barbara Dickson. Ellie debuts on Radio Portwenn with a song about pigs, but collapses in the middle of her song. Martin performs an emergency operation while Melanie narrates the emergency on the air.

Clive Tishell is suspicious of his wife cooking meals she doesn't feed him. Unbeknownst to him, she leaves the meals on Martin's doorstep. Clive tries to patch things up with her, in hopes they can start their relationship anew. Martin, meanwhile, insists she stop with the door-step meals, as he believes they attract Buddy the dog. Martin resolves to find a vet to have the dog put down. but instead is persuaded to allow Buddy to live with new vet Angela Sim (Caroline Quentin). Buddy makes his way back to Martin's doorstep. Eventually, Mrs. Tishell clears her cupboard of all the prepared meals she's stored away, tossing them into the trash.

Portwenn newcomer Debbie Sharrock, asks the Doc for a refill of ADHD medication, from another doctor's prescription for her daughter Kelly. Martin refuses until he has been able to see Kelly's notes and make his own diagnosis. After Kelly collapses, Martin examines her and suspects epilepsy instead, sending her for tests.

Ruth tells Al she doesn't want Bert to park on her property forever. Checking up on him, she discovers he is using his van as an unlicensed distillery to manufacture his own whisky. After tasting Bert's brew, Ruth decides not to put a halt to his operation.

Louisa helps out her ex-boyfriend Danny when he brings seven children from London to camp on Ruth's farm – supervised by Al and Bert – while she and Martin plan a date at the suggestion of Dr Timoney. Danny tries to seduce Louisa to leave Martin, telling her that she deserves better, but Louisa is not the least bit interested. Martin overhears the conversation.

Martin arranges for teenager Janice to watch James, but plans for the date go awry when youngster Jake from Danny's group goes missing. When Jake is found, Danny callously scolds the child, but Martin realizes Jake's behaviour is a sign of severe illness, and immediately arranges for his hospitalization. Martin later uncovers a hepatitis health scare at James's first birthday party that makes all the guests leave very quickly.

Mrs. Tishell attempts to rekindle her love life with husband Clive, but he visits Martin for what he believes is erectile disfunction. Without consulting anyone, Clive rubs his chest with testosterone gel in hopes of satisfying his wife, but the gel triggers a heart attack.

Dr Timoney suggests that perhaps Martin and Louisa are not meant to be a couple. She asks them to both make a list of why they should stay together, and return for another session with her. Dr. Timoney is later involved in a car accident outside the school. While picking up something from Mrs. Tishell, she gossips about Martin's and Louisa's marriage troubles. Martin believes she might have head damage from the accident, and tells her she needs a CT scan.

Louisa is not pleased when her new art teacher Erica Holbrooke (Kelly Adams) wants to try out some alternative ideas on the children. She wants the children to bring in their favourite toys to be stapled up on a board, but the children refuse to allow that to happen to their toys. Erica faints in the classroom. Meanwhile, Martin is annoyed that Erica is his new next door neighbour. Her daughter's violin playing gets on his nerves. Erica is also noisy and accident prone, repeatedly drops in his home for medical advice. She asks too many personal questions about Martin's and Louisa's status, thinking they are headed for a divorce.

Threatened with arrest by PC Penhale if he continues his unlicensed whisky distillery Bert decides to go back to being a handyman, but that also has its drawbacks – his first customer is school teacher Erica.

Janice Bone (Robyn Addison) gets cozy with PC Penhale, who is offered a transfer to Exeter in recognition of his hard work. Although he and Janice have not yet gotten close enough to be a couple, he is quite fond of her and doesn't want to leave her behind. Janice gives him a kiss, holds his hand, and convinces him to stay.

Mrs. Tishell tells Martin she's going to try and work things out with her husband. Morwenna negotiates with Martin for a pay raise. Ruth and Bert offer Al a proposition regarding the whisky sales to be licensed at the B&B.

Annie Winton (Gemma Jones) tricks Martin into paying a house call to her terminally ill husband Jim. Martin advises him to follow the hospital's advice. Annie is not satisfied, and holds Martin prisoner at gunpoint. Martin escapes on foot, and flags down a passing motorist, who turns out to be the Wintons' son Clemo, who takes Martin right back to the Winton house. The little dog who is always following Martin around, tracks him to the Winton house, and tries to alert PC Penhale.

What Dr. Ellingham's friends and family fail to realise is that he is actually trapped up at the Wilton farm, where desperate wife Annie is trying to coerce him into curing her seriously ill husband Jim. Louisa tells marriage therapist Dr. Timoney that she and Martin are discontinuing the sessions. Louisa worries Dr. Timoney's suggestion that she and Martin aren't meant to be together might have prompted him to leave Portwenn for good. Calling on Ruth, Morwenna and Janice for help, she tries to track him down, with no luck.

PC Joe Penhale, suffering from kidney stones, and Janice Bone, nanny to baby James Ellingham, are set to be married. This is the first wedding that Curate Rosie Edwards (Lucy Briggs-Owen) has ever officiated, but Joe is disappointed and nervous that a vicar is not officiating. Al Large is Best Man, but Penhale really wanted Martin to be Best Man. Bert hopes his whiskey enterprise will profit from pre-ceremony festivities. Aunt Ruth demands he provide her with documentation of expenses and sales on their whiskey enterprise, and finds the business is losing money. Wedding guests start fainting after they all drink directly from a bottle of Bert's whiskey they pass around. Martin diagnoses Joe with kidney stones and prescribes medication, but Joe refuses to take, fearing it might hinder the wedding ceremony. During the ceremony, Curate Edwards faints from nervousness. Janice has a change of heart about marrying Joe, and walks out on their wedding, leaving Joe with a broken heart.

James has started biting not only Louisa but other children at the nursery. Louisa is worried but Martin puts it down to his age. Student Tina Collins (Samantha Spiro) is a classmate of Louisa's, who has spoken to their lecturer about it too. Martin is not impressed and Louisa takes it personally when Martin says there is something wrong with Tina. But Martin is proved correct, when Tina collapses from taking Modafinil, a smart drug, used for treating sleep disorders. Louisa is in the car with Tina driving, Tina loses control and crashes the car. Martin says she almost killed his wife and son, and she's a menace to the public.

Penhale decides to have a police open house to raise community awareness, but local farmer Hannah Butler (Yolanda Kettle) arrives to file a complaint about theft of her sheep. Penhale is feeling so alone, that he asks for a session with Ruth to air his problems.

Morwenna leaves the surgery for a weekend away with Al at Hannah's camping site. Al is nervous to leave Bert running the pub but agrees. Hannah has orf (a viral skin disease which can spread to humans by handling infected sheep and goats) so cannot serve Al and Morwenna any food. Al decides to take matters into his own hands, which doesn't end well when he accidentally burns down the yurt.