High Hopes

Mam is having a hip replacement in a hospital that is already undergoing a body parts scandal. Claude is in charge of the investigation because Sgt Ball is away on an anger management course. Back home Hoffman and Charlie are delighted when Fagin meets Esmeralda - a sparkling-eyed Irish gypsy.

Hoffman and Charlie invite Kurt Stable, a faded popstar, back home but things go seriously awry. Sgt Ball and Claude's reporting of a stag night that ended in tragedy offers an unexpected solution to the resulting dilemma. Mam leads them up the garden path.

A rainy day in Cwm Pen Ol. The tedium in the Hepplewhite household is relieved by conversation - old tales of seaside adventures and family histories.

Hoffman is going through the dark night of the soul!

Fagin is under threat from Karl Sweeney who has escaped from Happy Valley Mental Hospital.