Howard Franklin arrives in Aidensfield to scatter his late wife's ashes. however, his mother-in-law, Hannah Stockdale, blames Howard for the seperation of her family and the death of her two sons in World War 1, and sets out to make Franklin's life a misery, and the last wish of Franklin's wife is threatened when the urn goes missing, sending Nick on the hunt for it. Meanwhile, The village fete approaches, and Greengrass enters his dog, Alfred, into the Lurcher Challenge Cup. But he faces competition in Nappa Minto's favourable dog.