Sunday, 14 September 2008
8.35pm

The deaths of Ron Wilson (Albert Welling) and his wife Libby shock the village of Dunstan in Midsomer. The couple, who became reclusive after the death of their son Michael in a road accident, were apparently victims of a botched burglary.

Veteran campaigner and psychic Lynne Fox (Maggie Steed), who discovered the bodies, is leading protests against a village bypass. Brutish wheeler-dealer Jack Purdy (Matthew Flynn) has won the right to flatten Alyssa Bradley's (Marion Bailey) house to make way for the road, but Alyssa fears her long-lost son Patrick (Albert Welling) will have nowhere to return to.

Charlotte Knight (Indra Ove), a photographer and school friend of Jones (Jason Hughes), is helping police at the crime scene. Barnaby (John Nettles) senses something is not right there.

Mark Purdy (Shaun Dooley), Jack's brother, is getting married to Louise (Kate Miles), who once had a tempestuous relationship with Jack. The couple plan to start a secret new life away from the village. But at the stag and hen nights Jack attacks Spud (Ben Crompton), a protester, then meets up with Louise. The next day, Lynne finds Jack dead in his car, covered in red paint.

Barnaby discovers Jack had few friends but was loyal to a secret childhood bond formed with Mark, Louise and Charlotte. Jones recalls that it was Jack's father whose car killed Michael Wilson - is Jack's death somehow connected to Ron and Libby's?

As Charlotte goes through the wedding photos, she spies a mysterious figure in goggles. Meanwhile Mark and Louise argue at the reception - Louise runs off alone but is viciously attacked and left for dead. Her last words tell of someone back from the grave. A terrified Charlotte fears she is next.

Mark is devastated, but Barnaby thinks he is hiding something. Alyssa also suspects that Mark, Jack, Louise and Charlotte were involved in Patrick's disappearance.