They have a going away party for the Doc, wifey declares she's going to stay but doesn't know what she'll do. The farmer's wife who's decided not to remarry the farmer (I won't explain; you need to have been watching) is still friends with the Doc's wife and suggests that she (doc-wife) could become the island harlot - all very friendly, like. They're having a picnic and drinking wine.

Anyway, during the party (a great knees up with trad music & dance) the Doc decides to go off in a fishing boat with a fisherman - both are drunk, and the Doc forgets to touch the statue and isn't wearing his tights (panty-hose; like I said, if you haven't been watching there's no catching up). So obviously they end up in a storm, break up the party by calling out the lifeboat crew, who happen to be the farmer and the farmer's little brother (did he decide if he's gay or not?) and go out and rescue the 'sailors'. So baby brother brings them back in the lifeboat leaving big brother to bring the fishing boat back. But of course there's something wrong with it and we hear fisherman slipping from this mortal coil over the ship-to-shore radio which happens to be in the hall where the party is; farmer-wifey listens in. He croons Carrickfergus (???) while he's departing.

Funeral scene then with a dory with the body in it and all the villagers bringing loaves and fishes 'n' stuff to accompany the farmer on his final journey (I thought that was well done); Doc breaks down. Cut to Doc boarding the ferry and waving goodbye to wife and kids and villagers, but ends up jumping overboard to come back, forgetting that he can't swim; except wife is still watching, and can swim, and rescues him and presumably there will be another series.

So there.

siân