- Hyacinth is appalled when she spots a strange man wrapped in only a towel exiting Elizabeth's house next door. Convinced that it is her moral duty to save her friend from this scandalous behavior, Hyacinth begins to plot ways of flushing the man out.—Nadia Nassar
- Onslow refuses to be denied his bed rest, prolonged long into bright daylight, by a bright day or Daisy's frisky desire, and shows how to be good in a crisis: he simply continues concentrating on TV and beer when the sisters panic because daddy has disappeared again, instructs them to check what the demented man is wearing and feels confident he'll be found soon as it's only his long World War II-style underwear... Hyacinth fears strict instructions to the milkmen to reuse her own milk bottles won't suffice now Elizabeth's house seems a cesspit of sin as she says a man wearing only a towel taking in the milk. Richard is ordered to pretend forgetfulness so he can spy at the front of her house, but ultimately it turns out he man is just Elizabeth's brother Emmet, who moves in after losing his home in a divorce. Discovering he's a classical musician gives Hyacinth instant delusions of being begged to become his diva once she can demonstrate her imaginary vocal excellence at a musical soirée preceding one of her generally feared candle light dinners.—KGF Vissers
- Hyacinth glimpses a strange man next door at Elizabeth's house and imagines him to be her lover. Also, Daddy goes missing again in his long johns.
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