The villagers meet a spiritualist nut-case and her fed-up husband. Howard buys transceivers. Glenda forces Barry and Wesley to spend time together. Auntie Wainwright tries to splurge.
Nora Batty finally decides to give Compo a taste of what he's been asking for and it sends him to the hospital. Clegg, Nora, and friends need to deal with the loss of their friend.
Clegg gets a letter telling him Compo's arrangements for his ferrets and the Gang soon learns what Compo did with his Thursdays when he claimed to be 'exercising' his ferrets. And they learn just how devoted he was to Nora Batty.
The village prepares for Compo's funeral; even Auntie Wainwright closes her shop (her mobile phone is on for emergency purchases). Compo's "Thursday Lady" arrives to pay her respects.