Hospitalised until he can pass his kidney stone, Bob's belief in the "Hatfield Curse" coupled with Cookie's tales of his "dear old uncle (God rest his soul)" convince Bob that he is near death. Bob asks Cookie to contact a woman with whom he had an affair not long after getting married. Amused at who the woman is, Cookie contacts her and enjoys reporting back to Bob that she has no recollection of him whatsoever. Kate Darcy fires Jack Coombes as her farm manager when she discovers that apart from stealing her livestock, he has been faking his back troubles for the past decade, something Terence finds out for himself when Jack purports to be miraculously cured during a visit to the clinic. Molly has Brendan begin fixing up the farm in preparation for her mother's arrival.