Eric and Hattie are going through their late uncle's belongings. He was an escapologist.
Eric thinks he will come into a lot of money. Instead all they have got his their late uncle's stage costumes and props.
Charles Brown turns up expecting to be taken out to a swanky restaurant now that Eric has inherited wealth.
However Hattie thinks that their late uncle's presence is still about. Especially as Eric and Hattie get handcuffed together and there is no key.
Getting stuck in handcuffs is the key gag in this episode. Even Corky gets stuck with his own handcuffs on him.
Eric has to run after a bus when the conductor tells him to get off but Hattie is allowed in. At the restaurant Eric and Hattie have to somehow eat a meal while chained together. They even have to sleep with the handcuffs.
This was a remake of the black and white Sykes episode from the 1960s.