After the interviews for staff fail miserably, the former Grace Brothers team must work at their own hotel. In the night, a storm knocks out the electricity with scary results.

The former staff of Grace Brothers have now taken on their new roles as staff at the Millstone Country Hotel, but their having trouble settling in.

Mavis Moulterd has still got a mad, passionate crush on Mr. Humphries. Mrs. Slocombe gets a letter from an old friend and Captain Peacock finds a loaded gun in the writing room.