女主角法兰西丝是新近守寡的摄影师，正陷于是否要移民外国而烦恼。她的母亲艾丝蓓是个性倔强的老太太，宁愿独自穿越寒冬雪地到女儿家也要来干涉女儿的生活。她的十六岁儿子亚历则开始意识到异性的吸引力，跟邻家女孩妮塔初尝禁果滋味。

Having persuaded Mark to let Bono attend his first disco, Agnes joins Winnie and Hilary on patrol for the Neighbourhood Watch scheme Maria and Father Damien have set up to combat the recent crime surge, though Buster actually hatches the plan to trap the thief; Cathy is annoyed when Agnes goes on a radio talk show to get her daughter a boyfriend and even more so by the unwanted admirers it brings her - until Grandad gets rid of them for her.