While hunting Alistair Domage on foot with Trevor and Ben, Brendan changes his mind and goes back for the car. Dessie is en route to saving the day when he encounters Mags leaning on a gate and confesses his involvement with things.

Dessie’s attempt to get Alistair away from Ballygomore collides with Garda Nugent’s checkpoint. Helen confronts Petey about their family history and who, in fact, is the rightful heir to the 400-piece china set that was rescued from the Big House in 18...

Dolores is determined to find out what Helen knows about the sheep;  instead she ends up wondering what Mags is at. Brendan is stopped by Garda Nugent who is pursuing a one-woman-containment-troop strategy to track down Alistair.

Garda Nugent and Dolores meet out walking and a cautious approach to conversation leads both to wonder if the other is really only out for a walk. While carting out the empties, Barb catches Ben behind the bins stealing her wifi.

Dolores takes radical steps to lose the extra sheep, only to be run a-cropper by Petey. Brendan instructs Trevor in The Ways of the Iron. Armed with a photofit of Alistair Domage, Garda Nugent attempts to elicit an ID from Aunty Catherine,

Brendan and Petey debate the merits of invite lists and recent developments in the gate realm. Dessie decides to up his game to impress Mags, brushing aside Alistair’s attempt to enlist him to the Irexit cause. Helen investigates her family tree,

Ben looks for help from Mags; ends up with advice instead. Trevor gets a job!   But Brendan’s attempts at negotiating him a better deal are quashed by Barb. Dolores experiments with a complicated (but theoretically possible) way to incorporate her spar...

Helen’s attempts at corralling both the cows and her family push her to breaking point. Following a new development and with some unsolicited help/interference from Barb and Petey, Garda Nugent expands the scope of her gate investigation.

Ben and Dessie’s short-lived alliance is reviewed through the prism of metalwork and social media. Dolores and Mags wrestle metaphorically for control of Step the sheepdog while providing poor emotional support for each other.

Garda Nugent suspects that Aunty Catherine may be hiding something and finds a suspicious individual living in her pig shed. Trevor gets the wrong side of Barb when he objects to her price-gouging. Dolores is stymied in her sheep-shuffling efforts when...