Dawn and Frank wake up one wet morning in the flat above their pub, .the Old Spring. Today they have to meet the brewery representative, .creepy Tim Green, and track down an error in their books - or face the .consequences. Dawn has something else on her mind too: the anniversary .of an old tragedy for which she has always felt responsible. Frank has a problem of his own - a secret that has ended his sex life with Dawn.

Darren the cleaner meanwhile is haunted by the ghost of a long-dead landlord. The pub's 'chaplain', Father Thomas, tries to rediscover his faith under the sceptical scrutiny of his tormentor, Alan. And in the local hospital, pub regular Romesh drifts towards death on his magic carpet, while back in the snug, the tattooed man faces up to a life and death crisis of his own.