The male member of the Brandon family have been hit be redundancies. They are now doing the cooking and cleaning while the women go to work. Uncle Mort starts to plan for his impending death.
Uncle Mort starts looking out for a place to be buried with the right headstone. Linda Preston shows off her new baby but is not saying who the father is. She then drops a bombshell that she is moving in next door to the Brandons.
Carter finds Uncle Mort unconscious in his allotment shed and the Brandons fear death has come four months early. The family decide they should hold a wake while Mort is still alive. Linda Preston and baby moves in next door.
Carter secretly suspects he is the father of Linda's baby so attempts to bond with the child. Pat announces she is pregnant and immediately set her sights on giving birth to a young executive.
After falling out with Annie, Les has been living in the railway carriage on Uncle Mort's allotment. However he is forced to return after a heavy fall in the night. Annie thinks she may be pregnant but Uncle Mort misplaces the sample.
Uncle Mort takes to his bed believing death is near but Dr. Fitzcogan informs the family he can be cured. Uncle Mort is naturally, devastated and decides to take a barge trip.
Uncle Mort is still preparing for death unaware that he is actually going to live unfortunately know one has the guts to tell him. So the Brandons prepare for a funeral that is not going to happen.