Christmas has come round again but the Medfords get the festive doldrums when it looks as if daughter Wendy will be unable to visit. There is much eating, drinking and merry-making around the Christmas dinner table, though the fact that philandering Malcolm has received a card from a mystery woman annoys Beattie. Come New Year's Eve, however, Wendy and her husband turn up for the party and Beattie turns the tables on Malcolm, making him violently jealous.