Jake对自己将进入初三而深感不安Charlie和Alan跟他说了他们各自如梦魇般的初三生活这让事情变得更糟那些故事对Jake产生了很大的负面影响以至于在上学的第一天他就从校车上下来逃回家躲起来最终Charlie和 Alan意识到他们告诉Jake的那些故事是他们自己的担忧而却把这些担忧传递给Jake 他们俩决定教会Jake如何应对自己的恐惧但是事情却没有像他们计划的那般
美瑞莉带着女儿来到新的小镇生活身为代理牧师的她来到这个陌生环境一切都需要慢慢适应 与此同时在学习如何成为牧师的过程中她却遇到了令人匪夷所思的事件诡异的命案莫名的死亡是狂热教徒的疯狂行径还是恶魔降临
Robert is working in Oxford and sending money home whilst Ruby Pratt has returned from Pontefract after splitting with her gentleman friend Gabriel Cochrane, whose wife has died and whose foundry has been repossessed by the bank, comes to Candleford, penniless, and Dorcas employs him in her forge where the work interests Sydney After Edmund has collected money from Robert at the post office, he arrives home saying he has been robbed The whole village rallies round Emma