'Grantchester' Season 4 Episode 4: Like Father, Like Son

Grantchester Season 4 turns the tables, as Will Davenport asks Geordie for help this time when a murder happens at home.

Will: We're not rich, Geordie.
Geordie: You have a gong.

This week's episode starts with small crimes and misdemeanors when a young girl gets caught stealing from the collection plate. Leonard wants to come down hard, but Will is all about forgiveness, especially when she begs them not to tell her father. He even hands her back the tuppence she took. Leonard is horrified and frets over his lackadaisical approach. But Will can tell Leonard's real issue is Mrs. C's absence. Will is hoping a few reports of how Mrs. Bennett (Sarah Crowden) has taken over without anyone to keep her in check will do the trick to bring her back.

Geordie, as usual, is having problems trying to figure out what's wrong with Cathy. He might be on to Hobbs yet, given time, but sadly he still thinks it's an affair, and not that his wife is being harassed. Unfortunately for him, that's when Will turns up. For once it's not because Geordie needs him, but because he needs Geordie. Surprised and a little confused, Geordie hops in the car and follows Will on his bike, who rides it like a man trying to get himself killed. Arriving at a cottage, we meet the woman who called Will, Sally (Maggie Daniels), who announces she's going to report "him." Upstairs there's an elderly man, Eli (Christopher Fairbank) covered in bruises, whom Geordie assumes is Will's dad. It's not.

Will's dad is the one who did the beating. He's not at the cottage, because that's not where he lives. Thomas Davenport (Nathaniel Parker) is the lord of the manor house, and when Geordie and Will arrive, the family is having dinner. His mother Amelia (Jemma Redgrave) is at least happy to see him, but Thomas is not. The other couple at the table, Eddie (Robert Portal) and Meredith (Rachel Pickup), are more startled by Will's get up, with Meredith openly asking if it's a costume.