Charlie meets Emily, a girl from the posh side of town and guess who's coming to dinner? Hoffman falls for her too.
Hoffman and Charlie are keen to learn some tricks of the trade, and Fagin goes Italian but gets caught up in spaghetti. A deal goes wrong; a tangle with the Mafia; Mam comes to the rescue.
Dr Raghaven is called as Fagin faces the final curtain with only 24 hours to live. Mam and the boys are devastated. Sergeant Ball and Mrs Coles are sceptical but Fagin is philosophical.
Fagin is charged with murder again. DI Piggot from Cardiff hauls him down to the local police station. Mam, the boys, Ball and Claude rally round but Piggot is not to be toyed with. It looks like a sewn-up case but have Mrs Coles and the boys some surprises up their sleeves?
The Cwm Pen Ol Am Dram players are putting on Romeo and Juliet, and the director, Mr Stone, gives Mam her big break.
Hoffman and Charlie's friend joins the army but soon goes AWOL. The Hepplewhites hide him under a mattress.