Morse and Lewis investigate the death of Laura Poindexter, an American tourist who is part of an exclusive tour group visiting Oxford. Missing from her personal effects is her jewelry, including the Wolvercote Tongue which she was going to donate to the Ashmolean Museum. The pathologist determines that she died of natural causes, but Morse feels there's something not quite right. The mystery deepens when Theodore Kemp, the Ashmolean's expert on the Wolvercote Tongue, is found dead and Mrs. Poindexter's husband goes missing.
A group of young supermarket employees faces the daily challenges of the store. Led by store manager Thorsten, the employees try to master all the disasters and dramas.
Bei Feinkost Kolinski in Hamburg-Altona ist alles beim Alten: Thorsten versucht mit Hilfe von Pina, den Laden über Wasser zu halten, Jonas steht ihm treu zur Seite und Titus liebt Lia. Der Kühlraum wird von der Belegschaft regelmäßig zweckentfremdet, Meutereien werden angezettelt und Jonas erhält noch mehr Fotos für seine Promiwand.