'Grantchester' Season 7 Episode 4 Recap
The latest episode of Grantchester opens to a scene of Will being flirted with by female parishioners set to Frankie Avalon's "Venus." It's been far too long since we had a church-set episode and Will dealing with the snark and gossip of the community. Everything about the opening, from the reminder that Daniel can shade with the best of them, to creepy Baker's earnest desire to become a curate, to Jack's horror at Sylvia's girdle hiatus, is delightful. Mrs. C's hiatus extends to the vicarage, which means no cakes for the Missionary Circle's fundraiser unless Will gets baking. Let's just say his and Bonnie's tipsy attempts would not impress Mary Berry (though Geordie doesn't mind), as the two make eyes at each other and plot behind the Keatings' backs to get them back together.
Leonard: She and God had a falling out. God lost.
Will: You couldn't have lost your faith *after* you baked 12 cakes?
Despite Leonard's idea to replace the cakes with Baba Ganoush, the fundraiser is shaping up fine until a body turns up in the middle of the stage at Vicarage Hall. The deceased is electrician Neil Hughes (Tom Lorcan), husband of Grace (Lauren Douglin). She is part of the Missionary Circle that includes her BFFs, widow Kathleen Wilson (Sophie Fletcher) and French student Natalie Beniot (Alaïs Lawson), who roomed with the Hughes when she first arrived in the UK. The wealthy Eleanor Ingram (Louiza Patikas) is the head of the committee, and her husband Adam (Simon Balcon) was hanging out with Neil at church making misogynistic remarks and sneering at Daniel. Will wants this to be an accident, but no, it's murder.
