'Grantchester' Season 7, Episode 5 Recap

Grantchester's penultimate episode for the season opens with Will playing backgammon at St. Cedd's Care Center, the old folks' home, with Ida Merryman (Anna Calder-Marshall). As befitting someone who used to be on Harlots, she's trying to make it strip backgammon. Matron Fletcher (Caroline Faber) is horrified, compounded when Clem Preston (Bruce Alexander) locks himself in her office and starts blasting "Johnny B Goode" over the speaker system. His rebellion is short-lived, sadly, as Fletcher gets spare keys from the groundskeeper Pat Wyndham (Mark Quartley) and lets herself in. He complements her bum; she responds by bullying and humiliating the old man, much to Will's horror.

Geordie: Getting old is demeaning. I put my back out last week brushing my teeth.

Geordie's got the day with the kids, though Esme refuses to come, and Cathy's at a union thing, meaning Bonnie drops them off. She and Will have an uncomfortable chat, deciding to be friends, only for Maya to turn up as soon as she drives away. She's broken up with Geordie's boss and wants to run away with Will. It's obvious his thing for Maya was because she was unavailable, which Geordie correctly calls him on. Will responds by calling Geordie out on not trying to win Cathy back, like this is a phase that will pass, instead of hearing what she's telling him. But love lives will have to wait, as will his attempts at doing Mrs. C's jobs for her, as a body's turned up at St. Cedds. The Matron has been found dead in Clem's room; he and Ida are gone.