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- In Moonah Ston Alison loses a whopping £40,000 to Barclay in a poker game, a game she had to start because Mike had been misled into thinking the rights of their driveway would be sold off for a measley £20 instead of the £20,000 Barclay actually meant. Hoping that the ghosts would help her, they instead ignored her pleas (following her upsetting them by yelling at them for interrupting her dinner party) leading to the massive loss. As Barclay leaves, clearly smug about the win, Julian drops the fact that Barclay has a secret illegal offshore account that he doesn't want anyone to know about:Julian: Word of advice - never play someone who can afford to lose. Not as if he needs the money either... Unless it's for legal fees. [sing-song] Maybe they've finally found out about that bank account in Fiji.
[Alison turns around, an idea dawns on her face]Barclay: Thank you for a lovely evening, Annabel.Alison & Mike: Alison.Barclay: [ignores the previous comment] And no hard feelings about the whole... you know?Alison: No, no, no, no, a deal's a deal. I was thinking of doing a bank transfer.Barclay: Ooh. Very modern. I'll 'e-mail' you my details.Alison: Great, great. [innocently] And is that for your current account... or the Fiji account?[Barclay freezes in the doorway]Bunny: What's the Fiji account?Barclay: [laughs nervously] Y-you know what? What's a little card game between friends? [...] Let's, let's just forget this silly money nonsense. I'll sign over the access rights to you - gratisnote - and pop the papers in the post first thing. [sternly to his wife] Come along, Bunny! - Kitty finally standing up to the Captain and his plotting to coerce Alison and Mike to move out.The Captain: They're broken! In retreat. Out of their depth, and I believe it's time for one last push. Strike while they're weak - get them out forever.Kitty: I don't want to.The Captain: What?!Thomas: So much.The Captain: You're too soft - you like everyone.Kitty: Well, I don't like you, bossing everyone around all the long day! Since they've arrived, you've become worse and worse and I've had enough, to be actually honest!Mary: Amen! [she puts her hand on Kitty's arm in support]
- Cue Thomas, Fanny and Pat also speaking up to tell the Captain that they've also had enough of his behaviour... which leads to Pat being appointed leader (despite Julian volunteering).
- Despite being mocked and kicked out, the Captain earns his own moment as well. After finding out that the buyer of the house is trying to swindle Alison, he manipulates Kitty into telling Alison about the basement and how the buyer could use that space thus not lowering the price they had agreed upon. This leads to the surveyors finding out about the plague pit and locking the house down (due to it becoming a site of historical interest), and after freaking out about the "mass grave" the buyer withdraws her offer to buy the house, forcing both Mike and Alison to stay.Alison: Kitty, did you know this would happen?Kitty: I didn't, honestly! The Captain said that the basement would...
[everyone turns to look at the Captain who is rather smug]The Ghosts: Oooooh!Captain: It was nothing, really. I'll give you a full debrief at 1900 hours.Mary: He'll never hush about this.
- In The Grey Lady, we have the Captain's glorious flying tackle of Fanny to prevent her being picked up by the ghost hunter's camera, complete with intercut scenes of Thomas, Julian and Pat wildly cheering him on and then celebrating.
- The Captain attempting to sacrifice himself by jumping on the buried bomb in Redding Weddy. He couldn't have actually done anything, but the thought definitely counts.
- Redding Weddy in general. After several failed attempts at making money, both Alison and Mike, through sheer hard-work and determination manage to impress Clare and her wedding planner by clearing their dump of a backyard into a beautiful, dreamy garden fit for a wedding. It books them their first ever event and after so many failures and bad luck, they finally get a win.
- In Bump in the Night, there's Robin howling and barking to get the attention of Barclay's dogs (and by extension Barclay himself) in order to stop the burglars and retrieve the stolen items.
- The plan to use Jemima worked, just not in the way the other ghosts intended. Since there was a solid enough reason to believe a child might be in danger, the police were dispatched. Even better, there's no reason this would paint the dispatcher as lying or imagining things. Mike could say he called but had to hang up and that there was a nearby radio/TV on that must have faintly came through the phone.
- Humphrey managing to talk sense into Fanny regarding the wedding in Perfect Day. It's not over the top or Anvilicious, just calm, rational and sensible.
- In a flashback to Humphrey's death, he holds off Queen Elizabeth's men by barricading the door, allowing his wife to escape.
- In series 3, the ghosts figure out that Lucy isn't really Alison's half sister and is actually a scammer. The Captain and Julian provide relevant information while Fanny is the one who puts all the pieces together.
- In Speak as ye choose, Mary has difficulty trying to find her voice and insult the people around her (even though she's a ghost and they can't hear her). This lasts until she hears a man refer to another woman as a witch. Then she lets loose a long list of insults she's no doubt been supressing since her death.
- Mary stands up for herself in The Hardest Word when the other ghosts want to send her to Alison with an apology on the grounds that Mary is the one ghost who Alison isn’t angry at.Mary: I took the fall for something I didn't do once before, and it didn't turn out all that well for me. So, I'm thinking maybe this time I'm gonna leave the guilt for the guilty. 'Cause someone in this room has done nothing wrong!
- Another one from The Hardest Word. Alison manages to tear apart the ghosts' insincere apology by simply asking them what they're sorry for. The ghosts can't answer her. At which point she tells them off again and makes them understand why she's so angry at them.
- In Gone Gone Mike mishears a party booking and prepares a birthday tea-party for what he thinks are two old ladies celebrating their 86th birthdays... then learns that it's a joint birthday party for two children who are turning 8 and 6. With Alison distracted by the ghosts, Mike improvises by creating a Mad Hatter's tea party and even manages to throw together a costume in no time at all. This, after admitting to Alison that he's not good with kids.
- In Poached Guests, Barclay attempts to open up his own Bed and Breakfast in an attempt to steal Alison's guests. Julien teaches Alison how to play dirty, with the end result of getting Barclay into trouble twice. First by informing Building Control of an illegal build on his property and then, when he tries to get her into trouble for dangerous building materials on her property, she informs the law enforcement that the materials are his... because they'll be sure to find buildings on his property with missing roofs. She also points out to Barclay that fly-tipping dangerous materials is against the law. Barclay immediately backs down.
- The climax of Not Again, where Mike gets caught in a thunderstorm while transporting the stuffed bear to the Gatehouse and takes cover under some trees. Robin overcomes his fear of the storm, runs out into the rain and absorbs the lightning bolts that were going to hit the tree Mike was under. Mike is even able to sort of see him briefly.
