'Grantchester' Brings a Pair of Twists as Season 10 Digs Into Insecurities

Grantchester's second episode of its tenth anniversary season starts with its strongest angle: The continuing saga of the life of Geordie Keating and his latest vicar pal. The series doesn't even get to the body until the second act, and then most of what we learn is in the context of Geordie's bagman, Larry, and his ongoing quest to convince Miss Scott to marry him. Instead, we get a pair of setups that lead to major twists, one of which we encounter right from the start, and one that the show keeps under wraps until the final scenes, but will most likely have repercussions both on and off-screen.

Last week's premiere included the introduction of Alphy's new (possibly serious) love interest, who the credits listed as "Margaret Grey." On screen, her last name wasn't given, and when asked by Alphy if she went by "Maggie," she quickly corrected him to "Margaret." That was obviously deliberate, as we learn in the episode's first scenes. Alphy and Margaret's date goes swimmingly, they trade books, and wind up in a hot makeout session in his convertible, only for Alphy's boss, the Bishop, to walk around the corner and see them.

Alphy, of course, already had a difficult time with the Bishop in the latter half of Season 9, and until like our last vicar, did not have a sister-by-marriage to distract him with sex. The chances of Alphy being ousted were 0% because Rishi Nair had just been cast aside, apparently, this was, we learn, deliberately built as a longtail arc, as the Bishop Aubrey Grey just so happens to be the father of one Meg Grey. Not Maggie, nor Margaret either, apparently. She swears she was going to tell him... eventually. Thankfully, that's when Geordie calls with a body, the same one that got him out of listening to Cathy rant about how the men in the clothing shop are not taking her eye for what sells seriously.