“Are Ye’ Dancin’?” 'Sister Boniface's Sure-Footed Skills Solve a Birthday Murder

Episode 3 of Sister Boniface Mysteries' fourth season begins with suspicious behavior afoot at the local Church Hall; a Scottish invasion has taken place. It’s a surprise party thrown by Vera Clam’s sister, Jeanie McIntyre (Elaine C. Smith), and her husband, Angus (Gordon Kennedy), who’ve come all the way from Scotland, with help from all the usual local suspects.

Already the police are involved – DS Felix Livingstone runs to warn them that Vera is on her way, and the conspirators barricade themselves in. Vera sees Dottie Thimble enter the Church Hall and bangs on the door, claiming she needs to borrow a teapot to accommodate additional guests. (Vera is the proprietor of Great Slaughter’s Sea View Bed & Breakfast although I believe it’s nowhere near the sea). Everyone inside the Church Hall, including Sister Boniface, freezes and waits for her to go away.

Musician Callum McIntyre (Calum Gulvin), Jeanie and Angus’s son, is the next to arrive, driving the Loch Killin Ceilidhs’ van. From his conversation with his parents, we know there are musical differences within the band, but for his Auntie’s birthday, he’s prepared to go strictly traditional. Inside the hall, Callum is playing his fiddle, and charmingly, Dottie dances solo, while Sister Peter (Tina Chiang) and Sister Reginald (Virginia Fiol) link arms and join her.  “I do so admire a man who knows how to use his instrument,” Dottie simpers to Callum, who looks confused.