Amber wants a locket that belonged to her grandmother but Perce won't let her have it. She and Darcy argue incessantly about Amber going out on her own at such a young age. Darcy calls her father, Sean, to come down to the Valley but Howie and Amber leave before he gets there. Amber has a change of heart shortly after they leave but Howie's been drinking...the car crashes off the road, rolling over and killing Howie instantly. Amber is taken to the hospital in a coma. Tom notifies her family. At the hospital, Bernice, Darcy, and Sean are told that Amber is brain dead, not in a coma, but Darcy won't believe it. They have to decide whether to donate Amber's organs. Darcy is very against it but gradually comes to the realization that Amber truly is dead. Perce takes Amber's death very badly and tells Bernice it's all her fault. Darcy convinces him otherwise. After the operation to take her organs, Perce comes to the hospital to visit Amber and gives Bernice her mother's locket, the one Amber wanted.

The bake off is cancelled due to the tragedy. Someone leaves a baby on the doorstep at Camelot. Shirl, Esme, and Tom get the impression that the mother is still around so they trick her into showing herself. They arrange for the mother, Kylie Phillips, to get help. Ian Catlin, a no-nonsense farmer, brings his puppy Ben in to Anna after the puppy hurts himself. While there, Anna learns that the puppy is deaf. When she visits Mr. Catlin, she discovers that he's been feeding Ben pig feed, which contains an antibiotic to prevent pig and poultry parasites but causes deafness in dogs. Mr. Catlin is ready to shoot the puppy but Anna convinces him she can find it a home. Before she can, Mr. Catlin comes back and says his wife thinks they should keep the puppy to give to his son for his birthday.

Before they leave the Valley for Amber's funeral in Nimben, Bernice plants a bottlebrush tree in her memory. A new telephone exchange is being installed in the Valley (with direct-dial telephones), putting Bev out of a job. She doesn't take it well. After being driven from the exchange, she holes up in the ladies' loo at the club with her bagpipes. Terence has a new pager, which he wants to tinker with. Kate is attracted to Capt. Alex Neil, a very handsome ulcer patient at the hospital. She thinks he's an army captain but he's really in the Salvation Army...she's a little upset when she finds out. Frank gets Bev to become the new taxi driver.