of the match because he fears Lexie may feel trapped on the estate and leave Archie—as Molly once left him. This information is never relayed to Archie, because Hector dies suddenly. Lexie wants to delay the wedding as it is mere weeks after the funeral but Archie insists it go ahead. Lexie runs off. Archie and the estate team track her down and he agrees they should postpone their marriage. Series 4 Lexie struggles to become the new Lady of Glenbogle after her marriage to Archie, but tries to continue some of her old duties, especially cooking. When Archie hires a new cook, Lexie becomes upset and jealous, and insists on a cook-off, using an old, relatively unknown Scottish recipe. She doesn't know that the new cook, Irene, has been the chef of a large Highland hotel, and that this particular recipe was one of her specialities. Molly tries to come to terms with being a widow after Hector's death and finds she has a suitor in the shape of new neighbour, Andrew. When Paul Bowman-MacDonald suddenly turns up, Archie and his mother Molly are shocked and upset to learn that his father once had an affair, and that Paul was the child produced. They also discover that he is AWOL from the British Army. Molly tries to be welcoming to Paul, realising that being illegitimate is not his fault, and that he wasn't even aware of his parentage until his mother's death. Still, she feels betrayed. Golly is devastated to find that Duncan is romantically involved with new cook, Irene, but Duncan is horrified to find that Irene is pregnant by the husband she has run away from. Archie must deal with his father's astronomical death duties. Lexie's mother offers to pay these off as a wedding gift but Lexie refuses out of pride. Briefly, Molly considers marrying Killwillie to get them out of the financial hole, but money is found at the last minute. Series 5 Glenbogle's financial problems are over, and Archie starts to become bored. Looking for a new challenge he considers running a restaurant owned by Kilwillie - in New York. Lexie is not keen. Paul returns to Glenbogle to start afresh but is treated badly. He wants to start an outward bound centre on the estate but the locals don't want city youths visiting. A compromise is eventually found when Lexie suggests they offer