Archie McDonald, a young restaurateur, is tricked into returning to his home, Glenbogle, by his eccentric father and mother, Hector and Molly. Once there Archie finds out that the estate is on the verge of bankruptcy. In this pilot episode we also meet some other employees at the Glenbogle house, Lexie, Duncan and Golly as well as the young school teacher, Katrina.—Nadia Nassar
Archie MacDonald left the family estate many years ago and along with his fiancée, Justine Thatcher, is trying to establish his new restaurant. When his father has a bit of a spill in the loch, his mother Molly begs him to come home and visit his ailing father. Archie arrives to find his father fit as a fiddle and realizes that he has been duped. He also finds that the estate is run down and subsequently learns that it is very near bankruptcy. When his parents finally admit that they had to put the estate into a trust for tax reasons, he learns that the title has also passed to him and he is now the Laird of the estate.—garykmcd