"Country Matters" from season 9 is a bit different from other Midsomer Murder Fare. It's quite funny.
In the village of Elverton, developers want to put a supermarket in the town, on polluted land. Though people are against it, the positive side of it is that the supermarket people will clean up the site. The town meetings become very heated.
The death of an old man known to several people in the town by different names may figure into this town battle somehow. The man was an environmental consultant who was working with the townspeople and the supermarket people.
Class issues, lots of adultery, rival factions, two budding juvenile delinquents, a single mother, deception, a married couple who make a living in an interesting way, and a horse training stable are just a few of the elements in this mystery. But the mystery isn't the main feature here, it's the story around it, and some of the reactions of Barnaby and Jones.
Let's just say that when people need to make a living in this town, they can be pretty resourceful.
And the ending with Joyce and Barnaby was great.