Theseus has defeated Hippolyta in battle, and now claims her as his bride. But before the nuptials begin, a pair of young lovers flee into the forest to be married, pursued by a pair of not-lovers. There, in the forest, live the fairies whose lives are in turmoil, due to the heated lovers quarrels between their rulers, Oberon and Titania. Between the fairies, an asss head, the lovers, a troupe of unsuspecting would-be actors, and a magic flower that can make people fall in love at first sight, its a merry night of chaos and comedy until everything is put to rights.
Young solicitor Nicholas Turner, plagued by financial problems, falls from the roof of his house as his wife witnesses the event through the front windows. As Barnaby and Scott investigate the possibility of foul play, Turners neighbor and friend, Jack Wilmot mysteriously disappears. Two eccentric friends of Wilmots, an obsessive wine snob and an unsuccessful game show host, fall under suspicion as Barnaby begins to turn up details of an elaborate fraud involving all four men. before long, DCI Barnaby has two bizarre murders on his hands amid a flurry of broken and empty wine bottles.
