The episode focuses on Norman Stanley Fletcher's arrival at Slade Prison alongside two others, where he attempts to manipulate things to his benefit.
At lunch, Fletcher is surprised to hear that Godber wants to "go straight" when he leaves prison, despite his youth.
Barrowclough, however, refuses to be manipulated into giving him a cushy job in the prison library, despite Fletcher pretending to be offended at such an accusation, but is given a book regarding tropical fish.
His disappointment is further added to when he learns he must share his cell with a Welsh prisoner whom he describes as a "lunatic who eats light bulbs... Only when he can't get razor blades", and that Godber and Heslop have been awarded easier jobs.
When told he has been given special duties by the Governor, Fletcher soon relaxes, believing he is getting a cushy job, but soon discovers that he is to work on the prison's farm, much to his further irritation.