Rumpole and the Summer of Discontent: Before Mr. Justice Guthrie Featherstone, Rumpole defends a trade unionist on charges of recklessly causing the death of a truck driver who was crossing a picket line. Guthrie is thinking about a strike of his own, to hit back at new rights for solicitors. Meanwhile, chez Rumpole, Hilda declares she is going on strike herself.