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- P.C. Eddie Santini stands trial for murder.
- Klein's social life looks up when Bradford goes undercover in a pole-dancing club. Meanwhile, Chandler meets up with a mystery woman in a seedy hotel.
- The guns come out as Webb tries to foil a murder attempt, and Spears is at it again with the Chief Superintendent.
- Tension crackles between Ackland and Carver - could it be sexual? Singh appears to have started a race war.
- McAllister suspects that Spears is sleeping with the chief superintendent. The race war escalates when PC Stamp comes under petrol bomb attack.
- Chandler is concerned about growing racial tension in Sun Hill and, after sending a junior officer to a community meeting in his place - while he entertains Spears at home - his fears are proven right. Taviner has serious car trouble.
- As Sun Hill mourns Conway's death, Vik Singh faces the music. The search for the bomber begins, while Mickey Webb is in for a shock.
- Taviner drops himself in it when a charitable gesture proves to be incredibly expensive. Racial violence erupts all over Sun Hill as Chandler questions the wisdom of allowing a racist march through the area.
- With the racist march due to take place later that day, the tension rises once again as the Sun Hill force comes under attack from gangs of youths. Ackland is saved from a gang by Carver, and the pair soon become much closer. After telling Chandler it's over, Kate Spears reveals that she is going to tell everyone what they were doing when Conway died.
- Sun Hill attempts to come to terms with its loss as the names of dead officers are read out and Chandler vows to catch the bombers responsible. Lennox and Glaze team up to search for prime suspect Simpson. But when they find him and question him, he denies any involvement in the bombing.
- Taviner must deal with the possibility that Harker might survive, and the consequences it will bring. Meanwhile, Chandler appoints Boyden as Acting Inspector, while McAllister forges evidence in order to bring about a confession.
- Murder Investigation Team officers arrive to sift through the ashes of Sun Hill station and question the survivors, with everyone under suspicion as the officers are convinced the fire was an inside job. A terrified Taviner faces the challenge of hiding the truth from them, while Webb sees a chance to dish the dirt on Chandler. Meanwhile, Carver and Ackland try to keep their relationship a secret.
- The day of the memorial service arrives, and DC Sharpe is thrown in at the deep end on her first day when McAllister puts her to the test. A panic-struck Taviner is determined to find Harry Fullerton before the Murder Investigation Team, but Chandler hampers his progress. Chandler's hollow speech at the memorial is too much for DC Webb, who is at breaking point. Carver tries to patch things up with Ackland.
- Harry Fullerton is arrested - confusing Taviner, who is perplexed as to his motives. Chandler lets McAllister know where they stand, but her response surprises him. Carver thinks his luck is in, but Ackland puts rank before romance. Glaze and Sharpe join forces to investigate an assault on a taxi driver which isn't as straightforward as it appears. Webb tries to find evidence against Chandler.
- When stolen cheques turn up on the streets of Sun Hill, the police target a known fraudster. On visiting his home, his ex-wife claims her husband has left and that she is living with a new man. PC Rickman is caught out while off-duty when she takes an ecstasy tablet while clubbing, only to be called to a crisis. Meadows and Webb uncover Chandler's lies, while McAllister has Chandler where she wants him.
- Guilty Taviner is desperate for his double bluff to work. Klein and Rickman respond to a domestic violence call.
- Ackland's feelings for Carver get the better of her, and she makes a terrible mistake.
- The police have a tough task on their hands in trying to establish the guilt of two bungling armed robbers when both start telling contradictory stories about what happened. Taviner finds the evidence he needs to pin the bomb attack on Simpson, but DS Devlin is still suspicious of him. When DI Cullen covers for Chandler, Meadows knows he is lying and that Chandler can't be protected forever.
- An old style big time crook, Frankie Steele, pays a visit to Sun Hill and asks DCI Jack Meadows to scare his youngest son, Toby, away from the crime game...without letting on it was his own dad who's grassed him up. While it seems like a simple nick 'em and scare' em kind of job, Jack's been burnt by Frankie's kind before, and unless he gets some kind of favour in return it's not going ahead. More importantly, can he risk screwing up while trying to bring down Superintendent Chandler? PC Des Taviner is uncharacteristically eager to let PC Tony Stamp drive the area car for the shift while he accompanies MIT on the search at Simpson's bookshop premises. When a pair of trousers covered in glass and fuel turns up in his wardrobe Simpson swears blind it's a fit up...and finally loses his cool. While the majority of the relief enjoy a laugh with Reg's lottery scheme, relations are not running so smoothly in CID. DC Eva Sharpe receives some bad news DS Debbie McAllister should have relayed to her earlier in the day. It couldn't be further from shake hands and make up time.
- PC Tony Stamp organizes a Sun Hill team to play a match against a group of young offenders. He's got his job cut out for him convincing Cass she's their secret star weapon and keeping Matt Boyden and Craig Gilmore from shedding blood on the pitch. While Matt's unrelenting homophobic comments cause the two sergeants to practically trade punches it's the young offenders that come under the spotlight during the game. After an old man is discovered dead in his council flat nasty rumours about his pedophile past mean Danny and Eva have their work cut out getting the truth out of the kids. Meanwhile Danny's in a crisis. He's got an interview with the MIT team and Des's career hangs in the balance while he decides whether or not to corroborate his story. Should he say he heard Simpson confessing to blowing up Sun Hill and killing some of it's finest officers, does the end justify the means? And CID doesn't get any calmer. With Danny in knots, Duncan still coping with his separation, Mickey and Jack still chasing the Superintendent's tail, a cat fight between DS Debbie McAllister is pretty much par for the course. And when Mr Chandler catches them swinging at each other, no holds barred, he has a word or two to say about it. Not before watching for a while though.
- Craig starts the day filing a grievance procedure against Matt after last week's homophobic taunts but Sgt June Ackland warns him off. She quietly suggests that "There's no better teacher than experience." A nudge and a wink in Matt's direction raises an eyebrow or two, along with Matt's blood pressure. PC Tony Stamp takes young Gary out on the streets to track down a mysterious vigilante who's been beating up kids from the local Estates. His streetwise approach proves invaluable with the youngsters- but nothing he's got up his sleeve can prepare him for being stuck between DS Debbie McAllister and DC Eva Sharpe's game of one-upmanship. PCs Cass Rickman and Nick Klein head out for yet another night on the tiles but not before spying Harry Fullerton (Sun Hill's false confessor) gazing into his pint. Reg pays him a visit and offers some help but finds a sad old man who's moved on to regaling stories about the Falklands. Armed with an ecstasy pill in her handbag, Cass watches as Nick heads to the loos to 'powder his nose'. Sun Hill's resident clubbers are ready for a big one. But Cass discovers the darker side of clubbing when a friend collapses mid-conversation and her night ends in an ambulance ride.
- DC Ken Drummond turns up for his first day at Sun Hill. Fresh from Barton Street nick, he steps straight off a burger van, and into CID. With tensions rising between Debbie and Eva and DI Alex Cullen doing his utmost to contain it he'll wonder what kind of mad house he's lumbered with. Never mind, a fry up will sort all that out. After the horror of attending a suicide PC's Nick Klein and Cass Rickman go on to discover a couple of children playing in contaminated waste. It's just the tip of a toxic iceberg but Cass's mind is elsewhere. She's beside herself over the loss of her handbag. There was an 'e' loose in there, likely to be nestled right beside her warrant card. Inspector Gina Gold turns up for duty, (fag in hand) and takes no time to ruffle feathers. Not before stashing her bottle of whiskey and putting her ashtray in pride of place though. She makes it clear it's her show, she'll be running it, and anyone thinking differently had just better re-evaluate their position. Starting from the top down. Sun Hill's lottery syndicate with Mystic Reg at the helm gets underway. Superintendent Chandler catches the lads unawares and offers to join up. They don't want him in their gang and someone has to be the bearer of such glad tidings. It doesn't take much arm-twisting getting DC Mickey Webb to pass the bad news on...and with such relish. But that's not the end of it and Mickey picks Des's brain for more dirt in Chandler's past.
- PC Luke Ashton returns to Sun Hill after three years away. But his first day goes from bad to worse and it soon becomes clear Luke won't be getting any special favours, especially from Sgt Craig Gilmore. The new Community Safety Unit opens under the control of Sgt June Ackland but will her bad start with Insp Gina Gold hamper the department's progress? And it's Trainee Detective Brandon Kane's first day, will he prove he is worthy of June's new division? Following a tip off from PC Des Taviner, DC Mickey Webb pays a visit to a former colleague of Supt Tom Chandler. He is intrigued by what Ex DCI Peter Marsden has to say. Could Marsden be the link Mickey and DCI Jack Meadows need to bring down Chandler once and for all? And true to form, young PC Gary Best decides to rekindle a romance with an ex-girlfriend, but will her new job come between them?
- Frustrated PC Luke Ashton is desperate to prove himself but Sgt Craig Gilmore seems determined to hold him back. However, when Craig goes to investigate a homophobic assault he takes Luke to accompany him. But does Luke have the aptitude needed for such a sensitive issue? Later Inspector Gina Gold is furious to hear of their feeble progress so barges in with a more forceful approach - but are her actions too extreme? PC Cass Rickman impresses Sgt June Ackland when she gets involved in a bitter father/daughter row. Cass is determined to protect the girl from Shane, her sinister boyfriend, but will the girl see sense and drop the matter before taking her father to court? Meanwhile PC Tony Stamp and PC Gary Best catch Lee Dwyer robbing a newsagent but rather than make an arrest Tony decides to help him. Is Tony acting beyond the call of duty? When PC Des Taviner receives a disturbing letter he takes the risk of visiting the sender and is shocked at the revelation.
- Luke has to make a decision about where his loyalties lie, but with a complaint against him already he's out of the frying pan into the fire. Inspector Gina Gold faces spot of bother when a solicitor complains against her rather unorthodox policing methods. That is, if you call kneeing a thug in the balls unorthodox. Luke is dragged into the Superintendent's office as the witness, with Gina's hopes pinned on his answer. Meanwhile Sgt Gilmore 's received an official complaint against the young PC but he feels compelled to help. After using his charm on a scared resident of a run down apartment block DC Ken Drummond makes headway into an arson investigation. Though while she describes a local criminal as the culprit the bigger picture looks like her greedy landlord is trying to smoke her out. The arson aspect makes Danny's work even more personal. Superintendent Chandler gets his chance show off the new CSU when a journalist offers to spend a day following a case. He decides TDC Brandon Kane's case of a father assaulting his teenage daughter's boyfriend is the one to follow. Brandon warns him off suggesting he follow another incident. He's about to discover the old adage "Any press is good press" isn't true in all cases. Two of Sun Hill's officers have gone AWOL and both are hunted fervently. The lottery syndicate numbers have come in but Reg is busy coaxing cats down from trees. The other, Debbie McAllister, is still away ill and Tom Chandler finds out the reason soon enough, and it couldn't be more detrimental to his precious career.
- PC Luke Ashton goes against Sgt Craig Gilmore's direct orders and bravely follows a crazed gunman after hearing a shot. When he disappears out of view and another gunshot is heard Gilmore's worry appears more than professional. Cass convinces Nick that a good night out doesn't always have to involve drugs so he's surprised when he manages to pull an attractive young woman. After revealing she's a hairdresser, he carries on his fantasy by informing her he's a pilot. In the cold sober light of day it turns out they have a lot more in common than originally suspected. DS Debbie McAllister is coerced into a stint as a babysitter for Eva Sharpe's daughter when the childcare suddenly falls through. She surprises even herself by doing such a good job, which makes the decision facing her and Supt Tom Chandler even more difficult. Meanwhile PC Tony Stamp puts his neck on the line when young Lee Dwyer is accused of serious vandalism at his school. The head threatens him with expulsion but Tony intervenes and mediates between the two. But is Lee really so innocent and worthy of his trust?
- Des's blackmailer starts to put the squeeze on. So after parting with his first installment of cash he decides the only way out is intimidation or confession. Neither look particularly good for enhancing his career in the Police Force. The tenser Des becomes the more determined he is to find out who's behind the extortion and it's God help anyone who gets in his way. When Lee Dwyer gets caught displaying his graffiti artistry it's the more level-headed officers to the rescue. DI Alex Cullen has his work cut out keeping an eye on his delinquent cops. After witnessing June and Jim's mug-hurling altercation he demands to know what their problem was. Jim's answer to healing the rift comes in the form of a quiet night out - and three choice little words. New PCs Luke Ashton and Kerry Young are called to a domestic incident at Lee Dwyer's house, so to teach his parents a lesson he plays runaway and visits a surprised Tony Stamp first thing in the morning.
- Out on a pub crawl to celebrate a new PC's engagement the relief are suddenly overjoyed when Reg's winning line comes up on the lottery. While the syndicate members spend the millions over and over in their heads, Mickey heads off to tell Supt Tom Chandler where he can stick his job. Insp Gold, meanwhile, notes that Reg is acting quite out of character and avoiding the others. He wouldn't be planning to skip the country with the money, would he? When designer jackets go missing from a local department store and turn up on the local estate CID decide ex-con Joe Nash must be back up to his old tricks. But no-one can explain the mystery of the self-editing security tape. Sun Hill's romances are up and down. Jim's positivity about their relationship rubs off on June and they share a kiss while the other side of the coin sees Supt Tom Chandler dropping DS Debbie McAllister off at the abortion clinic leaving her to go through with the operation alone. And Lee Dwyer's parents arrive at Sun Hill to make a very serious accusation. One that will send PC Tony Stamp's reputation reeling.
- Lee Dwyer arrives with his mother and step-dad at Sun Hill to press his very serious allegation against Tony Stamp. It's an accusation that sends the team reeling and divides their loyalties when all the evidence points to his guilt. PC Jim Carver's position at CSU puts him in the awkward position of being appointed Lee's Family Liaison Officer. It leaves Tony wondering if anyone really is on his side. As PC Des Taviner so delicately puts it, "Where there's smoke there's fire", and PC Cathy Bradford's charming observation that, "Mud sticks". Cathy's on a roll with her canteen gossip and makes a bee-line to new PC Kerry Young's fiancé. She tries on her best seduction routine but when he shows no interest Cathy deviously spills the beans on Nick and Kerry's one night liaison. When father of teenage temptress Liz Chambers reports his daughter missing Brandon and Cass make enquiries. They pay a visit to her older boyfriend's house where they discover her bed isn't even cold. It seems he's not too worried about her disappearance when they find him shacked up with another teenager.
- When cocky new DS Phil Hunter reports for duty he wastes no time bringing in arrests. He flirts with wives of suspects and doesn't play by any of the rules. He's clocked as a difficult one to handle but if he's toting up the convictions who's to complain? Even if his probing turns up an unwelcome visitor for Nick and Cass. Cass is in trouble at every turn when PC Kerry Young discovers the rumour spreading that led to her engagement break up originated from Cass. Higher on Cass and Nick's priorities is dodging accusations of drug taking when DS Phil Hunter brings in their dealer. PC Jim Carver is still tasked with the unpleasant duty of being PC Tony Stamp's Family Liaison Officer. He assures the family that despite PC Stamp being 'one of his' they will continue a full and thorough investigation into the abuse accusation. Tony begins to doubt Jim's belief in his innocence and a covert meeting with DC Danny Glaze does nothing to improve his position. DI Alex Cullen is left fuming when the brutal murder of teenager Liz Chambers is handed over to Barton St. His anger gives way to dropping Jack Meadows a name from the superintendent's past, ex-DCI Marsden. Jack pays him a visit only to find one copper can't fool another. The road to Tom Chandler's destruction isn't as easy as they'd hoped it would be.
- Cleared of allegations of child sex abuse, PC Stamp cannot forgive PC Carver. TDC Kane takes over as Lee Dwyer's Family Liaison Officer. Supt Chandler catches DCI Meadows and DC Webb investigating his background. Sgt Gilmore is embarrassed by his boyfriend.
- TDC Kane deals with troubled teenager Lee Dwyer. DCs Sharpe and Glaze get conflicting tip-offs about a planned bank robbery. Sharpe investigates a case of indecent exposure. Supt Chandler tries to persuade DS McAllister to abort their child.
- PC Young acts as bait to trap a flasher, but the suspect could be a vital witness to a shooting. DI Cullen and Supt Chandler fall out over an assault on DS McAllister.
- DC Glaze investigates a violent assault. Insp Gold and DCI Meadows clash over the handling of a suspect. PCs Hollis and Taviner are attacked in the Area Car.
- The relief attend a call to a protest outside a research laboratory involving a group of animal rights protestors. During the protest, Taviner gets a bit heavy-handed with a protestor who refuses to move back, and ends up dishing out a harsh beating. As the trouble continues, Young and Ashton are personally assigned to protect the head scientist. After discovering that he has received a number of death threats, the pair soon find themselves in the middle of a bomb scare. An official complaint is made against Glaze for his investigation into Tina Pope's bit on the side, while the protestor whom Taviner assaulted also makes a complaint. Cullen informs Chandler he has requested a transfer.
- A spate of robberies are reported in the local area, and it is soon discovered that the culprit is impersonating Ackland in an attempt to get away with her crimes. Ashton attends a call to a domestic, and arrives to find himself intercepting a row between Gilmore and his boyfriend. As the chemistry between them increased, Young and Ashton out on a date. McAllister has no choice but to inform Meadows of her pregnancy when her bump starts to show. Rickman seduces a local journalist, Simon Kitson, but after one too many fears that she may have landed herself in hot water with the relief. An agitated Cullen continues to press Chandler for a transfer, but Chandler continues to block his move.
- Glaze panics when his star witness, Tina Pope, disappears without trace, hours before she is due to appear in court, but fails to establish an obvious connection between Pope and murder victim Liz Chambers. Taviner is horrified when Hollis fails to show up for parade, and soon receives information from Simpson and his cronies that Hollis has been kidnapped. Taviner has no choice but to go it alone, in fear that sparking involvement from his fellow officers could result in his involvement in the firebombing being exposed. Rickman continues to be hassled by journalist Simon Kitson. On his last day at Sun Hill, Cullen pulls a fast move and convinces Lennox to join him in a new job with MIT.
- Glaze continues to struggle to keep his mind in the right place with the stress of the impending trial hanging over him, but is left speechless when Tina Pope is found murdered on the bank of the Thames. Taviner's conscience gets the better of him, and he is forced to confess to Gold and Meadows that Hollis has been kidnapped and with Jeff Simpson's trial about to begin, he ponders whether or not to confess about his falsified evidence in light of the situation. Gilmore is upset to discover that Ashton is dating Young, however, his upset is quickly overturned when he shares an unexpected kiss with Ashton following a result. Lennox celebrates his final day at Sun Hill before transferring to MIT.
- McAllister investigates a complaint of threatening behaviour, in which a woman has reported being harassed by one of her neighbours. As usual, she takes a less than tactful approach and threatens to blow up a volatile situation with her attitude. On her first day at Sun Hill, Samantha Nixon discovers a link between the murders of Liz Chambers and Tina Pope, and begins to suspect a serial killer is on the loose in Sun Hill. Glaze's mind is all over the place, and during his day in court, he refuses to corroborate Taviner's falsified story under oath. However, the pair have a lucky escape, as before Glaze can provide his testimony, Jeff Simpson changes his plea to guilty of all charges.
- Hunter receives a tip-off which suggest that drugs are being peddled through a local nightclub, so he decides to set up an undercover operation in the club with Klein at the helm. In light of Cullen's transfer to MIT, the job of acting inspector is offered up, and McAllister is certain that she will get the job, having been at Sun Hill much longer than her fellow counterparts. However, an impressed Meadows offers Nixon the job. Chandler's father turns up begging for money for his drug-addicted brother. Ashton, Young and Gilmore investigate a suspicious RTA, where the driver of the car fled the scene, in fear of being found in possession of cannabis. Ashton and Young get intimate.
- Klein's role undercover in the nightclub comes into jeopardy when he is forced to take cocaine to retain his cover, and little does he know the whole escapade has been caught on tape. Hunter is warned that he is putting Klein's safety at risk and is asked to keep an eye on the situation. Hollis and Stamp attend a call to investigate bizarre events at a local almshouse, where residents are complaining of incidents of criminal damage. Gilmore is furious when Young and Ashton are late for shift, having spent the night together. Realising that they are close to bringing Chandler down, Webb and Meadows begin their search for Anne Merrick, but are warned to stay well away by her daughter.
- Events at the almshouse take a bizarre turn and Carver and Ackland are tasked with investigating a murder. However, their own personal relationship begins to cloud their judgement over the involvement of their prime suspect, and the pair are soon at loggerheads. As the undercover operation in the club intensifies, Best and Ashton are given the opportunity to join the team, but Ashton blows an initial first interview with the club's manager, leaving Best to pick up the pieces. Klein is forced to prove to Rickman that he hasn't regained his old habits. Webb and Meadows finally manage to track down Anne Merrick, Chandler's girlfriend at Hendon, but receive a nasty surprise when they interview her.
- After a raid on the club fails to undercover any vital evidence on the main players, Meadows demands a result from Hunter and gives him just 48 hours to secure the required evidence. However, with Best now out of the picture, it's up to Klein to gather the vital evidence, but his judgement is badly affected when his continued use of cocaine begins to take its toll. Hunter realizes he has no choice but to try and set up a deal himself to save Klein's skin. Stamp and Best are called to attend to a pair of feuding neighbours who are arguing over a dog. As Webb tries to find out more about what happened to Chandler during the party at Hendon, Meadows warns him to keep any information he uncovers to himself.
- Phil & Nick play dangerous games while undercover. Kerry is held hostage. Ashton & Gilmore are in Gina's bad books. Micky pays the price when Chandler confronts Jack and him about Louise Marsden.
- Hunter becomes determined to close down the operation at the club once and for all, and secures information which suggests that a shipment of drugs is due at the club that night. Klein's actions are called into question and Hunter is forced to deny all involvement. Another body is found on the bank of the Thames, and it turns out to be none other than Miriam Wray, the victim of the flasher whom Young went undercover to catch. Called to attend an incident of affray, Ashton is surprised to discover that it's none other than Gilmore's boyfriend. Chandler visits Anne Merrick, determined to prove his innocence. Cryer tells journalist Simon Kitson about the allegations made by Lee Dwyer against Stamp.
- Webb and Meadows' digging finally comes to its head when Chandler is arrested for the rape of Anne Merrick.
- Kane and Bradford are on the trial of a missing Asian teenage girl, Samina, but Kane soon finds his personal life under scrutiny when Samina's parents address their concerns over the investigation to Ackland. Kane refuses to accept improper conduct and goes all out to find the missing girl. Chandler, realizing that the game is almost over, takes some extreme measures in an attempt to secure an alibi from McAllister. Best is delighted when his sister and nephew arrive in Sun Hill, ready to start a new life, but have they really left their old life behind? Carver and Ackland ask Stamp to keep quiet about their affair, but after Carver's indiscretions in the Lee Dwyer case, will he agree.
- Andrew Ross from MIT arrives at Sun Hill, having been asked to oversee the serial killer operation in the borough. Nixon cozies up to none other than a returning Lennox, in an attempt to get in on a slice of the action, and goes all-out to prove her theory is one that MIT should consider. As a battered Kane and Bradford continue their search for missing Asian teenager Samina, they make a shock discovery, and Kane races to find her. Chandler finds himself in even deeper water when Anne Merrick is found dead after a fall, and the finger is pointed firmly in his direction. He subsequently asks McAllister to provide him with another false alibi, but how far will she go to protect him?
- Best and Stamp attend a call to a man who has been found dead in his flat, but upon arrival, discover that his wife has also gone missing. However, they soon begin to realize that their search for a grieving relative may be nothing more than a wild goose chase, and a case of double identity. The net begins to close around Chandler when he is unable to prove his whereabouts at the time of Anne Merrick's death, and an agitated McAllister refuses to provide him with a false alibi. Chandler gives his alibi as a disabled driver whom he helped change a tyre for, but CIB don't believe him, leaving McAllister with the only option of trying to locate the driver in an attempt to clear Chandler's name.
- While Ross continues the official investigation into the Sun Hill serial killer, Lennox and Nixon discover their own potential lead when a man comes into the station to report his neighbour's suspicious activities. Treading on very thin ice, Bradford and Kane are called to a domestic dispute, and asked to arrest a wayward daughter for the disobedience of her parents. After being found innocent of Anne Merrick's death, Meadows and Webb follow Chandler as he meets former colleagues to discuss the night of rape. However, the pair don't manage to uncover any vital information to use against him, until he visits his brother - and reveals all. Can they prove that Chandler is responsible for rape?
- Drummond and Sharpe investigate a violent assault on the stepmother of Kane and Bradford's wayward teenager, and are shocked when they discover who their prime suspect is. Young's ex-fiancé Martin Porter is taken in for questioning by Ross in connection with the serial killer enquiry. On the day of Anne Merrick's funeral, her daughter Jennie is further distressed when some uninvited guests make an appearance at the service. Webb and Meadows realize they are closer than ever to nailing Chandler and that it is purely a matter of time. Best realizes that his sister's past life may be finally catching up with her when he discovers that she has been reunited with her violent boyfriend.
- Ashton attends a call to a case of criminal damage in an off-licence, and discovers that the perpetrator is none other than the Superintendent's brother, James Chandler. Thrown off-kilter by his brother's arrest, Chandler blows a vital transfer interview at Scotland Yard, whilst back at the station, Meadows convinces James to make a statement, accusing Chandler of raping Louise Marsden at Hendon. Chandler realizes he is rapidly running out of options, but he still has one card up his sleeve - his imminent marriage to McAllister. Meanwhile, Young continues to fight her fears when MIT confirm that Martin Porter, her ex-fiancé, is now the prime suspect in the serial killer enquiry.
- Lennox attempts to use his influence and contacts to get Nixon appointed to the serial killer enquiry as a profiler, but Ross has other ideas and continues to ignore Nixon's intelligence. Klein interrupts a night out between Rickman and Simon Kitson, and tensions soon flare between the two highly-charges individuals. Chandler tries to maintain some respectability by hastily marrying a pregnant McAllister to save face amongst his colleagues. As Meadows tries to stop McAllister walking down the aisle, Webb discovers that Chandler has betrayed him and has secretly been trying to bring him down. Can Meadows and Webb piece together enough evidence to nail Chandler once and for all?
- McAllister is shattered the morning following her wedding and Tom's rape. Meanwhile, Mickey Webb and Jack Meadows prepare to reveal the truth about Chandler raping Louise Marsden, when an 'old friend' says he'll testify. Back at Sun Hill, Chandler admits to Debbie that he slept with Louise back at Hendon. Little did he know, Peter Marsden was listening in from the next room. A fight ensues, and Peter eventually leaves saying, "You're finished, Chandler". Facing the horrible truth that he has finally been caught out, he asks Craig Gilmore to give him a gun found in connection with the serial killers, to show to the press. But Tom has his own ideas. He locks Debbie in his office, and reveals that he is going to kill her, the baby, and himself. Jack and Mickey realize that something's not right and go to Chandler's office to see what's happening. As Chandler makes repeated death threats, Debbie, only 7 months pregnant, goes into very early labor. Chandler is about to shoot Debbie's womb when Jack busts through the door. They calmly talk about the whole situation, and Chandler finally breaks down, crying and admitting that Debbie is the only woman he ever loved. But as Mickey and the others race up to Chandler's office, the gun is fired.
- Ashton and Young investigate a robbery, and discover that Gilmore's car was used as the getaway vehicle. Realising that his boyfriend is responsible, they decide to cover up their discovery. Rickman shows new recruit Gemma Osbourne the ropes on her first shift at Sun Hill. Rickman is stalked by the sister of an old friend. Gilmore suspects that Ashton still has feelings for him when he discovers that he covered up the robbery to save his skin. When he attempts to make a move, Ashton rebuffs him and reveals he and Young are engaged.
- Taviner and Hollis pursue a local teenage tearaway, Andy Bennett, who is causing trouble for the residents of a local estate, and running rings round the police at the same time. Taviner isn't having any of it and the youth soon realizes he has nowhere to turn with Taviner on his case. Meanwhile, Hollis bears the brunt of Taviner's temper and ponders whether his stress leave made any difference. Taviner takes a shine to Osbourne. Nixon is finding it hard to concentrate on her job as her mind is on the serial killer case. When MIT receive a letter from the supposed killer saying he has struck again, Nixon can't hide her frustration at not being part of the team. Will her risky behaviour pay off?. Gold visits McAllister in hospital and gives her the remains of Chandler's personal belongings. Nixon is convinced that Baxter is the serial killer, but MIT aren't interested in a word she has to say. Ashton is forced to explain himself to Young after her meeting with Gilmore.
- Ashton finds his day is going from bad to worse when he investigates a burglary, and soon finds himself in an uncomfortable position when he is propositioned by a gay couple. Gilmore spills the beans to Young, unaware that Ashton has lied to him and hasn't even proposed yet. Webb and Meadows make up and try to make amends with McAllister, but she is determined not to forgive and forget in such a hurry.
- Taviner discharges himself from hospital, and pens a lengthy confession about his role in the Sun Hill fire. He and Hollis then investigate an assault on a schoolboy, only to find the suicidal attacker threatening to throw himself off of a building. Hollis convinces him that he has suffered enough, and is on the verge of killing himself when Taviner steps in and saves him. The fourth victim of the serial killer is found on the banks of the Thames, but despite Baxter's confession and inside knowledge of the case, Nixon begins to have serious doubts about his guilt. After talking to Baxter's prison warden, Ross is furious when Nixon interrupts his press conference with the news of Baxter's innocence.
- Drummond investigates a case of a rogue prostitute who is robbing her punters. When a young woman is reported missing by her frantic husband, Drummond suspects that they are being a little bit sceptical with the truth. When the woman turns out to be a young blonde, there is concern she may have fallen victim to the serial killer. The husband then arrives at the station and tells Cryer that his wife beat him up, but when the sympathetic Cryer visits him, she finds the situation is the other way around. Ashton and Young's engagement party gets underway, but after a drunken Stamp makes a pass at her, Ackland and Carver's relationship is exposed. Cryer successfully manages to seduce Webb.
- There's trouble brewing on the Bronte estate, where drug dealers and gangs are running riot and two rival "crews" are fighting for power. Ackland investigates when a Bronte resident reports that a young boy is being used as a drug courier by gang leader Reload, but when Kane and Bradford investigate further, they discover the boy is only trying to ease the pain of his ailing mother. Hunter hopes to get some information on the Bronte situation from his new girlfriend, Linda, but later finds that her 16-year-old daughter Chloe is more than willing to be pumped for information. Klein, Young and Boyden are all attacked on the estate, and Gold declares the Bronte a no-go area for her officers.
- Hunter uses Klein to stop and search Reload and his pals on the Bronte Estate, and Reload is arrested when he threatens Klein with a machete, and a kilo of cocaine is found in the car. As Meadows and Gold argue over how to handle the estate, the situation escalates when a kidnap attempt is made on Reload's daughter at her school. The girl is only saved by the brave actions of another parent - who happens to be the new station commander, Adam Okaro. When he arrives at Sun Hill, Okaro demands to know why the situation on the Bronte has been allowed to get out of hand. He calls a press conference as Reload's young brother is kidnapped. Meadows feels sidelined, and decides to apply for a transfer.
- As Okaro takes charge, he backs up Gold's idea of the Bronte Estate being a no-go zone for his officers - a decision which causes a media uproar. Okaro organizes a meeting with borough officials to discuss long-term solutions, then demands Meadows compile useful intelligence on the main players on the Bronte. Klein uses a contact on the estate and discovers who is behind all the trouble - the jailed husband of Linda Kendrick and father of Chloe, both of whom have been seeing Hunter, and manipulating him into removing the warring Bronte crews. Meadows is sceptical when Okaro takes the risky step of releasing Reload from custody with a kilo of cocaine to secure the release of his young brother.
- New recruit Ruby Buxton and Stamp investigate when a prostitute is found badly beaten, and it is almost certainly the work of Frank Magorian, newly released from prison. Hunter is running scared, as Magorian is after the blood of the copper he knows has slept with his wife and his daughter. When Hunter sees Klein talking to Chloe Kendrick, he tells Magorian that Nick is "PC Hunter", which results in a coked-up Klein receiving a brutal beating. Buxton and Stamp then pursue a dangerous driver, Gilmore's boyfriend Carl, who crashes Gilmore's car and end up badly injured. Carl admits to phoning Young and stealing her engagement ring, but in the heat of the moment, blurts out that Ashton is gay.
- Nixon finds herself on a single-minded mission to find the Sun Hill serial killer when a young woman called Vicki Casson goes missing. The latest clue is a website found by journalist Simon Kitson, which shows photographs of the body of one of the previous victims, posted by an anonymous user calling himself "The Baptist". When Nixon's teenage daughter Abigail is brought into the station drunk, will she recognize this cry for help from her desperately lonely daughter? When a newborn baby is abducted from St Hugh's hospital, McAllister takes on the case, despite being on maternity leave, feeling a personal connection to the case. Young demands an answer from Ashton about his true sexual feelings.
- A distraught Nixon searches desperately for her missing daughter, Abi, fearing she may be the next victim of the serial killer. Kane's ex-wife leaves him with their two kids while she tends to her injured mother. Ordered by Okaro to assist Nixon in the search for her daughter, Kane leaves his unruly children in the care of Ackland and Carver. Hollis searches for a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig stolen from a city farm. Abigail turns up at Sun Hill, demanding to know who her father is. As Taviner and Osbourne organize a race across London to reach a call first, a furious Okaro and Gold, fresh from a meeting at New Scotland Yard, discover what they are up to and decide to intercept their cars.
- Bradford and Kane investigate when a group of youths vandalize a local shop, but the investigation takes an unexpected turn when the only eyewitness takes then down an unexpected path. When Kane's ex-wife Tanya makes another appearance at the station, Bradford does her best to make life difficult. On quizzing Tanya's friend Ros, Bradford is surprised to find out about their relationship. McAllister is feeling alone and unsupported, but Meadows' visit to the hospital inspires her to make a big decision about her career. Taviner and Osbourne complain about being taken off traffic duties, but Gold assures them that Okaro has an even more humiliating plan in mind for them.
- Osbourne and Gold investigate reports of drug dealing at a local school, and Osborne is given a pornographic tape by an old school friend, Caroline Cotton, that she confiscated from a pupil. Osbourne is dubious about passing the case on to CID, and decides to play a trick on Hunter. Ackland investigates a possibly racial assault on pub landlady Aisha Danvers, and sends Carver and Bradford undercover in the pub, an assignment that raises a few eyebrows, given Carver's history of alcoholism. After a failed obbo, Bradford and Ackland suspect that Carver has started drinking again. A furious Carver sets out to prove otherwise, and discovers that Danvers has actually set up her own drug racket.
- McAllister's post-natal depression clouds her judgment when a father tries to protect his schizophrenic son. Klein and Buxton are asked by a local shopkeeper to keep a close eye on a drug dealer. While Buxton talks to the shop owner, Klein takes the chance to swap his hospital medication for cocaine. Convinced their chief suspect Shane Pellow is the serial killer, Glaze and Lennox decide to check the victims' phone records to see if there is any connection. They discover that at least two of the victims had placed "Lonely Hearts" ads in the local paper. Simon Kitson loses his temper when Cryer refuses to tell Rickman he is waiting, but when he does corner Rickman, she tells him it's all over.
- Bradford discovers that a case of child abuse involves Kane's son, and uses blackmail to force a teacher to push the case forward. But her plan goes awry when Kane and his ex-wife Tanya agree to call a truce. Simon Kitson comes to Rickman's rescue when she gets into a tussle with suspected serial killer Shane Pellow, so as a thank you, she invites him to the station Christmas party. Klein finally decides he's had enough of Hunter riding roughshod over him, and stumbles on a way to get him off his back. Along the way, he comes to the realisation that he is in love with Rickman, but where is she? Okaro offers a hundred-pound prize for the best karaoke singer at the 'Cop Idol' contest.
- The "Cop Idol" Christmas party gets into full swing, with everyone blissfully unaware that Rickman is lying unconscious in the boot of a car. Stamp and Best find a man wandering the streets and take him home, only to find he is living alone and without electricity. They decide to delve into his financial situation, and discover that either his neighbour or the builder he employed, or both, have been ripping him off. A visit to Phil's old nick gives Klein enough ammunition to get Hunter off his back. Webb is gutted when Cryer's hunky date arrives, and Young's concern about Cass increases when Simon Kitson turns up looking for her. In a darkened warehouse, Rickman fears that she may succumb to the serial killer.
- Rickman's handbag is found in the street, and anticipation quickly turns to hope when another body is found in the Thames. When the body is identified, it turns out not to be Rickman and the search continues. Meadows and Gold interview the relief and start to build up a picture of three prime suspects. Taviner and Hollis intercept a fight between journalist Simon Kitson and prime suspect Shane Pellow, with Pellow unaware of the motive behind the attack. An upset Klein trawls the shoreline for Rickman's body and collapses in tears when he finds her washed up on the riverbank. Forensics manage to link Rickman's DNA to a car belonging to Kitson's sister, and he is detained for questioning.
- Best and Buxton embark on an undercover operation at a department store, in an attempt to try and prevent a predicted armed robbery. Gold deals with a boy, Tommy, who has been accused of causing unnecessary injuries during a boxing match. Tommy turns out to be innocent and he asks Gold to find his real mum, as he was adopted. His mother, Marilyn, turns out to be a cousin of one of Gold's old friends. Marilyn says she wants nothing to do with her son, within earshot of a devastated Tommy. Simon Kitson is charged with Rickman's murder, but after a visit from his obsessive sister, and pressure from Klein, manages a snap decision. Ashton tells Gilmore that his boyfriend is HIV-positive.
- The undercover operation in the department store continues, and Gold sends Osbourne undercover in a bar in an attempt to gather further evidence on her old adversary. When Melanie, one of the hostesses at the bar, starts to look at Osbourne more closely, she thinks her cover's been blown, but it seems Melanie has other things on her mind. Simon Kitson is found dead in his cell, and when his sister turns up at Rickman's funeral, Klein blows his lid. Ashton tries to persuade Young to attend Rickman's funeral. Gilmore tells his HIV-positive boyfriend that their relationship is over. The son of Gold's old adversary provides information on the planned robbery, but Gold soon realizes that she has been conned.
- Osbourne threatens her cover when she decides to take drastic measures to secure evidence on barmaid Melanie. Gold faces Okaro's wrath for acting on duff information and threatening the entire operation. Gilmore is forced to step in when Young is hounded to pay for the wedding dress that she ruined whilst pursuing a suspect. Under the pretense of helping her escape the country, Osbourne brings Melanie into the station, where Melanie makes a statement about Marilyn. The club is then raided, but SO19 are forced to take action when Marilyn takes her son Tommy hostage at gunpoint. Bradford assumes the worst when she is stabbed in the arm with a hypodermic needle, and then lies to Kane.
- Hunter's dodgy dealings start to come back to haunt him when he realizes that Sun Hill's big-time villain Ron Gregory has him exactly where he wants him. Meanwhile, as MIT squabble over who is responsible for Rickman's murder, Lennox is struggling to piece together the evidence, and asks Nixon for help in bringing down the serial killer once and for all. Drummond investigates when he finds a young boy in possession of his mobile phone, which he had supposedly lost hours earlier. Gilmore reveals his true feelings for Ashton, but on the countdown to Ashton and Young's wedding day, Ashton rebuffs Gilmore and warns him to stay well away from the both of them, or there will be consequences to pay.
- Meadows and Okaro execute raids on known fences in the area, and Hunter finds his head on the chopping block for failing to warn Ron Gregory. One of the raids turns out to be on the pub where Young and Ashton's wedding reception is being held, much to their dismay. A prostitute comes forward and provides an alibi for Simon Kitson, forcing Nixon to investigate other lines of enquiry. Lennox's efforts to coax information from Kitson's sister Pat gets him nowhere, but Nixon's interrogation leads her into an unknown playing field. When she fails to meet Lennox for a drink, Lennox suspects she may be in danger. Gilmore and Ashton drunkenly sleep together. Kerry's wedding plans backfire when the venue falls through for her reception, and as Gold heads to tell Luke, she catches him in bed with Gilmore.
- Lennox attempts to find a missing Nixon, but he and Taviner instead find evidence relating to Rickman's murder, and also discover Nixon's phone dumped nearby. Lennox then executes a search of Pat Kitson's house but finds nothing. Unaware that Nixon and the killer are held up in the house next door, Lennox is desperate to talk to her next door neighbour, and when she does finally arrive home, he hears a noise upstairs. Meanwhile, Gold is still in shock after catching Ashton and Gilmore together, Hunter is forced to pimp his wife as way of getting Ron Gregory off his back, Webb is caught snogging a bridesmaid by Cryer, and Klein is caught snorting cocaine in the station toilets by Carver.
- Glaze investigates a disturbance at a local church, where a convicted priest, Frank Keegan, has taken refuge from an angry mob. When he encounters an old acquaintance, Sister Sarah Donohue, they strive to keep the priest safe from the mob, but one of his previous victims comes forth with new evidence, and Glaze is forced to arrest him. Best attends another domestic incident at his sister's house, and arrests her boyfriend for car theft, but discovers his sister may be responsible for an attack on his nephew. Gilmore submits his transfer papers to Gold, Carver tries to convince Klein to confront his drug problem, and Hunter is forced to watch on as his wife has sex with Ron Gregory.
- Okaro implements a crackdown on burglaries and ATM robberies in the area, and Hunter takes a particular interest when his wife is mugged and assaulted. As he, Webb and McAllister set up a sting operation to catch those involved, Webb is forced to prevent Hunter from attacking one of the suspects with a baseball bat. His day goes from bad to worse when Meadows and Okaro decide to use him as bait to trap Ron Gregory. After Okaro receives information from an old acquaintance, David Ackroyd, about Gregory's plans to flood the streets with heroin, Ackroyd is found dead. Glaze gets intimate with an old friend. Best finds his nephew lying at the bottom of the stairs, but struggles to prove his sister's guilt.
- Hunter is given information about a planned drug deal involving a heavy amount of heroin, but finds himself once again under pressure from Ron Gregory, who asks him to intercept the deal to keep the patch clear for his own dealings. Okaro issues an order that drug users are not to be arrested, but instead the dealers will be targeted. Bradford is furious when the junkie who stabbed her with a hypodermic needle walks free. Buxton and Klein are called to a violent domestic in a smart area of town, and they are quick to arrest the husband for assault. But is it as simple as it at first appears? Glaze jumps to his friend's defence when she is arrested after her community centre is attacked by Ron Gregory.
- A small boy dies in a drive-by shooting in his neighbourhood, and Okaro decides to walk to the press conference to give himself time to think. Will the press, the police and the community be ready for what he has to say? As the media interest in his drugs policy continues to attract unwanted attention, Fitzwilliam pressures Okaro to toe the line. Bradford's HIV status is revealed, and in a desperate attempt to lure Kane into bed, she ponders whether or not to tell the truth. Meadow's wife arrives at the station to give him his marching orders, after she suspects him of having an affair with McAllister, but after being calmed, Meadows decides he's had enough of his wife and leaves home anyway.
- Taviner is suspicious when the absence of a key witness in a court case sees the entire case collapse, and Taviner suspects that the judge, Howard Sinclair, may have engineered the result. Okaro makes a shock decision to resign after he takes an instant dislike to Fitzwilliam's tactics over his drugs policy. However, much to his dismay, she refuses to accept his resignation and instead orders him to a take a drugs prevention course. Bradford is delighted after sleeping with Kane, but Kane is regretful. One of Buxton's old friends disappears after being robbed, and Drummond is forced to make a difficult decision when a large amount of money is mistakenly credited in his account.
- Taviner's investigation into Judge Howard Sinclair reaches an abrupt halt when Meadows insists that he drops the case, as Sinclair is one of his personal friends. However, after Taviner refuses to play ball, and Gold actively encourages Taviner to investigate the case, Meadows asks Webb to keep a close eye on Taviner. When Sinclair makes a complaint against Taviner's methods of policing, an angry Meadows engineers a transfer for Taviner to the CSU. Kane urges a reluctant Bradford to reveal her secret to her colleagues, but she is reluctant as she thinks it could ruin her chances of joining CID. Ackland reconsiders her relationship with Carver after meeting a clairvoyant.
- Meadows realizes that there could actually be some depth to the allegations made against Howard Sinclair, and asks Webb to continue with the investigation. However, his leads soon make Hunter uneasy when he realizes that any digging could land him in hot water. Taviner's first day in the CSU settles the team, as he continues with his good methods, but sarcastic attitudes towards suspects. Attending a domestic, Ashton discovers that a love triangle that is not all it appears to be. Cryer questions an evasive Bradford about her medication - a question Bradford is ill-prepared to answer. Ackland ponders over her proposal to Carver, while Meadows makes his feeling for McAllister clear.
- The broad daylight drive-by shooting of a young girl at a local bank seems more deliberate than accident when her father is discovered to be an accountant for some local thugs. Klein attends Simon Kitson's memorial service, but lets his emotions get the better of him when he encounters none other than Pat Kitson. Cryer is suspicious of Bradford and suspects that she may be lying about the results of her HIV test, and an angry Hunter berates Bradford for putting others at risk. Young gets an unsuspecting view from her bedroom window and reports an incident involving a flasher, but his identity is soon revealed when he turns out to be none other than charming new Aussie constable, Cameron Tait.
- The station holds an open day for the public to find out exactly how the Met operates, and all goes according to plan, until Sharpe invites her family along, has a blazing row with her better half, and her daughter Joanna goes missing. When a young man is viciously attacked by a pair of thugs, Glaze finds a way to gather enough evidence to arrest a teenage burglar on suspicion, but realizes that he may be putting his informant at risk by doing so. Meadows' hopes and dreams are dashed when McAllister arrives at work on the arm of a handsome young man, and immediately questions her over her intentions. An unsuspecting Ashton is shocked to discover that Young is pregnant with their baby.
- Twenty-four hours have passed since the disappearance of Sharpe's eight-year-old daughter Joanna, and a massive search is underway in the borough. Sharpe realizes that the first twenty-four hours are crucial, and is aware of how serious the situation may become. Her nerves and emotions get the better of her when she is forced to front a press conference appealing for information. Hollis is suspicious of a couple that he questions during door-to-door enquiries on the case. Profiler Joe Kincaid joins the search, but Gilmore is jealous of the attraction between Kincaid and Ashton. Buxton discovers a vital clue to Joanna's disappearance when she questions the staff of a local corner shop.
- Carver is assigned to the Sharpe family as their family liaison officer, hoping to gather some vital information on Joanna's disappearance. However, Sharpe is uneasy and Carver finds that she is too emotionally distraught to give information. Taviner ignores what could be a vital clue to Joanna's disappearance when he receives information from an unreliable snout. CID hear word that a paedophile ring may be operating in Sun Hill, and they are determined to keep the news from Joanna's distraught parents. Uniform suspect that an assault on a prison officer may not be the straightforward mugging it appears to be. Young suspects that Ashton is having an affair when he visits Gilmore in hospital.
- Carver finds the pressure of being the Sharpe's family liaison officer becoming too much to handle, and finds himself tempted to return to drink, however, after comforting by Ackland, she shows him just how much she cares about him and he decides to carry on. Sharpe returns to work, despite the heavy misgivings of her colleagues. CID and a special unit from Scotland Yard try their best to investigate a possible paedophile ring without alarming Sharpe and her family. Sheelagh Murphy arrives for her first day as sergeant at Sun Hill. Meadows is convinced that Howard Sinclair is a paedophile, and despite Webb's objections to keep the investigation official, Meadows confronts Sinclair on his own terms.
- Sharpe's digging into her daughter's disappearance leads her to discover that CID have been investigating a possible paedophile ring, and when she furiously confronts Nixon, Nixon coherently denies that the two investigations are linked in any way. When the body of a young child is found by a member of the public, Sharpe is anxious that is may well be her missing daughter. Meanwhile, as Howard Sinclair makes a further complaint, Okaro is under serious pressure from Fitzwilliam to get rid of Meadows. Ackland convinces a witness to provide evidence against Sinclair. Murphy investigates when a pizza deliveryman's moped is stolen, and discovers that his boss is running a sideline in drugs.
- At Sun Hill all the incentives are there as the net closes in on the paedophile ring. Hunter is up to his neck in it.
- Will Sun Hill get the result it craves as the guns come out when a key paedophile suspect goes to court? Hunter messes up big time.
- Sharpe is relieved that Joanna has been found alive and well, and upon further examination, evidence discovers that she was not harmed in any way, and when Joanna finally speaks out, she reveals that she wandered off of her own accord and became trapped in the derelict building. The identity of the dead child is finally discovered, and Kane and Nixon put out an all ports warning for the child's adoptive parents, in the hope that they will give up Ron Gregory. Meanwhile, Bradford is jealous when Kane starts dating a doctor, and decides to pull some very sneaky moves in an attempt to prize the pair apart. Meanwhile, Meadows gives Hunter an ultimatum - prove Ron Gregory's guilt or he will report him to the DPS.
- The epic story continues at Sun Hill as Nixon is convinced there is a link between the paedophile ring and Ron Gregory
- Boyden and Tait attend a fight at Harvey Wallace comprehensive and discover that one or two of the pupils are acting strangely around their teacher, Sonia Graham. While Tait is smitten, Boyden discovers that rumours are escalating that Sonia is having extra-marital relations with some of her students. Meanwhile, Ashton and Buxton attend a fire at a public convenience, and find two young girls trapped in the toilet cubicle. When Ashton manages to free them from danger, they both make good their escape and Ashton suspects that something is wrong. Glaze and Webb attend a shooting at a local gymnasium, where they find that none of the witnesses are willing to offer any information.
- Abi Nixon arrives at the station on a work experience placement, and is sent out on patrol with Boyden, much to her delight. When Boyden is accused of having a sexual encounter with one of Abi's friends, Abi steps in to defend him. Young suspects that rape victim Louanna isn't telling the whole truth when she accuses one of her schoolmates of rape, despite the fact that her injuries suggest that she was attacked by more than one person. Schoolteacher Sonia Graham finds herself on the end of a sustained barrage of abuse, including offensive graffiti being sprayed on her house and pornographic material being posted through her letterbox. Ashton races to stop Young from having an abortion.
- The sustained abuse towards schoolteacher Sonia Graham runs into overdrive when she is found in her flat, having been shot through the chest, and the list of suspects soon begins to mount. Glaze struggles to get Prince's brother Nathan back on side after harsh mishandling by Webb, so Webb decides to trail him to see if he leads him to the top prize - and soon enough, his suspicions are proved to be correct. Young finally manages to get young rape victim Louanna to open up about her ordeal, and subsequently, members of the Bevan Park crew are arrested on suspicion. On the way to respond to an urgent call for assistance, Hollis notices Boyden pulled over at the roadside in a clinch with Abi Nixon.
- When schoolteacher Sonia Graham dies of her injuries, Nathan Morley becomes the prime suspect when it is discovered that the gun used in the attack was the same gun used by his brother, Prince, to shoot the gymnasium victim. Honey Harman begins her first shift at Sun Hill and Best finds that he is smitten with her. When they chase a group of robbery suspects, they end up at the address of Liam Burrows, but when Best innocently tries to answer a call of nature, he finds himself being held hostage at gunpoint. During a search of the Harvey Wallace grounds, Hollis finds more than he bargained for when he finds an unsuspecting Boyden in a clinch with Abi Nixon in the school's boiler room.
- Best is forced to go undercover at Canley Comprehensive to investigate a group of drug dealers who are targeting the school. He manages to get himself close to some of the main players and provides information, which leads to a raid. However, just as the deal is about to take place, Abi Nixon turns up and blows Best's cover. Page returns to duty at Sun Hill following a year's personal leave, and is quickly assigned to the CSU, where she and Bradford investigate a mysterious case involving a husband and wife, which becomes far less straightforward when both parties accuse the other of harassment. Carver finds himself in a comprising position when he ends up in bed with Sonia Graham's mother.
- Boyden investigates when an abandoned lorry leads to the discovery of a Chinese "snakehead" gang smuggling illegal immigrants into the country. When one of the owners of the lorry company is found shot and disfigured, Boyden is forced to confront an angry gunman, who manages to escape his clutches. Nixon reluctantly agrees to help him with the investigation. Taviner is given a new role as ward officer of the Cole Lane Estate, but Murphy doubts his motives when he eagerly assists an attractive resident. McAllister is forced to hold her tongue when her main witness in the rape case starts to demand perks for her testimony. Glaze unhappily finds himself on the end of a transfer into CSU.
- Suspicion as to how the illegals are gaining legal identity documents trails a lead to an interpreter who has been working alongside the "snakehead" gang. Meanwhile, Taviner's second day as ward officer proves an eventful one when he finds a shoe less man running for his life, and McAllister suspects that he may well be a witness to a serious crime. Young's hard work on the rape case threatens to blow itself out of the water after a key witness is deemed incredible. As the investigation into the abuse ring is reopened, Webb can't believe his luck when Ron Gregory lands back in his lap. However, he is surprised when his investigation leads him to find a link between Gregory and Okaro.
- The relief swoop into London's Chinatown in an attempt to locate and arrest corrupt interpreter Mai Ann Wey. Desperate to make amends to Murphy, Taviner manages to catch Mai Ann when she eludes the rest of the team. Webb is in turmoil after witnessing Okaro having a friendly meeting with a suspect. Gold begins to have her own suspicions about Okaro when Webb sees him taking his own daughter to visit Gregory. Okaro is furious when Webb charges into a delicate covert operation to ensnare Gregory. Gregory is arrested, and the "child" in his boot is revealed to be Cryer. Cryer and Webb break into the house of Gregory's solicitor and find a frightened little African girl in an attic.
- McAllister and Drummond attend the scene of a horrific road accident, where a man impaled by a pole, believing himself to be dying, confesses to killing his wife and hiding her body. When they find his wife alive and well, they suspect that the shock of the crash may be affecting the man's memory. But when they discover he had been married before, and his ex-wife mysteriously disappeared, they realize his confession may be true after all. Webb and Cryer attempt to escape from Warren Napier's house with Abeo, but are captured by Ron Gregory and his thugs. A weary Meadows receives Webb's phone message, and he and Okaro leap into action to find Webb and Cryer before Gregory murders them.
- Buxton and Klein find an elderly woman wandering alone across the Cole Lane estate, who appears to be in some distress. Meanwhile, Taviner and Murphy discover an elderly man who is also in distress after having his flat broken into. Suspicious of why both elderly residents are so frightened of the police, Klein and Murphy attempt to find out the reasons behind their fear. Klein is close to being caught with cocaine by Carver. Murphy notices the animosity between the pair and Carver soon spills the beans over Klein's drug habit. Kane's ex-wife arrives at the station to report the hate mail she has been receiving. When she mentions a possible reconciliation to Bradford, Bradford lashes out.
- Bradford attempts to cover her tracks after attacking Kane's ex-wife, but Tait's suspicions are aroused when he discovers the car park complex's CCTV tapes have been stolen. McAllister suspects Kane is responsible, and her abrupt line of questioning puts both Kane and Drummond offside. As Kane waits at St Hugh's for news of Tanya's condition, Bradford turns up to work, full of sympathy for Kane and his ex-wife. Only Cryer has suspicions, as Cathy adds lie upon lie, even volunteering to help with the case so she can cover up evidence of her involvement. As Bradford comforts Kane at the hospital, she is horrified to hear that his ex-wife's condition is improving and she may recover.
- The investigation into the attack on Kane's ex-wife continues, and MIT are called in to investigate. McAllister teams up with DI Will Elvins, but the pair soon come to the same conclusion that Kane attacked his ex-wife. Bradford prepares to flee the country, but she receives a phone call from Page, who informs her that MIT are questioning Kane and that he is their prime suspect. As suspicion begins to fall on her, Bradford changes her mind and arrives back at the station, and taking a leaf out of McAllister's book, tells MIT that Kane couldn't have attacked his ex-wife, as at the time, he was regularly beating her up after he discovered that she was pregnant with his baby. Can Kane prove his innocence?
- Osbourne arrests a TV weathergirl for shoplifting, but after overhearing remarks towards Gemma's sexuality, she fabricates a sexual assault claim in an attempt to get off the charges. Tait and Best find themselves in competition in an attempt to woo a glamorous robbery victim. Tait conspires against Best by having him recalled to the station, but after being paired with Taviner, once again finds himself in competition. Best is caught with his pants down by the victim's husband, who is under surveillance by CID for a brutal attack. Meanwhile, the girlfriend of Klein's dealer turns out to be Boyden's daughter, and Osbourne is attacked and left badly beaten by a mystery female attacker.
- The disappearance of a young girl prompts the relief to swallow their pride and call in retired sergeant Bob Cryer, who knows the family better than anyone - but his services are soon dispensed with when it becomes clear that his old-school methods aren't suited to Sun Hill's modern style of policing. Undeterred, the veteran plod teams up with his niece to finish the job, but it appears the suspect may be someone believed to be dead. Meanwhile, Osbourne ponders her future at the station following her brutal attack, and drug-addled Klein looks set to be found out when his colleagues raid the house where he is taking his first dose of crack, with the help of Boyden's daughter Amy.
- The relief investigate when an unidentified five-year-old girl turns up in St. Hugh's hospital having accidentally ingested crack cocaine. With very little to go on, the search becomes underway to find her mother, but it's not long before Boyden realizes the girl's mother is none other than his own tearaway daughter, Amy. The case takes on a different dimension for Best when he interviews a witness and discovers that Klein was also in the taxi that dropped the little girl off at the hospital. Back at the station, a thief is at large, and Tait is in the frame when Glaze's phone is found in his locker, while Nixon faces facts when her trouble-making teenage daughter Abi is brought in for being drunk and disorderly.
- When a young adoptee is suspected to have attacked his foster father, Nixon and Klein find that the boy is torn between his two families. The boy later disappears, and is found atop a high-rise building, but despite Boyden's efforts to coach him down, he jumps to his death, leaving his very angry brother to rage war on Boyden. Meanwhile, Okaro and Gold set up a surveillance camera in an attempt to catch the thief, and discover Carver breaking into Klein's locker. Carver reveals that Klein has been taking drugs and an obbo is staged to catch Klein in the act. Carver and Best catch Klein stealing from Carver's girlfriend's house, but Okaro chooses to send him into rehab rather than sack him.
- It's an eventful day for Sgt Matt Boyden. Having discovered the identity of Abi's father, he confronts the girl's mother, his hated colleague Acting DI Sam Nixon, threatening to tell the tearaway teen everything he knows. Then he gets a blast from the past when his own estranged, crack-addicted daughter Amy is found and brought in for questioning. But it soon becomes clear none of these loose ends will ever be tied when the dodgy sergeant answers a seemingly routine call out to a suspect package - only to fall victim to a drive-by shooting. (For the answer to who pulled the trigger and why.
- Life goes on at Sun Hill, after the recent murder of Sgt Matt Boyden. When PC Gary Best and PC Honey Harman bring in an Australian girl believed to be part of a shoplifting gang, it attracts the interest of CID. DC Mickey Webb uses Aussie PC Cameron Tait to infiltrate the gang, run by the Fagan-like Gene Bishop, but Cameron may have gone too far when Robbie and Bob Cryer witness him shoplifting in a department store. DC Danny Glaze finds Nathan Morley stuck through with a spear, and DC Mickey Webb and TDC Brandon Kane face a brush with death when an armed gang springs Nathan's brother Prince from a prison transport. Bob Cryer rallies the troops when Sgt Boyden's unpopularity casts a cloud over his funeral, and PC Tony Stamp is surprised by the arrival of Cass Rickman's mother. PC Jim Carver helps his girlfriend Marie out with some domestic issues, and is shocked when she proposes marriage.
- Glaze finds himself in a dangerous situation when he goes looking for the gang that have abducted Nathan Morley. Taviner takes a witness statement from a cabbie, and tries to dissuade him when the cabbie insists on seeing Murphy after the interview. Taviner, however, is unaware that the cabbie is Murphy's husband Patrick. Meanwhile, Carver finds himself in a difficult situation having just turned down a marriage proposal from his girlfriend, Marie Graham. Ackland is about to return from leave, and Harman advises Carver that her astrology book suggests that he steer clear of his colleague and return to Marie. However, when Ackland arrives back at Sun Hill, Carver finds he can't keep himself away.
- Osbourne finds herself troubled after dealing with an asylum seeker, and finds it difficult to keep her professional and personal objectives separate. Torn between a war-torn Iran and a troublesome Sun Hill estate, Osbourne can't work out what sounds better for the woman and her young daughter. Osbourne is later reprimanded by Gold and warned to stay well away from the situation. Meanwhile, Sharpe and Hunter investigate an alleged assault on a lawyer by a female colleague, but Hunter suspects that ulterior motives are at work. Meanwhile, Ackland's hopes of engagement to Jim are boosted when she finds a ring in his desk, only to be told by Jim that he's engaged to Marie Graham.
- Osbourne is determined to help Ziba and her daughter Niki, and can't even entertain the possible idea of them returning to Iran. Despite having already been warned off by Gold, her conscience gets the better of her, and she helps the woman escape. A screaming match ensues and Osbourne is given her marching orders. Hunter and Sharpe are puzzled when solicitor Robert Fenn withdraws his assault complaint against colleague Kim Bradbury, but then they discover Kim has resigned. Sharpe confesses she visited the seedy bar where Robert and his friends hang out, and she convinces Hunter that they're dealing drugs. Tait goes undercover to check out the action, while Hunter organizes a raid on the bar.
- The relief investigate a series of assaults on homeless people in the area, but when the motive begins to change, and social worker Clare Johnson is brutally attacked, evidence suggest that the prime suspect is Murphy's cabby husband, Patrick. Despite warnings to tread softly from Meadows, McAllister is sure Patrick is her man, with little regard for her colleague's sensibilities. Her suspicions are heightened when Taviner informs her of their encounter a couple of weeks back. Meanwhile, Taviner and Ashton have their hands full dealing with two elderly men who are fighting over some misplaced books. Stamp tries to avoid Ackland after their drunken kiss the previous night at Carver's party.
- Luke is first on the scene of a horrific car crash, but is shocked to hear a familiar voice when his backup arrives - Sun Hill's new sergeant: former PC Dale Smith. Smith takes a huge risk when he and Luke rescue a boy trapped in the car, a fact which does not escape the notice of Gina, who is already well aware of Smithy's reputation from his last posting to Sun Hill. Linking the boy and the car to a local gay nightclub, Smithy believes the club is pimping underage rent boys, but his brusque manner sees a complaint brought up against him by the club's owner. Tony tries to do a good deed and convinces Jim to invite June to his wedding, but he underestimates June's feelings for Jim. Things aren't looking good for Patrick Murphy after the Garda in Dublin supply Debbie details of his form for assault, but Murphy is bailed due to lack of evidence. When one of Des' young snouts finds Murphy's wallet and cab in a warehouse, Taviner and Sheelagh investigate, but Taviner can only watch in horror as his Sergeant is abducted by the suspect.
- Murphy regains consciousness in the back of the stolen cab and texts Taviner regarding her whereabouts. She escapes, only to be recaptured, but Taviner arrives in time to disarm her attacker. Relieved that they have actually caught their man, Murphy tells Taviner how grateful she is he helped clear her husband's name. Smithy and Tait stake out a local club where they suspect manager David Wemmick is running rent boys. Tait poses as a client, and rent boy Justin gives him an address where he finds enough evidence for a raid. While waiting for Tait, Smithy sees Ashton enter the gay club with a male companion. Meanwhile, Page drags Carver off on his wedding day to investigate a young boy living alone.
- Trapped in a cellar together, the longest-serving characters (save Reg) share some home truths about relationships and the real nature of friendship.
- Drummond's moonlighting as a security guard begins to catch up with him when an angry Meadows finds him asleep at his desk. However, Hunter soon realizes that he be able to use Drummond's position to his advantage when his boss, Alan Trent, moves into the ward office previously occupied by Taviner, and Meadows and Okaro suspect that he is causing many of the crimes he claims to prevent. When she discovers evidence of corrupt activities on Trent's manor, Bradford decides to turn a blind eye. McAllister and Becker are paired when a young mother and her son are run off the road. When the woman's father is found badly beaten, Becker suspects there's more to the case than first appears.
- Meadows and Okaro secretly plan to use Drummond to gather the evidence they need on Alan Trent, so posing as a corrupt police officer, Drummond manages to convince Trent to rehire him. Trent charms McAllister into a dinner date, which he uses to question her about her supposedly corrupt colleague. Concerned with Trent moving in on the estate, Okaro and Meadows organize a residents' meeting on the Jasmine Allen, which is rudely interrupted by three armed men in masks. Forensics of the shots fired indicates a flood of converted replica firearms on the estate. Ashton is convinced he is being handed all of the easy cases after being outed to the relief by Young.
- Sun Hill comes under fire from a gun epidemic due to the illegal firearms flooding the area, and Webb is convinced that Trent is the cause. As he and Drummond investigate Trent's activities, Drummond comes across an arms cache. McAllister finds solace in her boyfriend Michael, surprised at how much interest he is showing in her. However, Webb's investigation throws up some interesting facts and McAllister puts her life at risk after making the alarming discovery about who her boyfriend really is. It's the end of the road for Ashton when he comes face to face with an armed teenager in a local mini mart. Page finds herself falling in love again after getting emotionally involved with Dr. Owen Preston.
- Hollis reprimands three youths who are seen harassing a bus driver, but the situation takes a dangerous turn when one of the youths pulls out a gun, and they hijack the bus with Hollis, the driver and a busload of terrified passengers. When Hollis realizes that the gun is one of the replicas from the Coal Lane estate, it backfires, hitting the driver. Best and Harman spot the runaway bus and end up in pursuit, but their moment of glory is lost when Taviner and Murphy take over the pursuit in the area car. Meanwhile, Harman and Tait investigate a green-thumbed resident at a retirement home, whose plants are not exactly of the legal variety, and Page's friend Dr. Owen Preston comes under suspicion.
- CSU gains a new officer in the form of sexual offences expert sergeant Ramani De Costa, who hasn't even reached the station when she is assigned to investigate the alleged rape of a university student, who was drugged and attacked before being raped. De Costa finds she has very little to go on, but keeps a firm head and attempts to build her own leads. Meanwhile, a distraught Page tries to cover up her involvement in the death of Dr. Owen Preston, but as she types up her statement, she receives a letter naming her as the beneficiary of Owen's will. Nixon investigates an armed robbery, but is distracted after a reporter gathers information on the identity of Abi's father and threatens to reveal all.
- De Costa's investigation is aided by the return of Glaze, who identifies union bar manager Kieran Thompson as the prime suspect. But with no firm evidence or testimony to go on, victim Izzy Scott is left terrified. When Thompson is assaulted, De Costa realizes this might not be the rapist's first offence, and the discovery of a previous victim reveals videotapes of the rapes - filmed by Izzy's so-called best friend, Emma. Meanwhile, Hunter puts forward his theory that the armed robbery was an inside job, but when one of the two security guards on scene commits suicide, the investigation takes an unexpected turn. Nixon is distraught when Abi's father, Glenn Weston, turns up at the station.
- Hunter's suspicions about security guard Sid Wright are proven to be correct, so in her absence, he goes over Nixon's head to Meadows to approve surveillance on him. His persistence pays off when it transpires that Wright is planning to assist a raid on the Metropolitan Police warehouse, so Hunter convinces Meadows to use Drummond on the inside. Drummond is hastily drafted back into his undercover security guard persona. Meanwhile, Nixon tries to keep her daughter and Glenn Weston out of the hawk eye of the surrounding press, who are determined to get a scoop. Taviner confronts Murphy with his feelings for her, and despite her initial objections, the two end up going home together.
- Drummond's attempts to gain the confidence of Sid Wright are getting nowhere, so he literally plays his last hand when he follows Wright and gate-crashes a private poker game between Wright and the Fosters. On his way home from the game, Drummond is abducted by the Foster family, who reveal that they know about his polygamy, and the fact that he's a police officer. Meanwhile, a drunken brawl outside a pub turns nasty when Murphy finds a boy beaten badly on the street. Feeling guilty at having let the suspects off with a warning earlier, Murphy tackles the case on her own rather than handing it over to CID. Nixon reluctantly organizes a meeting between her daughter Abi and her father.
- Drummond's cover as a security guard has been blown. Archie Foster blackmails Drummond into helping them raid the Metropolitan Police warehouse, in order to steal millions of pounds worth of luxury sports cars - and as an incentive, he threatens Drummond's family. Drummond's absence at the station goes unnoticed at first, and uniform are kept busy by a series of bomb hoaxes organized by Foster. With the raid underway, Foster's plans begin to unravel, and Drummond has to put off a curious McAllister and Becker who turn up looking for him. As Foster and his gang make their escape, internal rivalries and a counter-raid by a rival gang see the body count rise ever higher, and Drummond is himself shot.
- Drummond is taken to hospital following the shooting, but decides to discharge himself when he discovers that his son, Alex, has been kidnapped by the Fosters. Meanwhile, Okaro is furious after reading the news stories featuring Nixon and Glenn Weston, and whilst being left with the backlash from the robbery operation going belly up, Okaro pulls Nixon off the case and forces her to take two weeks sick leave. Nixon decides to prove to her daughter that despite all of the recent events, she does love her and does care about her. Meanwhile, an audacious Young is called to deal with a vicious cat fight between two young girls, and suspects that she may have stumbled on a prostitution ring.
- Drummond escapes from hospital to find his son Alex, and doesn't waste any time in recruiting Best to assist his search. When he manages to locate Vince Foster, Foster informs him that the only way he will ever see his son again is if he delivers him Sid Wright on a plate. Meanwhile, Taviner and Murphy attend to a disturbance at a local brothel, but their own personal feelings for each other begin to get in the way of their work. Hunter and Becker discover the location of the car gang's hideout. Page attends Dr. Owen Preston's funeral, but during her speech, nearly blurts out that she was present when Owen committed suicide, until an audacious Bradford manages to step in and save her.
- Despite delivering the goods as planned, Foster demands that Drummond finds the men who murdered his father - and his missing cargo of stolen cars - in return for his son's safety. With little information to go on, Smithy goes undercover as a prisoner to find out exactly where the stolen cars are being hidden. When Taviner and Murphy begin the search for a missing prostitute, they uncover an underage prostitution ring run by a known pimp, who lo and behold, was interviewed by Young the previous day. An intrigued Hollis tries to find out the identity of the new woman in Taviner's life. Murphy feels she's been taken for a fool when Hollis tells her that Taviner has told him about his relationship.
- Gold and Okaro decide to mount an obbo to catch pimp John Rutherford in the act, which means sending Best undercover at London's Kings Cross Station. He rescues a young girl, Lorna, from a mugger, and the two start to get on well. When they are approached by Rutherford, he suggests they stay at a squat he knows. Best is suspicious, but doesn't want to leave Lorna in Rutherford's clutches. However, when the support team lose sight of him, Best finds he is in way over his head. At the squat, he is drugged, and wakes up with no memory of the previous night when Taviner and Hollis raid the house. Meanwhile, Ackland and Bradford investigate a domestic violence case involving a husband and wife.
- Ackland finds she is becoming too personally involved with the domestic violence case when she tries to protect victim Monica Skinner from her husband, Sean, by forcing her to testify against him. When Monica and her boyfriend are found attacked, suspicion immediately falls on Sean, but Carver isn't too sure. Buxton finds herself having to lie in her statement when she naively purchases cheap electrical goods from an old friend, later to discover they are stolen. A drug dealer is brought in for questioning and offers to provide information on Klein in return for a deal. Okaro catches Murphy in throes of passion with Taviner, and is accused of being soft on prostitution by a local councilor.
- Ackland finds herself caught up in a difficult situation when her professionalism is called into question following Monica Skinner's suicide, and her position as the head of CSU is called into doubt. Meanwhile, Stamp and Hollis find themselves having a slow day, and find that the most exciting thing for them to do is to help accompany an elderly couple to church. Tait is surprised when he is called to the scene of a general robbery and finds that his ex-girlfriend, and the mother of his child, is working there. As well as having to deal with the fall-out, his day turns from bad to worse when he discovers that his daughter, Emily, might be in danger from his ex-girlfriend's new partner, Mark Davies.
- On her first day back in uniform, Ackland finds a man brutally stabbed in the house of prominent CPS prosecutor Carl Harris. After arresting Harris for GBH, Ackland discovers that he and Okaro have some previous history - Harris threw out an assault case that Okaro had worked on. Harris's daughter Natasha stays quiet, and it is clear she knows more than she is letting on. When Ackland convinces Natasha to reveal the truth, she reveals that the victim was her biological father, and that he had been blackmailing Harris. Meanwhile, Mark Davies ends up in hospital following a mysterious assault, and Best looks on in horror as Tait bundles his daughter Emily into a minicab and speeds away.
- Tait, after abducting his own daughter, Emily, decides to return to Australia, but realizes that he is making the wrong decision and decides to return to Sun Hill. Best, suspicious that Mark Davies will refuse to name his attacker, decides to keep a close eye on Tait. When Mark Davies is discharged from hospital, he is involved in a hit-and-run, and later dies in hospital of his injuries, but Best discovers a link to a violent loan shark. Webb investigates when a man is found injured in a woman's home in mysterious circumstances. Meadows does all he can to prevent Rachel Heath from being charged with GBH, but when the victim presses charges, he finds that the matter is out of his hands.
- Page's irreverent cousin Michelle turns up at Sun Hill, and lodges a report stating she is being stalked. Despite Michelle's obstructiveness, Page manages to convince Bradford to gather some information so they can identify the suspect. As Page and Bradford uncover details of Michelle's love life, Bradford's indiscreet line of questioning results in a complaint made against her and a tongue lashing from De Costa, but Bradford turns the tables once again by telling De Costa that she herself was stalked. Ackland feels her age when she falls behind while chasing a bag snatcher, but when an elderly lady is struck by a car and later dies in hospital, Ackland realizes the dead woman could be Webb's mother.
- Hunter and Sharpe investigate an assault case, where a footballer's career has been ruined by an apparent deliberate foul. They arrest the suspect after viewing a videotape of the match, but bringing him back to Sun Hill, they are surprised to find out that he is Harman's fiance. Harman risks her career to save "her Fletch" and hides the videotape evidence in her locker. Webb arrives for work, determined to track down the driver who killed his mother. At Webb's encouragement, Becker uses a young prostitute as bait in a big drugs sting. When the woman goes missing, Webb checks an escort agency's website and is stunned to see Meadows' new girlfriend is a prostitute. Smithy and Gold have a drinking contest.
- Best attends the scene of a RTA involving a white van, and discovers that Gold is one of the two drivers involved. Gold insists that Best follows procedure and breathalyzes her, and when the test is positive, he is forced to arrest her for driving under the influence. Smithy, realizing that Gold's condition is due to his meddling during the drinking contest, conspires with Best to rig the test by using a sample of Best's breath instead. Gold is surprised when she is told that she is being released with no further action, but when she works out what Smithy and Best have done, she is furious that they have implicated her in a conspiracy - and warns them not to breathe a word to anyone about it, or risk their own careers.
- Becker regrets her attempts to help out her married lesbian lover after her husband vows to get his revenge. After being taken to an empty house which is under construction, Becker suspects that Gavin's motives may involve the same treatment which he gave to his wife. McAllister manages to track down her missing colleague, and the pair manage to overpower him and take him into custody. Meanwhile, Smithy and Young are in pursuit of a drug dealer, when the suspect runs straight into the path of McAllister's oncoming car. When McAllister goes to check on Gavin, he escapes her clutches and leads her and Becker to a warehouse. The pair soon face an investigation when Gavin falls to his death.
- Taviner and Young end up pursuing a speeding car after responding to a burglary call, and discover that the car has been stolen by the masked driver. Taviner matches the MO to a number of similar cases in the area, and decides to challenge a group of young joyriders who seem to be giving him the runaround. When the leader of the gang turns up at the station and gives false information to Smithy, Taviner arrives at the suspect's reported location to find himself in the middle of an ambush. He pushes Smithy to set up an obbo, but when he refuses, he goes over his head to Gold to get the obbo authorized. During the obbo, Taviner is distracted, and watches on as the Area Car speeds out of sight.
- Taviner is forced to cover up Smithy and Young's indiscretions when Gold questions the three of them on how the Area Car ended up in the hands of a teenage joyrider. Following an extensive search, Taviner finds the car atop a local multi-storey, having been covered in graffiti. Taviner uses a message received on the gang leader's mobile phone to set up a second operation. He borrows a 'stinger' from traffic and lies in wait at the location of the next joyride, and sure enough, his prime suspect turns up with another stolen car in tow. Meanwhile, Ackland convinces crime wife Julie Lewis to help sting a big drugs bust, but Julie's husband Eddie is shot dead when one of the dealers pulls a gun.
- Gold leads the relief in searching a cinema for a hidden bomb, which has been timed to go off in less than sixty minutes, following a radio announcement from the bomber himself. With the help of two cinema staff, the relief search Screen 3, and find the bomb attached to seat B5. However, the bomb detonates much earlier than planned. McAllister investigates a possible link to the person who regularly books the seat. With Harman critically injured, Buxton finds usher Stephen at her bedside. She manages to talk him down from setting off another bomb, but despite her bravery, sick of being pressured by the unscrupulous Kent, Buxton admits her perjury and tenders her resignation.
- Klein returns to work, and on his first shift is paired with Best. They attend a break-in at a young woman's flat, which seems to be part of a campaign of harassment by property developer Charles Vanderbilt to force two women to sell their flats to him. Reluctant to testify, but holding out for more money, the women stay put, until an arson attack takes place - with fatal consequences. Glaze is given a taste of life outside CSU when he is asked to help out with the case, having investigated Vanderbilt's brother in the past for similar offences. Meanwhile, Nixon and Gold investigate a series of burglaries involving online dating ads, where the latest victim is none other than Meadows' estranged wife, Laura.
- McAllister acts as a decoy to catch property developer Charles Vanderbilt in the act, but is taken aback when one of Vanderbilt's henchmen lobs a grenade through the window of the stake-out flat. Hunter asks Tait and Klein to keep an eye on Vanderbilt's right-hand man, and tail him following an altercation. When Klein corners Vanderbilt's second-in-command, Jim Conrad, the ensuing events once again leave Klein with trouble looming. Meanwhile, Nixon manages to persuade Ackland to go undercover to attract the online-ad burglar, and Stamp and Kent try to identify a young boy who has found unconscious in the street, having been the victim of an overdose of ecstasy.
- Okaro is determined to expose property developer Charles Vanderbilt before he can get planning approval for the flat redevelopment, and Glaze comes close to getting Carol Evans and Sandra Yorke to testify. They then have a lucky break when they are able arrest Vanderbilt on customs and immigration charges, when they discover that he "imports" prostitutes and drugs from Eastern Europe on his private plane. Meanwhile, Ackland goes ahead with the sting operation on the online-ad burglar, Hunter coerces Klein and Tait to lie to Nixon about the circumstances of Jim Conrad's injuries, and Sharpe receives a surprise when her lover from the night before is arrested in possession of drugs.
- Ackland consoles Meadows' broken wife Laura when she informs her that she has been raped. The case is immediately referred to Barton Street, where sexual offenses expert Terry Perkins deals with the case. A search of the crime scene reveals a lost driving license belonging to Keith Brennan, the prime suspect in the string of online-ad burglaries back at Sun Hill. When Webb discovers Brennan is in custody elsewhere, his digging to discover why leads him to accidentally break the news to an unsuspecting Meadows. Meanwhile, Klein and Tait solve a spate of muggings involving skateboards and a stun gun, and Best is furious when Harman invites his father to a surprise birthday party.
- Bradford ignores the urgent calls of domestic violence victim Paula Robinson and her son, and is shocked when she is brutally beaten by her husband. Paula's young son volunteers to act as bait for the father when he eludes the police, but De Costa begins to have serious doubts about Bradford. Now working as a CAD officer, Cryer realizes that Bradford's deceit is responsible for the assault on Paula, and threatens to tell all to Okaro. A desperate Bradford calls Cryer and insists the reason she's been so out of sorts is because she has a stalker. She then requests urgent assistance, which Cryer knows is a lie, and ignores. When a 999 call comes through, Taviner and Kent find Bradford badly injured in a stairwell.
- Gold has no choice but to suspend Cryer following Bradford's hospitalization, and Cryer is escorted from the station. Desperate to save her job, Cryer calls on her uncle, Bob, and the pair do some investigation into Bradford's lies. Sandra Malik, the doctor who Bradford harassed and framed, has moved to Australia, so they track down Petra McAvoy, whom Bradford beat up in the interview room. Petra is only too happy to make a statement, but once again, her evidence is called into question. Kent ignores Taviner's advice when he sympathizes with a depressed father and helps him get bail, but Kent's good deed has tragic and fatal consequences. Page's bail hearing is refused, and she is sent to prison.
- Best and Harman finds themselves in an unexpected passionate clinch whilst searching for a madman who has been brandishing a sword. McAllister and Hunter begin to find mutual attraction to one another as they investigate a car ringing scam. The CID love triangle begins to hot up as Becker notices Hunter and McAllister's behavior towards one another. Smithy is outraged when Okaro accuses him of racism. Murphy begins to suffer from morning sickness, and worries about telling Taviner. Page begins to adjust to life in prison.
- Sharpe and Drummond investigate when a black man is set alight on the Jasmine Allen estate, and a graffiti tag on a nearby wall leads them to Brad Kelso, one of a gang of youths who don't hesitate to make racist comments to Sharpe. Calling for urgent assistance, Smithy is attacked by Brad Kelso and his gang, but when Kelso stops breathing after being arrested by Sharpe, Smithy thinks Sharpe may have gone one step too far and let Kelso's taunts get the better of her. In prison, Page befriends Eileen, a customs and excise officer who insists that she has been framed by her boyfriend. Page asks Bradford to do some digging, but Becker instead asks Page to keep an eye on her cellmate. McAllister takes her opportunity to surprise Hunter in the shower after the two of them end up mucky after being called to the scene of a severed arm found on a beach.
- Smithy unwittingly gives CPR to Brad Kelso, but by the time the ambulance crews arrive, it appears that it is just a little too late. Sharpe realizes that she faces an inquiry into Kelso's death, and wonders whether Smithy will reveal her indiscretions whilst she was arresting Kelso. Meanwhile, Smithy has problems of his own to contend with as he fights to prove to Okaro that he's not a racist. Page provides information on her cellmate, who wants a hit man to eliminate a witness against her. Webb and Meadows are hot on the trail of violent criminal Martin Delaney, who is assaulting and stealing from escort girls, and Meadows arranges another meeting with Rachel Heath, much to Webb's disliking.
- Smithy puts his neck on the line by digging into Brad Kelso's past, in an attempt to uncover information that will clear Eva's name. Meanwhile, the investigation into Page's cellmate takes an interesting turn when Carver goes undercover as a hit-man in an attempt to gather evidence against her. Webb's investigation into Martin Delaney takes a vicious turn when Delaney takes a dislike to Webb's line of questioning. CID soon becomes a hot plate of unbridled passion when McAllister and Becker offer Hunter the promise of a lifetime - a threesome. Carver's wife turns up drunk at the station and assaults him in front of his colleagues. Harman informs a disappointed Best that their liaison was a one-off.
- Webb decides to go after Delaney, and strikes lucky with Delaney's prison padre, and goes in search of a lead on the man who raped Delaney in prison. He comes across Delaney in a park, and after a confrontation, chases him. Delaney is caught and charged, but has no intention of leaving Webb out of it - and reveals in interview that he raped him. Devastated, Webb decides to press charges and to leave Sun Hill before he's the talk of the nick. Meanwhile, Meadows' relationship with Rachel Heath becomes the talk of the station. Johnson is getting closer and closer to uncovering the truth about the Sun Hill fire, and unable to take the heat, Glaze decides to cut and run, with a robbery victim's cash.
- Constable Yvonne Hemmingway arrives for her first day at Sun Hill, and is paired with Klein to investigate a teenage girl who is being harassed. When a cyclist is hit by a stolen car during a pursuit, the prime suspect is one of the girl gang, Beth Tyler, the reluctant witness in a rape case several months previously. Taviner is devastated when he fails to revive a baby who appears to have died of SIDS, forcing Murphy to admit that she is pregnant with his baby. Thatcher notches up his first conquest in the form of Bradford, but she later receives a surprise proposal. Meadows receives Glaze's warrant card in the post. Johnson fails to get the hint that she may be chasing the wrong leads.
- Murphy finds herself caught in the middle of a personal dilemma when she is asked to investigate a possible cot death. Taviner decides to put his priorities in order and to focus on Murphy and their baby. Hemmingway and Young have a falling out over different ways to approach a case. Thatcher continues to try and woo the entire female Sun Hill workforce, and sets his eyes upon new station reception officer Marilyn Chambers. He bets Klein he can get her into bed on the first date, but he soon finds himself in close competition with none other than Hollis. Taviner becomes determined to cover his tracks for the sake of his baby when Johnson continues to pressurize him over the Jeff Simpson case.
- Thatcher and Kane raid the house of a heroin dealer, after several addicts die from a bad batch. Thatcher is determined to catch the supplier, and once again, he goes too far when arresting a suspect, who turns out to be Alan Best, Best's father, who is working as a police informant for Gold. Murphy tells Taviner that she is going to leave her husband for him, but Taviner has other matters on his mind when Hollis warns him that Johnson is closer than ever to the truth about the Sun Hill fire, and at a memorial ceremony for the officers who died, Taviner is too overcome with guilt to make a speech. Determined to be honest with Murphy, Taviner admits he framed Jeff Simpson for the fire.
- Murphy manages to get a confession from Taviner, when she presses him on his involvement in the station fire that killed six. CID's operation into the dodgy heroin dealer is compromised when Best tries to apologize to his father for assaulting him the day before. However, when the target pulls a gun, Alan stops him from shooting Best, but Alan is subsequently abducted. Will Best be able to thank his father and make it up with him, or is it too late? Taviner and Hollis chase a youth robbing the elderly, and when an elderly man is stabbed, his wife has a heart attack and dies of the shock. Taviner is angered, and beats up the prime suspect when Kane refuses to take any action. Taviner is furious when Gold tells him that Murphy is bound for New Scotland Yard with Okaro, fearing she will expose his role in the station fire. When another robbery comes in over the radio, Taviner's pursuit of the prime suspect ends in a chemical warehouse, sending a massive explosion through the building and the Area Car.
- Smithy rushes to the burning warehouse, while Stamp puts in the urgent assistance call. Smithy pulls Hollis from the car, but as he goes back for Taviner, a balcony collapses onto the two cars, causing another explosion. As the dust settles and the fire stops, a body is removed, but there is no sign of Taviner. Is he dead, or has he managed to escape capture? The search for kidnap victim Alan Best gets underway, but Best is concerned he won't be able to make up things with his father. Page's trial starts smoothly, but she is devastated when both Bradford and Max Wyatt betray her in the witness box. Meanwhile, Carver's wife Marie harangues June and presses her over her past relationships and Sheelagh tells June that Des is the father of her unborn child.
- Smithy volunteers himself to suspected abductor Jules Ellis as a hostage, in exchange for the release of an elderly couple. Gold co-ordinates activities from the ground, but S019's DS is furious when he discovers what Smith has done. S019 prepare to storm the building but Gold's concerns for Smith causes her to go over SO19's head to Okaro, but changes her mind when the negotiator loses contact with suspect Ellis. Smithy tries to talk his way out of a tricky situation. Page takes to the stand at her trial and decides to tell the truth, in a last-ditch effort to save herself from being found guilty of the murder of Dr. Owen Preston. The search for Taviner's body in the remains of the warehouse continues, but to no avail. Juliet and Cathy arrest a drunk but he pulls a knife on the Becker in the yard.
- Becker and Bradford are held hostage in the yard by a drunk wielding a knife. Becker is dragged into a carrier and Bradford escapes to get backup. Okaro takes control and orders Kent, Klein and Smith storm the van and but Becker has been stabbed, and she tragically dies in hospital. There are complications when the suspect swallows his tongue in custody. Best comes face-to-face with his father's murderer and during a rooftop tussle when Ellis escapes from an open custody door, Ellis falls to his death with Gary on top of him. Carver and Ackland reminisce over their twenty years of service together at Sun Hill when he is in hospital after being assaulted by his drunken wife, Marie. Murphy hears someone call her name after returning to Sun Hill from the hospital but doesn't see who it is - Des Taviner, who has survived the fire. Webb returns to Sun Hill as a member of the Murder Investigation Team investigating Alan Best's murder and makes clear to his former colleagues that he has moved past his rape by Martin Delaney.
- McAllister and Hunter investigate a serious assault on a prostitute, while Okaro is forced to deal with National Party councilor Nicola Marsh, who is trying to raise racial tensions by highlighting an increase in black-on-white crime. Best recovers in hospital after throwing Jules Ellis to his death from the station roof, and falling off himself. McAllister is saddened to discover that Becker died the night before, and Sun Hill deal with the fallout due to the death of the suspect, who swallowed his tongue in custody. Murphy admits to Okaro that Taviner was responsible for the Sun Hill firebombing when forensics discover that he wasn't killed in the Area Car warehouse explosion. Page is found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. Kent gets close to Ackland.
- Thatcher and Hunter investigate a campaign of hate against a boxer and discover that the motive behind the vendetta may not be as simple as they first imagined. With racial tensions once again threatening to rear an ugly head, Okaro finds himself under pressure to placate both local community leaders and National Party councilor Nicola Marsh in the light of recent events. A gang of racists are terrorizing an Indian restaurant, so Ackland and Kent decide to go undercover to fish them out. However, their undercover status as a couple leads to Ackland asking Kent out for a drink after work. Hunter struggles to keep his work life separate when he attends a session of IVF treatment with his wife.
- Thatcher and Hunter discover a link between the assault on boxer Joel Brewer and none other than Dennis Weaver, but Hunter discovers much more than he bargained for. New detective constable Terry Perkins joins Sun Hill from Barton Street, and is immediately assigned as the station's sex offenders register officer, and is given his own part of the CSU designed to manage dangerous offenders released back into the community. He is immediately thrown into the thick of the action when he and Sharpe investigate when a convicted pedophile is seen giving money to a schoolgirl. Hunter's wife turns up at the station with the news of her pregnancy test, but is Hunter ready to juggle his work and home lives?
- Carver and De Costa investigate the staff at St. Hugh's hospital when the home of an elderly patient is burgled, using the keys in her bedside cabinet. However, a discrepancy over the amount of money stolen soon puts someone else entirely in the frame. Meanwhile, Perkins and Sharpe try different approaches in dealing with pedophile Ian Forrester, but Terry's idea of a rehabilitation program for the convicted offender doesn't exactly light up Sharpe's world. Harman makes a shocking discovery about a suspected intruder at Stamp's house, who turns out to be none other than his Filipino girlfriend - but that's nothing compared to the surprise awaiting Stamp when he arrives back home.
- Hunter and Sharpe follow separate lines of inquiry when a prostitute is stabbed, and although Sharpe's investigation uncovers the perpetrator, Hunter is quick to take the credit. Sharpe realizes that she is going to have to pull out all of the stops to prevent Hunter from overshadowing her and making her look useless in front of the top brass. Klein discovers what has happened, and is angered by the sergeant's behavior, so he puts in a call to his wife, determined to dish the dirt on Hunter's illegitimate daughter. Meanwhile, Carver is embarrassed when his wife is brought in on a charge of being drunk and disorderly, and it's not long before the news going flying around the station.
- Smithy is forced to deal with a complicated victim, who has not only been the victim of an aggravated burglary, but has also been subjected to male rape. The possible links between the two crimes uncover a prime suspect. Meanwhile, Kent confides in a love struck Ackland, telling her that his parents were recently both killed in a car crash. Sharpe decides to step in when she believes that Carver's aggressive behavior towards his wife is getting out of hand, while his wife pays a visit to the station and warns Ackland to stay well away from her husband. Meanwhile, Hunter is furious when Klein admits that he was the one who told his wife that he had been having an affair.
- De Costa and Thatcher are hot on the tail of a man who has been secretly filming girls on video getting changed in the changing rooms of a local leisure center. De Costa is sickened at the thought of the suspect's bravado, but her day goes from bad to worse when receives news on the grapevine that her stepdaughter has been the victim of a vicious rape. Meanwhile, Ackland's judgment is called into question when she makes a wrongful arrest, but her investigation leads her to discover an unreported suicide. Hollis continues to prove he has policeman's intuition when he goes it alone to gather evidence and solve the case of a blind woman who had been brutally attacked by thugs.
- De Costa is distraught over her stepdaughter Jasmine's rape, and when the girl admits she lied in her interview, De Costa fears she'll be pulled apart in the witness box if the case goes to trial. Thatcher is assigned to the investigation and is determined to get to the bottom of the events, which occurred. Stamp's Filipino girlfriend isn't impressed when he discovers that she is part of an illegal immigration racket, and he uses her in a sting operation to capture human traffickers. Kent attends a domestic dispute, which turns out to be at Carver's house, and finds him and his wife having a physical row, after Carver confronted her after discovering she has been harassing Ackland.
- Things come to a head with the Jim Carver domestic situation, and Gina is determined to see the real depths behind Kent's smarmy persona.
- Harman and Best arrive at the scene of a brutal assault, and whilst dealing with the victim, an abandoned baby is dumped in the back of their panda car. While the pair try to ID the victim, Harman receives a call from an anxious woman who wants to meet her to talk about the baby. Meanwhile, a man turns up at the station claiming to be the baby's uncle, and Kane decides to take him on the obbo to identify his sister, unaware that the man is actually the woman's husband and is responsible for the brutal attack on the woman's lover - the baby's real father. Meanwhile, Nixon investigates a brutal assault on a gym receptionist, only to find the woman's sister dead in the bath following a routine search of the victim's flat.
- Stamp arrests a man who fits the description of a mugger, but the suspect claims he is being racially discriminated against and tries to make a formal complaint regarding Stamp. Okaro discovers what has happened and is furious, especially in light of recent events regarding racial crime targets. He is pleased, however, when Kane discovers that the suspect is a prime target in a credit card fraud operation. Okaro asks Kane to find further evidence before charging the suspect, but Kane ignores him and charges him anyway. Meanwhile, Bradford returns to work following her TV debut, Hunter is the source of the latest station rumor, Nixon receives some bad news from Meadows, and Harman moves in with Kane.
- Best and Harman stop a runaway vehicle which is being driven by a teenage joyrider. When the vehicle is traced to the boy's mother, they arrive to find her badly beaten and in the comfort of one of her neighbors. When she accuses her husband of rape and assault, De Costa is certain that an answer phone cassette, which was placed to record during the attack, will prove the husband's innocence or guilt. But when Bradford loses the tape, De Costa decides it's the last straw and has her hastily transferred back to uniform. Whilst investigate a number of graffiti attacks on a Jewish graveyard, Thatcher finds a link between the time of the disturbance and De Costa's investigation. Bradford, angered at her transfer to uniform and Kane and Harman's close relationship makes her snap, and she torches Kane's home.
- Whilst meeting in a restaurant to discuss a grievance, Klein and the new borough commander are amongst a number of restaurant patrons who are attacked by an armed gang. Okaro links the attack to a number of similar incidents on the patch within the last six weeks, and organizes raids on all of the suspected targets. During the raids, Hunter chases one of the suspects, Paul Coles, who decides to jump from a high-rise balcony, leaving him with critical injuries. Soon, Okaro finds councilor Nicola Marsh breathing down his neck about the incident. Meanwhile, Hollis and Stamp investigate the disappearance of a factory worker, who is discovered to have absconded with all of the money from a lottery syndicate.
- Okaro decides to head back out on the streets in an attempt to improve morale among st the relief. Paired with Stamp in the Area Car, the pair's first case involves a robbery in which the two suspects, who fled away in a getaway car, have crashed, resulting in the death of the driver and the passenger being critically injured. As they try to trace the mother of the injured passenger, they both find themselves facing an official complaint. However, when the involvement of a third party is discovered via CCTV evidence, it's soon clear that the pair may have been right all along. Meanwhile, Hunter and Klein investigate a lorry hijacking involving a number of out-of-date stolen geese.
- Bradford's mental state begins to boil over when she is asked to deal with a man who has destroyed all of his wife's belongings after she cheated on him. She finds herself being less than sympathetic with the suspect, and the case gives her an ultimatum of her own, when she decides that it's time to say goodbye to her fiance Max Wyatt, who tries to help Kane move out of Bradford's house. Meanwhile, Carver realizes he is still finding things difficult when he is asked to investigate a case of domestic violence. Smithy comes across a teenager struggling to hold his family together on an estate run by drug-dealing gangs, and takes sympathy on the tearaway. But little does he know that the youngster is more caught up in events than he initially suspected.
- New DI Neil Manson arrives at Sun Hill to take over CID. He tasks Phil and Rob with dealing a Mis-Per, but when Christine Weaver and Cindy Hunter are arrested for fighting, Manson pulls Hunter off the case and pairs Thatcher with Nixon. The situation escalates when it appears that the missing person, a drug-addicted pensioner, is dealing for his grandson, and the pensioner is thrown off a balcony by rival dealers. MIT are called in when Max Wyatt's body is found in his freezer. Meanwhile, Leo Price is arrested again, Nick conspires with Cindy to end her marriage with Phil and trick him into dumping Christine, and Brandon finds the CCTV tape Cathy took from the car park where Brandon's wife Tanya was killed.
- Kane's curiosity mounts after seeing the CCTV tape of Bradford and his wife, and convinced that Bradford was somehow involved in his wife's death, he goes off in search of the one woman who can confirm his suspicions - former front desk officer Robbie Cryer. However, the information she reveals to him raises doubts over who was the cause of the fire at his home. Bradford manages to keep one step ahead of the team investigating her fiance Max's murder, but her suspicions about Cryer cause her to seriously assault her long term nemesis. Meanwhile, Manson and Perkins investigate a series of hammer attacks on young women.
- Kane informs Gold and Meadows of his suspicions about Bradford's involvement in his ex-wife's death - soon after which, Robbie Cryer is found badly beaten. Aware that the net is closing in, Bradford tricks Kane into meeting her at the canal. Kane thinks the game is up, however, Bradford's infiltration scheme leaves her with one more trick up her sleeve. Kane gets a full insight into the danger he faces when she tells him she has abducted his children, and he realizes that one wrong move could result in their death. Meanwhile, Sharpe and Thatcher are hot on the trail searching for a young girl whose bloodstained cardigan is discovered in the boot of a car fished from the canal.
- Ackland stops a vehicle which has been reported lost or stolen, only to find the driver in possession of a briefcase containing more than £20,000. When the suspect, Harry Turner, reveals he has a past history with Gold, he offers to take part in an obbo to bring down a major Sun Hill villain. However, during the obbo, he escapes with £15,000 of the Met's money. Meanwhile, Kane is struggling to cope with the fact that Bradford has abducted his children. When Zoe manages to call her dad from Bradford's mobile, a search is directed towards the streets surrounding the station - but the entire station is unaware that Bradford has sneaked the kids into the station boiler room under their very noses.
- A turf war threatens to blow up on the Cockroft estate between Kalisha Jarrett and her rival dealers, but when one of her henchmen runs down her nephew Wayne at her request, Wayne's brother Leo Price offers to help Smithy catch his evil aunt with the proceeds of a drug deal. However, when the raid yields a stash of fake drugs, Leo is furious to discover that his aunt may be off the hook. Meanwhile, Bradford, still in the boiler room with Kane's kids, turns off the station heating in an attempt to leave a clue to her whereabouts. An engineer arrives to fix the problem, but when he is knocked unconscious by Bradford, Ackland and Harman arrive to find out that Bradford is closer than anyone expected.
- Bradford promises to release Kane's kids in exchange for Kane as a hostage, but when Gold refuses, Okaro overrides her decision. Bradford then insists Kane choose between his children. Forcing Kane to handcuff himself, Bradford relives the events of the past year, including the death of Kane's wife Tanya. The station is evacuated, and the TSG arrive to provide support. Bradford's stories become increasingly unbelievable, as she tells Kane that she was abducted by a serial killer as a child. Nixon and Sharpe trawl through Bradford's history and discover that she has been lying. When Bradford moves Kane out of range of the TSG probe, Okaro authorizes TSG to force entry into the boiler room.
- TSG storm the boiler room and Bradford is arrested. Kane returns to work the next day but when he is conned by an elderly lady claiming to have had her car broken into, he hands in his resignation in to Okaro (forced by PC Harman). Best is seconded to CID, and paired with Perkins, the pair investigate the mugging of a city trader by two homeless ex-servicemen. Perkins is disgusted by the world the traders inhabit and is frustrated when he learns that the mugging was a revenge attack. When Best goes out on his own initiative and almost blows the case, Perkins takes matters into his own hands and threatens to reveal the trader's cocaine use. Carver's wife turns up, begging him not to proceed with the trial against her for domestic violence.
- Stamp and Young arrest two teenagers, Curtis and Carla, on suspicion of mugging, but when Curtis admits stealing money from Carla's father, Reverend Andho, further investigation reveals that the minister has been skimming money off church funds, and that his theft has been authorized by Denise Okaro, the superintendent's wife. Meanwhile, Okaro has problems of his own, when the new Borough Commander, Louise Campbell, announces that she is on her way to see him - and he panics that he will be berated for his neglect in the Bradford incident. Carver's wife takes the stand in court, but despite testimony from Kent, Marie claims self-defense. When her son takes the stand, the true stories unravel.
- Nixon is tasked with investigating a gang who are making and distributing fake DVDs. Her investigations lead her to a pawnshop, where a stack of the fake DVDs are being prepared for shipping to a third-world country. But her determination to bring down the gun-toting leader of the gang leads to unexpected tragedy. Meanwhile, Okaro faces a tough time as the fraud investigations into his wife Denise's finances continue, and she is arrested, following the allegations of conspiracy to theft. With scandal-hungry journalists gathering like vultures, it seems things can get no worse when she admits she does harbor feelings for the Rev Andho. Murphy believes she has sighted Taviner outside the station.
- Hemmingway deals with a hysterical woman who is smashing up a shop. Discovering that she is a rape victim who is being traumatized and stalked by her attacker, Perkins and Sharpe step in to try to convince another of the rapist's victims to come forward and press charges after years of keeping quiet. Okaro is forced to put his recent domestic troubles behind him and begins to build bridges with both the relief and his wife. Murphy is shaken by her sighting of Taviner the night before. Confused about why Taviner would come back to Sun Hill, Murphy becomes frantic when it appears baby Niamh has gone missing. When the baby is discovered safe and well, Murphy asks Tait to baby-sit.
- Murphy is rushed to hospital, where she comes to terms with the loss of her daughter - and her anguish is only compounded by the awful suspicion that Taviner may have had a hand in the tragedy. Tait blames himself for the baby's death, and guilt-ridden, gets dangerously drunk, seeing solace in the arms of none other than Young - but his night soon results in an unexpected visit to casualty. Stamp and Harman arrest a retired villain for assaulting his future daughter-in-law, however, it soon transpires that there is much more to the case than first meets the eye. Manson muscles in and pulls rank on an angry Sharpe after she tries to go above his head and authorize an operation through Meadows.
- Sharpe is assigned to what looks like a straightforward case of bigamy when two men are arrested fighting in the local library. After witnessing a fight in custody, the suspect Leonard Noakes, admits to murdering a man many years previously, but Sharpe finds Noakes' supposed victim alive and not-so-well in St Hugh's Hospital. As the case gets more intriguing, Sharpe finds herself under scrutiny from Manson, who orders her to leave the case to MIT. When Ross requests her help, Sharpe can't help but close up the loose ends, but a furious Manson warns her that her card is marked. Meanwhile, McAllister has babysitting issues, and Tait acts coldly towards Young after their unbridled night of passion.
- Following a tip-off from Perkins' snout, Manson goes undercover as a hit man for a woman who wants her husband killed. As De Costa investigates the domestic violence aspect of the case, the husband's involvement in an actual murder is revealed. Manson is delighted with the result, but De Costa is upset when Manson usurps her CSU authority. Stamp and Best trawl internet chat rooms looking for 'Hotpants', a suspected fraudster who has ripped off a number of "her" on-line admirers. Murphy reveals that Taviner has been to see her. Taviner finds Hollis alone guarding the chapel of rest and Hollis lets slip that Tait was babysitting when Niamh died. Hollis admits to Gold that Taviner started the Sun Hill fire.
- Tait and Young go in pursuit of a gang of teenage girls who have been shoplifting. When they become separated, Tait is cornered by the gang, who subsequently strip him and spray a suspicious substance in his face. Tait arrives back at the yard half dressed, much to the happiness of his female colleagues. Meanwhile, Carver finds a copy of Kent's birth certificate, and struggles over whether or not to inform Ackland. Murphy is devastated to discover an operation has been mounted to catch Taviner at their daughter's funeral, and believing Taviner's right to see his daughter, tries to inform him of the operation before he is arrested. When Ackland offers her a shoulder to cry on, she rebuffs her.
- Neil and Sam investigate a cigarette smuggling operation but the pair come to blows when Sam tries to exert her authority over the situation and a furious Neil is forced to pull rank on the former acting detective inspector while Jim is now unable to hide the truth any longer and confronts June and informs her that her lover Gabriel is actually none other than her long lost son but does she believe him enough to stop her relationship with him knowing that he has been set up and Des pays Shelagh another visit only to end up holding her and Cameron hostage to keep them quiet over his escape however Des realizes it is just a matter of time before his colleagues come looking for them.
- As the net closes in around an increasingly frustrated Des he decides to let Murphy go free, on the grounds that she does not inform the Sun Hill top brass of his whereabouts despite Shelagh's adamant that Tait was in no way responsible for his baby's death Des continues to keep Cameron hostage but the pair come to blows when Cameron manages to connect with Des's personal grievances meanwhile June tries to find a suitable way to confront Gabriel over the shocking revelation that he is actually none other than her son but when June backs him into a corner, he declines to reveal his true identity and vows to make life difficult for June if she chooses to believe the malicious rumors.
- Eva and Neil investigate the case of a missing girl and discover that it is the girl's abusive grandfather who has taken her away. Polly returns to Sun Hill and is delighted to discover she can have a civilian position as CADO but will the frustration of not being a copper get to her June assists with Eva and Neil's investigation but the imminent exposure of Gabriel is playing on her mind and when Gabriel and Jim come to blows things boil over Dale and Jim agree to keep quiet for June's sake Kerry confides in Yvonne about her night of passion with Cameron and despite the fact it could be the start of something special, Smithy is not happy and threatens to stand in their way.
- Sam grudgingly works with Neil to locate dangerous escaped convict Eric Taylor who has already eluded police twice when Eric is spotted Jim pursues him into a swimming pool complex and the two end up in the water as Gabriel watches as the two struggle and is going to let Jim drown until the cavalry arrive posing as a house buyer June Carver an emotional June visits her long lost son and meets her granddaughter but she is too afraid to tell him her real identity when his former lover Rachel Heath arrives at the station on the eve of her trial for assault Jack discovers that Neil's father in law Deputy Assistant Commissioner Roy Pearson has been using rent boys.
- A boy is attacked at a laundry place. Jacks affair with Rachel nearly comes out in court. Manson still creates friction with the rest of the team.
- WPC Andrea Dunbar arrives at Sun Hill for her first shift and her keenness seems too good to be true but little do the relief know that they have an undercover reporter in their midst when Eva discovers that Debbie told Neil about Jack's affair she is furious and the pair come to blows but tensions run high between Jack and Neil when Neil declares he wants Sharpe out of CID no matter what just as he is announcing her departure to the rest of the department Jack comes in with an offer for Eva to join MIT Polly is snubbed by Neil during her first shift back and things turn from bad to worse when she returns home to find the word 'murderer' painted across her flat window.
- Klein and Hemmingway attend a disturbance at a funeral home and discover an unusual case: the body and casket of the mother of the Coombes brothers have disappeared - including £350,000. Turning the case over to McAllister and Drummond, the investigation leans towards all the involved parties, including the brother, the funeral director and the security guard. Against her better judgment, and despite warnings from Stamp, Page befriends journalist Frank Fisher who helps her out when she cops abuse and vandalism from some local youths. Smithy and Hollis check out the local swimming pool when the manager reports a break-in. On the way back to the station, Hollis is confronted by Taviner.
- Okaro is determined to nail big-time criminal Bob Coles, who is suspected to have taken part in people smuggling - but when Manson dangles the carrot of a free trip to Paris for the officer who arrests Coles, Hunter and Thatcher both promise their partners a weekend away. When Perkins eventually wins the trip, he auctions it off to Hunter and Thatcher in aid of charity. Meanwhile, MIT arrive to question Taviner about the Sun Hill firebombing, and find themselves investigating his murder instead. Murphy is first in the interview room, but is furious when Ackland refuses to confirm Murphy's innocence. Page begins to feel disillusioned about her return to the Met. Dunbar's editor tells her to go after Okaro.
- Klein investigates when Brendan Bailey a man who murdered a young girl 14 years previously is attacked and robbed on the way home from the pub, and is unable to remember anything prior to the incident Nick suspects that the attacker may be the father of another young girl who disappeared without trace just months after the first murder when the man is exonerated he takes it upon himself to track down Brendan and hold him at gunpoint until he reveals the location of his missing daughters body Nick manages to defuse the situation but when Brendan follows him to Jamaica Wharf Brendan is shot twice at close range with Nick being the only witness willing to identify the mysterious gunman.
- Klein is distraught when Bailey subsequently dies of his injuries. Hunter and Drummond interview the young girl whom Bailey was grooming prior to the attack, and whilst searching her photo album, Hunter finds a picture of his daughter, Maddison. When the young girl identifies herself as Dennis Weaver's goddaughter, Hunter shows Klein a file of mugshots of Weaver's associates, and Klein identifies the gunman as John Finnegan. When Hunter lets slip to Weaver that Klein is willing to testify, Weaver's gang kidnap Klein and pump him full of heroin. Meanwhile, De Costa and Page investigate when a young illegal Russian boy is found amongst a group of yobs involved in an organized chain of football hooliganism.
- Ken and Phil attempt to find an amateur surgeon who is selling organs on the black market. Their investigation begins with a young girl who has sold her kidney for £2,000, but before she can give evidence, she dies of renal failure. They then begin their search for the mysterious operating theatre where the operations are taking place. Meanwhile, as Klein recovers from his forced heroin overdose at the hands of Dennis Weaver's henchmen, Smithy and Young try to prove his innocence beyond doubt as his condition and his previous history with drugs make his testimony against gunman Finnegan unreliable. Klein later confronts Hunter and accuses him of telling Weaver of his past history with drugs.
- Harman and Hemmingway arrest a young girl following an incident of criminal damage, but during the interview, she claims that she was raped the night before. Thatcher and Drummond are assigned to the case, and they investigate a man seen following the victim on CCTV footage however when the man is given a rock solid alibi, Thatcher starts to doubt if the woman was raped at all. Meanwhile, Hollis investigates an altercation between a schoolboy and his teacher, but the young boy refuses to speak out against his real attackers. When he and Chambers go train-spotting after their shift, they watch on as the young boy is set upon by a gang, only to discover that the victim may be the ringleader.
- Neil organizes an obbo on long time nuisance Bryan Ferris who is wanted following the stabbing of a dealer on the Parkmede Estate. Having received information that he is starting his own sideline in illegal substances Neil raids a pub where he finds Bryan and his cronies in the middle of a deal Bryan offers to give information on a bigger player in the chain Ivan Grazdani in return for leniency with his sentence a search of Ivan's hotel room yields a number of false passport applications signed off by district judge Lord Colin Wakeling then Debbie investigates a surprising link between Colin Ivan and Neil himself and Cameron witnesses a suspicious meeting between Phil and Dennis Weaver.
- Debbie and Ken search for the missing girl in the passport photo only to find her badly beaten in St Hugh's she subsequently reveals that she was smuggled into the country and later made to enter prostitution as Debbie discovers that district judge Lord Wakeling's lady friend is none other than Ivan's sister Debbie seizes her chance when uniform manage to track down the illusive Ivan at a nearby industrial estate meanwhile Nick puts his life in danger by leaving the safe house and fleeing back to Sun Hill where Adam agrees to let him go back out on the beat and Polly discovers that her so called lover Frank Fisher is behind the harassment campaign against her.
- Hunter agrees to set up an operation to nail Dennis Weaver once and for all. With Klein back in the safe house, Weaver arranges the hit. Meeting with the hit man to retrieve the gun and a photo of Klein's body, Weaver realizes Hunter has set him up when an arrest team swoop in on them. Escaping into North Canley Forest, a terrified Hunter barely escapes with his life as a maniacal Weaver swears revenge for his treachery. Meanwhile, Young and Hemmingway investigate a possible case of abuse at a local care home, where two of the residents are left badly shaken, Page is warned off by Ackland when she investigates a forged driver's license, and Klein is placed into witness protection, with a new identity.
- Smith and Young attend a call to a burglar seen attempting to gain access to a houseboat, but their arrival sparks the assailant into falling into the fast flowing river, forcing Smithy to jump in after him. A woman then arrives at the station to make a complaint of rape against the assailant. Meanwhile, Tait and Kent find a man badly injured after falling from the roof of a disused warehouse. Their investigations lead them to discover the organized crime of 'tramp bashing', where professionals pay tramps sums of money to beat the hell out of one another. However, they soon discover that the fights are a decoy for a money laundering operation, involving the proceeds of a rather impetuous drug smuggling operation.
- A major road traffic accident in Sun Hill sees a seriously injured man, Adrian Collins, rushed to St Hugh's Hospital. When a handgun and balaclava are discovered in Collins' car, Collins admits he was on his way to a bank robbery. When an alarm is triggered at a nearby bank, Smithy realizes the robbery has proceeded without Collins. With SO19 delayed in traffic, Smithy has trouble commanding the respect of his officers with rumors of Young's alleged rape. An angry Tait confronts him, and the two nearly come to blows until they agree to concentrate on the job at hand. The situation gets even worse when the bank's terrified manager is pushed out into the street with a bomb strapped to his waist.
- Young is found injured but alive in the rubble after the explosion behind the bank, but the bank manager is killed in the blast. As Nixon investigates the aftermath, there is considerable question over where the blame will lie. Tait begs Young not to reveal that they were arguing when the bomb went off, but he later reveals this to Nixon, as well as telling her about Young's accusation of rape against Smithy. Smithy comes under scrutiny as he was in charge of the operation, and Dunbar admits that she told Louise Willets that the bomb was a fake. Under pressure from her editor, Dunbar attempts to keep him sweet with the date rape story, which is now the talk of the station. Kent steals some CCTV footage.
- Dunbar tells Gold that Kent may be the press leak, and Kent finds himself banished to the Siberia of Sun Hill - the Coal Lane Estate. When he discovers a group of kids harassing a transvestite resident, he takes vigilante action when he arrests the ringleader, but the station's new CPS lawyer, Jonathan Fox, refuses to charge him. A series of professional robberies of vehicles from a transport company baffles CID, and it looks like an inside job. Rookie Lance Powell and Best blow the operation when they stumble upon the criminal's warehouse. Okaro is furious, and his reaction intrigues Dunbar, who is trying to prove he is racist. Meanwhile, Okaro asks Perkins to go undercover in prison.
- Perkins goes undercover in prison, where he investigates convicted pedophile Charles Mawdsley, who is believed to be running a pedophile ring with the help of one of the prison guards. De Costa appears as a prison counselor, acting as Perkins' contact with the outside world, but when Perkins opens up in a group therapy session, De Costa begins to suspect that he was abused as a child. By arresting a corrupt guard who was dealing drugs, Okaro hopes to force Mawdsley to play his hand, but in interview, the guard reveals that the prison's assistant governor is also corrupt. Meanwhile, Manson receives a call from a prisoner at the same nick who wants to pass on information about a planned robbery.
- Nixon and McAllister investigate when the stolen digger turns up at a transport site. Manson's suspicions are proven to be correct, but nobody else knows that Manson's tip-offs are coming from Beech. The arrival of Peter Cavanaugh, an Australian inspector on attachment to the NCIS, sets hearts a-flutter, but Meadows is furious when Manson's liaisons with Beech are revealed. Powell arrests a black teenager on suspicion of shoplifting, but cops a warning from Okaro to tread more carefully with the black community in future. An angry Powell is fair game for Thatcher and Dunbar, who are both seeking to prove that Okaro has it in for his black officers. Best is stunned when Powell tells him that he is gay.
- CID and SO19 lie in wait for Trevor Little's team to pull off the diamond robbery, but when the raid is aborted at the last minute, Beech's information to Manson isn't looking so kosher. Meadows warns Manson away from Beech, but Manson goes to see him again when he is beaten up in prison. Young is under pressure from Gina to make a decision about whether to make her rape allegation against Smithy official. Young then assists De Costa when a young Asian girl is raped but refuses to testify. Kent investigates a break-in on the Cole Lane Estate, but when he discovers that the victim was previously arrested on child sex offenses, his vigilante instincts lead him to take the law into his own hands once again.
- After failing to capture Trevor Little and his gang after their aborted diamond raid, Manson begins to have his doubts about Cavanaugh, and suspects he may be leaking information to the gang. The rivalry between the two inspectors escalates, but Cavanaugh has his eye set on Nixon, and the two share a passionate kiss. Kent continues his vendetta against Cole Lane resident Roy Stafford, who he suspects is a criminal. When he suspects Stafford has staged a robbery to gain access to the victim's grandchildren, he crosses the line and attacks Stafford, beating him badly. Okaro sends the hate mail he has received for forensic examination. Gold and Fox's verbal sparring also turns into unexpected passion.
- Manson's suspicions about Cavanaugh continue during an obbo on the diamond heist suspects. When the suspects get away from them, Cavanaugh doesn't seem particularly concerned. Concerned for the safety of Nixon and Tait, who are undercover as waiting staff on the target boat, Manson orders Hunter on to the boat as well, but when the suspects work out that police are on board, guns are drawn. Kent finds himself in trouble when Roy Stafford turns up at the station to report his assault. Gold is delighted that she may be able to get rid of the evil Gabriel at last, but a Cole Lane resident arrives and gives Kent an alibi. Fox asks Gold out on a date, and Okaro continues to receive hate mail.
- Beech has the only evidence that could incriminate Cavanaugh, and Meadows is reluctant to have to rely on the slippery character, but Okaro insists he is their only choice. Cavanaugh contacts Nixon and declares his love for her, begging her to join him on the run. She agrees, but informs Meadows of his plans. Using her mobile as a tracking device, Meadows closes in, but when Cavanaugh realizes he's been betrayed, he takes her hostage. Manson and Hunter take Beech to visit Maggie Black, who has the incriminating tape, and Beech asks Manson if he can have ten minutes alone to "say goodbye" to Maggie. When Hunter goes to interrupt their little liaison, he finds himself held at gunpoint.
- Thatcher and Drummond are on an overnight obbo, watching the flat of a crucial witness in a fraud case, when Drummond's teenage son Alex shows up, claiming to have caused the death of a prostitute. His life begins to collapse around his ears when his distraught son volunteers a full confession, and then threatens to jump to his death from a warehouse roof. Elsewhere, Nixon is haunted by the memory of her recent relationship with corrupt copper Cavanaugh, who gloatingly suggests that Manson deliberately let Beech escape from custody. With little evidence to prove his own innocence, Manson is forced to sit back and take the allegations being thrown at him as the DPS start a full-blown investigation.
- Kent and Young attend a call to what initially appears to be the case of a "bunny-boiler", Sharon Wallace, stalking her ex-boyfriend. Kent, however, sees the fear in the Sharon's eyes, and when she is later attacked, he probes further and discovers that the boyfriend is blackmailing her with some nude photos in his possession. Manson is cleared of any involvement in Beech's escape, but Meadows warns him he's still on thin ice. Drummond is also relieved when his son is cleared of manslaughter. CID's attention is diverted when a car containing a baby girl is stolen. They find the car and the thief, David McLinden, but David tells Hunter and McAllister that his girlfriend has claimed the baby as her own.
- Hunter is desperate to find his daughter Madison, who has been abducted by Dennis Weaver. Meadows orders him not to get involved in the investigation, and assigns Nixon to keep an eye on him. They investigate when a kilo of cocaine is found following a car chase. Hemmingway arrests a 17-year-old girl, Shirley Moss, on shoplifting charges and forms a bond with the girl when Shirley tells her she's pregnant. Hemmingway convinces the shopkeeper to drop the charges, and when the father of Shirley's child turns out to be big-time drug dealer Rifkin, Nixon and Hunter organize an SO19 raid on Rifkin's flat, but with drug courier Sonny and Shirley both in police custody, Rifkin clearly has his bases covered.
- Phil has been shot but will Weaver finish the job? A young girl needs Yvonne's help. Will she give it this time and make up for her own demons? Even if it means ruining her career. Saint Gabriel is out with Kerry looking for a man with dementia. Will Kerry catch on to him and will he drop the veil?
- Kerry has to make a decision, has she anyone to turn to who will believe her? Cameron is out on the beat with Saint Gabriel but will either come clean about what's been said? Sam and Phil get their story straight but could this be the start of the end for Phil or will Sam save him yet again? Is there a serial rapist on the loose in SunHill? Manson and Nixon agree action and investigation is needed but how might become contentious.
- Sam has bought a profiler in on a potential serial rapist. She has history with him and there seems to be a story brewing. Shelia is, as always, having a terrible day. She has been to court about a previous racial case. Has she made one mistake too many for senior management? Saint Gabriel, is cleaning up the estate but is his brand of justice going to be accepted by everyone. They can't argue it is not working but at what cost to the lives of the estate?
- Saint Gabriel's halo is slipping. Cameron does his best in a horrible accident. Someone takes a beating and Rob start to sniff around. The serial rapist is still on the radar but do they have their man this time and can they get them ID'ed? Ken is on to a case of missing money and DVDs but is it only tied to one case. Lance deals with a case in the most delicate way, and shows how serious he takes some matters and his job. An overdose could put a halt to lots of work, but at a cost? Honey supports her friend as best she can. Is the new profiler too good to be true and an old family from the estate return but is anyone welcoming them back with open arms?
- Can Rob reign himself in with the Radford's back on the estate? Ken tries his hardest to distract him. Meanwhile Honey, Cameron & Jim try to catch a thief but will this undercover operation leave its mark? A new matriarch is on the patch and she is straight out of the pages of a Martina Cole, in the best way possible. Cameron realises Honey is a good friend.
- Hemmingway accompanies probationer Steve Hunter on his first day at Sun Hill, and eager to impress, he lets slip some juicy gossip about his brother's impotency. The furious sergeant demands his brother be transferred to another station, but desperate to make amends, the rookie constable follows up an informant's info on a bootleg alcohol ring. Young boldly confronts Kent at his flat, and records him admitting to her rape. Murphy and Powell investigate when homophobic graffiti is scrawled over a restaurateur's car and business. The man insists he isn't gay, but when they check the CCTV, Murphy is shocked when it leads them to a friend of her son, Conor. A high-speed chase ends in disaster for Ackland.
- Gary is asked to go under cover, at first he is keen but the more he knows the more he has to think about. June starts to recover and Tony, wracked with guilt, goes to visit to clear the air. However, Jim stands between them seeing each other. In the end Tony has to spell it out to Jim. Gary meets up with a face from the past but will he be able to pull off his undercover act? He ends juggling lots of different emotions and issues and ends up thinking quickly on his feet.
- Gary continues to be undercover. He does need to keep up the story. June's accident is worse than first thought and Jim keeps watch over her. Gary's brother needs to be found but has he been compromised? Jim help Tony. Gary's put in a position that has no good outcome, how can he make the best of this situation. When things seems sorted on all fronts there is always a twist.
- Lance is settling in well at Sunhill. After someone is attacked after being in a gay bar the night before. The rapist story comes back with Sam investigating. She has her profiler back and they meet with a victim, who remembers a voice and reporter. Does Shelia ever have a good day? Lance becomes the center of publicity stunt for Sunhill, but will this put him in a position he is not happy with. Shelia's son is in trouble but did he do it? Kerry gets a list of people who could be potentially be a rapist or at least a witness, when reading the list will she come across a name that she recognises?
- Nixon manages to identify a prime suspect as the serial rapist, and in her desire for revenge, Young shows one of the victims a picture of Kent - and then confronts him and tells him that she is determined to prove that he is the rapist. He isn't remotely fazed by her threats, and manages to goad Tait enough into a starting a violent outburst in the canteen. Meanwhile, Thatcher continues pursuing his vendetta against the Radford clan when he seizes the chance to investigate when Wayne Radford is carjacked and then handcuffed to a clapped out banger. Murphy finally loses patience with Powell and is furious when he suggests that her son might be gay - which could reveal the reasons behind his behaviour.
- Serial rape prime suspect Alan Kennedy finds the net is closing in around him, but CID are not impressed when several raids - on his flat, his allotment, and his deceased mother's house - fail to turn up any leads. Nixon discovers a link to falconry, and a raid on the local falconry society leads to Kennedy's arrest. Fox warns that more than just forensic evidence is needed to prosecute Kennedy, and reluctant witness Khadija Miah is brought into the station to identify him as her assailant. However, when Khadija runs into Kent, Young realizes she could lose her job over the fact that she may have "tainted" the witness by showing her Kent's photograph. Tait's job is also on the line after his attack on Kent.
- With insufficient forensic evidence to charge serial rape suspect Alan Kennedy, Manson and Nixon have just twenty-four hours to extract a confession from him. Fox, who previously defended Kennedy on an assault charge, watches the proceedings with great interest, but he jeopardizes his relationship with Gold when he makes a comment about her not having children. With CID scouring Kennedy's mother's flat for forensic evidence, Manson and Nixon continue their interview strategy. When Wallis finds a knife in his flat, Nixon manages to piece together the evidence and Kennedy confesses. With Kennedy behind bars, the relief attend a party organized by Okaro, but tragedy strikes when a bomb explodes.
- Manson orders Stamp and Powell to stay out of the wreckage of the pub, but when Stamp realizes Okaro is still inside, he risks his life to rescue him. Unaware of the chaos nearby, Thatcher slips another racist hate letter into Okaro's internal mail. When it looks like Okaro was the bomb's intended target, Thatcher and Jerome Taylor realize their letter campaign could be their undoing when SO13 investigate. Thatcher discovers CCTV footage of one of the Radford boys near the pub at the time of the explosion, and he follows the Radfords into a trap. Meadows takes charge when his baby is kidnapped by a religious fanatic, but when the baby is recovered safe and well, Rachel rebuffs him and asks him to stay away.
- Powell tries to work out who sent him the text message about the bomb, and realizes only three people had his new number: his family, his boyfriend, and Conor Murphy. He tells Murphy about his suspicions, and she is disgusted that he could think her son could be capable of the bombing. Meadows leads a search on Murphy's house, and the phone used to send the message is found in Conor's room. When the bomber is discovered to be one of Conor's friends, Okaro is forced to apologize to Jerome Taylor for accusing him, but Taylor says it's too late, and he is determined to destroy Okaro's career. Best goes undercover to catch a drug dealer for Drummond, but finds himself on the wrong side of a beating.
- Murphy and Powell deal with a domestic violence case involving two gay men, but when they hand the case on to CSU, Hunter convinces the victim not to proceed. When Conor doesn't come home, Murphy accompanies Powell and Rollins on a night out at a gay club to find him. McAllister is determined to prove that Meadows is making a mistake by reconciling with Rachel Heath. To prove Rachel is still "on the game", she gets Best to call Rachel and make an appointment at a hotel. When Meadows confronts her, she denies that the meeting was for her purpose. Thatcher and Drummond investigate an arson attack on an ice-cream van, and are horrified when the main witness is killed in a hit-and-run.
- Rachel Heath exacts a violent revenge on Martin Grainger, convinced he was responsible for telling Meadows about her continuing involvement in the vice trade, with Meadows unaware that none other than a scheming McAllister is behind the betrayal. De Costa returns to CSU and is appalled by the way Hunter has handled things in her absence.
- Okaro is furious when he discovers that Thatcher has asked Young to go undercover with the Radfords, without permission from himself, Gold or Meadows. Ackland returns to work after being hit by the Area Car, despite the fact that in a week she is taking further leave to marry Carver, with preparations for their wedding coming along nicely. Nixon's daughter gets involved with a local criminal, much to her dismay. Has she really flown off the rails, or is someone persuading her to do something she doesn't want to do? Meadows decides to apply for custody of his son with Rachel Heath, but finds that the situation is much more complicated than first expected when it transpires she has more than one child. Young leaves work early, after being told she can't go under cover, she goes to a bar and chats up the elder Radford brother.
- Young wakes up in bed at Radfords house. As Ackland and Carver prepare to tie the knot, the past threatens to catch up with both of them and shatter their happiness. Evil Kent plays mind games with the pair, suggesting the marriage is merely a sham, and tries to dissuade Ackland from proceeding with the ceremony. The situation turns from bad to worse when a drunken Marie Carver turns up as an uninvited guest and causes a scene in front of the congregation. Meanwhile, Young begins to get caught up in the Radfords' criminal world, but Thatcher tries to persuade her to keep digging, until he find some concrete evidence to nail them. However, his day turns out better than expected when he spots an opportunity to set up Okaro.
- Still working undercover, Young gets in way over her head after witnessing the death of a Radford escort girl and being ordered to beat one of the others by family matriarch Irene. Thatcher begins to fear the worst when she goes for days without reporting back, and when a girl's body is found in a burnt-out vehicle. Thatcher watches on with glee as his plan appears to have pulled itself off. As Manson's relationship with Dunbar blossoms, he lets slip some of his most closely guarded secrets about his colleagues - not least big cheese Okaro, whose cannabis possession story soon ends up on the front pages of the newspapers. Gold is distraught to discover Fox has requested a transfer to another station.
- Sergeant Smith confronts DC Thatcher over Kerry's illegal undercover work with the Radfords. Supt Okaro is under pressure to plead guilty for possession. Hollis and Harmon investigate a stolen iguana.
- Young and Smithy are minutes away from a bullet in the head from Wayne Radford's goons, when a raid on Hedley's Club takes place just in time to save them. Unable to say anything about their ordeal, the pair claim to have been innocently having a drink at the club when the raid occurred. Okaro and Gold are furious that the raid took place without their consent. When Wayne is nicked for possession, he blows Young's cover in interview. Nixon tries to file a missing person report after her daughter Abi fails to return home. When Abi's clothes and travel card are found by the side of the Thames, Nixon realizes the nightmare is only just beginning. Perkins and De Costa rescue a young boy from a convicted criminal.
- Sam leads the inquiry into her daughter's disappearance. Debbie takes the credit for Gary's work. Ramani catches Terry browsing a website. Terry discusses his childhood sexual abuse with his brother, Ben. Yvonne struggles to deal with Shirley, who steals Dean's disabled badge for money, and then claims to be HIV-positive.
- Terry tracks down the man who abused him and his brother as children. Yvonne tries to stop Shirley Moss from selling her baby. Debbie discovers her baby's nanny has been working as a prostitute from her flat. Sam is convinced that missing daughter Abi has been taken against her will, but struggles to find any proof.
- Wayne Radford has been found dead in his prison cell. It appears to be suicide, but Radford also has a number of bruises and cigarette burns on his body. Gina hears from Radford's cellmate that a copper was spreading rumors that Wayne was a child killer. Malcolm Willard's garden centre has reported him missing, and Ramani is concerned as she suspects Terry has been to see his childhood abuser. Reg and Steve find Willard alive and well at his home, but are called back later to find Terry's brother Ben trying to drown Willard. Andrea is on a crusade to clear Okaro's name, and angers Manson when she illegally submits one of Jerome Taylor's cigarette butts for a DNA test, to prove that he planted the marijuana in Okaro's car.
- Malcolm Willard has been shot dead from long range, and once again Terry and his brother Ben are in the frame. Terry is shocked when he turns up at CID to hear that Willard is dead, and that MIT want to interview him. He and Ramani head to Ben's lockup, where they find an empty rifle case. They then head to the old Perkins house where the abuse took place, and SO19 storm in and arrest Ben, but he is later cleared, as the bullet that killed Willard was a different calibre. Okaro is on trial for drug possession, and Manson's wife is his defence barrister. His chances are not looking good though, as the prosecution tears through witnesses Steve and Rob. Manson and Andrea discover that the DNA on the drugs matches that of Jerome Taylor, and they locate the man who sold Taylor the drugs. Needing an excuse to arrest him so they can get a legitimate DNA sample, Manson goads Taylor into attacking him. Okaro is cleared of all charges, but returns to the station to find they may have a serial sniper on the manor, and that Taylor may have had inside help from Rob.
- Lance and Steve attend to a carjacking, but is the victim telling the truth about how the incident played out? Okaro briefs the relief that there is a serial sniper on the loose in Canley. Sam continues the search for her missing daughter, before a vital clue begins to concrete her beliefs regarding an abduction. Okaro confronts Rob over planting cannabis in his car.
- DC Suzie Sim arrives for her first day at Sun Hill, and it's Gary who ends up playing sidekick when the pair investigate a spate of incidents at a local Asylum Hostel. The investigation, however, leads to the arrest of Terry Perkins' nephew Bradley, who faces charges of criminal damage and sexual assault on an Asian immigrant.
- Ramani suspects that Terry's brother Ben has been abusing Bradley and his brother, Christopher, however, Terry refuses to believe her. Meanwhile, Jack is called away on private business, Kerry becomes involved with a known criminal, and Rob continues his outrageous campaign to try and bring down the Radfords.
- After hearing that Ted Roach was found dead in a hit and run, Meadows travels to the village where the accident took place. Meeting up with Bob and Alec at Roach's funeral, he confesses to them that he's not convinced it was an accident.
- Sam becomes worried when she is sent a video message from her missing daughter, Abi, but Phil suspects an ulterior motive to the whole situation. Meanwhile, Suzie and Debbie investigate a stabbing outside the flat of a prostitute, and Rob believes he has the information required to bring the Radfords to justice once and for all.
- Andrea and Gabriel investigate a vicious attack on a young blind girl, but the suspect they arrest declares his innocence. To make matters worse, when we walks free in court, he is shot by a sniper from long range. Meanwhile, Gina reprimands Kerry after finding out about her involvement with the Radfords.