Ch. Insp. Cato is less than pleased when his younger, university-educated counterpart from Barton Street turns up at Sun Hill with a complaint about P.C. Quinnan.
New D.S. Don Beech is paired with D.C. Skase to investigate a robbery at a petrol station, but when Skase tramples over the crime scene, can a forensic scientist still find enough evidence for a conviction?
Brian Elliott, a friend of Ch Insp Conway, has been robbed by a prostitute and her accomplice, but does not help the investigation when he refuses to make a formal statement or testify in case his wife finds out about his indiscretion.
New probationers P.C. Slater and W.P.C. Keane arrive for their first day at Sun Hill. But is having a bet on who can make the first arrest really a good idea?
A burglary victim spots his own television in the window of a second-hand electrical shop, and the shop owner comes further under suspicion when he tries to bribe Acting D.I. Deakin.
Ackland and McCann deal with a hit-and-run accident, while Cryer is running a truancy initiative and Woods investigates a lorry hi-jacking. All three turn out to be connected.
PCs Loxton and McCann attempt to discover why a young girl is so frightened after having committed a robbery. WPC Harris is approached by a flirtatious informant, and WPC Page and PC Garfield learn that love is never short of passion, even in old age.
Sgt. Boyden gets more than he bargained for when he stops a car carrying a couple suspected of indecent behaviour. P.C. Slater wishes that someone would explain to him exactly what's going on.
W.P.C. Ackland deals with a woman who refuses to leave her flat, even though it's about to be demolished, while P.C. Loxton investigates when some disturbing photographs are found elsewhere in the block.
Acting D.I. Deakin attends his appeal against his demotion after his affair with a senior officer's wife, but in his absence D.S. Beech and D.S. Pearce manage to sabotage any chance he has of returning to the Flying Squad.
