Episode list

Natalie wakes up next to Sergeant Giffin after the cops' boozy night out and quickly leaves, minus her shoes. New arrival John is introduced to policing Roy Bramhall-style when he witnesses him deliberately smash the tail-light of a man and issue him with a penalty notice. New recruit Karen is shown the ropes by Natalie. Finding young tear-away Davvo at the scene of a theft, the cops immediately handcuff him but the victim of the theft informs them that Davvo is working for him on a burger stand and also lives with him. Dealing with the case of a pregnant teenage runaway Natalie allows herself to become too emotionally involved.

Dean goes to the train station with his brother to see him off but the pair are viciously attacked and his brother is very seriously injured. Roy teams up with Jaz to find the perpetrators but the men who they apprehend are not in fact the ones who committed the crime. While interviewing a man who has a stolen car radio in his home John allows his homophobic attitudes to get in the way which angers new recruit Karen,who also bats for the other side. She then loses her cool while trying to put troublesome youngster Pat Sharpe in the back of the police van and becomes emotional. A sympathetic Natalie embraces her but she then begins to wonder whether she is becoming attracted to her.

Mel and Roy are called to the house of notorious drug dealers the Caffreys after an assault is committed there and it soon becomes clear that there is a split in the family. At the scene of a burglary of the home of a young woman, John is confronted by Kieron Caffrey, the woman's boyfriend, who tells him that he can leave and forget about it. While driving Maggie Hayes to a meeting, Sergeant Giffin suddenly stops the car and handcuffs and arrests a criminal he is familiar with.When a gun is found in his car Giffin is vindicated, but Maggie is angry with him, claiming he has endangered her safety. Giffin and Wakefield join forces to get Kieron Caffrey to spill the beans about his father's drug dealing activities.

Drug addict Carly-the girlfriend of Kieron Caffrey-is questioned about who is supplying her habit. As a claustrophobic she finds the experience very stressful and Kieron agrees to give information about his father's drug dealing on condition that she is released from custody. After her release, Roy is told to go round to her flat to retrieve information about drug dealing left there by Kieron. Unable to gain access he radios for Dean to come round and climb through an open window. Eventually PC Maguire climbs through the window but there is a shock in store when they discover that Carly has hanged herself. Cynically, Sergeant Giffin withholds the death from Kieron so that he will continue giving them the information they need to arrest Frank Caffrey. When Carly's father is informed of his daughter's death he goes to see Chief Inspector Newland and admonishes him for the nature of Carly's arrest and the fact that she was strip-searched and threatens to go to the press and try and finish his career. After Frank Caffrey is arrested Kieron leaves the station but is called back by Sergeant Giffin who tells him that Carly is dead. Kieron tells him that he has already been informed and expresses disgust that he withheld the information from him in order to get more information.

PC Jellicoe is on the warpath with William Peter, the boyfriend of his estranged wife and enlists Dean's help in his campaign of harassment. Roy is called to help with an eviction and finds that the tenant is the sister of his dead wife's first husband. She then asks him to warn off her daughter's ex-boyfriend, who is apparently harassing her. A disturbed young woman brandishing a knife at a block of flats causes problems for the cops and Dean is reluctant to go after her when she hides in some undergrowth. Mel and John stake out a caravan site and then go in pursuit of the thieves when they strike. During the pursuit Colin overturns a police van which contains William Peter whom he had had bundled into the back without good reason. Mentally disturbed Shona stabs a supposed love rival in the chest and Mel bravely wrestles the knife from her,while an out-of-sorts Roy simply looks on impassively.

Shona is in custody but her mental instability makes her a very difficult subject to interview. Everyone in the station apart from Mel seems to want to get shot of her as quickly as possible. Mel's bravery in disarming her leads to the press wanting to interview her and talk of a commendation. Colin's harassment of his wife's boyfriend causes her to burn his belongings. Katie Brydon offers to give Roy a photo album containing pictures of his children's biological father but Roy is not happy and refuses it.After work Mel goes to a pub where she knows Roy is to discuss Shona and his recent out-of-character behaviour. Roy tells her that he is grieving for his dead wife and that she has become too emotionally involved with the troubled Shona. Mel surmises that he thinks she is in the wrong job and she seems to concede that he may be right. She then drives off and the impression is given that she may well decide to resign from the force.