Bill and Nick are slowly rebuilding their relationship when Nick becomes a suspect in a break-and-enter and is questioned about his friend, Jack Reeves, who he knows is probably responsible, but is reluctant to give him up.

A mentally disturbed man is arrested after a vicious hammer attack at a train station leaves another man dead.

When the body of a girl is found buried in a park, an obsessive former client of Maxine's becomes the prime suspect. Meanwhile, Bill gets a postcard from Nick inviting him to come for a visit. Bill is pleasantly surprised when Maxine shows interest in going with him.

Wilt Bolton's car yard has been broken into overnight and Wilt's $150,000 BMW is missing — along with the security guard who was supposed to be looking after it.

Adi Asimovic knocks on Maxine's door in the middle of the night. His daughter Vildana has not returned home and he is frantic, hoping she is staying with Simone at Maxine's house. Realising both daughters are missing, Maxine plays a phone message back and hears an hysterical cry for help.

A leading heart surgeon with links to a pharmaceutical company has been executed in his car. Bill McCoy and Charlie Coustos investigate the murder. Maxine and Louise try and save a house full of poor residents who are turfed out of their rented home to make room for property developer Brian Cleary's grand vision of a clean new city. War breaks out between the residents and the police, which culminates in a shoot-up of Central Police Station, which is blamed on the residents.