Isobel is duped by the cunning machinations of a beautiful young girl; a story about an enigmatic movie star with a dark secret deepens the rift between Dennis and Kennedy.

An inmate's account of a brutal gang rape drives Dennis' story on prison conditions in a dramatic new direction; Isobel gets hooked on slot machines while investigating the suicide of an addicted gambler.

Isobel gets entangled with victims of an unethical doctor in her expose of an in-vitro clinic; Kennedy sends Dennis to Halifax to find a baby girl cloned by a bizarre cult group.