A community support office turns vigilante. Nicky investigates complaints about residents being victimised by their landlord. Both Nicky and Astel are having relationship issues.

Nicky's errant brother Adam turns up claiming to be clean. Yates takes a case off Nicky's hands. A bereaved mother comes to Claire for help.

Nicky faces a race against time to catch two of Newcastle's most notorious crime families, but someone wants him silenced - permanently. Yates makes the ultimate sacrifice.