A mayoral debate goes tragically awry when a deadly shooter enters the building. Viv and the team must race to catch the killer and try to understand what motivates his attempted assassination of an underdog mayoral candidate.
Beckett's next target is Manchester's children. Deering and the team must track down a poisoned batch of halal meat Beckett has unleashed on the city before it's too late. While on the hunt, Dinah discovers an undercover cop's explosive secret.
It's election day, and the team is on high alert. When a man is found dead, it seems Beckett's reign of terror is escalating. The team are right on Beckett's tail, however, as a meeting between him and his getaway driver promises to be the key to his capture.
Deering and the team have 48 hours to get Dennis to betray his best friend and turn police informant. Dennis won't budge, but when Viv tunnels down to his deepest insecurities, she unleashes more than she could have bargained for.
Deering and the team have a new boss, DCI Taylor, who is implementing a new hard-line agenda. While avoiding Taylor's interference, the team focus on trying to engineer a face-to-face meeting with Beckett. But will it end in more tragedy?
Deering and the team have only one option left to them. They put a spectacular plan in motion to get justice once and for all. But the team's ingenious strategy is threatened when one of their own is kidnapped.
Joanna Scanlan
DI Vivienne Deering
Elaine Cassidy
DC Dinah Kowalska
Alexander Roach
DS Joy Freers
Will Mellor
DC Spike Tanner
Paul Ritter
Randolph Miller