Cuffs

On his first day, rookie cop Jake Vickers is partnered up with formidable tutor constable PC Ryan Draper. Jake's first shift is certainly challenging. But being the Chief Super's son, Jake's biggest challenge might just beearning the respect of his new colleagues.

An eccentric drug dealer who's evaded the clutches of the law is finally in Jo's sights, but his esoteric musings prompt her to consider her life choices. Elsewhere, Jake is left humiliated when he makes a spectacular rookie error on Brighton pier, and his mentor Ryan is forced to swallow his own bitter pill when he makes a rare, and embarrassing, mistake himself.

An escaped prisoner causes a professional headache for Donna and Lino. With increasing pressure from above, Donna and Lino do their best to track him down but their efforts are cast aside when they help with a life-threating situation.

Saturday night in Brighton is a nightmare to police. The team struggle to cope with a drugs death, a stake-out and a dog high on cocaine; but it's a fight in a nightclub that causes professional problems for Lino and a personal crisis for Carl.

As Felix investigates a high-profile kidnapping of a vulnerable victim where all is not as it seems, heartbroken Jo loses sight of her professionalism when she takes her emotions out on a criminal, leaving Carl to pick up the pieces.

A potential drug smuggling ring brings a Tug Master at the local harbour under Felix and Carl's suspicions, but Carl's chaotic personal life threatens to collapse the entire operation. Back at the station and with her final Sergeant's exam looming, Jo is forced to confront her life decisions while working on an internet dating scam.

Robert is unwittingly involved in the pursuit of a dangerous criminal gang and finds himself under threat. But Donna's quick thinking and exceptional police work saves the days and earns her some well-deserved professional praise. However, problems in her personal life threaten to undo all of her hard work and jeopardise the job she loves.

Jo is reassigned to a domestic violence case and this time she has the means to prosecute. However, Jake's inexperience - and his relationship with defence lawyer Simon - threatens to blow her case apart. So with the end of his probation insight, has Jake jeopardised his chance to become a fully-fledged police officer?