DI Deering and her team must crack the case of a twisted serial killer - by whatever unconventional means possible.
Deering and her team lose the serial killer case, but spot a chance to redeem themselves by investigating a dangerous new street drug. No animals were harmed in the making of this episode.
The serial killer is showing no signs of slowing down, while local racial tensions are also running high when an Asian woman is killed in a suspected racist attack.
The Friday Street team uncover a scam encouraging people in debt to sell their kidneys, while the search for another girl abducted by the serial killer leads to a big breakthrough.
The police prepare a trap for the prime suspect in the serial killer case, but their plans could be totally derailed when a notorious child murderer's new identity is leaked.
Deering leads a manhunt through Manchester as the net closes in on the serial killer. Joy and Spike discover an unsettling slavery case after a brutal attack on a young homeless man.
The fatal shooting of a respected surgeon leads the team to an unlikely suspect. Meanwhile, Dinah and Deering make disturbing new discoveries in the serial killer case, and fear it might not be over.
Dinah clashes with Deering, setting off an irreversible chain of events. And an attempt to save the lives of a mother and baby goes disastrously wrong.
The Friday Street squad have an explosive start to the day at a notorious gangster's son's funeral.
The team manage to quell the riots, but Joy is thrown into freefall after a shock discovery at Friday Street.
Dinah and Deering uncover tension and secrets in the Attah family that may provide a crucial breakthrough. The Friday Street cops are called to an armed robbery turned hostage situation.
Tensions run high between Joy, Dinah and Deering over the Attah case and the Friday Street team. And an urgent search ensues when a father reports his teenage daughter missing.
The race to nail the Attahs sows seeds of mistrust and secrecy between Deering, Dinah and Joy, while a protest at an abortion clinic starts to spiral out of control.
Finding herself suspended from duty, Deering goes rogue in her efforts to nail Nora. At the station, the team urgently up the manhunt for one of the Attahs' missing victims.
All the team's lives are at stake as they try to bring down the Attahs once and for all. Deering is at her finest, deconstructing Nora's family while trying to repair her own.
DI Deering and the Friday Street team are drawn into a flashpoint of deadly violence at a mayoral hustings.
In the hunt to get closer to Beckett, Dinah tries to win the trust of the undercover cop in the far-right group that he used to be involved with, and uncovers explosive secrets.
Election day looms and the team are on high alert, as Beckett's reign of terror seems to be escalating when an elderly Jewish man is found dead in a graveyard.
The team have 48 hours to get Dennis to betray his best friend and turn police informant. When Viv tunnels down to Dennis's deepest insecurities, she unleashes more than she could have bargained for.
Caroline McCoy's political reign brings chaos to the streets of Manchester, and catapults hardline DCI Terry Taylor into Friday Street cop shop, to bring the police in line with her agenda.
The team are running out of options and their strategy is threatened when one of their own is placed in peril.
