Meadows and Conway are both up for promotion against each other, and with an impending inspection from Area, both are out to impress. However, there are some comic and some life-threatening repercussions for them both. Firstly, Quinnan and Garfield deliberately ruin the late turn parade leading Skase into hot water, and he and Quinnan nearly coming to blows in front of Brownlow. Meanwhile, Sgt. Lamont is dealing with a troublesome prisoner in custody, who keeps flooding the toilets. Conway tries to lend a hand, but this only leads to further disasters. A young boy is then held hostage by an escaped prisoner who is armed, and Conway, against instruction, goes it alone to try and secure the boy's safety.

After being gunned down by PC Gabriel Kent, PC Kerry Young is left fighting for her life in the arms of Sgt Dale Smith. Moments after declaring their love for each other Smithy cradles Kerry's limp and dying body as she struggles for breath and to stay awake. She is taken to hospital where she loses all consciousness, and Smithy looks on helplessly as doctors try to resuscitate her. But Kerry is tragically pronounced dead. Gabriel breathes a sigh of relief knowing she can no longer reveal his darkest secrets. But how will he react with the shocking revelation that from when he'd raped her Kerry was pregnant with his child when she died?