Charlie's gambling addiction leads him into the clutches of loan sharks and into temptation. Charlie can't lose, he's on a roll. So he borrows ten grand from loan sharks. And loses the lot in one bet. Meanwhile, Maxine is convinced to lie for a pregnant thirteen-year-old Muslim girl, and it looks like it all might work out until her father comes asking for a special bit of evidence.

When a homeless man is found incinerated, Bill and Charlie investigate. The prime suspect is a patient of Maxine's, Alistair, who was seen by an intoxicated witness, earlier on the night he was killed.

A million dollars worth of cocaine goes missing in a drugs bust and Bill is under pressure to get it back. Louise's friend, Natasha Lodans, reveals that she is pregnant and wanting to escape her violent and abusive marriage before having the child.