The Head of Medusa Recap

This is the recap for the episode "The Head of Medusa".

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### Before Ted Hasting's Meeting with Andrea Wise and Rohan Sindwhani

The episode on the Jetty. DS Steve Arnott and DI Kate Fleming walk out onto the jetty where DS Sam Railston is waiting for them. They are all in full forensic gear. PC Maneet Bindra's body is still there, after she was murdered at the end of the last episode by the Organised Crime Group. Steve and Kate are both shocked. They confirm that it's her. Sam apologises and acknowledges that it can't have been easy. She goes off to ask one of the FCs about forensics. Kate asks Steve if he recognises this place, he confirms that he does.

Back in the AC-12 Building, Steve and Kate are looking over photos of Derek Hilton's dead body, which was also found on the Jetty, after he apparently killed himself after he was revealed as leaking information to the OCG. Kate thinks that he was murdered. Steve says that Maneet was complicit in Hilton's corruption and was killed in the same location, and suggests that maybe she knew something and had to be silenced. Kate says that she wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, but now she thinks Maneet might have been more involved than they thought.

Supt Ted Hastings walks in and says it's an awful business. He asks if the family know yet, Steve says that they're rallying round. Hastings wonders what's going to happen to her children. He asks if they know anything about her movements prior to this. Steve shows them a video that was shot by a bystander on his smartphone, showing Lee Banks talking to Maneet after he crashed into her car, and then showing her being bundled into the back of his van by him and a man in a balaclava, and the van driving off. Steve says that Serious and Organised Crime are running ID on the suspects and running ANPR on the vehicle to try and track its movements. Hastings says that he doesn't want them sitting on their hands whilst organised crime run the whole shooting match.

### Ted Hastings's Meeting with Andrea Wise and Rohan Sindwhani

Hastings arrives at Pelbury House and goes in to talk to DCC Andrea Wise and PCC Rohan Sindwhani. Sindwhani introduces himself, as he and Hastings haven't met before. Sindwhani says that he was elected to shake things up. He says that for too long, the extent of police corruption has been covered up for fear of losing public trust. Hastings agrees, and says that AC-12 will get to the bottom of it, that they're the best in the business.

Suddenly, Gill Biggeloe walks in. Sindwhani explains that she is his senior legal counsel. Hastings is surprised to see her. Biggeloe gets out a notebook. Wise asks Hastings about the investigation into the hijack. Hastings says that it's more complex and troubling than they first thought, that the OCG may be implicated in Maneet's death and that they are also investigating an undercover operation, Operation Pear Tree. Sindwhani and Biggeloe react. Wise questions it, and he says that they need access to all the Pear Tree files in order to investigate whether a serving undercover officer may be participating in criminal activities. Sindwhani is shocked. Hastings asks for Wise's permission for access to Serious and Organised Crime's investigation into the suspicious death of Maneet Bindra. Biggeloe says that it's a matter of principle that police units don't investigate offences in which a former officer is the victim. Hastings says if they don't have access to all lines of inquiry, they can't do their job. Biggeloe gives Sindwhani a nod and he asks Wise to take the pragmatic view. Wise grants AC-12 access to Operation Pear Tree and Maneet's death. Hastings thanks her and tells her she won't regret it. He leaves the room.

Wise and Sindwhani both look worried. Biggeloe tells them that this is the danger with corruption inquiries, there's always the danger they'll find some. She closes her notebook and leaves. Wise looks even more worried.

### After Ted Hastings's Meeting with Andrea Wise and Rohan Sindwhani

Kate walks into the building where Pear Tree is being run from with PC Eldwick, PC Yacoob, PC Philip and DC James. She tells the officers to all go to their desks, that they have the legal authority to investigate Pear Tree, that all officers will be questioned by an AC-12 case worker and will have to surrender all Pear Tree files to said caseworker, and that failure to comply will be a breach of their duties and responsibilities under police conduct regulations and may lead to them being charged under said regulations.

DSU Alison Powell marches out of her office and asks what's going on, saying that their work is confidential. She tells her officers that no files will be surrendered without her permission. Kate tells her that she's obstructing police officers in their lawful duty, which she knows is a criminal offence, rendering her subject to arrest.

Back at the AC-12 Building, Eldwick is logging in all the evidence. Steve and Kate go into the meeting room. Steve tells Kate that the most significant items found during the search of Maneet's address by Serious Crime were some recordings found on a home computer. He plays the first one for her.

On the audio file, Maneet explains that she's making the recording via a miniature recording device. She explains that her plan is to carry out undercover surveillance on the OCG, that she let AC-12 down and betrayed Hastings's trust, and this is how she's going to make up for it. Maneet sounds on the verge of tears and ends the recording.

Kate says she feel awful now. Steve agrees. Kate asks what else they've got. Steve plays another recording -it's a recording of Maneet's meeting with the OCG. He only plays the first few seconds, of Lisa McQueen asking Miroslav Minkowicz if he's checked her for weapons or recording devices. Steve stops the recording and says there are no other female voices on the recordings. Kate asks where DS John Corbett is in all this. Steve says nowhere, he's still a mystery.

Lisa McQueen walks into Kingsgate Printing Services, which is mainly dark. Corbett is in the back, working on some forged documents. McQueen asks Corbett if it was really necessary to leave Maneet's body down at the harbour, they could have just dumped it in landfill and the police would be none the wiser. Corbett says he doesn't understand, they've netted gear worth ten million quid, put a rival unit out of business, and nobody's picked up the phone. He throws a handful of passports at one of the printers and says they're no good. Corbett tells McQueen that they've got a good thing going on with this unit, and with a bit of support from above, they could do some serious business. McQueen says that the boys have fallen for this because he's got brains, but he's less than a year in, whereas she's earned her place by following orders, that's the way you do business. Corbett tells her that they don't do a nine to five, they don't wait for work in some office waiting for a boss to tell them what to do, hoping they might get thrown a crumb every now and again. He says he's had his fill of that. He's in this for money, power and respect, and he thinks she is too. He turns to another printer and says his passports are very good, but he needs to do them quicker faster, they need money, money, money.

Hastings is listening to Maneet's recordings in his office, Steve and Kate are there with him. Hastings thanks them and they leave his office. The mood is very sombre as he tells the team about Maneet's death, and tells them that if they have ever asked themselves why they do this job, this is it. He then goes to talk to PC Tatleen Sohota and asks her about the Red Notice they served against Maneet, asking if it's been actioned yet. Tatleen says no, because her Police Federation Representative, PC Paul Harris launched an appeal against it. Hastings asks Tatleen to rescind it, and says that he will talk to Wise and remind her that at the time of Maneet's murder, she was a serving police officer and therefore died in the line of duty.

Hastings is later seen walking into the Edge Park Hotel, where DCI Mark Moffatt is waiting for him. Moffatt apologises for ambushing him and says that he's not an easy man to find. Hastings remembers him as DCI Roz Huntley's fed rep from series 4. Moffatt tells him that he's now retired, and since retiring, he's joined a friend's property development business, Kettle Bell Property Partners. Hastings instantly looks annoyed. Moffatt tells him that one of their projects is based in the Republic of Ireland, the The Kettle Bell Complex. Hastings doesn't want to discuss it, but Moffatt continues, saying that they've taken over the redevelopment and one of their terms is compensating the original investors. Hastings is shocked. Moffatt asks if he's got the right man, if Hastings was one of the unlucky ones. Hastings reluctantly admits it. Moffatt offers to take him for a drink. Hastings, looking sceptical, tells him to wait there, and that he'll be right back.

### AC-12 Briefing on Operation Pear Tree

A book of condolences and a collection for Maneet's family has been set up in the squad room. AC-12 are having a briefing, led by Steve and Kate. Steve explains that Operation Pear Tree commenced on the 22nd January 2018 under the command of Powell, with the authority to embed and Undercover Officer within an Organised Crime Group. The brief for Operation Pear Tree was the investigate institutionalised links between organised crime and corrupt police officers. Steve shows an image of John Corbett, explaining that a year ago, he left his desk and never came back. His colleagues were never told where he went, and were ordered to never disclose that they'd worked with him. His e-mail and phone were deleted and his name removed from the payroll. Corbett was given a new identity as John Clayton, a forger with multiple convictions. Corbett had been a printer before he joined the force, and as Clayton, he offered his services to the highest bidder. He was successful in being recruited by an OCG and became a trusted member of the OCG, overseeing the production of lucrative forgeries.

Kate explains that the files show that Corbett has been out of contact with his COM and Cover Officer for nearly three months. In that time, he's believed to have actively participated in several illegal activities, namely the hijack of ED-905, the murder of three AFOs, the attempted murder of a fourth, and possibly the death of Maneet. Steve shows them an image of the vehicle used to abduct Maneet, captured by a member of the public who witnessed the incident. Using ANPR, they managed to trace it to Edge Park before the trail ran cold. They also managed to get a clear photo of one of the adbuctors, who they have identified as Lee Banks, a career criminal with numerous convictions for violence. One of Banks's known associates is Robert Denmoor, who was involved in Operation Trapdoor and was shot dead by Hastings in the AC-12 Building. Kate says that what all this means is there's a proven association between Corbett's association and the network of corrupt officers they've been investigating all these years. Hastings, looking deep in thought, asks if there's anything in the files to suggest why Corbett's gone rogue. Kate says that they've been looking specifically at the time leading up to when he ceased contact with his COM, but the entries have been redacted from the files. Hastings and thanks them and tells the officers that their orders are to uncover the whereabouts of John Corbett, and apprehend him without delay.

Hastings goes back to his office and everyone else goes back to work. Steve talks to Kate about the redacted entries, saying that the current COM was appointed after Corbett stopped responding, but he's got a name for the original COM, and Tatleen's trying to track her down. Steve then lowers his voice and says that Corbett is embedded with hardened criminals who would execute him if they discovered his true identity. Kate says that she's been there, and it's not nice. Steve thinks they should consider the lengths that Corbett might be forced to go to to maintain his cover. Kate says they should, but only for about two seconds.

Steve's car pulls up outside a house on Merseyside, he and Kate get out. Kate makes a joke about how it's a long way North, and she's surprised it hasn't given him a nosebleed.

### After AC-12's Briefing on Operation Pear Tree

Inside, there are several certificates of commendation for John Corbett. They talk to Steph Corbett, his wife. Steve explains that their a specialist anti-corruption unit looking into serious criminal offence. Steph says that she's been a copper's wife long enough to know what anti-corruption means, they reckon John's involved. Steve says they're keeping an open mind. Kate tells Steph that's she's been an undercover officer herself, so she understands the stresses John's under, and they need to form a picture of his current state of mind. Steph says that she can't help them, she hasn't heard from him and she doesn't expect to. Steve asks why not. Steph tells him to ask Kate, that she was undercover, and it's a perfect job for someone who doesn't give a toss about their own family. Kate reacts. Steve says that John's done undercover operations before, and asks what's different about this one. Steph says she'll tell them what's different: nothing. He gets to run around like he's single again, and she's left with a house to run and two kids to bring up. They've come hoping she can help them find him, but she doesn't want to find him.

That evening, Steve pulls up outside Kate's house. He says that what Steph said about undercover work was never her. Kate says no, she was right, but getting promoted and working new hours has given her a chance to make up for all that, and she's just glad her and Mark are giving it another go so she can be a proper mum. Steve is glad for her. Kate makes a joke about how it'll be his turn to settle down next, then hurries inside. Steve watches, slightly envious, slightly self-pitying about his own situation.

Kate enters the house. Her husband, Mark Fleming looks down from upstairs, says it's perfect timing. Kate is pleased. She goes upstairs to say goodnight to their son, Josh Fleming. After tucking him in, she spends a moment with Mark watching Josh doze off.

The next day, Steve is listening to Maneet's recordings again as she explains how she made contact with the OCG. Steve goes to the phone box that Maneet went to in Moss Heath on the corner of Tates Avenue. Steve finds the business card for Nikki 9 with the number to contact the OCG and calls the number, which is answered by Ryan Pilkington. Under Maneet's instructions, he says he's got a tip for him, Ryan replies that he isn't interested. Steve says they're good odds, 100 to 30. Ryan tells him to wait there. According to Maneet's recording, the OCG should either give him instructions for a meeting or drop off a burner phone. Steve waits outside the phone box. The boy who dropped off Maneet's burner phone cycles past, but doesn't drop anything off this time.

The boy walks into the back rooms at the Kingsgate Printing Services, where Miroslav and Ryan are playing table football. He hands a Go-Pro to Ryan. Corbett and McQueen can be seen in the office in the background. Miroslav and Ryan watch the video on the Go-Pro. They both recognise Steve from series 1. Miroslav calls Corbett and McQueen in to look at the video. They tell them that he's a copper, Steve something. Corbett asks if he's bent, Ryan says that as far as he can remember, he couldn't be straighter. Corbett says they did the right thing, they already fell for it once with Maneet and they're not the mugs the police think they are. Corbett goes back into the office and Miroslav and Ryan walk off. McQueen follows Corbett into his office and says that Steve's investigating Maneet's murder. Corbett says they need to get a move on, then. McQueen doesn't understand, he says he's got a plan, something big. He says they need to make use of their assets before this muppet gets to them. McQueen leaves, looking suspicious. Corbett watches her go, looking at the still of Steve on the screen of the GoPro.

At Cafferty's house, the front door opens, revealing McQueen standing there in a nurse's uniform. She claims to be the district nurse, saying she's just here to check that everything's in place with her mobility, dressings, medications etc. Cafferty's husband is uncertain, but lets McQueen in once the AFO guarding the front door says it's okay. McQueen enters the house and sees Cafferty's children playing in another room. Cafferty's husband leads her upstairs. McQueen asks him to give them some privacy, he reluctantly agrees. Cafferty is lying in bed, tired and drained, not looking in McQueen's direction. She slowly turns her gaze, and, recognising McQueen, looks terrified. McQueen puts a finger to her lips and starts pretending to be a nurse. Cafferty's husband overhears this and goes back downstairs. Cafferty is furious, saying that Cafferty shot her and killed her team. McQueen says that they crossed her, but it wasn't her idea. Cafferty is worried about her family, McQueen says they're safe, that nobody's planning to finish the job on her, she's there to talk business. Cafferty refuses, saying she's done her bit. McQueen makes comments about her lovely husband and lovely children, saying that their safety was her first thought, but there's other ways she could lose them, as they both know.

Corbett is waiting for McQueen in a black range rover when she leaves Cafferty's house. He asks if she got what they wanted, she says yes. He says this is good, she says maybe. They drive away.

### Ballistics Raid

Gates to the Midlands Forensic Ballistics Laboratory are seen opening and a convoy leaves. McQueen is seen watching the convoy leave. She makes a phone call to Corbett, telling him that the convoy's on the move, but they've upped security. Corbett asks how much, McQueen says there are 4 escort vehicles and 12 AFOs. She thinks they should call it off as they're outnumbered. Corbett says they'll just have to cope and hangs up. He turns to a group of men in balaclavas and tells them to do exactly what he told them. They run out into the road, all with guns. They put down a stringer and open the panel of a streetlight, cutting a cable so the road goes dark, then lie in wait for the convoy. The convoy comes down the road. The lead vehicle strikes the stringer and the wheels get blown out. The second vehicle can't stop in time and crashes into the back of the first one.

The OCG men run out of the shadows, shooting wildly. The AFOs try to take cover and call for assistance. One of the OCG men opens the door to the lorry and aims the gun at the two drivers, telling them to get out. The same OCG member who stole the HGV vehicle in the last hijack climbs into this lorry and takes control. The other OCG members have maintained fire at the ARVs in that time. One of the AFOs manages to escape from a vehicle and Lee Banks goes to shoot him, but Corbett slams Lee out of the way, making him miss his shot. Lee is furious. Corbett says that the AFO was going to shoot him, and aims a few shots at the AFO, missing him. The AFO climbs back into his vehicle. The OCG men drive off, still firing at the convoy through the windows.

Back at the OCG warehouse, Miroslav starts unloading the van. He lifts out a crate and opens it with a crowbar. It contains several automatic rifles. Miroslav hands one to Corbett, who looks very pleased and says the drinks are on him. McQueen is looking on, looking suspicious. Lee is also looking at Corbett suspiciously. Corbett notices Lee and it worries him.

Sam Railston is at the site of the hijack. She asks some uniformed officers to keep her updated on Air-Ops and traffic reports, saying that a convoy of vehicles can't just vanish into thin air. Steve pulls up and goes to talk to her. He thanks her for the call, she says he thought his lot were dealing with this. Steve says they won't know it's the same lot unless the ballistics match the heroin hijack. Sam thinks it's very unlikely they won't. Steve asks what they got, Sam says that the Ballistic Lab's five minutes down the road and they managed to get a cache of automatic rifles en route to being destroyed. Steve asks how many casualties, Sam says none. Steve is shocked. They watch on as the forensic search continues around them.

### After Ballistics Raid

Steve drives Sam home. Sam takes the oppourtunity to apologise for how their relationship ended, when Steve was accused of murdering Lindsay Denton by Matthew Cottan and she wrongly assumed it was true. Sam says he was right to react the way he did. Steve says it's fine. Sam says she knows, she just wanted to say sorry. Sam says it would be good to catch up, that's it's been too long. Steve agrees. Sam asks if he wants to come up. He hesitates and says he needs to get everything ready for the morning. Sam takes this as rejection, but Steve says he'll call her. They kiss and she goes into the Margarita Plaza, the building where her flat is. Steve watches her go, deep in thought.

Corbett is seen in his flat. He goes out onto the balcony where he has hidden a phone behind a stone. Hands shaking, he calls a number.

In her house on Merseyside, Steph rushes into the lounge and retrieves a ringing burner phone hidden under a drawer. Panicking, she answers the phone. Calming down once she hears Corbett's voice, she says she worries when she doesn't hear from him. Corbett says he knows, and he's sorry he can't call more. Steph tells him that some coppers came round asking about him, DI Kate Fleming and DS Steve Arnott. Corbett realises this is the same Steve who tried to make contact with them. Steph says she said what he told them to say. Corbett says he knew she would, she did the right thing.

Steph starts crying, saying it's good to hear his voice. Corbett tells her he loves her. Steph tells him she misses him. Corbett asks about their daughters. Steph says they're asleep. Corbett asks if he can listen. Steph puts the phone next to their three-year-old daughter, Gemma Corbett. Corbett gets emotional and starts crying as he listens.

### Denise Cameron's First Interview with AC-12

The next day, a news briefing about the ballistics raid with Sindwhani and Wise is playing on the television in the AC-12 offices. Tatleen hands Steve a personnel record, saying it's for Corbett's COM. Steve and Kate leave. Hastings walks out of his office and tells the officers to turn off the briefing. He watches Steve and Kate leave.

At a different police station, Steve walks through an open-plan office to a private office. In the private office is Inspector Denise Cameron. Steve asks to speak to her about Operation Pear Tree. She says she doesn't have anything to say to AC-12. Steve says they can do this the easy way or the hard way, it's her choice. Cameron considers, then grabs her e-cigarette and follows Steve out.

Outside the offices, Kate is waiting for them. Steve gets out his pocket book. Cameron asks what they want to know. Kate asks her to confirm that she was Corbett's COM, she does. Kate asks why communications between her and Corbett stopped about three months ago. Cameron says that Corbett does things his own way, and wasn't happy about how the investigation was being lead. Steve asks what he was unhappy about. Cameron wants to know why they're asking. She says it's all in the files. Steve says that's the point, it isn't. Cameron says maybe they shouldn't be having this conversation, and starts to walk away. Kate tells her that this is a lawful enquiry and it's their duty to cooperate.

Cameron returns to their conversation. Steve asks why she was reassigned. Cameron says that according to Powell, she'd mismanaged Corbett and failed to keep him onside. Kate says this her oppourtunity to set the record straight. Cameron says that Corbett thought Pear Tree was showing signs of mission drift, and she agreed with him. Kate asks how it was drifting. Cameron says their brief was to identify high-level links between organised crime and corrupt police officers, but Powell was pushing them in the direction of low-level targets. Steve asks what was discussed in her last communication with Corbett. Cameron says that Corbett planned to climb up through the ranks of the OCG, that he's a bright bloke and a natural leader, and he thought that was the only way of making contact with the highest echelon of corrupt officers. Kate asks if Powell vetoed the plan. Cameron says that was when they lost contact.

Kate asks if there was every any intel from Corbett about the high-level corrupt officers. Cameron says that Corbett thought he was onto the top man. Steve asks who. Cameron says it was just a codename, she didn't even think it was real, H? Steve and Kate both react to that. Kate thanks Cameron and they watch her leave before walking off.

### After Denise Cameron's First Interview with AC-12

McQueen walks into Kingsgate Printing Services, where Corbett is looking at some forged passports. McQueen wants to talk to him. She leads him into another room, where a laptop is open on the table. Lee is there. McQueen tells him he wanted attention, now he's got it.

On screen is an audio-only link for an application similar to Skype. The person on the other end of the link communicates via text appearing on screen. The unknown person asks, via text, why Corbett carried out an unathorised hijack. Corbett asks who he's talking to, McQueen tells him to answer. Corbett says they've seized automatic rifles from the police which have already been processed through ballistics, so if they're used, they'll just be traced straight back to the police lab, nowhere else. The unknown person tells him they're too hot to handle, and maybe he is too, and tells him he should get out of town. Corbett says that they're tools up, ready for a raid, and he wants to plan it. The unknown user asks what it is. Corbett says it's the Eastfield Police Storage Facility, where all the forces in the region stored siezed contraband, drugs, cash, jewels, precious metals, but he doesn't just want to wait for it to come out in dribs and drabs, he wants to raid it and take all the best gear in one go. Corbett thinks it could be bigger than Brink's-Mat. Corbett gets annoyed and says maybe he's right, maybe it is too hot to handle. The call disconnects. McQueen says maybe he's having a think about it, and carries the laptop away. She puts it away in a safe.

That night, Corbett is back in his flat, looking through Steve's personnel record, paying particular attention to the entries about how he testified against his colleagues regarding the death of Karim Ali, which led to him being recruited for AC-12.

Later that night, Steve drives into the underground carpark where his flat is. As he gets out the car, Corbett comes up behind him wearing a balaclava. He puts a gun against the back of Steve's head and hands him a pair of handcuffs. Telling him to put them on, then get in the car and tie the cuffs to the door handle. Steve does as he's told and Corbett gets in the front seat of Steve's car and drives off, pulling off his balaclava.

He introduces himself, saying that Steve tried to make contact with the OCG and the boys ID'd him, but they reckon he's a straight as an arrow. Steve says that's right. Corbett says he is too, he's doing his job, he's investigating high-level links between organised crime and corrupt police officers. Corbett says these stunts have just been to get attention, and he's finally got access to the top man. Steve asks who that is, if it's H. Corbett says he doesn't know yet, it's all done via a computer link with no voice, just text, but if he can get hold of the computer, they stand a chance of tracing him. Steve asks why he's telling him all this. Corbett says he's carrying all this on his own, he needs support, but he gets nothing from Powell because she's too scared of what he'll find out, she just wants him chasing small fry. Steve asks if he means small fry like Malhotra, because keeping that to himself got three coppers killed. Corbett says if he'd said anything about Malhotra, the OCG would have known straightaway they had a rat, but he's after big fish. Steve tells him to come back in and work with them. Corbett says that's what they want, if he comes in they'll charge him or pension him off, before he gets a chance to crack the case. Steve asks who he means. Corbett says the people who don't want the truth coming out, that they give you a job and the first thing they do is cut your balls off. Steve says he's had people killed, including coppers. Corbett says he's got to keep his cover, he's embedded with hardened criminals, there's no other way to convince them he's one of their own. Steve says he's crossed the line and gone rogue. Corbett says that's what they want him to believe. Steve asks who he's on about, Corbett replies Powell, the chiefs, his boss. Steve is confused about what Hastings has to do with anything. Corbett tells him to open his eyes, that Hastings shot dead an OCG member, but a dozen AFOs had weapons on him and there's no way they couldn't have brought him in for questioning, but Hastings never got reprimanded, in fact, the chief gave him a pat on the back. Corbett says he's just trying to get to the truth, but the top brass don't want him to succeed because he's sure there's a bent copper running organised crime. If they pull Corbett in, he'll slip through the net. Corbett says if Steve's as straight as they say he is, he'll help them. Steve asks how. Corbett tells him to investigate the intel he passes to him. Steve accuses him of killing Maneet and three AFOs. Corbett says it wasn't him, they got themselves killed. Steve says he could have stopped it. Corbett says that in the last hijack, all the AFOs were straight, just like them, trying to get the job done, but Cafferty's team were all bent. Steve says they checked out Cafferty, she was clean. Corbett drives back into Redman Road Apartments and parks the car. He turns to Steve, saying everything he's said is true, and he'll prove it, but that depends if Steve has the guts to listen, or if he's just another lapdog for Hastings and the rest of them. He gets out the car, chucking the keys for the handcuffs at Steve. Steve considers everything that's just happened.

Roisin Hastings is sitting at a bar when Hastings walks in. He thanks her for coming, saying he was worried she mightn't. She says that looking him in the eye was the least she could do. Hastings is clearly nervous and suggests they get a drink. Roisin says she just wants to talk calmly, like grown-ups. He agrees, saying that's why they're here, to talk things through, that it's the solicitor's fault things got out of hand. Roisin says it's nobody's fault but theirs. Hastings corrects her, saying it's his fault. Hastings says he never meant for this to happen, he just wanted them to have a better future, but one bad decision, one bad investment is not worth throwing away thirty-five years of marriage over. Roisin corrects him, saying it's thirty-seven. Hastings suggests they get a table. Roisin says she's not here to eat, she's here to ask him one more time to sign the papers. Hastings looks upset. Hastings says that they made vows, and a man needs a wife. Roisin hesitates before telling him she's met someone else. Hastings looks devastated. Hastings, now desperate, tells her that things have taken an unexpected turn for the better, that there's a chance he can get all the money he invested back. Roisin stands up to leave and tells him that if he wants a better future, he has it, but she's found hers. She kisses him and asks him again to sign the papers before leaving, tears falling down her cheeks. Hastings is on the verge of tears.

Back at the Edge Park Hotel, Hastings starts to look through the divorce papers, but puts down the pen, unable to sign them. Instead, he picks up the booklet Mark Moffatt gave him and looks at it, considering. In the background a lap-top sits open. It’s too far away to see the screen clearly but text is appearing on it via the same type of Skype link that Corbett had with the unknown user.

The next day, Steve is sitting at his desk in the AC-12 offices, deep in thought, when Kate walks in. He goes to talk to her, suggesting they put surveillance on Cafferty's place, in case the OCG try to finish the job on her before she can ID the nominal. Kate says she'll think about it and goes to make a cup of tea.

Corbett pulls up outside Cafferty's house with Lee in the car. He hands Lee a package, saying that Cafferty pulled through with the hijack and he wants to keep her sweet. Lee asks about the copper on the door, Corbett says he's one of theirs. Lee hesitates, saying this doesn't feel right. Corbett agrees, saying he trusts Cafferty as far as he could throw her, but this is to flush her out, he says if he smells a rat, he should do anything necessary. Lee asks if he means that, Corbett tells him to fill his boots. More confident now, Lee gets out of the car. Corbett drives off as Lee heads towards Cafferty's house.

Steve watches with a surveillance team as Lee goes towards the house. The PC on guard knocks on the door. Lee says something to Cafferty's husband, showing him the package, and he lets him in. Steve radios to PS Kyle Ferringham, telling him to go. Ferringham's team of AFOs run over to Cafferty's house and tell the PC to turn around and face the wall. Steve and his team, all wearing stab vests, run towards the house.

Upstairs with Cafferty, Lee hears the AFOs. He grabs Cafferty by the throat, asking what she's done, whether she's grassed on them. She denies it. The AFOs command Cafferty's husband to move back and face the wall. Lee tries to escape but is caught. Cafferty cooperates. Steve runs upstairs. He sees Lee and tells the AFOs to cuff him and get him out of there. Cafferty tells him that she has never seen Lee before. Steve tells the AFOs to look around. One of them finds the package. It's stuffed full of money. Steve arrests her for misconduct in public office.

McQueen storms into the Kingsgate Printing Services and asks what just happened. Miroslav said that Lee said he had to go out. McQueen asks who with. Miroslav says he didn't say. McQueen asks where Corbett is. Corbett storms in and tells Miroslav and Ryan that Lee had better know the score. Ryan says he won't talk. Corbett says he'd better not, and asks how the police knew he was there in the first place. McQueen suggests they kept surveillance on the hosue because they still had suspicions about Cafferty. Corbett diagrees, saying they've got a rat, and he wants them to get out there and find out who's grassed. He storms into the office.

McQueen follows and says that 'rat' isn't a word they throw around here, that this unit was run by Tommy Hunter before his time, that Tommy got immunity, witness protection, the works, but they still got to him, and that's what happens to a rat. She follows Miroslav and Ryan out, leaving Corbett to panic.

That night, Corbett meets Steve in a dark alley. Steve opens his jacket to show that he's carrying a gun and says he's alone. Corbett says he knows how to make sure of that. Corbett asks if everything went the way he told him it would. Steve is reluctant to say anything, and Corbett gets cross. Corbett says he'd never get an innocent copper killed, but the bent ones deserve it. They're vermin, right to the very top. Steve says that Maneet wasn't bent, she was trying to do the right thing. Corbett argues that he's doing the right thing, he's done more right than anyone, if it wasn't for him they'd all go free, H included. He tells Steve to think, that Maneet didn't reach out to him or anyone else, she never told them what she was up to. He asks why that was, then says that Hastings forced her out, and everyone else backed him. Corbett says that Maneet is dead just as much because of him and he needs to put it right for her, and to go after them no matter what it takes. This gets to Steve. Corbett says that once he's in, there's no turning back, and asks if he's in. Steve considers, then agrees. Corbett runs off, leaving Steve alone, thinking.

### Jane Cafferty's Second Interview with AC-12

Cafferty walks into the AC-12 Building, escorted by two AFOs. Steve watches her from the glass balcony. Kate comes to join him and says she never would have guessed they'd get so much out of watching Cafferty. Steve says that he's been developing a CHIS who hears things about the OCG, but he wasn't sure if it was going to pan out or not. Kate asks if it's someone she should know about. Steve says no, it's low level, definitely not something to bother a DI about. Kate says that's just the way she likes it, and walks back up the stairs. He watches her go, then continues watching Cafferty on the lower floors.

Steve and Kate interview Cafferty with her solicitor. They start by showing her a photo of Lee Banks and ask how she knows him. Cafferty says that she had never met him before today, that he gained entry to her home under false pretences. Steve shows her an image of the package that Lee tried to give her, containing £5000 in fifty pound notes and asks how she accounts for it being there. Cafferty says that was Banks again, he must have placed it there without her knowledge. Steve asks if she was engaged in an extramartial affair in 2015 that she was determined to keep secret. Cafferty is shaken by this question. Her solicitor interrupts, claiming that the question is irrelevant and oppressive. Steve asks if she was contacted by a member of an OCG in connection to that affair. Her solicitor reminds her that she doesn't have to say anything, but Kate reminds her that if she assists with their enquiry it will be taken into account. Cafferty admits that they had photos from CCTV of a pub carpark of her and her lover, and they were going to send them to everyone in her phone contacts, her husband, the parents at her kids' school, and to stop them distributing the photos, they wanted her to give them information about police operations, little things at first, and then it got bigger. Steve asks if she means the transport of ED-905. She says yes.

Kate asks how that worked. Cafferty says that they already knew about the shipment from another source, a civilian adminstrator who organised the transport, and that they put pressure on her to rearrange the work schedules so it would be her team that would escort the lorry. Kate says that it got three innocent members of her team killed. Cafferty says they weren't innocent, Kevin Greysham and Ray Randhawa were on the take and Carl Waldhouse had a taste for prostitutes. She says that they were expecting to just get minor injuries, but someone clearly didn't expect them to keep quiet during the investigation that would follow.

Steve asks what she can tell them about the hijack of the ballistics. Cafferty says that whilst she was off sick, she was still talking to the other AFOs, and that everyone was rattled after ED-905, so there was a lot of talk. She says that she found out about the transport and then the OCG sent someone pretending to be a nurse to blackmail her into revealing the details. She says that they didn't just have the affair to blackmail her with, but also the fact that she'd been complicit in the first hijack. Steve asks who did the blackmailing. Cafferty says it was a woman in her 20s, mixed race.

Kate asks if the person who first recruited her was that woman, or Lee Banks. Cafferty says neither. Steve and Kate look shocked and Kate asks if it was a police officer. Cafferty says that she thinks so. Kate leaves the room.

Hastings sees Kate leaving the room and watches as she goes into the meeting room and finds photos of DC Jeremy Cole, DI Matthew Cottan, DS Manish Prasad, CS Patrick Fairbank, ACC Derek Hilton and Hastings. She takes them back into the interview room and lays them out in front of Cafferty, and asks her if any of them recruited her. She identifies someone but it's unclear who. Steve and Kate are both surprised. Hastings is still watching.