Mike wants to start the shift with a bacon butty at the local caff with some of the scale. Kennett has other ideas: she's got work to do. Pissed off with her abrasive and officious manner the lads play a practical joke: they leave her cuffed to a railing while they enjoy their sarnies. Only when Kennett is accosted by two men do they put her out of her misery and release her. Kennett doesn't see the funny side at all.
Mike tries to convince her that this was an initiation rite: they've all been through it. But Kennett is not impressed. Meanwhile Nat's theft turns out to involve an old mucker of Inspector Stowe's. Ex-inspector Northam has had his wallet nicked but wants it dealt with someone more senior. In the end, Giffin is forced to attend, and Northam ends up punching him. Giffin takes him in.
Meanwhile Roy and Dean are called to deal with a row at Hassan cabs and discover that Jaz has been moonlighting: he's dented someone's car with his cab. Now working for CID, he soon 'finds
