Police Chief DI Holland challenges gangster Charlie Pearce in order to regain control of a tough area of the city, but is shot dead on his way back from a public meeting with the area's residents. Pearce is, of course, the chief suspect. Liam, Garth and Kelly set themselves up as an operation selling expensive fake watches and it's not long before Pearce and his heavies call round for their first 'insurance' payment. Liam is embraced into Charlie Pearce's fold when, through a stroke of good fortune, he saves Pearce's life. Unfortunately Garth's unresolved issues with his brother Chris land him in deep trouble when Chris tracks him down and blows his cover. Liam's nerve is tested to the limit as he faces the choice of killing his partner Garth to prove his allegiance to Pearce, or coming clean and risking being killed himself.

Gangster Charlie Pearce invites Liam to get involved with a lucrative gun shipment for Jeff Mohandas. The deal becomes further complicated by Pearce's daughter-in-law, Kim, who is having an affair with Mohandas and has hatched a plot to kill both her husband David and Charlie Pearce. Liam, once again, finds himself out of his depth and without backup as a series of double-crosses turn a simple deal into a bloodbath.