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Episodes 1-2: Change (Jan. 10-11, 2013)
John Briggs, a wealthy, ageing confectionery company owner, is found dead in his London hotel suite. Nikki joins forces with Jack to prove to sceptical DS Gold that it’s murder, not death by natural causes. Several suited sharks circle as it transpires Briggs was losing a desperate fight to prevent the sale of his ailing company to investors. And Michael Trenter, his PR man, is unable to conceal Briggs’ murky private life from the baying press, devaluing the family brand by the hour. Meanwhile, Geraldine, Briggs’ estranged daughter, is a fish out of water as she’s left control of the company in her father’s will. Leo is left in no doubt about how to secure the Lyell Centre’s future – by employing Jack to head up a new forensics department. And just as the new team are cemented, crucial evidence from a discovered body gives them a shocking lead on the killer’s motive.

Episodes 3-4: Trust (Jan. 17-18, 2013)
When two women are shot dead in the basement of a rented house, Nikki and Jack are baffled by the conflicting possible motives for the killings. Meanwhile, Leo is tasked with proving that his one of his pathology colleagues and close friends made a mistake when giving evidence that imprisoned a mother for smothering her baby to death. As the hunt for the basement killer intensifies, Nikki nearly meets her death when evasive D.I. Reed leaves her in a burning warehouse to pursue the chief suspect. Meanwhile, Clarissa and Jack are shocked to uncover a dangerous plot that threatens national security - including an outbreak of a deadly disease - while Leo must race against time to prove the imprisoned mother’s innocence, and reunite her with her other son, Darius, before he is lost in the adoption system.

Episodes 5-6: True Love Waits (Jan. 24-25, 2013)
When a pub landlady is stabbed to death in the basement of her own pub, and her little finger is cut off by the killer, Nikki is isolated in her quest to prove her husband’s innocence, against Jack and Leo’s mounting evidence to otherwise suggest his involvement. However, when her husband is charged by the police with her death, Nikki must convince Jack and Leo that she is infact the latest victim of a psychopathic serial killer, who is igniting a deadly game of cat and mouse, as the pathologists close the net on his reign of terror.

Episodes 7-8: The Legacy (Apr. 31-Feb 01, 2013)
While Nikki and Jack investigate the death of a man found on the site a rural building project, Leo is tasked with helping a grieving father’s discover the cause of his son’s fatal tumour. While Nikki is wooed by a charismatic junior Science Minister, Leo’s discovery of a similar medical condition in the man found dead on the building site reveals an abnormal cluster of tumour deaths, and a possible government cover up of their cause. When Leo suspects Nikki’s charming new man could be involved, it threatens their friendship, and leaves Leo and Jack battling to expose the sinister truth, and to discover just who is responsible for murder.

Episodes 9-10: Greater Love (Feb. 07-08, 2013)
When human remains are found on the site of an Afghan charity water supply project, Leo, Nikki and Jack are sent to the war-torn region to establish if they are the remains of a British soldier who vanished five years ago, suspected of being murdered by Taliban forces. Amidst ruthless Taliban attacks and a dangerous, alien culture, Leo develops a life-changing relationship with a charity worker, as the team grow suspicious of a British security firm’s torture of captured Taliban fighters. But when a forensic breakthrough changes the course of the team’s investigation, it triggers a chain of events that puts them all in imminent danger.

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Episodes 1-2: Commodity (Jan. 02-03, 2014)
Top-flight footballer Isaac Dreyfus' days at the top are numbered when a sex tape links him to the brutal murder of a young woman, threatening to destroy his reputation and marriage. Nikki struggles to come to terms with Leo's death following the arrival of the new Lyell Centre boss, pathologist Thomas Chamberlain. However, her feelings surface when DI John Leighton and DS Anne Burchett demand results in two unsolved cases - a mother and son murdered in their wealthy London home and the disfigured body of a young woman. Footballer Isaac Dreyfus desperately fights to prove his innocence, whilst disillusioned Adam Freedman turns to a mysterious source for help to avenge the murder of his wife and child. Under scrutiny from the press, the police are determined to nail their prime suspect and pile pressure on The Lyell Centre to deliver results. However, when Nikki questions the motive behind the murders, a re-examination of the Freedman crime scene leads Jack to make a startling discovery.

Episodes 3-4: Coup de Grace (Jan. 09-10, 2014)
Nikki delivers ground-breaking testimony in the high-profile appeal court case of David Bennetto, a convicted killer who has spent the last six years behind bars for the murder of two gay teenagers. But bitter DI Rachel Klein remains unconvinced that she caused a miscarriage of justice and cannot hide her contempt, especially when another young man is found dead bearing the same hallmarks of the previous murders. Meanwhile, Nikki's professionalism is brought into question due to her increasingly close relationship with lawyer Greg Walker. Nikki's professional reputation is on the line when her romantic involvement with lawyer Greg Walker leads her face-to-face with a raging Bennetto. Thomas is under mounting pressure from DI Rachel Klein and the Home Office as he battles to save the Lyell Centre's reputation in the midst of a media storm. Grieving for the death of his murdered son, newspaper hack Peter Masham strikes an unlikely deal with Bennetto's brother-in-law. Meanwhile, Jack and Clarissa uncover the true identity of murder victim Byron Lee.

Episodes 5-6: In a Lonely Place (Jan. 16-17, 2014)
Nikki and Jack head to Scotland to help earnest rural detective DS Jason Ross investigate the chilling murder of a lap dancer found in a remote forest. In their search to find a suspect, the team clash with rogue city detectives DS Mike MacNeil and DI Simon Laing. But as more human remains are unearthed in the forest, it becomes horrifyingly apparent that a dangerous serial killer is at large. News of the murders unsettles new mother Sarah, who is harbouring a dark secret from her partner Steve.

Episodes 7-8: Undertone (Jan. 23-24, 2014)
The murder of a very recently pregnant young woman found in a suitcase leaves Nikki, Jack and Thomas in a race against time, not only to catch her killer, but to find the baby.

Episodes 9-10: Fraternity (Jan. 30-31, 2014)
Things get personal for Jack when his brother becomes a suspect in the murder of a young woman. Dr Chamberlain, not trusting Jack to remain objective, brings in a new forensic scientist (Haydn Gwynne) to work on the case instead.

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