Al comes to work to find that Martin has changed the door code and inept temp Nat has returned. He can do without the continual visits of adoring ex-client Anne Marie just as Rose would prefer ex-husband Lee not to call in regarding access arrangements. This is all ammunition for the officious Nitin, charged by their senior officer Denise to spy on them in the name of efficiency. Rose suffers another blow when she discovers her latest client is an ailing ex-boyfriend, still living with the woman who stole him from Rose.. Written by don @ minifie-1

Nitin is unhappy when he draws the short straw and has to be the office cleaner but endures it in order to carry on spying on the team. Rose has a nasty moment when she has to investigate a 15 year old schoolboy having sex with his teacher and fears that he may be Denise's son but is very happy to learn that Martin has been declared fit to work and uses him to get revenge on Lee. Al is also pleased when a loving but simple couple who only feed their baby on ice cream learn nutritional skills. Written by don @ minifie-1

Al goes to see a gay couple persecuted by homophobic neighbours for fostering a little girl. To escape the jibes of the office after Nat reveals he photo-copied his bum whilst drunk Nitin accompanies him but their joint approach leads to a complaint against them. Back at the office Rose is held hostage by an irate father demanding the return of his children from care, prompting police intervention and heroics from Nitin, by which time Rose has defused the situation. Written by don @ minifie-1

Al is concerned by a report that a famous actor has sexually assaulted 14 year old Chantal on a visit to a children's home whilst Nat and Martin have to help Rose persuade Denise that Rose's senile mother Audrey is in the office on work experience. Unfortunately Audrey wanders off before she can be assessed for geriatric care and by the time Al has learnt the truth from Chantal Nat has innocently alerted the press to the alleged offence. Written by don @ minifie-1

When two Syrian girls go missing from their foster home paranoid P.C. Harris calls an emergency meeting, suspecting that they may have joined a sleeper cell. Martin pops out to the shops to look for them but it is Nat's knowledge of popular culture which finally locates them. Meanwhile Rose is in a quandary whether to place her mother in a home and Nitin's blind date cancels after seeing a photo of his new hairdo. Written by don @ minifie-1

Denise forbids anybody to leave the building before all outstanding cases are closed - particularly galling for Al, who is hoping to slope off early for a weekend in Paris with his girlfriend - so he feigns illness. Then real illness kicks in, still preventing him from going. Rose exploits the usual prank call about an abandoned baby as an excuse to go shopping but is surprised to find it is no hoax, with Nitin left holding the baby. Finally Denise, having sorted out the sexual harassment case at her son's school in her own way, shocks the team when she announces which one of them is about to be promoted. Written by don @ minifie-1