Stanton Blues

- Season 1

(1998)

New recruit Mel is only just in time for the start of her shift and then has to confront an unpleasant situation in a block of flats.Meanwhile old hand Roy is out to settle a score with petty crook Vince Graves.

When Sergeant Griffin tries to talk down a man threatening to jump from a roof, events take a shocking turn. Mel sees her friend Nico in hospital after he has been beaten.He tells her that Roy took drugs off him without arresting him.

When called to deal with a drunken woman in a pub,Mel arrests her. She also finds that friends can change their tune when you join the force. Mike and Natalie are put in danger when Wakefield uses them in his pursuit of a serious criminal.

Wakefield persuades Mike and Natalie into dishonesty in an ID lineup in his pursuit of Stopes. At a night out to celebrate his upcoming marriage Mike drinks heavily and starts to get cold feet. He then starts a brawl with a some doormen.

Natalie is on the trail of habitual shoplifters Kevin and Kelly Kettles. When Danny prioritizes his own relationship problems above the job there is a tragic turn of events.

Mel Draper is called out to investigate the case of a fourteen-year-old girl who is missing. Arriving at the house she finds the girl has come home, but soon finds out the sordid truth about her activities on the streets.

Danny returns to work but his mental health starts to deteriorate. When Roy takes a van out against the orders of Giffen the two men have a heated exchange. Natalie's pursuit of a vendetta against Brian Skillet has a tragic result.

Mike and Natalie are in court but fail to secure a conviction, leading Nathalie to split with Wakefield. Feelings are running high on the Skeetesmore and when Danny goes to try and commiserate with Skillets widow an angry mob turn on him.