Ex-gangland boss Michael O'Connor, now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son Sean is found guilty of the murder of a gang member.
Michael goes to talk to Sean in prison and tells him about the deal he struck with Conroy but Sean refuses to co-operate and in the course of events reveals that he killed his mother accidentally with Michael's loaded gun which he had been playing with. Stacey goes to collect Barrington's money and has a confrontation with Michael. On leaving the hotel she is shot dead by Jacob King. McGinty and Henderson enter Anna's house and tie her up and leave a Molotov Cocktail next to her on the orders of Augustine. Augustine blackmails Michael into killing Barrington with photographic evidence of her being held captive. It then transpires that Augustine and Conroy were in league together to bring Michael down. Michael goes to prison, Connie and Sean go into witness protection and Anna gives birth to a baby boy.