Max is released from prison and returns to London, finding his son is missing and his wife has emigrated and suing for divorce. He is warned off by Det. Chief Supt. Sullivan. He leaves London and sets out in his narrow boat. A sub plot of an ex nurse and a drug dealer play out during the episode.
Max continues his search and is accompanied by Andrea. Max has to visits his sick mother in London, and while he is away, Naylor asks Andrea about 'The Money'. He sets fire to the boat and on max return he seeks out Naylor.
Max quest continues where he comes under suspicion in a Welsh village as a girl goes missing.
A hit man accidentally sends a bullet through a window on Harmony, and Max thinks someone is out to get him.
Max continues his search for Steve, and a girl thinks she recognizes him.
Max attends his Mother’s funeral in London, not knowing that Steve was also there. He meets an ex colleague Neil Pember.
Robinson asks Max to look after his godson, Billy. A Fleet Street favour ends in tragedy.
Max spends a weekend away from Harmony, looking after a hotel, where the only couple staying are a mystery. Lomax is left to play host to a married couple when he calls on an old friend and, later, becomes involved in a mystery when the wife is abducted.
A birthday barbecue at a Cheshire country house is gate-crashed by a motorcycle gang. Lomax, who is working as a part-time barman, attracts the attention of a tipsy woman, the mother of the party girl, who demands he drive her home. They arrive back at the country house as the police are dealing with the gate-crashing bikers.
Lomax and Steve, Max's son, spend a week together on the canals; Steve challenges Max to prove his innocence. He knows his father needs money to finance his quest and robs a betting shop. However, the shop belongs to local gang boss, Jack Ormand, who sets his heavies on the trail.
It is winter; Lomax, holed up in remote farmland, becomes a suspect in a rustling case. He meets up with an ex-cell mate, Granny Jackson, who gives him a lead to the real thieves.
Lomax is coming closer to the man who framed him. A Fleet Street hack thinks he may be able to help, but most assistance comes from Lomax's girlfriend, Maureen, who gives him the name 'Len Martin', but Martin remains one step ahead.
Lomax at last catches up with Len Martin, the man who framed him, causing his prison sentence and eventual disgrace. A chase ensues. Len Martin dies, impaling himself improbably on an old ship. Max's quest has failed. The series ends abruptly.