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After completing a 2 year prison sentence for a bribe he didn't take, Ex-Detective Inspector Alan Lomax wants answers. Lomax has at least one luxury left - a narrowboat, and it's on the canals, among the day trippers and travellers, that he means to find revenge. Not an easy task for an ex-detective isolated on the wrong side of the law.
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Episode 1
A Token Attempt is the first episode of series 2. Following the death of Neil Pember, Lomax is still looking for the people who framed him, whilst also looking for his son, Steve. The episode opens with a visit to Lomax by the journalist, Robinson, with a problem. His Godchild, Billie, who has become estranged from her father and step mother, and he wants Lomax to meet her and try to help her sort out her life. Billie, unaware that Lomax knows both her Godfather & Father and has been tasked with sorting her out, joins Lomax on his boat and opens up to him about her drug addiction etc. Can Max save Billie from herself, or will she be a victim of one token attempt too many?