Cleaver is charged with manslaughter; his journalist girlfriend betrays him; and Kirsty wants his debt paid in full. His strategy is to have Cal McGregor upgrade the charge to murder.

We re-discover Cleaver in the back of a limo with a woman he really, really shouldn't be with. When her husband finds out, he resolves to make it his life's work to destroy our hapless hero.

Missy and fiancé Joshua Floyd are Australia's most newsworthy couple; but luckily for Cleaver, when his woes are at their worst, he's given the case of the decade.

Missy's book about her life as a prostitute has caused a sensation, and she's engaged. Meanwhile, Cleaver is faced with gambling debts, his psychopathic client, and David Potter.

Cleaver defends Missy for murder, while Scarlet inadvertently, through an indiscretion with David, gives Cal the ammunition he needs.

Cleaver and Barney are defending a man accused of severing his neighbour's penis. Barney and Nicole's affair continues, while Scarlet and David are firmly on Cal McGregor's hook.

Red and David's affair is front page news; Missy decides she wants marriage and children; Cleaver is facing the consequences of the dark path he trod to recover his father's estate.

Cleaver is in the bad books with the Attorney General, while having to defend a slimy corporate thief as he sees an innocent client punished. And, best friend Barney now hates him.