Initially, Chris planned to hand himself in and confess to his corruption, but wife Kate said that would only punish her and Tilly, and that he had to find another way out. Chris did. He tracked down Casey and her friend Marco (Josh Finan), and saved them from Greg’s henchmen. Chris took the drugs and sent addict Casey and Marco – who’s a small-time crook and absent dad to a young child, but who has a good heart – off to protect them.
Chris told his probationer colleague Rachel (Adelayo Adedayo), who stumbled upon the situation, that he was going to sign the drugs in to the police evidence store anonymously. Instead, Chris stole from work the “yellow pedal” paperwork that accompanied a police seizure, gave it to Greg’s sister Diane (a GP forced to act for her brother while he was inside) so that the gangsters Greg owed would think the drugs had been booked in as police evidence – a regular pitfall of the job – and excuse him their loss. He’d got himself, Casey, Diane and Greg off the hook.
Chris didn’t actually book the drugs in as evidence, but instead gave them to Carl’s widow Jodie Sweeney (Faye McKeever). She and her and Carl’s daughter had been left with nothing after his murder, and she agreed with Chris that he was now square with her.
Chris, Tilly, Kate, and Ray Mullen
In series one, Kate told Chris he had to move out of the family home. He loved her and she loved him and they both loved their daughter Tilly, but their marriage couldn’t survive his rage, her historical affair with his colleague Ray (Warren Brown), or the fact that instead of asking the professionally successful Kate for money when he couldn’t afford his mother’s care home fees, Chris’ macho pride meant he took up drug-dealer Carl Sweeney’s offer instead.
Chris remains a dedicated father and one of the series’ final scenes was of Chris and Tilly reading a book together, but his marriage to Kate may well be over.
Ray Mullen, who had an affair with Kate in the past, certainly wants the marriage to be over and is making a romantic play for Kate. Ray was demoted at the same time as Chris and blames him for his career failure. In an attempt to have Chris fired, Ray lied to Chris’ patrol partner Rachel that he was CID investigating police corruption and that he wanted her to spy on Chris as part of the operation. Ambitious and hoping for promotion, Rachel did so but eventually learned that she’d been lied to and that Ray had no power.
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