Sharing a flat with would-be stand up comic Naomi Effy is now the office junior at the hedge fund department of Hewitt Maurice asset management fund. To avoid a friend getting into trouble Effy stands in for her boss Victoria and takes it upon herself to deal with valued client Max Stibbard,who is impressed. As a result Jake,the head of the firm gives Effy the chance to be a dealer and,helped by the lovelorn Dominic from the research department,pulls off an impressively lucrative deal. Effy is now mixing with high-flying financiers and Naomi is appalled at her friend's shallow behaviour,especially as Naomi admits to having cancer. Effy however is on a roll and embarks upon an affair with Jake. At the same time it is noticed that market returns are not matching the firm's returns. Written by don @ minifie-1

Naomi's stand-up,incorporating her cancer,becomes a big success but when Emily visits from New York Effy agrees to keep the illness secret from her,accompanying her friend to chemotherapy after Emily has gone.Effy continues her affair with Jake,who confesses to problems at work. She asks Dominic for more insider information,which,feeling used,he initially refuses but eventually hints at the likely success of Morbury Mining which makes the company a huge return. As a result of this new-found wealth Effy obtains a luxury flat for herself and Naomi but is called before a tribunal,now headed by ex-boss Victoria,to account for the firm's upturn in future,due to her insider information,which she denies. To allay fears that he will be incriminated she protects Dominic,as well as having sex with him,and,on Victoria's advice,clears herself by sacrificing Jake as the culprit before going to visit the dying Naomi. Written by don @ minifie-1

Cassie is working in a seedy diner in London and regularly phoning her father Marcus, who is going senile. She lives in a noisy house where she keeps herself to herself but befriends another tenant, Maddie, a would-be actress who seems to have a lot of gentleman callers. She has meaningless sex with co-worker Yaniv but is shocked to discover that somebody has been secretly filming her and posting the photos online under the name Oblivion. Hearing that Marcus has had an accident Cassie decides to quit her job but before she can do so another work colleague Jakob admits to taking the photos, admitting that he idolizes her with a pure, asexual love. She responds by hitting him. Written by don @ minifie-1

After Jake persuades her that he only took photos of her to share her beauty with the world Cassie forgives him. They go to visit Marcus and Cassie's little brother Rueben at their chaotic seaside chalet and after sharing a platonic bed Jake takes photos of Cassie on the beach. She is angry with Marcus for keeping Rueben off school and feels he should take more responsibility. Back in London she attends a rave where Jake's images of herself and Rueben are projected onto a huge wall and soon afterwards she is given a modelling contract by agent Marcel Hulot. Homeless and jobless now the possessive Jake is angry with her for selling out, leading to a confrontation with Yaniv, who has offered a sympathetic shoulder. As both men leave her life Cassie gets a visit from Marcus and Rueben. Her father is planning to get his act together by going to Italy to teach and Cassie agrees to take care of Rueben whilst he is away. With her modelling career beckoning and somebody to look after things ... Written by don @ minifie-1

Cook is now living with sometime girlfriend Emma in Manchester and drug-running for gangster Louie along with Louie's henchmen Jason and Rob. He is extremely secretive about his past. Louie entrusts him with driving his girlfriend Charlie as she is house-hunting though Cook is surprised when she asks to be dropped off at a council estate. At a party Cook intervenes when Jason tries to have rough sex with an unwilling Charlie and gets beaten up for his pains. Emma cleans him up but he advises Charlie to be wary of Louie and finally admits to her that he has killed a man. They end up having sex. At the house-warming party Louie reveals that he knows that Charlie has been unfaithful and drowns Jason in the swimming pool. Cook tells Emma he thinks that they should leave Manchester but as they are driving away he gets a call for help from Charlie and, against Emma's advice, heads back to see her. Written by don @ minifie-1

Cook collects Charlie and they and Emma drive to Emma's parents' holiday home, where they can stay for a few days. Emma discovers that Cook has had sex with Charlie and comes to realize that his feelings for Charlie are deeper than they are for her. After Emma's parents have left Louie arrives, having traced Cook's car and demands Charlie return with him though she refuses. Louie leaves but the trio know they must flee and later come across Emma's parents' empty car and work out that Louie has killed them. They escape into the snow-covered woods and take shelter in a disused bunker where Charlie tells Cook the only way out is for him to kill Louie, though - having killed one man - he is reluctant. Seeing Charlie and Cook kissing Emma leaves the bunker and next day Cook and Charlie come across her body hanging from a tree. She has been murdered by Louie. Louie pulls a gun on Cook but they struggle and Cook gets the upper hand. Charlie demands Cook pulls the trigger but he refuses, ... Written by don @ minifie-1