Nick has the chance to run the station during Tom's absence, but his job is made more complicated by the discovery of an unidentified body in Mt. Thomas which brings Nick's old Homicide Squad rivals to town. With Janet Andrewartha as Detective Ryan, Gary Files as Des Lang, Renato Bartolomei as Detective Scarlatti, Jane Longhurst as Sasha Peters, Alethea McGrath as Mrs Carmichael, Fred Barker as Frank Wade, Ross Simons as Matt Haley, Wayne Comley as Station Master [Bernie].