It's a long hard day for Lindsay and it goes from bad to worse. It's the day of Mack's trial and everyone is expecting a short sentence but, things don't go to plan and life as the Carter family knows it is about to change. Not only does Linday have to deal with Macks' trial she also has to sort out the mess created by her children and spends her day working with Chinese Triads to Deputy Headteachers, not to mention a visit or two from Sgt Bain surrounding the affairs of her family. But, things start to look up after Taylor's graduation and Lindsay declares that from this day forward the Carter families going straight.

On her mission to get the family back on the straight and narrow, Lindsay starts her new job at the garden centre. But, when a good lorry goes missing Linday's put in the frame and suspended, determined to clear her name she sets out contacting all of her contacts, but is the real culprit closer to home. Meanwhile, Lindsay's not the only one who trying to keep busy. Lianna is back causing trouble at school, Kacie's still trying to become the perfect model and Vin's on a breakout mission of his own. Will, the Carter's ever be able to stay on the right side of the law.

The new-found poverty is really starting to bite in the Carter family but that’s not what’s getting Lindsay down. Nor is it the relentless boredom of working in the garden centre - Lindsay’s lonely. The reality of spending the next four years without her husband has really hit home.

An old friend of the family, Owen turns up. He and his wife have just split up and he needs Lindsay to help him out with his car sales business. She’d be doing him a favour and it’s got to be better to be working in an office and being paid properly, than a life with Clive and garden centre wages.

Lindsay’s more than happy to jack in her job and go and work for Owen, who happens to be extremely good-looking too. When Mack learns about this from Vin, he is furious.

As for Taylor, life as the perfect Carter child is getting him down. He’s feeling guilty at work for snagging the job under false pretences and he’s permanently worried that he might get found out. He’s also feeling trapped by his relationship with Catherine. So when Vin comes to him with a crazy suggestion, Taylor actually listens.