John returns to find Kings Cross dead and must re-establish the rules of the strip while keeping younger brothers, Fadi and Michael, out of trouble while Sam serves time in jail.

John makes a play for the biggest club on Oxford Street but owner Ray is hard to crack. Sam grows his Black Flag's chapter on the inside while Michael puts the Ibrahim family on the radar with another member of the force.

John prepares to relaunch LDT and sets his sights on more clubs on Oxford Street as Dean quietly grows his drug trade and Sam's Black Flags chapter hits a speedbump.

On New Years Eve, John has the licensing board breathing down his neck; Benny's dealers break into the club under Michael's watch.

Sam is back on the streets and battling with John over how to protect Michael after Jed's fatal stabbing, while Doyle is given a new organised crime taskforce.

John's clubs are hit by masked attackers as violence increases on Oxford Street; Doyle tries to use Katie's relationship with John as leverage to install her as a mole.

John prepares Club Utopia for Mardi Gras while pursuing potential investors for his new-built Kings Cross, but he has a target on his back, and the hits keep coming.

John faces more scrutiny from Benny and the local press as he attempts to outwit Ray and relaunch Kings Cross.