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Cast for season 23, episode 18 "Episode 488"

Part One- The Party is Over: Jim Carver, now a detective sergeant with Greater Manchester Police, shows up at Sun Hill to track down drug dealer Pat Hadley, whom he has been trying to catch for eighteen months. Ackland is furious to spend her last day at Sun Hill with her ex-husband, as the pair investigate Hadley's right-hand man, Greg Burns. Burns provides info on a raid but it goes belly up, leaving Ackland and Carver in grave danger. Elsewhere, Hollis and Hardy investigate a decomposed skeleton found on railway lines, and attempt to track down some stolen medals, leading Hardy to the home of his girlfriend's mother and younger brother. Part Two- The Last Stop: Ackland's leaving do turns into a rescue mission after she and Carver are kidnapped by Greg Burns and Pat Hadley. The pair try to complete a drug deal that goes wrong, leaving one suspect dead, with the other collapsing in custody after claiming brutality during his arrest. With Ackland and Carver being held in a warehouse, old wounds are opened as they reminisce on their old relationship. He throws a spanner in the works by saying he still loves her, but will she really go back to him, should they escape Burns and Hadley's clutches?

Final appearance of Sgt. June Ackland, former series regular DS Jim Carver and Richard Hope guest star

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