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Cast for season 21, episode 5 "Motivated By Love (279)"

Nixon puts her career on the line by abducting daughter Abi, hiding out in Peter Baxter's empty flat in an attempt to stay out of Hugh Wallis’ clutches. Back at the station, Wallis stirs the pot when he reports her to Meadows, then reports Hunter after the pair clash in a pub. Nixon desperately tries to make Abi realise she has been brainwashed, but she ends up lamenting when Wallis finds them and violently breaks in. As they are cornered by both Wallis and CID, Abi is left to choose: her mother or her fiancée. Meanwhile, Perkins and Carver interview one of Karen Burnett's friends, and in a search of wasteground near to his place of work, she is found dead having been the victim of a violent assault. As Harman comforts Scott, the team are left pondering to charge their prime suspect or question why the case seems too easy to solve.

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