When Tinny and Des are snatched from the safety of the Doyle home in broad daylight, Jake is forced to confront a dangerous man from his past. Jake makes a decision about his future with Allison.

The Doyles are hired by a real estate agent to investigate a series of strange occurrences at the site of her controversial housing development. Leslie uncovers some suspicious facts about the Mayor.

Jake buys an expensive gift for Allison only to have it stolen by a thief. The Mayor finds himself in a compromising position and asks for Jake's help and silence. Leslie thinks she's being followed.

Crime novelist Garrison Steele returns again to both hire and torment Jake to help him research a murder case. Jake and Leslie struggle to keep their mutual affection for each other in check.

When Des finds himself in a very bizarre and compromising position, the Doyle clan works overtime to get him off the hook. Jake meets someone who has been complicating Allison's life.

The Doyles reluctantly take on a case from a dodgy "old friend" who promises them a big payday. Jake and Allison encounter friction when their professional lives affect their personal relationship.

Jake and Mal are called to check into some death threats that have been made to a respected psychiatrist; an old "friend" from the past shows up and makes an interesting proposition to the Doyles.

When an old Doyle family friend goes missing at sea, the Doyles are hired by his daughter to find out what really happened. Jake is forced to bail out Christian and picks up another line of business.

It's matrimony, Doyle style, as Jake and Mal are tasked with finding the person responsible for sabotaging an upcoming wedding. Mal and Rose fix a bump in the road in their relationship.

It gets personal when the Doyles band together to protect someone they love from the cops and from a killer. Tinny gets in a little further with her new hobby and her new friends.

The Doyles are employed to help a comedian on the edge of a comeback find a dangerous stalker and Leslie defines the boundaries for the men in her life, including Jake.

Jake plays prisoner when he goes "inside" to find out the location of some stolen diamonds from a gang of incarcerated criminals and Mal finds out that Rose has been keeping a big secret from him.

Jake is on the trail of a group of bold daytime kidnappers. Leslie and Jake take steps to move on from each other as Rose tries to figure out the next steps after Mal's heart attack.