Jamie finds that he and Kassi are more alike than he realized when his new brother's house is raided by the police. Kassi refuses to explain but does request Jamie a place in Chatsworth for his family to live.
Frank is delegated to tell Patty she is terminally ill but she already knows and asks that he help her see Ireland before she dies. With no funds for the ferry trip he takes her to the beach at Waterloo,where she swears she can see the old country.
Following the suicide of his old flame Alice, Dominic loses both his faith and the will to live and asks Frank to help him to kill himself. Frank,however,does his best to sabotage every attempt until eventually Dominic has an epiphany...
The Chatsworth residents celebrate being awarded an Olympic ring from London 2012. The Maguires celebrate the expansion of their business with Mimi taking control of the schools PTA and Frank's new job as janitor at "St. Mimi's School" is going well.
In the collapsed tunnel Frank finds his time capsule from 1976 when he had ideals and a poetic soul but unfortunately in the present he clumsily bursts a pipe,causing the chamber to flood....
When Frank tells the Maguire brothers that Manchester's former war rooms have been taken over by the National Lottery and are now home to thousands of scratch cards the boys,along with Frank,Ruby and Aidan,hatch a plan to tunnel underneath the main hall.
Following his collapse Chesney comes out of hospital to find that his cousin Toof wants to take him back to Bradford,where he can be offered a more affluent life-style....
Marty's efforts to redirect the power supply to get free electricity plunges the estate in darkness though he believes that,having had so many volts pass through him and still survived,he is chosen for something....
Shane recruits Jackson to help him rob a cigarette delivery at a local supermarket though the plan goes wrong and they have to flee. They do however come up with a lucrative alternative,selling food discarded by the supermarket....
When Paddy’s caught on camera for an armed robbery Mimi begs him to call his brother, Noel. He’s the only one who can help. But Paddy has a dark history with his sibling and would rather go to jail than ever set eyes on him again.
Carl falls for wheelchair user Clem and starts dating her but Micky,whilst out on the pull,gets hospitalized by a homophobic taxi driver,whom he eventually tracks down and confronts. Ruby,Mimi's young niece,arrives on the estate...
Despite an awkward interview Avril gets a job in a hospital pharmacy but Marty is concerned that Kelly,rather than grieve for her dead child,throws herself into partying. Given their age gap Mimi insists she and Billy should have an open marriage....
In the opening episode of season 9 things aren't the same on the Chatsworth Estate as it's been abandoned by the Government and Council alike.
A face from Jamie's past arrives in Chatsworth. DS Brooks, suspended on serious charges, needs Jamies help.
Chesney arrives home from hospital to find his cousin Toof waiting for him, who has been sent by Grandad to negotiate Chesney's future in Chatsworth. Lillian holds auditions for new staff at the brothel. Ruby makes an enemy out of Kelly.