Jimmy Rose is released from prison following a 12-year stretch for armed robbery and can't wait to get home. Despite his grandson Elliot's excitement and his daughter Julie's happiness at having her father home after suffering a painful divorce, his homecoming is ruined by his wife Jackie's distance. His granddaughter Ellie and his estranged son Joe are also notably absent. Jackie ends up admitting to Jimmy that she doesn't know if she loves him anymore and he is left feeling devastated. He ends up reluctantly accepting a zero hour contract at a DIY store a world away from anything he's ever known. Jimmy also tracks Ellie down and finds out that she is taking drugs and decides to try and help her. After he confronts her suppliers he is beaten unconscious.