First broadcast 28th September/5th/12th October 1988.<br /><br />Taggart and Jardine investigate a brutal dismemberment of a local loan shark. <br /><br />Mark McManus - DCI Jim Taggart<br />James MacPherson - DS Mike Jardine<br />Celia Imrie - Helen Lomax<br />Kenny Ireland - Ken Lomax<br />John Kane - Mick Lomax<br />Gordon Kane - Willie Lomax<br />Emma D'Inverno - Julie Adamson<br />Peter Kelly - Robert Carrera<br />Tom Mannion - DS Scott<br />Don Gallagher - DS Hind<br />Iain Anders - Supt. Jack McVitie<br />Robert Robertson - Dr. Stephen Andrews<br />Harriet Buchan - Jean Taggart<br />Leigh Biagi - Alison Taggart<br />Sandy Welch - Tim Webster<br />Irene Sunters - Mrs. Lomax<br />Jonathan Hackett - Bill Shires<br />Elizabeth Millbank-Turner - Lana Shires (as Elizabeth Millbank)<br />Kirsty Miller - Linda<br />Bill Murdoch - Kennel Owner<br />Alex Howden - Libby<br />Carol Brannan - Fanny<br />Jean Craig - Aunt Peggy<br />Kay Lyell - Aunt Hetty<br />David Meldrum - Nicholas Frame<br />Stewart Ennis - George McSherry<br />James Gibb - Archie Cook<br />Alan Vicary - Paul Hunter<br />Harry Glass - MacIntyre<br />James Martin - Steve Gooch<br />Robert Stefani - Police Sergeant<br />Joe McFadden - David Shires (as Joseph McFadden)<br />Emma Currie - Prospective Hostess
