Judge John Deed finds a way to get rid of the child pornography that has been put on his computer, by using one of the witnesses in the case, Josh Arditta, (San Shella),. It is completed just in time as Sir Ian pushes into the room to take the computer, only to find it is now clean, and Deed is burning a computer hard drive with a cigarette lighter. The complainant in the case dies suddenly, and her son, Michael, is taken by social services. Joe Mills is agonising about adopting him, and talks it over with Deed, who is against it, until suddenly he wonders if Michael might like a dog. Joe mills is walking away, and starts to smile when she hears Deed's comment about the dog.