who does Inspector Jenny Black [Kacey Ainsworth] partner him with?
PC Lucy Slater. At first, he has a few issues when it comes to being partnered with her. He sees her as an inexperienced rookie and wrongly judges her approach to the job. In later episodes, it becomes clear that Jake is dealing with much more than a simple move from his station in Preston and you get to see why he initially has problems adjusting to working with her. Jake and Lucy definitely clash. Why does she irritate him so much? I think it has a lot to do with what has just happened to Jake and that he feels, by working with Lucy, he is taking a backward step professionally. He is not at all pleased when he overhears Lucy asking Jenny if she can be partnered with someone else and it seems that they are just never going to get on. So why does Jake annoy Lucy so much? Lucy thinks Jake is arrogant and Jake thinks he needs to control Lucy, as he presumes that she is just young, weak and inexperienced. This really annoys her, so she soon puts him straight and lets him know who’s really
