EPISODE 623Rita's search for revenge finds Joan struggling for her life on the rooftop.First broadcast ... 1986 (Melbourne) | ![]() |
![]() Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Nancy ~ Julia Blake Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Julie ~ Jackie Woodburne Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Alice ~ Lois Collinder Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei Wilkinson ~ Paula Duncan ![]() Janet ~ Christine Earle Ida Brown ~ Paddy Burnet Amy Ryan ~ Penny Ramsay Roach Waters ~ Linda Hartley Granny Wilkinson ~ Esme Melville ![]() Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbott Zoe Wilkinson ~ Ashby Redward ![]() Officer Bailey ~ Maureen Edwards Tailshaft ~ Ian Shrives ![]() Detective Lee ~ Terry Brittingham ![]() Biker 2 ~ Matt Browne ![]() Biker 3 ~ Barry Soloman Keith Moore ~ Peter Hosking ![]() Policewoman ~ Janice Cleland ![]() Barman ~ Dean Nicols ![]() Joan doesn't look like the kind of person who never checks her bank statement, but she can't have done if she didn't notice that the quite substantial cheque she wrote for a year's insurance had never been cashed. When Joan tells Andrew that Lorelei was a friend of "someone close to me", presumably she means Audrey. | Joan refuses to help Mrs Ryan, even though she acknowledges that she'd probably do the same in her position. As Joan is leaving, Mrs Ryan repeats her offer, pointing out that it's a lot of money for "doing what come naturally". Nancy tries to argue against what she calls Rita's "mindless revenge" but Rita has no shortage of volunteers to join in with her plot against Joan. Kath tries to find out from Roach about Rita's plans but impresses on her that Roach should her nose out of Kath's business and not report back to Rita anything she happens to hear through sharing a cell with her. Ida cons Joyce into having a meal delivered to her cell by saying she's too exhausted to go to the dining room. Joyce apparently doesn't hear Ida's demented cackling as she accompanies Julie delivering the tray and seems genuinely concerned for Ida's welfare. Julie tells Rita she's worried for her as Joan is sure to work out who's behind the arson attack. Rita replies that she's counting on it and will be ready for Joan when she makes a move against her. The gang prepare to torch Joan's house by siphoning off some petrol into a container. While she is out drinking with Andrew, Joan spots a woman she knows as an ex-prisoner from Queensland. When the man she is with leaves her alone for a moment, Joan goes over to talk to her and calls her by her real name Lolene (?) Snook, asking her if she's still doing the same con routine. The woman asks her to call her Lorelei Wilkinson, as that's the name she's using for her boyfriend. She tells Joan that she's not conning him because "he loves me for what I am" (somewhat spoiling the effect by admitting in the next breath "he doesn't know anything about me"). Julie and Lexie try to fill Roach in on who to avoid, with Kath at the top of the list: Roach points out this is a bit hard to achieve as they are sharing a cell. Joan is interrupted by an anonymous call at the bar to tell her house is to be set on fire ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Story Editor: Bevan Lee
Script Editor: Quincy McQuade (621); Alister Webb (622); Quincy McQuade (623); Alister Webb (624), (625)
Storyliners: Bevan Lee, Tony McDonald, John Coulter
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