EPISODE 381Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 16 October 1998 04:40 Ted Douglas is determined to destroy evidence of his criminal associations, even if it means destroying Ann first. Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Laura/Brandy ~ Roslyn Gentle Roxanne ~ Peppi D'Or Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Pixie ~ Judy McBurney David Sheldon ~ Chris Hallam Andrea Sheldon ~ Pat Forbes Paul ~ Paul Newman Helen ~ Caroline Gillmer Gerri Doogan ~ Deborah Kennedy  Matt Thomas ~ Peter Dunn Mr Douglas ~ Ian Smith Dr Weissman ~ Bryon Williams Brother Red Earth ~ Peter Flett  Marty Jackson ~ Andrew McKaige  Dennis Quinn ~ Chris Connelly  Mrs O'Reagan ~ Christine Calcutt Sister Kelly ~ Liddy Holloway Mr Gardiner ~ Terry McDermott  Martin Cawley ~ John Murphy Thug ~ John Adams  The cult members are apparently known as "Poddies", which Helen explains is a pun on the name of the cult: CALF. | After Roxie is taken away, the women express their sadness for her in having to give up her baby. Helen visits Judy at Driscoll: her sister Sharon has joined a religious cult, the Children of the Alternative Life Force. She is worried at the "donation" the cult leader is demanding to let her in, but says that as Sharon isn't 25 yet she will need her signature to get access to the money. Meg gets a letter from Marty saying he's on shore leave. Ann finds her house has been turned over and all Paul's photos and negatives are gone. Despite Wally's insistence, Ann is reluctant to call the police and says she will phone Ted Douglas in the morning to confront him. Paul tells Ann that in any case the burglars didn't get the crycial negative as it is in Wally's flat. Pixie misses muster and the officers search for her but find she's hiding in her wardrobe, pretending she's been sleeping there all night. Joan is annoyed that Colleen seems to be humouring Pixie in her silly behaviour, and even more so when she finds it was a Governor's decision that no-one has told her about. Gerri Doogan is brought to Wentworth on a two week sentence for soliciting charges. Lizzie tells the women that Roxanne has had a baby boy. Gerri starts asking questions, paying particular attention to Bea. Joan tries to heavy Pixie into dropping her act by pretending to lock her in the wardrobe in her cell, as she suspects she is only trying to trick the officers. Bea tackles Gerri and doesn't seem convinced by her explanation of why she is so interested in her. Helen meets the reporter who exposed Harry Stanfield in a coffee bar and he agrees to get her some information on the cult Sharon wants join. Ann tells Ted Douglas that despite the burglary all the negatives weren't found and he demands the prison is searched when Ann reminds him the women have a copy of the photograph. When confronted about it, Bea just laughs in his face. Pixie annoys Mrs O'Regan with some experimental cookery  . Dr Weissman says he thinks Laura is suffering from multiple personality syndrome and wants to contact Laura's father to find out more about her family background. Meg agrees to accompany him. Matt Kelly reports back to Judy and Helen about the Poddies: their leader calls himself the Revened Alpha Centauri and is selling multiple shares to his followers on the same small patch of land. Sister Kelly lets Roxanne see the baby. Bea hints to Gerri that the photo is hidden in the clay for the pottery class. The Sheldons collect Roxanne's baby: she listens from the next door room, then goes to take the child the teddy bear given by the women, but stops herself and steps back into the room in tears. Pixie brings Ann her tea: the pot, milk jug and sugar bowl are all empty  , but she pretends to pour Ann out a cup anyway, which Ann pretends to drink. Meg and Dr Weissman visit Laura's father to ask him to visit her. Helen and Judy go to meet Sharon, but Brother Red Earth comes instead and presses Helen to sign a release form for Sharon's money. Helen tells him she won't sign. Marty returns on shore leave with a new friend, Dennis. Pixie's solicitor tells her that her first husband is divorcing her: she is upset to think that she'll be a single woman again. Ann is roughed up at home by two masked men. |
EPISODE 382Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 17 October 1998 04:40 Gerri Doogan's attempts to save Douglas are foiled. Laura reveals disturbing facts about herself while she is hypnotised.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Laura/Brandy ~ Roslyn Gentle Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Paul ~ Paul Newman Mr Douglas ~ Ian Smith Dr Weissman ~ Bryon Williams Helen ~ Caroline Gillmer Gerri Doogan ~ Deborah Kennedy Matt Thomas ~ Peter Dunn Brother Red Earth ~ Peter Flett Marty Jackson ~ Andrew McKaige Dennis Quinn ~ Chris Connelly Det. Insp. Fields ~ Alan Lovett  Mr Gardiner ~ Terry McDermott Rev. Alpha Centauri ~ Kevin Summers  Peter Shannon ~ Nick Holland  Detective Lucas ~ John Devlin  The number of counts of bigamy against Pixie increases to five. | Wally is called away from his pottery class at Wentworth to be questioned by the police. Bea stops Gerri putting the clay away after the class. Ann tells the police Bea may have another copy of the photo. Brother Red Earth  reports back to the Reverend Alpha Centauri  (who is sporting a lovely pink gown  and pearl headband ), and he says he will have to "ritually relinquish" Sharon of her money with the help of the law. Det. Insp. Fields tells Ann that someone in the Department has been illegally organising parole for payment. Marty walks out on dinner with Meg leaving her alone with Dennis. Gerri hides in the rec room cupboard to get a chance to search for the photo: Bea catches her and takes the photo back. Gerri confesses that she is working for Lionel Fellowes. Meg gets an obscene phone call at home while Dennis is with her and telling her about his wretched family life. Bea hands the photo to the police and tells them about Gerri. Marty gives Meg a whistle in case the dirty phone caller ever rings back and tells her she needs "a couple of sailors" around the house. Pixie "mistakes" Wally for one of her husbands when she brings Ann her tea in her office: she accuses Ann of being a "Jezebel" for stealing him from her. Laura's father visits, but she changes to Brandy and attacks him. Dennis meets Meg from work in a hired car and tells her that Dennis has been called back to the ship. Pixie turns up to dinner with an impromptu hair dye, claiming that Martians have turned her hair red  . Colleen is not impressed and sends her to the showers to wash it off. Laura sees Dr Weismann, and under hypnosis Laura banishes Brandy. Dr Weissman asks for Laura to be transferred to a sanatorium for extensive psychotherapy. Ann can't track down Ted Douglas: his secretrary says he's on his way to see her at Wentworth, but when she phones him at home, his (male) cleaner says he's gone to the airport. Pixie sees Dr Weissmann but fails to convince him that she's crazy. Helen gets a call from the reporter Matt to ask her to meet an ex-member of the cult. Laura sees her father again and apologises for her previous behaviour: he tells her he will pay for her private treatment. Ted Douglas is stopped by the police as he boards a plane. Meg gets another obscene phone call: as soon as Marty leaves the house, Dennis arrives on cue to comfort Meg. Helen talks to the ex-member of the cult: he tells her how he got involved in the cult, and how he was kidnapped and "de-programmed". Laura apologises to Bea for anything she may have said when she was Brandy. Meg is followed home from work, and finds SLUT  daubed on her mirror in lipstick before receiving another threatening call, which taunts her about the whistle. |
EPISODE 383Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 18 October 1998 04:40 Helen tries to save her sister from brainwashing by a religious cult, and Meg discovers the identity of her obscene caller.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Phyllis ~ Reylene Pearce Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Helen ~ Caroline Gillmer Petra ~ Penny Maegraith  Brother Red Earth ~ Peter Flett Marty Jackson ~ Andrew McKaige Dennis Quinn ~ Chris Connelly Sharon ~ Liddy Clarke  Dr Scott Collins ~ Tim Elston  Peter Shannon ~ Nick Holland Colin Burton ~ Peter Crossley  Mandy Stevens ~ Jill Butler  Lindy Peters ~ Julie Nihill  Insp. Tate ~ Russell Newman  Sergeant Willis ~ Derek Williams  Janie ~ Michelle Thomas  Woman Shopper ~ Ruth Jaffe  Young Man Shopper ~ Iain Murton  | The police question Meg: she tells them that the intruder must be someone who knows her. Helen is to be sued by Alpha Centauri on her sister's behalf: the fact that Sharon has a right to the money means that he will probably win unless Sharon is declared insane. Ted Douglas is charged with corruption: Joan expresses her regret, as he was a "good Department man", but Ann points out he was a criminal. Meg's house is put under round-the-clock surveillance. Lizzie hears a message from an old friend on the radio, inviting his old friends to write to him at an address in Knightsbridge. Helen goes to see Sharon, but fails to convince her that she's been brainwashed. Sharon tells Helen she will be married to whoever the leader decides. Lizzie writes to her friend Mick using Meg's address. Dennis offers to stay with Meg if Marty wants a night off. Bea and Maxine egg Lizzie on to embroider the truth in her first letter to Mick. Helen approaches Sharon in the street to try again to convince her to leave the cult, but two strangers join in the argument on opposing sides. Colleen agrees to stay overnight with Meg. so Marty and Dennis are told to go out and enjoy themelves. Peter introduces Helen to the de-programmer Colin Burton. Colleen fields a phone call for Meg and gives the person on the other end a good blast on the whistle. Helen tells Judy she's pallning to take Sharon away from the cult by force: Judy offers the use of the use of the attic at Driscoll House for the deprogramming. Ann sees a new remand prisoner, Petra Roberts, who is willing to admit to killing her father but refuses to explain or say anything else. Helen and Judy prepare the attic at Driscoll for the de-programming, and tell Wally a drug addict is drying out. He sees through the story, but Judy tells him he'll just have to pretend to belive it as she can't tell him what they are really doing. Ann tells Pixie she isn't to be transferred, but must continue to see Dr Weissmann. The women decide to write a love letter for Pixie to cheer her up: Petra offers to help. As an English teacher, her spelling should be better than Lizzie's or Bea's. Marty and Dennis pick up a couple of girls in a bar. Dennis is too shy when his date gets him back to her flat, so she decides to give him a lesson in loving and puts a tape in her recorder to save it all for posterity. Phyllis gets the letter to Pixie by pretending she's been given it by mistake at the mail call. Pixie is delighted. A new doctor attends the women in the halfway house: Judy suggests he helps out at Wentworth. Meg gets another call: this time the caller plays back a tape of the murder of a girl. Helen and her accomplices kidnap Sharon and bundle her into a van. Dennis visits Meg, revealing himself as her anonymous caller and pulling a knife on her  . |
EPISODE 384Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 20 October 1998 04:40 Pixie's plan to hook a man is put into action.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Dr Scott Collins ~ Tim Elston Dr Weissman ~ Bryon Williams Helen ~ Caroline Gillmer Sharon ~ Liddy Clarke Brother Red Earth ~ Peter Flett Marty Jackson ~ Andrew McKaige Dennis Quinn ~ Chris Connelly Rev. Alpha Centauri ~ Kevin Summers Peter Shannon ~ Nick Holland Colin Burton ~ Peter Crossley Insp. Tate ~ Russell Newman Mrs Collins ~ Babs Wheelton  Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Mandy Stevens ~ Jill Butler Lindy Peters ~ Julie Nihill Off. Barfield ~ Delva Hunter Van Driver ~ Gary McConville  Constable ~ John Ramsay Desk Sergeant ~ Peter Black  Nancy Banks-Smith's Guardian review of this episode suggests a broadcast date on Carlton of Weds 21st July 1993 Judy refers to "Wanda" who is one of the non-speaking residents (as seen in the following episode), not a mistake for actress Wanda Davidson who plays Frances. | We see that the car driver watching Meg's house has had his throat cut  . Dennis gets more openly pervy and unhinged  , alternately slashing Meg's clothes  and talking to her as if she's his mother. The police try to contact Meg by phone and when she doesn't answer send a patrol car round. Sharon is taken to the attic at Driscoll House. Meg takes advantage of Dennis's delusion and persuades Dennis to drop the knife: the police turn up on cue to arrest him. Maxine tells Pixie the love letter could be from Dan the delivery man. The police have the impertinence to ask Meg if she "encouraged" Dennis in any way and Meg asks Marty to stay over as she's feeling a bit "shaky". Alpha Centauri gives a sermon to his followers ("Blend with the Force, my children") breaking off to phone Helen at the halfway house to threaten her over Sharon's disappearance. Helen makes a counterthreat to expose his fraud and his real identity and the cult leader tells her she can keep Helen. The deprogammers discuss the best tactics to help Sharon. Bea suggests to Petra that she could help by teaching the women in Wentworth. Meg returns to normal remarkably quickly after her ordeal and Colleen drops in to see how she is. Meg explains that the police think the first caller may have given Dennis the idea. Pixie flirts with Danny but when it becomes obvious he doesn't even know her name it becomes obvious to Pixie that he couldn't have written the letter. Petra's trial is postponed to get her legal representation, even though she wants to plead guilty and not offer any evidence. Maxie and Pixie are among the first to agree to attend Petras's classes. Helen explains the noise coming from the attic to the other halfway house residents as a friend who is trying to come off drugs. Lizzie tells the others about her friend Mick. Wally is the next to be identified as the writer of Pixie's letter. Colin and Peter do the bad cop / good cop routine on Sharon. Wally has to invite Ann to dinner to stop her when she announces she intends to visit Driscoll House. At Wally's life drawing class where she is the only pupil, Pixie and Wally talk at cross purposes until he has to admit he didn't write the letter. Scott visits Driscoll House and hears the shrieking from the attic: he is given the standard excuse about a resident going "cold turkey". Pixie now believes it was Dr Weissmann who wrote the letter nd adds a few supposedly seductive frills to her uniform, but is disappointed yet again when he interviews her in the Governor's office. Judy comforts Helen when she starts to find Sharon's deprogramming distressing. The women finally tell Pixie the truth about who wrote the love letter. A neighbour phones the police to complain about the noise at Driscoll, and the de-programming ends in disaster when Sharon first attacks Helen when she tries to intervene and then accidentally stabs Colin Burton with the cheese knife he was waving around earlier in the episode. |
EPISODE 385Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 21 October 1998 04:40Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Lizzie ~ Sheila Florance Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Bea ~ Val Lehman Colleen ~ Judith McGrath Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Maxine ~ Lisa Crittenden Wally ~ Alan Hopgood Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Helen ~ Caroline Gillmer Petra ~ Penny Maegraith Sharon ~ Liddy Clarke Dr Scott Collins ~ Tim Elston Peter Shannon ~ Nick Holland Colin Burton ~ Peter Crossley Wayne Randall ~ William Upjohn  Lucy Ferguson ~ Yoni Prior  Kaylene Rawlins ~ Mickey Camelleri  Const. Waites ~ Robert McClelland  Sgt. Moore ~ Jeffrey Hodgson  Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Waiter ~ Vince D'Amico  | Sharon sets about attacking Helen again until Judy stops her, as the police arrive to investigate the complaint. Wally takes Ann for dinner in a place which very defintely isn't a veggie restaurant (for all of Ann's talk of "bean curd"). Helen, Sharon and Judy are taking in for questioning. Joan's niece Lucy visits with her boyfriend Wayne, and breaks in when Joan doesn't answer. Sharon is charged with malicious wounding, Helen with kidnapping and Judy with accessory to abduction. Helen refuses bail to stay with her sister but pays Judy's bail. Joan fails to recognise Lucy ("Ted's daughter?") when she returns home and finds her asleep on the front porch. Helen and Sharon are taken to Wentworth and Pixie behaves as if she's shocked when Helen tells her why she been in Wentworth before. Lucy tells Joan she wants to stay with her to give her chance to look for a job, but she has other motives: her boyfriend brings round drugs to hide in Joan's house. He tells her they could set up as dealers if they could get hold of a few hundred dollars. Ann gives the go-ahead to Petra's classes, despite Joan putting in her oar in to say how pointless they have been in the past. Colleen specifically warns Scott about Pixie and her attempts to get out on psyciatric grounds. Petra hears Lizzie mention Scott's name and drops an iron on her foot to get to see him: it is apparent that they know each other intimately and that Petra didn't want him to contact her as she expects to be found guilty so they cannot now get married. Ann is angry with Wally for deceiving her about the events at Driscoll, but he protests that he did only invite her out because he enjoyed her company. Sharon talks loudly in the dining room about the "religious life" to Pixie so Helen can hear. Maxine takes Sharon's side against the oldies. Ann tells Judy she may lose both her jobs and Driscoll House closed down. Sharon rejects Helen and accuses her of only getting involved so she could get hold of her inheritance. Pixie pesters Meg to get to see Scott but overdoes it by mentioning the bells she hears come from Mars: he quips that she's lucky they don't come from Uranus. The women take sides about Sharon - Maxine for Sharon and Lizzie for Helen. Pixie forgets the tablets Scott gave her and returns to the surgery where Scott is just about to kiss Petra, and promptly tells the women what's she's seen. Kay visits Helen to pass on information from an ex Woodridge inmate about Lionel Fellows, and warns that Fellows is out for revenge over the photo of him and Ted Douglas. Lucy cons money out of Joan to buy clothes to make a better impression at interviews, which she hands over to Wayne. Scott tells Judy the truth about his relationship with Petra. Bea tries to talk to Sharon, but when Colleen arrives on the scene just as Sharon attacks Bea, it is Bea who is accused of hitting Sharon. Colleen puts Bea in solitary. Peter comes to Driscoll to tell Judy that Colin Burton has died. |
Script Editor: Ian Smith (381)
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