EPISODE 486Broadcast on Channel 5 Friday 12 March 1999 04:40 Bobbie's worried that her dope plants may be discovered, while Pixie tries to reconcile Kerryn to prison life. [see below] Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne | Reb raises the alarm with Joyce and says Joan may be dead. Ann reports the discovery of the letter to the police. Meg and Ann are amused by the idea of Joyce hauling Joan to safety. Myra and Pixie try to convince Kerryn that she ought to try to make friends with some of the women. Dot accuses Angel of ruining her crochet. The women figure out that it was Reb who was in danger from Joan, not the other way round. Bobbie and Marlene start a card school. Ann obviously doesn't believe Joan's version of events but Reb tells Ann Joan fell because she was trying to push her over the edge. Ann tells Joan she is holding her responsible for making sure that no harm comes to Reb before the results of the enquiry. Myra confiscates Marlene's winnings when Pixie notices the cards are marked. Stan asks Edie if she'd be happy for Bobbie to come and visit their home. Myra commiserates with Meg and tells her that one of the prisoners knows the identity of the second attacker, but cannot give Meg the name without lagging. Judy finds some rotten food in her bed, and Dot tells her it must have been Angel who put it there. Marlene studies the form but Bobbie proves she has no idea of how to work out odds. Kerryn wakes Pixie up with a nightmare: she is finding the separation from her husband difficult to bear. Judy empties a shampoo bottle into Angel's shower bag: she and Myra agree that they will have to start getting tough with Angel. Stan sets off to work in uniform, and Nev follows him. The women find all their clothes are missing when they return from their shower, so they go to breakfast in their pyjamas. Nev catches Stan leaving a public toilet  where he has changed into his workman's overalls: he tells Stan he wants his job or he'll tell his wife about his quick change act. Marlene and Bobbie get Myra's permission to start running a book. Marlene is caught by Joan putting out a mattress fire started by Angel and gets the blame for it. Myra roughs up Angel and gets her to tell more about Peter Wright. Phillip starts typing classes for the women, assuring them that a secretary earns a "top salary" (?) Dot is found unconscious after taking her ulcer medicine: it turns out it had been poisoned. Myra gives Meg a list of Peter Wright's other victims. Inspector Rouse calls Ann at work and asks her to leave immediately for her flat. Meg refuses to protect Angel when the women come for her: they take her to the shower block and cut off all her hair. Joan finds her cowering in one of the cubicles. Inspector Rouse tells Ann an intruder has been spotted at her flat, but he got away. |
The credits broadcast on Channel 5 and previously by Granada were exactly the same as for (485). There are no new characters who only appear in this episode, so I have listed above the characters who do appear.
EPISODE 487Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 13 March 1999 04:40 The women shave Angel's head; Lou pays Neville Sloane for the drugs he smuggled in; and Rob and Lou prepare another threatening letter in an attempt to extort Ann Reynolds.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicholson Myra ~ Anne Phelan Reb ~ Janet Andrewartha Stanley ~ Brian James Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marlene ~ Genevieve Lemon Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Lou ~ Louise Siversen Angel ~ Kylie Foster Phillip ~ Steve Kuhn Edie ~ Marion Heathfield Kerryn ~ Jill Forster Lyle Davies ~ Barry Hill Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Neville ~ Jon Evans Det. Insp. Rouse ~ Paul Karo Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill Det. Sgt. Johnson ~ Bob Halsall | The police guard on Ann's flat has been mutilated and is not expected to survive. Meg passes on Myra's information to the police, but they say they need to know her source. Reb greets Lou with a punch in the stomach, as she thinks it was Reb who lagged on her for having the knife. When Lou complains that Marlene has beaten her to it by starting a book, Reb suggests they let her do the hard work and just take the money from her when she's got it. However, she warns Lou she can't seem to be involved as she's trying to pretend to be a good girl. Stan returns home depressed after visiting Cass. Edie tells him an old friend has come to visit, but it's Nev who is waiting in the lounge. Marlene is pleased to be $13 ahead after the first races. Angel comes into the rec room shrieking at the women to look at what they have done to her and swearing to get them all for it. Nev tells Stan he wants him to suggest him as an assistant. Reb makes an approach to Myra to try to con her that she's changed. Inspector Grace interviews Angel to she if she can help identify Peter Wright's assailant, but she eventually slips up by referring to "Peter" when the police have only called him "Wright". Myra coldly ignores Angel when she throws a tantrum in her cell after lights out and tells her to grow up. Angel spits in her face, so Myra slaps her and tells her to clean up the mess she's made. Ann tells Meg that Dot is still in danger but is expected to improve. Angel apologises to Meg for what happens, but Meg replies she doesn't care what she thinks and warns her the women won't stop at cutting her hair next time. After she is left alone, Angel picks up a can of caustic soda and says to herself she can fight her own battles. Ann agrees to Stan's proposal to take on an assistant. Inspector Rouse tells Ann the constable found in her flat has died, and that he was his son-in-law. Lou and Fran heavy Marlene to hand over her takings. Ann announces the police will be interviewing all the women, but cannot tell them why. Nev finds Bobbie's dope plants under the shed. Joan supervises Lyle's visit to Kerryn and she roughly separates them when their hug goes on for too long. Kerryn still refuses to tell Lyle why she stole the money. Judy tells the women the police's questions make no sense and seem to imply that someone is out to harm Ann. Lou overhears Ann and Meg discussing the death threats, including details of the letters, and passes on the information to Reb. Nev passes the goods to Lou, which he'd brought inside in a manure bag. Bobbie overhears Stan telling Nev off for passing something to Lou. Pixie tells the women that Kerryn has been taken to the infirmary with a mysterious injury to her hands. Lou tries to stir up the women against Marlene when she says she can't pay up till the following day. Nev waits until he and Bobbie are alone in the shed then blackmails her to have sex with him or he will tell the Governor about the dope plants. Reb makes a ransom note  demanding $50,000 or Ann will be killed. |
EPISODE 488Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 14 March 1999 04:40 Angel is furious when one off her tricks fails. Ann receives another nasty letter. And Bobbie tries to injure Neville Sloane.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicholson Myra ~ Anne Phelan Reb ~ Janet Andrewartha Stanley ~ Brian James Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marlene ~ Genevieve Lemon Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Lou ~ Louise Siversen Phillip ~ Steve Kuhn Lyle ~ Barry Hill  Tim ~ Dale Burridge  Diedre ~ Anne Charleston Neville ~ Jon Evans Sarah Higgins ~ Nell Johnson Officer Brown ~ Geraldine Girvan Officer Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Peter Wright (facsimile) ~ Andy Meldrum Waiter ~ Peter Cameron  UNCREDITEDKerryn ~ Jill ForsterAngel ~ Kylie Foster Sarah's Higgins' remark about "favours" is to set up a storyline that isn't picked up until (492) The "facsimile" credit is a mystery - unless it's a mistake for the stunt person pretending to be Bobbie? | Marlene admits to Pixie she's scared that she hasn't the money to pay her punters, but she has a brain-wave: Pixie will lift the money from the pockets of whoever has it. Phil insists that Meg breaks her dinner date with Ann and goes out with him instead. Lou starts selling booze and fags, but tells Myra she isn't getting it in through Joan. Pixie bumps into Lou in the rec room and lifts what's in her pocket but it's only a chocolate bar. Angel puts caustic soda in Myra's toothpaste and shampoo. Joan catches her in the act and Angel stabs Joan in the stomach with a pair of scissors  . Pixie tells Marlene about her "landlord" giving her presents in return for "services". Meg is unhappy in the restaurant and Phil asks for the waiter to wrap up their food to take out. With the help of Bobbie and a kettle of "boiling" water, Marlene gets her money back from Lou. Bobbie thrusts the kettle at Lou to demonstrate that it's cold. Lyle is puzzled and asks his son Tim if he knows why Kerryn committed fraud, but he just says they have to trust that she had a good reason. Joan is shown bleeding slumped behind a cell door  . Judy noodles at the piano in the rec room and writes "Pixie's song"  : Myra asks if she's going to put words to the tune, but Judy says "none she'll ever see". Meg tells Phil she can't cope with her feelings. Judy can't get her cell door open as Joan is propped up behind it: Joyce is present to get help for her. Lou and Reb speculate about who stabbed Joan. Judy and Pixie find their shampoo bottles melting: the ones that Angel has laced with caustic soda. Myra and Judy manage to get to Marlene in time to stop her using the shampoo that she's borrowed from Pixie. Meg catches Angel in a corridor and tells her to come with her to the shower block: Angel punches her and gets away. She runs to her cell and gloats about the damage she's done to Meg, Joan and Marlene: her sppech becomes increasingly fractured and it becomes clear she is cracking up, and she ends up hiding in a corner  chanting "I'm sorry" over and over again. Officer Slattery tells Joyce that Joan will be all right. Kerryn tells Pixie she's going on hunger strike until the authorities let her see Lyle in a private visit. Visiting Justice Sarah Higgins discusses Bobbie's case with Ann and agrees to be lenient with Bobbie as "a favour" for Ann. Ann's face shows that she is surprised by this and Ms Higgins' implication that she will call in the favour some day. Marlene rubs Lou's nose in it by paying her debts in front of her. Lou takes it out on Kerryn by heavying her while she's doing a laundry pickup. Bobbie is surprised to get a suspended sentence for thirty days but Ms Higgins' "favour" doesn't extend to Reb, who gets 18 months. Nev slips Lou's ransom note into the prison mail while Officer Brown has her back turned. Pixie gets a letter from Mr Schumann saying he's running the shop on her own. Diedre visits Reb. Kerryn is told she will be allowed conjugal visits because of "the state of her health". Ann finds the ransom note hidden in her post. Bobbie is forced by Nev to have sex with him again: Stan catches them afterwards, but seems to believe Nev's claim that it was Bobbie's idea. Ann shows the note  to the officers on duty: Joyce says it wasn't there when the mail was delivered, so they all conclude the note came from inside the prison. Marlene finds a spider on her hand when she goes in someone's wall cabinet. Bobbie decides to take action and drives a tractor straight at Nev, colliding with the side of the shed and sending Stan (who is inside) flying. |
EPISODE 489Broadcast on Channel 5 Tuesday 16 March 1999 04:40 Lou is shocked to find herself facing a charge of accessory to murder. Pixie takes evasive action when she discovers that Judy loves her.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Ann ~ Gerda Nicholson Myra ~ Anne Phelan Reb ~ Janet Andrewartha Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Stanley ~ Brian James Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marlene ~ Genevieve Lemon Lou ~ Louise Siversen Phillip ~ Steve Kuhn Edie ~ Marion Heathfield Kerryn ~ Jill Forster Lyle ~ Barry Hill Alice ~ Lois Collinder Neville ~ Jon Evans Det. Insp. Rouse ~ Paul Karo Mike Wyler ~ Stephen Hutchinson  Loutish Youth ~ Rick Ireland  Detective No. 1 ~ Glen Ruehland Detective No. 2 ~ James Patrick Detective No. 3 ~ Helmut Jensen Ticket Collector ~ Brian Worth Nev picks up the bag from Rosewood station on the Frankston Line. The freeze frame on Lou at the end is a rare non-cliffhanger example. | Stan and Nev share responsibility for the tractor accident, but Bobbie is still punished. Marlene gets no sympathy for her arachnophobia, and Pixie says she will catch the spider. Inspector Rouse says the letter could be a lucky break as it may have fingerprints which will identify the person inside the prison who is helping the extortionist. Pixie shows her extensive knowledge of entomology and is upset when Joyce takes her pet "Henry" away. Bobbie tells Stan she is worried that she is getting in so deep that she will never get out of prison. Stan slaps her and Bobbie tells him she wishes he was her dad [so how is that different from her real father?] Meg assumes that Phil is just being kind to her to build up her confidence and is alarmed by his profession of his feelings for her. Nev interrupts and so finds out about this and that Meg is staying at Ann's place... Marlene decides to use her profits to buy a bunch of flowers for Dot, but isn't able to answer Meg's question about where the money came from. Stan tells Edie he is considering asking for Bobbie to be released on licence, but she says he is only trying to replace their own daughter Mary Ann [and what happened to her...?] Nev phones Ann at Meg's with a ransom demand and tells her she has to deliver $20,200 in person tomorrow. She tells Inspector Rouse of the details of the drop and says she will do it in person as the caller demanded. Marlene gets inspiration for a new scam when she finds out that Pixie knows almost all of the Bible off by heart and can cite chapter and verse. Judy is called to Ann's office to be told that her finger prints have been found on the note, but she protests she has no reason to want to hurt Ann. Joyce tells the women that Dot is coming out of hospital, but is going to be transferred to the prison farm. Pixie finds Judy's song when collecting Dot's things and reads the words, so is embarrassed when Judy puts her arm round her later on. Ann goes to drop off the money as agreed. Kerryn tells Myra she committed fraud to cover up her stepson's gambling debts from his father. The pickup plan has a hiccup when the phone box is engaged by a "loutish youth". Pixie tells Joyce she has changed her mind about her request to share with Judy. Ann has to pick up a note taped inside the phone box so the instructions can't be heard by the police tapping the phone. Reb has to calm Lou's fears that Nev is double-crossing her. Ann transfers the money from the red holdall supplied by the police to her own handbag. The police see the change and get a backup officer to follow Ann onto the train she boards, but he doesn't see her dump her handbag in a rubbish bin. Kerryn is taken to a new visiting suite to meet Lyle. Nev is picked up collecting the money from the rubbish bin. Marlene lays bets on Pixie being able to say where any Bible quote comes from. Judy wants to know why Pixie is avoiding her: she claims it's because she wants to spend more time with Kerryn to help her get used to prison. The women embarrass Kerryn by chanting "YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO IT"  . Myra tries to stop them but it is too late: Lyle has already been put off his stroke. Lou is told that Neville has lagged on her and she is to be charged as an accomplice to the murder of the police guard. |
EPISODE 490Broadcast on Channel 5 Wednesday 17 March 1999 04:40 Philip and Meg are injured in Lou's escape bid, while Bobbie comes to visit Cheryl.Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Judy ~ Betty Bobbitt Ann ~ Gerda Nicholson Myra ~ Anne Phelan Reb ~ Janet Andrewartha Pixie ~ Judy McBurney Stanley ~ Brian James Bobbie ~ Maxine Klibingaitis Marlene ~ Genevieve Lemon Lou ~ Louise Siversen Kerryn ~ Jill Forster Phillip ~ Steve Kuhn Edie ~ Marion Heathfield Lyle ~ Barry Hill Cheryl Mitchell ~ Dior Deumer Frances ~ Wanda Davidson Gate Guard ~ Brad Lindsay Vicar ~ Kevin Manser  Friend No. 1 ~ Ngarrie McCutcheon  [L]Friend No. 2 ~ Hannah Govan [R]As subsequent events demonstrate, putting your phone on top of the fridge is a bit stupid | Myra is disgusted with the women for the prank against Kerryn. Lyle asks Kerryn again why she stole the money, but she won't say. Lou is furious at the murder charge and dismisses Reb's claim that she has the perfect alibi for the murder: Lou tells her she's going to escape, and Reb is going to help her. Ann tells Meg she doesn't believe that Lou was behind the letters, and Meg points out they started to arrive long before Nev started work. Stan tells Bobbie that Nev has been arrested, and that he and Lou have been charged with murder. Myra makes Marlene and Bobbie apologise to Kerryn: she refuses to accept their apology. Meg gives Kerryn a note from her husband, saying he's going away. Marlene takes bets on whether she can tell where quotes from the Bible come from, as long as Pixie whispers the answer to her. Fran offers to help Lou escape, but when she hears Lou's plan - involving kidnapping Stan and grabbing a car - she decides to stay where she is. Kerryn phones Lyle, but he refuses to reconsider: he offers the somewhat selfish excuse that he can't bear to see her in "that place". Bobbie puts on the purple and black chequerboard dress  she last wore as a prostitute in Sydney for her visit to Stan and Edie. Meg tells the women that a softball game has been arranged for them that afternoon. After Pixie advises her, Bobbie changes her dress. Myra realises that Pixie is worried about something, and Pixie tells her  she has realised that Judy is in love with her and it makes her uncomfortable. Myra tells her she's the last one to know about Judy feelings for her but Pixie shouldn't let it affect their friendship. Bobbie decides she'd like to see her sister Cheryl, so Stan reluctantly drives her there. She finds that Cheryl is alone locked in the house. Phil tries to explain the rules of softball  to the women. Stan takes Bobbie home to meet Edie. Pixie makes it up with Judy. Edie's mates Elizabeth and Florence call round: Bobbie offers to play cards with them and she teaches them seven card stud. Phil invites Meg to play softball and suggests the officers play the prisoners. Lou takes a knife from a table in the dining room and pockets it. Stan and Edie leave Bobbie unsupervised while they go for a walk, and she takes the opportunity to phone Cheryl. Cheryl has to climb onto a chair to answer it, but overbalances and tumbles to the floor. Bobbie leaves a note and goes to help Cheryl, but the note falls out of sight. Edie and Stan return from their walk and find Bobbie gone. Bobbie has to break into the house when Cheryl doesn't answer. Lou makes an escape attempt during a softball game by batting Phil, Meg and a gate guard. |
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