EPISODE 606Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 15 April 2000 04:40 Lou is found with her wrists slashed and is sent to hospital. Rita Connors is set up.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Jessie ~ Pat Evison Nancy ~ Julia Blake Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Julie ~ Jackie Woodburne Lou ~ Louise Siversen Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Bob ~ Peter Adams Mervin ~ Ernie Bourne Steve ~ Peter Hayes Dan ~ Sean Scully Bongo ~ Shane Connors Roach ~ Linda Hartley Grub ~ Ingle Knight ![]() Mabel ~ Val Jellay Janet ~ Christine Earle Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Ambulance Driver ~ Michael Bennett Ambulance Attendant ~ Ray Hutchinson ![]() UNCREDITEDIda ~ Paddy Burnett | Lou delivers the can back to the laundry while Rita tells the women they must make a list of their demands. Rita finds Nancy writing her diary. When some bikie magazines fall out of her locker, Rita is upset of the reminder that she isn't able to attend Slasher's funeral. The Conquerors accompany Slasher's coffin which is carried on the back of a truck. Bongo makes remarks to Dan about Ann's role in keeping Rita away from the funeral. Nancy distracts Mervin while Rita gets some ingredients for the grog from the kitchen. Bob is annoyed that Ann is restoring some of the privileges he took away while he was Governor. Jessie tells Mabel to hire a private detective to track Harry Bassinger and asks her on Lexie's behalf about Pocco, who has disappeared. Dan makes a speech over Slasher's grave and everyone present has a swig of Jim Beam. Janet says she still supports Lou, and so would Alice and Carol (who's Carol?). Lou tells Janet to forget it ![]() ![]() ![]() |
EPISODE 607Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 16 April 2000 04:40 Lou Kelly escapes from hospital, but will she become another victim of Bassinger the maniac?![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Jessie ~ Pat Evison Nancy ~ Julia Blake Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Julie ~ Jackie Woodburne Lou ~ Louise Siversen Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Bob ~ Peter Adams Alice ~ Lois Collinder Dan ~ Sean Scully Mervin ~ Ernie Bourne Diana Groom ~ Amanda Cook Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Janet Williams ~ Christine Earle Officer Hooper ~ John Mortimer ![]() Tina Murray ~ Hazel Henley Doctor Wainwright ~ Bruce Carter ![]() Nurse No 1 ~ Robyn Hughan ![]() Nurse No 2 ~ Amanda Colliver ![]() Orderly ~ Con Mathios Policeman No 1 ~ David Le Page Policeman No 2 ~ Terry Cornwill Trucker ~ Ron Bingham Thanks to Kim for the writer credit and for pointing out that Diana Groom is in this episode after all - I originally thought she was not. | Ann questions Nancy about the stolen knife, but she is just bewildered by the accusation. Lou overhears that a nurse telling the officer she is OK and probably go back to can go back to Wentworth the next day. Bob talks to Rita: she insists that she kept her word and didn't attack Lou, reminding him that he made the decision not to transfer Lou to Blackmoor and now it's blown up in his face he's trying to pin the blame on her. Nancy tells the women about Rita being in solitary and Lexie points out that Rita was in the laundry all afternoon. The women tell Bob of Rita's alibi, but Joan doesn't believe it and says the women were acting suspiciously when she came to collect Rita from the laundry. Lexie and Julie go to ask Mervin about the knife just after he's promised Janet not to say anything about it, but Lexie notices Janet acting shiftily. Ann tells Rita of the evidence against her and Rita calls her a silly bitch for falling for Lou's frame-up. Nancy insists that she must tell Ann what she and Rita were really doing in the kitchen, but Lexie tells her that only Rita can make that decision. Mervin is upset that the women in the dining room (led by Lexie) hiss at him for betraying Rita. Joyce admits her anxiety to Mervin about having to waltz at the wedding. When Joyce goes to collect the tray from Rita in solitary, Rita throws back at her the cake Mervin sent and demands to see Dan. Ann is forced to admit to Bob that bringing Dan in might cause problems itself because of their relationship, but Bob persuades her to give it a try. Dan arrives at the prison on his bike: he tells Ann that he can't believe Rita would kill anyone with premeditation. Lou's wounds are examined by a police doctor to try to determine if they were self inflicted. Dan talks to Rita and is convinced by her story. He is just trying to persuade Ann to let Rita out of solitary when Bob reports that the forensic physician has decided that Lou's wounds were self inflicted and that Rita was telling the truth after all. Lou groans to makes the guard open the door and hits him with a metal jug. Ann realises that Lou's behaviour only makes sense if she's planning to escape and phones the hospital. Lou breaks into the staff lockers and escapes from hospital disguised in a nurse's uniform just as the call from Wentworth comes through. Ann apologises to Rita and Alice for not believing their story. Ann refuses to grant Dan's request that Rita be given Slasher's jacket. Rita returns to the women ![]() |
EPISODE 608Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 22 April 2000 04:40. The deputy governor is demoted to officer and the escapee finds refuge in a barn. Bassinger enlists his son's help.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Jessie ~ Pat Evison Nancy ~ Julia Blake Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Julie ~ Jackie Woodburne Lou ~ Louise Siversen Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Bob ~ Peter Adams Mervin ~ Ernie Bourne Steve ~ Peter Hayes Dan ~ Sean Scully Janet ~ Christine Earle Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines ![]() Harry Bassinger ~ John Frawley Amelia Bassinger ~ Barbara Burder ![]() Gary Bassinger ~ Chris Stevenson ![]() Flora Jenkins ~ Moira Claux ![]() Officer Radcliffe ~ Marion Dimmick James Dwyer ~ James Condon Newsreader ~ John Print ![]() | Bob tells the police that the last time Lou escaped she headed for Adelaide (to call on Reb's mother, presumably?) so he would bet she's going in the opposite direction. Joan confidently predicts that Bob's mistake in not transferring Lou will lose him the Deputy Governorship. Lexie drums up some business for the forthcoming drugs delivery with Vicki (a prisoner we've never seen before ![]() ![]() In the sequence showing different parts of the prison empty of people, maybe it wasn't a good idea to follow a shot of the the rec room |
EPISODE 609Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 23 April 2000 04:40. Lou Kelly is raped. Meanwhile, Lexie discovers that she is pregnant and finds out the real identity of her own mother.![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Jessie ~ Pat Evison Nancy ~ Julia Blake Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Julie ~ Jackie Woodburne Lou ~ Louise Siversen Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Bob ~ Peter Adams Alice ~ Lois Collinder Flora Jenkins ~ Monica Claux Sean Jenkins ~ Steve Millichamp ![]() Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Sister Hall ~ Gael Andrews Vicki McPherson ~ Rebecca Dines Alex Woodman ~ Earl Francis ![]() Officer Radcliffe ~ Marion Dimmick Pocco The Dog ~ Pocco UNCREDITEDSteve Ryan ~ Peter HayesPocco does not appear until the following episode. | Rita tells Alice and Nancy that she's heard the strike was organised by Joan against Bob. Alice hits Bob full in the face with a volleyball (by accident), which gives Rita the idea for a match between the officers and prisoners. Lexie has a pregnancy test, and has to admit to Sister Hall she might have been pregnant before she escaped. Jessie sees her lawyer: he tells her Bassinger has gone on holiday and a local call from someone suggests Bassinger isn't really responsible for the murders. He doubts he will be able to keep on with the case. Lexie's test is positive. Bob nearly hits Joan, but Joyce does it instead when Joan tells her she wasn't intending to come to her wedding to some "schonky little cook". Joan makes a complaint to Ann about being assaulted by Joyce. Lexie tells the women she's pregnant, and she's the only one who isn't pleased. Julie tries to persuade Lexie against having an abortion. Joyce bursts into tears when telling Meg she hit Joan: Meg says she'll make sure she won't lose her job over it. Meg goes to the staff room and tells Joan to tear up her report, or she'll go to the police about the fire she started. Lexie is offended when Jessie asks her if she was telling the truth about Bassinger. Julie tells Jessie that Lexie wants an abortion. Mrs Jenkins "invites" Lou into the farmhouse for a meal after her guests have left, but it turns out she wants Lou to work for it, by mucking out the donkeys. Lexie tries to pay Alice to beat her up enough to induce a miscarriage, but Alice refuses, citing the women's attitude to "kid killers". Alice's brother Sean makes advances to Lou, and threatens to expose her to the police if she doesn't do what he wants. Alice asks Nancy if there's anything in her diary about her, and if it's all bad. Nancy assures her that she's been much better since she fell out with Lou. Sean comes back later to "collect" and when she struggles, he rapes her. Alice suggests the women should could a wedding breakfast for Mervin and Joyce. Joyce brings some boxes of broken toys for the women to repair in their rec time, and Rita finds a skittle in one of the boxes. Sean warns Lou not to go crying to his mother as she won't believe her, and he knows a few things about Lou from Alice's letters that she wouldn't have told her mother. The women turn a corridor into a bowling alley. Nancy realises that there is more than appears to Jessie's concern for Lexie, and Jessie admits the real reason to her and that she's only in prison to be with Lexie. After Nancy points out there's nothing left to stop her telling Lexie, Jessie decides to try. Ann calls Rita in to her office to tell her most of the women's suggestions are acceptable, but she objects to the idea of having Dan as chaplain, which she takes as a personal dig. Rita replies it was Nancy's suggestion and a perfectly genuine one. Jessie tries to tell Lexie who she really is in a roundabout way, but takes too long to get to the point and Lexie assumes it's just another sob story to put her off the abortion. Julie finds a broken radio controlled car among the toys and says she thinks she can fix it with a bit of solder in the workshop. Alice gets teased for taking a fancy to a tiny baby doll ![]() |
EPISODE 610Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 29 April 2000 04:40. Lexie's mother is poisoned when she mistakenly drinks a lethal cocktail of home brew and drain cleaner. Will a child killer become one of Wentworth's newest inmates?![]() Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joyce ~ Joy Westmore Jessie ~ Pat Evison Nancy ~ Julia Blake Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Julie ~ Jackie Woodburne Lou ~ Louise Siversen Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Alice ~ Lois Collinder Bob ~ Peter Adams Steve ~ Peter Hayes Dan ~ Sean Scully Flora Jenkins ~ Monica Claux Lady Giddings ~ Gabrielle Hartley Kath Maxwell ~ Kate Hood Sean Jenkins ~ Steve Millichamp Alan Maxwell ~ Peter Flett Newscaster ~ Lindsay Edwards Pocco The Dog ~ Pocco Thanks to Kim for pointing out that there is no Newscaster in the broadcast version of this episode. Joyce identifies Alice's recipe of eggs "on spinach with a sauce over the top" as Eggs Benedict, but that is eggs with Canadian bacon and hollandaise sauce on English muffins. The dish Alice describes is called Eggs Florentine. | Bob is responding to a phone call from Kath, who admits to him that she killed her daughter to "stop the pain". Jessie promises Lexie that she gave Lady Giddings money to take care of Lexie because she believed she wanted to get off the game, and reminds her of the photo he saw of herself when young. Lexie rejects Jessie and her story. Kath tells Bob she killed Linda by smothering her with a pillow and asks Bob to contact her husband and explain why she is in police custody. Despite Bob's insistence that she needn't tell anyone, Kath says she must face the consequences for what she has done. Steve invites Julie to come to Mervin and Joyce's wedding if her parole comes through. Jessie tells all the women in the workshop she's Lexie's mother and decides to get Lady Giddings in to Wentworth to tell Lexie the truth. Alan returns home unexpectedly and while Bob is talking to him, Kath phones the police. Bob begs Kath to keep his friendship with her a secret in case she is sent to Wentworth. Rita asks Dan to consider taking the job as chaplain at Wentworth. Sean comes back to Lou for more: she hits him in the balls, but collapses with the exertion. Lou overhears Flora saying she'll get some penicillin to treat Lou and if that doesn't work they will dump her. Dan tries to reassure Ann that their relationship shouldn't stand in the way of him working with the women. Lou ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Story Editor: Bevan Lee
Script Editor: Alister Webb (606); Fay Rousseaux (607); Alister Webb (608)-(609); Fay Rousseaux (610)
Storyliners: Bevan Lee, Tony McDonald, John Coulter - all (606)-(610), Kelly Bermingham (606)-(608) only
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