EPISODE 631Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 15 July 2000 04:40. Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Alice ~ Lois Collinder Nancy ~ Julia Blake Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Janet ~ Christine Earle Roach Waters ~ Linda Hartley Marty Jackson ~ Michael Winchester Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbott Delia Stout ~ Desiree Smith Rodney Adams ~ Philip Hyde Harry Parker ~ Howard Priddle Margie Fleming ~ Helen Milte  Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Chikka ~ Ingle Knight  Morgan McDermott ~ Maurice Marion | Joan tells Andrew she's not right for him, but does not correct his assumption that Terri was a man (perhaps because of the powerful visual metaphor that their relationship is a game of chess  ). Lorelei plays Joan in the video wearing Rodney's uniform: her interpretation is a little eccentric, suggesting she sees Joan as a cross between a meerkat and the vampire in "Nosferatu"  . Merle finds Rodney hiding behind the door in his undies, and assumes he' s playing the same game as Julie was when she caught her with no clothes on. Meg and Delia are heard approaching the rec room as teh women are shooting a scene from the video in there. Lorelei has to hide in the rec room cupboard, and Meg discovers her when she sneezes, although Lorelei has somehow has had time to remove the uniform in the time it takes Meg to cross the room. Nancy's suggestion that they were rehearsing for "The Diary of Anne Frank" does not convince Meg (for some reason). Rita returns the uniform to Rodney and warns him they have a copy of it in use on videotape if he's thinking of reporting them. Mr Parker's associate Morgan pays a visit to the Conquerors. When Andrew sees Joan scanning the property pages, he tells her she doesn't have to rush into buying a house. Mr Parker phones Joan at Andrew's to tell her the Conquerors are fixed and he's sending a visitor to Rita to tell her that Bongo and Grub will be killed in Woodridge if she causes any more problems for Joan. Joan asks if she could deliver the message to Rita in person. Meg goes out drinking with the new trainees. In contrast to the other two, who both have prison officers in the family (even drippy Delia whose father was supposedly at Pentridge), Rodney reveals that his childhood ambition was to be a ballet dancer. Meg advises him not to let the women know about that, as they will use it against him. Nancy tries to persuade Rita to behave more compassionately towards Roach. Alice and Delia realise they are rivals for Marty's affections. Joan tips a plate in Rita's lap and puts her on a charge, telling Janet she's in charge of the press for the day. Rodney offers to take an aerobics class in a transparent attempt to impress Ann. Nancy moves the video tape to another hiding place (a few feet from its old one, but apparently much harder to find). Joan tells Rita that the Conquerors know that if she stirs up trouble, Bongo will suffer and reinforces the message with a punch to the stomach. Marty backs off from contradicting Joan's account of the incident with Rita in the dining room. Rodney gets pulled over the counter by Rita's visitor Margie: Pat deals with the situation. Nancy begs Roach to make it up with Rita. Janet decides not to use the press after threats of an accident. Margie tells Rita  about their visit from Morgan: Rita works out that Joan must be dealing with Parker. Joan tells Kath to fix Rita immediately by arranging a fight: Kath refuses even when Joan promises to prevent Merle being sent to an asylum. Rodney tells Merle to take off her fancy dress and she attacks him. Kath calms her down, and Joan demonstrates that she can protect Merle by refusing to let Rodney put her on a charge. Rita tells the others to lay off Joan until the Conquerors can spring Bongo and Grub. Joan makes sure that Rodeny doesn't put in a report about Merle. Rita agrees that it might be possible to expose Joan's drug dealing. Meg finds Rodney and Marty about to fight and takes them to Ann. Kath calms Merle down after Rita laughs at the silly hat she's wearing, but tells Merle she will be able to get her own back in exercise period. |
EPISODE 632Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 16 July 2000 04:40. Andrew tells Joan that they cannot continue their relationship but he wants to remain friends. Janet swaps videotapes, an action that could incriminate them all.Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Alice ~ Lois Collinder Nancy ~ Julia Blake Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Janet ~ Christine Earle Roach Waters ~ Linda Hartley Merle ~ Rosanne Hull Brown Marty ~ Michael Winchester Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Delia ~ Desiree Smith Pat Slattery ~ Dorothy Cutts Andrew Hinton ~ Fredric Abbott Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines Barman ~ Bill Manderson Ida ~ Paddy Burnet Thanks to Nico for sending the credits from the TV4 broadcast. | Ann gives Rodney and Marty a warning not to pursue personal disagreements at work and brushes aside Rodney's implication that it was Marty's fault for taking too seriously what was only meant to be a joke. Ann keeps Rodney back to question him about the incident with Merle: he flatly denies that Merle attacked him. Delia defends Marty when Rodney starts to criticise him in his absence: he gets back at her by accusing her of having a crush on him and cruelly pointing out she hasn't much hope of anything developing. Lexie devises a plan to embarrass Rodney and stop Joan's drug dealing in one go. Alice is cautious about letting Roach know about the threat to Bongo in case she tells Kath. Lexie chums up to Rodney and lets him borrow her cassette player for the aerobics class. After a crafty sniff of coke, Kath has her "evil" head firmly on and she starts to psych Merle up to attack Rita. Janet warns Kath that Rita and her gang are plotting against her. Ann sees Rodney in his shorts ready for the aerobics session and tells him to change as they are too tight and risk inflaming the women's lusts (not that you can see anything, nor does there appear to be much there to see). Outside during the exercise period, Roach accuses Rita of putting revenge against Joan before Bongo's safety. Rodney borrows Mervin's shorts to avoid exposing himself to comment. Kath and Janet dress Merle up in ridiculous clothes and send her out to be mocked by Rita. Meg calls a halt to the aerobics class when the women start to make fun of Rodney. The two groups meet in the corridor and Merle lays Rita out with one punch. Joan makes a point of brusquely demanding Merle's transfer to an asylum, safe in the knowledge that this will make Ann even more certain to do the opposite. Merle is sedated and sent to solitary. Rita is devastated that she had been so easily beaten, and Nancy's suggestion that it was a lucky punch doesn't do much to help. After Ann has talked to Merle and is satisfied that she has calmed down, she is allowed to go back with the women. Kath is now feeling guilty about using Merle (perhaps the cocaine has worn off). Janet suggests voting for another top dog. Nancy prepares to show the video in the rec room: Janet goes to fetch Joan, but Meg tells her that Joan is off duty until the following day. Suspicious about Janet's request, Meg reports to Ann that she suspects Janet is Joan's new informant. Kath sniffs coke and exercises vigourously in the gym with manic intensity, sending Janet away when she comes to find her with a new plan. Meg walks into the rec room during a showing of the video  : Nancy fast forwards to the aerobics class. Lorelei is delighted that Ann has given permission for her to send a video message to Zoe as long as it has been viewed by the officers first. Andrew gets sentimental about how much Joan reminds him of his first wife. Joan cuts him off brusquely and tells him she will look for another flat. Janet sees Nancy hiding the video for Rita to watch later after she has tried unsuccessfully that it will cheer her up to watch it. Lorelei pulls Rita out of her depression with a heavily allegorical bedtime story and then by demonstrating a judo throw to show how anyone can win if they are determined enough. After they have left the cell, Janet comes back and takes Nancy's video. Rita has pulled herself together sufficiently to brave the rec room. Vicki reports this back to Janet, but Janet says she has plans to use the videotape to set Rita up. Joan agrees not to leave Andrew's place immediately. Janet swaps the video with Lorelei's tape, knowing that the officers will have watch it later.
There is no bar, let alone a barman, in this episode. Thanks to Mark Caffrey ("chicken") for the suggestion that the credit actually belongs to (639). I think he is probably right. Another possibility is that the barman in a scene in the previous episode may have had lines which were cut before transmission. Despite the apparent reason for cuts in (601), Channel 5 allowed Rita to say "moron" in this episode. |
EPISODE 634Broadcast on Channel 5 Sunday 23 July 2000 04:40. Joan discovers the penalty for not carrying out Parker's instructions to the letter.Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Marty ~ Michael Winchester Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Alice ~ Lois Collinder Nancy ~ Julia Blake Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Roach ~ Linda Hartley Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Janet ~ Christine Earle Jenny Hinton ~ Kereen Ely-Harper  Delia ~ Desiree Smith Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill Sister Hall ~ Gael Andrews Freddie ~ Nick Antipas  UNCREDITEDAndrew Hinton ~ Fredric AbbotHarry Parker ~ Howard Priddle OTHER CHARACTERSWatkins (trainee officer)Josie Lewis (Andrew Hinton's neighbour)  Thug (threatening Joan at the end of the episode) | Joan asks to sit in on Ann's interview when she finds she's about to talk to Janet. Janet is sent to solitary and almost implicates Joan by looking accusingly at her when she hears about how her sister got caught. Ann tells Delia she is going to college to check out her story so Rodney's version of events doesn't go unchallenged. Joan warns Janet to clear out her cell in case there's a search. Merle is upset to be still locked in solitary and starts shouting when she hears Joan locking Janet into one of the cells. Marty tries to get Alice to lag on Rodney over the videotape, but he is put off by her amourousness. Rita tries to warn Roach about the forthcoming cell search: the whole elaborate plan with Rodney was precisely to bring this about it seems. Joan phones Parker to tell him the recent events in Wentworth, but he tells her he already knows and that Morgan is even now "seeing to" Andrew: sure enough, Andrew is the victim of a hit and run accident outside his apartment as he returns from a shopping trip  . Joan warns Kath to hide the cocaine, but she is more concerned about failing Merle and refuses to help Joan in future. Joan asks permission to go home: when she gets to Andrew's one of his neighbours tells Joan that Andrew is dead. Cocaine is found in Kath's cupboard by Marty during the cell search. Ann warns Rita there must be no more trouble or all the women will lose buyup for a week. Joan phones the police and tells Inspector Grace the whole story: she accepts his offer to help to set up Parker. Kath is questioned by Ann about the cocaine in her cell and becomes hysterical  . Grace phones his Superintendant who refuses to sanction his plan. Ann refuses to transfer Kath and asks Sister Hall to transcribe her wandering remarks. Joan agrees to continue with the plan to set up Parker without any backup. Parker phones Joan to trade threats, each vowing to kill the other. Ann and Meg are suspicious of Joan's reasons for wanting to transfer Merle to H block, and their suspicions are confirmed by Sister Hall's report that Kath's ramblings often link Merle's and Joan's names. Joan returns to work. Ann gives Rodney one last chance to change his story, but it turns out that the officer at the training school is unable to confirm Ann's suspicions about Rodney. Joan lets herself into the armoury and selects a gun to take home with her  . Rita makes it up with Roach. Lorelei gives karate lessons. Ann tells Delia and Rodney the matter is closed and orders Meg to release Merle before lockup. Roach is welcomed back to the Warriors and Lorelei is invited to join as well. Nancy sticks a caricature captioned "OFFICER JERK" on Rodney's back  to pay him back for his arrogance in telling the women they can't touch him any more over the matter of the uniform. Joan waits in the dark at Andrew's with the gun and nearly shoots Andrew's daughter when she lets herself into his flat. Meg spots the caricature on Rodeny's back, but warns him not to take any action over it. Ignoring her, he goes straight to threaten Rita, but she just laughs at him. Merle is taken back to her cell, but is frightened without Kath. Joan is threatened in bed by an intruder to go along with the plan or Andrew's daughter will die.
When Lexie does a flashy underarm shot at the biliard table, the ball surpisingly goes straight into the pocket right next to her. For the rest of the scene both her and Rita seem to be surpressing a fit of the giggles |
EPISODE 635Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 29 July 2000 04:40. Joan makes plans to trap Parker. And Lorelei adds a touch of colour to the drab prison.Ann ~ Gerda Nicolson Joan ~ Maggie Kirkpatrick Meg ~ Elspeth Ballantyne Rita ~ Glenda Linscott Lexie ~ Pepe Trevor Alice ~ Lois Collinder Nancy ~ Julia Blake Kath ~ Kate Hood Lorelei ~ Paula Duncan Roach ~ Linda Hartley Merle ~ Rosanne Hull-Brown Janet ~ Christine Earle Marty ~ Michael Winchester Rodney ~ Philip Hyde Jenny ~ Kereen Ely-Harper Sister Hall ~ Gael Andrews Det. Insp. Grace ~ Terry Gill Ida Brown ~ Paddy Burnett Paul Webb ~ Gary Kliger  Det. Crabb ~ James Patrick Harry Parker ~ Howard Priddle Vicki ~ Rebecca Dines UNCREDITEDMorgan McDermott ~ Maurice MarionOTHER CHARACTERSHelen Gardner (Jenny Hinton's bodyguard) | Joan sits up all night in a chair in the lounge with a gun to protect Jenny. Jenny is determined to go to the lawyer's office to sort out the details of her father's will: Joan offers to go with her. Rita makes an approach to Merle to undermine Janet's attempt to use her. Ann asks Kath about her talk in her sleep about Joan and Merle, but Kath tries to deny there is anything wrong and she asks to go back to her cell with Merle. Jenny lets Joan know she has noticed a car following her and Joan: Joan directs her to drive straight to a police station. Jenny is outraged and upset that she wasn't told the full circumstances of her fathers' death and after Inspector Grace has disposed of her by reducing her to tears, he demands that Joan tell him the whole story. Kath returns to her cell and refuses to help Janet to get back at Rita. Joan is forced to admit to arranging one drug drop, and Grace threatens to send her "up the river" if she doesn't tell him all she knows about Parker's organisation. Janet complains to Roach that her bank drafts bounced and demands information about Rita's plans if she can't pay up. Ann tells Meg that all outstanding remand prisoners, including Kath, are going to trial as the courts have caught up with a previous backlog. Roach tries Lexie for some handy hints about how to raise money in prison, without much success. Lorelei gives a makeup class with the women bringing their own materials and sharing: Merle is initially laughed at for bringing a bottle of baby oil, but she manages to persuade Kath to join in too. Janet finds she cannot even rely on Vicki for support. Joan is asked to visit Parker with only a bugged locket  to collect taped evidence against him: but when he gives her a gun to put in her handbag to be found, she has to hand over the one she has already taken from the prison armoury. Roach tries to earn money by asking Lexie (alias Spiderbitch  ) to teach her how to win at cards. Joan visits Parker, but has difficulty getting him to incriminate himself while he is actually facing her and the locket can pick up his voice. Joyce and Mervin send a holiday postcard, which Marty reads aloud in a passable French accent to Alice's delight. Joan forces Parker's hand by threatening to walk out of his office and he duly admits to having Andrew killed. Roach decides poker is too difficult and decides to sell information to Rodney about non-existent drugs. Rita gives Janet a forcible makeover when Alice reports what she is doing. Inspector Grace decides to hold on for more information but feedback reveals Joan's bug, and she is held at gunpoint  until Inspector Grace talks Parker into giving himself up. Marty catches Janet trying to clean off the witch/Hulk makeup the women have given her  . Roach approaches Rodney with an offer of information about drugs and offers to get him a sample as proof. Inspector Grace tells Parker that Joan was working undercover all the time so he at least has no hold over her, but keeps her incriminating statement for future use. Roach takes advantage of the temporary cook and steals parsley from the kitchen, and dries it in a pillow case in the drier. Rodney gloats to Marty about how good his training record will look. Janet spills dirty water on Rodney's trousers to get him out of the way while she rips up all Merle's comics to blame on Rita. Kath pleads with her that Merle will be sent away if she gets in trouble, but Janet is too concerned with her plans to become the next top dog.
Inspector Grace seems to be working for the Family Court of Australia, to judge from the poster behind him |
Story Editor: Bevan Lee (631)-(634); Gwenda Marsh (635)
Script Editor: Neil Luxmoore (631); Alister Webb (632)-(633); Neil Luxmoore (634); Ian Smith (635)
Storyliners: Tony McDonald, John Coulter, Bob Greenberg
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