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Lizzie collapses in the garden; Meg finds her and calls for help. Meanwhile, David traps Cass in the shed and attacks her with a knife. Terrified, she beheads him with a spade. With the facts unclear, a near catatonic Cass falls under suspicion of murder. Lizzie is taken to hospital. Ann has to break the string of grisly news to the inmates and tells Minnie that the Department has granted several of the reforms, including work release. Judy, Minnie and Pixie are given permission to visit Lizzie in hospital. Before they leave, Min bumps into Joan and pinches her keys, in a bid to show her up. As they leave for the hospital, Sonia tells Joan who stole them; soon after, Meg finds Joan tied up and gagged under a shower - she accuses Minnie of attacking her. After Paul tells Wally about Ann's illness, he tries to offer support, but she brushes him aside as she goes into hospital. Someone is out to get Sonia, and puts ground glass in her hand cream.
Judy, Pixie and Minnie visit Lizzie in hospital and say a tearful final goodbye to their friend as she prepares for her new life with her family. Back at the prison, Joan demands action from Colleen after the supposed attack by Minnie. A cell search turns up the keys in her cell; when she returns from visiting Lizzie, she is sent to Solitary, but denies the attack. Colleen and Meg don't believe Minnie did it either. Cass is allowed to take Minnie's meal to her in the pound, but Joan has poisoned it, and Minnie is violently ill during the night. Meg takes Pixie to a mall for a work release job interview; she wanders away and, while Meg is frantic, Pixie lands herself a job in a bridal boutique. Ann awakens from surgery to discover she has had a mastectomy. Bobbie gives Cass a mouse as a pet. Sonia enlists Phyllis to help find out who put the glass in her hand cream. Scott quits his job at the prison so he and Petra can start a new life.
Minnie is taken to the infirmary in terrible pain after her poisoning, and tells Phyllis she thinks Joan did it. Judy demands that Colleen investigate. The women barricade Joyce in the dining room, to allow Judy and Cass to slip onto the roof with a banner saying ""Killer Screws Must Go"", which delights reporters waiting outside the prison. Meg accidentally tells the reporters that Cass killed Bridges in self defence. When Colleen goes to visit Ann, the Minister visits the prison, and Joan makes sure he knows what has been going on. Meg gets the blame for talking to the press, and is replaced as Acting Deputy Governor by Joan. As the Minister is shown round the jail, a near-riot erupts in the Rec Room. Cass slips back to her cell, and finds her pet mouse Snoopy murdered. Lizzie sends the girls a hamper of food, which Joan gives to Sonia instead. Helen is transferred back to Wentworth for assaulting a Barnhurst screw who forced himself on her.
Cass is shattered at the cruel loss of her only friend, and Sonia is viciously attacked. Joan succeeds in her efforts to bring about the downfall of Meg and Colleen.
Belinda prepares a nasty surprise for Sonia. Colleen risks her career by standing up to Joan.
Joan finally triumphs over Colleen. Someone wants Paul Reynolds out of the way, and Judy is accused of molesting Belinda.
Joan forces the women to take an all-night sauna. Judy is degraded, but cannot speak up for herself. Colleen's last hopes of being cleared are dashed.
When the women humiliate Joan, she intends to get her revenge. Colleen can't cope with blackmail, and there's a nasty blow in store for the Major.
Joan finds herself in a terrible dilemma. Belinda nearly achieves her sole ambition. Judy takes action to force Joan to clear Colleen.
Pixie falls for an old flame, the women score a victory over Joan and the escape bid ends in tragedy.
Sonia realises that there is only one way to stop Belinda. The new Joan takes everyone by surprise. Belinda at last gets a chance to fulfil her ambition.
Erica is made the new Head of Department. Reb gets even with Stan, and a life hangs in the balance.
Bobbie and Cass rush to Stan's aid, Camilla is given 24 hours to pay fifty parking fines, and Joan's pleasantness terrifies Sonia.
Myra fears that she's lost her daughter for good and Colleen is furious at her treatment at work. Meanwhile, Rick's detective work leads him into dangerous trouble.
Mo becomes the victim of an unjust law. Bill goads Myra into violence.
Myra is arrested for killing Bill and sent to Wentworth, as Kay's statement for the police damns her mother further. The women cover Reb in treacle and feathers to punish her for vandalising Stan's pianola. Colleen opposes the Glee Club having a day out to take part in a singing contest, but Ann approves it and orders her to go along to supervise. Reb, with Phyllis' help, cons the women into letting her go on the outing. Rick visits Meryl King after Sonia tells him it was Meryl who told her Eddie was bent. She asks him to come back later, and has two armed goons waiting for him. He gets away, so the men shoot Meryl instead. Sonia grows paranoid and jittery after her sheets are slashed, and a dummy is hanged in her cell. Cass unwittingly brings a snake into the prison from the garden, and it conceals itself in the cell block. Camilla and Mo are released.
As the snake slithers around the prison, Sonia insists she heard something in her cell in the night. Later, both Helen and Meg are bitten by the snake; Helen has to be rushed to hospital. Bobbie retrieves the snake's body, and Sonia loses the plot after being locked in her cell with it over night. The women bid an emotional farewell to Stan as he retires. Myra gets out of Solitary and is reunited with old friend Judy. Back home, Alan struggles to convince Kay of their father's true nature. Reb plots her escape during the Glee Club trip with the aid of an associate, Kevin, and is visited by her old friend Sarah Webster, who Reb left a case of some kind with. Meanwhile, Reb has to fend off Phyllis' nosey questions into her escape plans. Rick's enemies plant a bomb under his car; by a cruel twist of fate, Patrick Powell borrows the car to run Jennifer and Robert to school. Rick gets a last minute tip-off, but the bomb goes off in front of a horrified Colleen and Rick.
Patrick and the kids die in the bomb blast, and Colleen is devastated. As she struggles to cope, she moves in with Meg for a while. Meanwhile, Rick thinks it was Eddie who tipped him off about the bomb. The women set off for the Glee Club outing, with Meg and Joyce escorting. Kevin has kidnapped Cheryl, the daughter of the minibus driver, and forces him to help with the escape. He fakes a breakdown on the way, but the plan fails. The girls fail miserably at the contest; on the way back home, Reb drugs the officers' coffee flask, knocking out Meg, Joyce and the driver. Chaos ensues as Reb flees with Kevin, Bobbie races off, pursued by Minnie, and Phyllis drags little Cheryl into the woods at gunpoint… Back at the prison, Dr Weissman visits Sonia, who thinks Joan has been tormenting her. Her breakdown appears linked to the loss of her child. Helen is released from hospital. Alan has bad news for Myra: Kay has left home and moved in with Gloria.
Judy and Cass go after Phyllis; Meg wakes up and calls Ann to say all the women have escaped. Judy's pacemaker plays up, leading to her, Cass and Cheryl being holed up in a shack by a gun-toting Phyllis. Elsewhere, Reb knocks Kevin out and flees on a stolen motorbike, while Minnie and Bobbie decide to have a day out before turning themselves in. They pick pockets, gamble, and roll up at the prison in a taxi roaring drunk. Joan is back at work, and Sonia is terrified. She latches onto Myra, who agrees to protect her, and opens up to her about her miscarriage. Joan leaves a sick present of a doll in Sonia's cell, and is pinned up against a locker by Myra for her antics. Doreen makes a surprise return to visit her old mates, but only Helen is left. She tells Helen she is marrying a friend so he can stay in the country, but wants out, and decides to get put back inside to avoid the wedding. Colleen refuses to see a doctor.
Doreen has a hard time trying to get herself arrested. Myra stands up to Joan and tells her to stop tormenting Sonia.
Reb fails to get away, and Sarah is charged with murder. Minnie pays for her day out with Bobbie, and Rick meets his would-be assassin.
Colleen seeks an escape from her misery. Myra is confronted by her worst enemy.
Sonia makes a deadly deal with the Fellowes Gang. Judy and Cass are blamed for the kidnapping.
Reb and Phyllis outsmart the Freak and Colleen is caught drunk on duty. Bobbie accuses Rick of trying to rape her.
Cass defends her idol against the accusation of rape, and Doreen and Helen make plans to humiliate the Freak. An infamous ex-inmate is about to stage her return.
The Fellowes gang chew over what to do about Sonia and Bobbie. Myra nurses her anger with Gloria. Margo returns to Wentworth all ears.
Renner gives Bobbie a chance to prove her worth to the Fellowes Organisation. Gloria is injured and Myra is put on a charge. Drugs are getting into Wentworth again, but Myra can't prove anything.
Myra is punished for scalding Gloria and the Freak is victorious once more. Pixie is high for her trial and there's a showdown to see who will be Top Dog.
Eddie risks his life to rescue Sonia and Bobbie. In Sydney, Joan relives the saddest experience of her life. Myra realises that the cards are stacked against her at her trial.
Myra is shocked by the result of her trial. The women punish Margo for her nasty tricks. And Bobbie's stay in Sydney is doomed.
The women go out on a general strike. Pixie stuns Judy by confessing to killing Ralph. And Sonia's disappearance is swathed in mystery.
Myra is knocked unconscious by Margo. Pixie confesses to Ann that she accidentally killed a man. Rick is hijacked by Detective Mears.
Cass gives Phyllis, Frances and Alice a taste of their own medicine, whilst Pixie is relieved when the police drop the charges against her.
Rick confronts Meg about her behaviour and Erica Davidson heads the strike negotiations. Edmonds hypnotises Cass to kill Bobbie.
Hannah is distraught by her detention at Wentworth; Reb is overcome by her `cocaine' trip; while Cass attempts to strangle Pixie.
The department backs down to the women's strike demands. Hannah has nightmares about the concentration camp. Cass threatens Bobbie.
Rick and Rachel become close friends. Meg confronts Jonathan about Ann. Hannah engineers her own assault to stop herself being deported.
The women organise a petition lobbying for Hannah to be granted residency in Australia. Ann hears Jonathan's tape concerning Meg. Bobbie is in great danger from Cass.
Cass, still under post-hypnotic suggestion, is determined to finish off Bobbie. Colleen has to decide how to spend the money from the sale of her house. Hannah receives some shattering news about her application for residency.
Bobbie makes a mistake when she forgives Cass, and an unfriendly visitor causes problems for the inmates. The warders hold a farewell party for Colleen.
Tensions mount between Joan and Meg as the latter takes over as Deputy Governor; Rachel avenges the death of her dad; Rick is offered a job he can't refuse.
The escape committee continues with plans to get Myra out. The Goodies gang up on Joan. And Reb has her revenge on Leigh.
Myra's escape plan is further hindered by Reb, who gets her drugs in only to lose them again. Ann meets an old friend.
The end of the fete spells disaster for some of Wentworth's inmates.
Joan finds Phyllis and insists that Cass must be responsible. Lou gives Reb an alibi for the crime. Judy tries to clear Cass' name. On the outside, Myra and Alan look for Kay with little success. Hare-brained new inmate Marlene Warren arrives and new officer Heather Rogers starts work. The women learn Phyllis has permanent brain damage. Marlene realises she knows Heather from school, plays a string of practical jokes on her and gets told off by Judy. Marie Winter arrives back in Wentworth, with a stash of cocaine in her luggage. She wastes no time in taking over as Top Dog. Myra finds Kay and takes her to Wally's place in the country. Marie tries to recruit Reb to deal for her. Judy smears a statue with red paint and hides it in Reb's bed. Joan arrives home to find her house has been broken into.
Joan finds a boy asleep in her lounge. His name is Shane and he's run away from his abusive father. She lets him stay the night. Wally insists on helping Myra with Kay. Marie tries to bribe Dennis to turn a blind eye to her drugs deliveries. Judy taunts Reb into admitting she bashed Phyllis and Meg overhears it. Moaning elderly inmate Dot Farrer is transferred to H Block after inciting a fight in B Block. Bobbie is told about Cass when she comes back from hospital and isn't pleased to be sharing a cell with Marlene. Dot moves in with Judy. Joan tells Ann she has already prepared her application for Ann's job. Dennis invites Heather to go out for dinner with him. Joan finds Shane's dog Nicky poisoned and rushes him to the vet. Marlene finds drugs in Marie's cell - Marie catches her and closes the door to bash her.
Marlene tells Marie all she knows about Heather, to save herself from a beating. Nicky the dog is okay. Tracey Morris arrives unannounced to visit Meg. Marlene tries to befriend a hostile Bobbie. Heather stands up to Joan. Kay suffers terrible withdrawal symptoms. Reb agrees to deal drugs for Marie. Ann is put on six weeks' notice and will get the sack if anything else goes wrong. Judy is threaened by Marie when she objects to her drug dealing. New prisoner Edna Pearson arrives, charged with trying to kill her husband and protesting her innocence. Meg learns Tracey and her boyfriend, Mark, have robbed a TAB and they take her hostage. Marie threatens to get Heather's family unless she brings drugs in for her. Mark knocks Meg out with his gun when she tries to escape. Joan tells Marie she can carry on with the drug racket, if she agrees to help her get rid of Ann Reynolds.
Tracey steals all the money out of Meg's building society account and flees the country, leaving Mark still holding Meg hostage. Shane refuses to go back to his father. Wally thwarts Kay's escape attempt. Edna is visisted by her husband, who reassures her about her appeal. Marie sets Marlene up with a caricature of Joan. Reb refuses to see her estranged father, who is seriously ill with multiple sclerosis. Meg stops Mark shooting himself when he realises Tracey is not coming back, and the police rescue her. Reb tries to apologise to Bobbie about the fight. Marie puts more pressure on Heather. The women take part in an aerobics class led by Rachel. Joan gets Marie, Reb and Frances to beat Marlene up.
Marlene tries to hide the evidence of her bashing. Kay is over the worst of her withdrawal systems. Heather's brother has an accident on his bike, causing her to worry about Marie's threats. She brings in the drugs and tells her it's a one-off but Marie tells her she's pulling the strings. Mrs O'Reagan has Edna taken off kitchen duty when she realises she's in for poisoning. Heather tries to resign but Ann talks her out of it. Myra phones Ann to say she's coming back and Ann hears Wally in the background. Roland tries to blackmail Leigh. Several cells, the rec room and the library are trashed. Judy learns Marlene did it, forced by Marie, and realises Joan is trying to get rid of Ann. Joan orders Marie to start a riot.
Myra gives herself up. Wally visits Ann and she tells him they are finished. Judy warns Ann the recent troubles are aimed at her. Reb doesn't want to be involved in the riot but Marie gives her no choice. Leigh exposes the minister to the press, thwarting Roland's blackmail attempts. Joan pays Shane's father to let her keep him. Edna gives Marlene a bottle of barley water laced with rat poison. Joan drugs the officers' tea urn. The riot explodes in the rec room and Joan is taken hostage. Marie smacks Leigh in the face. Ann and all the officers except Heather are knocked out by the drugged tea. Marie has Joan beaten up. She goes after Heather when she realises she is still awake but Heather evades her. The rioting women trash and set fire to the cells. Dot refuses to let them into her cell. Reb refuses to help Marie kill Myra, so Marie chucks her down the solitary staircase. Judy and Rachel are relieved when the riot alarm finally goes off. Heather and Joan stumble upon the unconscious
Bobbie is blamed for the attack on Reb. Meg arrives at the prison and organises the conscious officers to get the women out of the building. Ann comes to and sets out to help the inmates, rescuing Leigh from her blazing cell. Judy stops Marie escaping through the kitchen as the riot comes to an end. Joan wants to adopt Shane. The police try to get a semi-conscious Reb to blame Bobbie for her attack. Alice and Frances are violently ill after drinking Marlene's barley water. Leigh learns the minister has resigned following her accusations. Myra returns to H Block but Judy gives her the cold shoulder. Marlene tries to convince Judy that Edna poisoned the barley water but accidentally smashes the bottle, destroying the evidence. Ann tells Meg she has been fired.
Joan is appointed Ann's replacement, to everyone's dismay. Judy lets Myra know her feelings about the thankless task of looking after things while she was away. Joan takes Shane to Luna Park for his birthday. The women hold a fashion parade, compered by Leigh, but Marie interferes and rips Marlene's skirt. The inmates stage a sit-in in the dining room in support of Ann, but she persuades them it won't help. Myra takes over as Top Dog again, despite Marie's protests. Bobbie stabs Dennis in the arm with a pair of scissors. Reb arrives back and tells Ann that Bobbie didn't attack her, but won't say who did. Ann allows the prisoners to have a barbecue in the garden and Edna doctors Marlene's steak. Reb finally meets with her dying father. Edna is released after her appeal is upheld. Marlene collapses with stomach pains.
Bobbie is suspected of poisoning Marlene, as she cooked her steak, but the women realise Edna did it. Rachel and Judy go to see Ann, but she wants proof of their allegations. Reb wonders how she can get Bobbie off the hook about her attack without lagging. Heather grows suspicious of Joan's actions during the riot. Joan plots to transfer Marie to Blackmoor. Rachel phones Edna's husband to warn him about her. Marlene worries about Bobbie after finding a suicide note on her bed. Dennis rescues a man from a crashed car just before it catches fire. Marie threatens to expose Joan, demanding she help her escape. Dot accidentally scalds Mrs O'Reagan and herself with hot fat. Bobbie tells Marlene she was going to kill herself, but stole the wrong pills from the infirmary. Joan is informed that Ann has been reinstated.
Ann has been reinstated due to Leigh putting pressure on the right people and thanks her for it. Joan is furious. Reb learns her father has died. Rachel takes charge in the kitchen following Mrs O'Reagan's accident but the women cause a ruckus when she messes things up and the food runs out. Leigh goes to trial and is released on a two year bond. Joyce is elected the officer's new union rep. Joan agrees to arrange Marie's escape when Marie makes threats against Shane. Shane and Nicky get stuck in a storm drain, with the water levels rising. Judy gets a letter from Lori saying her little grandson will be deaf for life. Reb tells Meg she wants to tell the Governor who pushed her down the stairs after Marie taunts her into punching her. Joan arrives at the storm drain and begs the rescue squad not to let Shane die.
Marie denies attacking Reb, but is sent to solitary anyway. Shane and Nicky are rescued from the storm drain, but the police diver drowns in the rescue attempt. Judy and Myra realise Joan set Dot up to make it look like she poisoned the staff room tea urn. A new camp cook, Ray Procter, arrives. Marlene mocks him and starts pinching things from the kitchen. Rachel berates her but it turns out anything she hasn't stolen, Ray has! At the VJ hearing, Joan gives evidence against Marie and extra time gets added to Myra, Bobbie, Dot, Reb and Marie's sentences. Heather tells Dennis she thinks Joan doped the urn. Joan takes Reb to the shower block and keeps watch while Marie bashes her. When Heather finds her badly injured, Reb claims Joan did it. Marie scales the fence during exercise period and makes a spectacular escape from Wentworth aboard a waiting helicopter.
Reb's accusations against Joan are being taken very seriously as she is taken to hospital. New prisoner Bev Baker turns out to be a psycho who is in Wentworth for murdering and dismembering several people. Myra stops Bobbie escaping in the garbage truck. Joan visits Shane in the hospital and clashes with his father. Marlene has the idea of raising money to buy a reading machine for deaf children by trying to break a world record. Bev admits she killed several more people than the one she was charged for. Rachel goes to trial: she gets five years, and is transferred to the prison farm. Marlene is terrified of Bev. The police arrive to see Joan: she thinks they want to question her about Reb but instead they arrest her for abducting Shane.
Joan learns that Shane has been bashed by his father into backing up his claims against her. With Marie and Reb out of the way, Lou sounds Bev out about being the brains behind the rackets but she isn't interested in the money. Shane runs away from his father but Joan tells him he must go back to his father until she can get custody. Bev burns her hand in the press to see what it feels like. The women decide on a waltz marathon as their record breaker for charity. Munroe wants money from Joan in return for giving up Shane: she says she'll see him in court. Myra tells Ann they are all terrified of Bev. Bev deliberately traps Dot in the cold room in the kitchen. Bev slashes Lou's arm to illustrate the sort of payoff she wants to become involved in the rackets. Bobbie escapes from the kitchen using a copy of Ray's key and the escape alarm goes off while she is half way over the fence.
Dennis and Heather spot Bobbie in the street while out for a meal; they pursue her and bring her back to Wentworth. Bev tells Myra she's taking over as Top Dog. Dot has chest pains, but everyone thinks she's just faking again. The charges against Joan are dropped but the department demands her resignation. Reb inherits all her father's money. Shane is beaten black and blue again by his father. Dot collapses with a suspected ulcer. Marlene's mum and dad assist her in arranging the dance marathon. Joan learns she won't get custody of Shane without a job. Everyone else is overjoyed Joan has been sacked until Joyce tells the officers the union has ordered they strike in support of her.
The officers go on strike, though nobody really wants to. The Major comes to visit Joan. The women are terrified at being locked up with Bev on the loose and no screws. The officers' replacements turn out to be social workers. Bev threatens to kill the next person to walk into the laundry, which turns out to be one of the social workers, but the women thwart her attempt. Dennis is so opposed to the strike he crosses the picket line and goes into work. Bev announces a raffle with a $5 prize. Marlene wins the first draw: Bobbie gets the ""consolation prize."" Phil Cleary, one of the social workers, tells Meg he knew Bobbie on the outside and her mother is dead. Bobbie gets her ""prize"" from Bev - she takes the bandages off her hands and repoens her cuts with a razor blade.
Myra hits Bev in retaliation for what happened to Bobbie. Terror among the inmates continues to grow. Heather tries to follow Dennis' example and go into work, but is beaten back by the angry picketing mob. Bev starts her raffle again. Reb accidentally admits to a reporter that Joan did not beat her up. Dot goes to Wentworth General for tests and when the social worker accompanying her leaves her alone, she heads back to Wentworth in a taxi. Joan, Shane and the Major go fishing. Myra and Ray squabble with one of the social workers and tip salad dressing down her. Bev attacks Judy with a soldering iron, but Judy passes out. Reb offers to give her mother some of her inheritance if she helps her escape. The women try to drug Bev, but she outsmarts them and Marlene drinks the drugged tea instead. Bev stabs a male social worker with one of Dot's knitting needles.
Judy, Dot and one of the social workers find the body under Dot's bed. The hunt is on for Bev, but when she is caught she injects herself with an empty hypodermic and dies in Dennis' arms. Joyce resigns as union rep. Phil tries to ask Meg out. The union agrees to the officers returning to work. The seemingly naive Angela Adams arrives on a six week sentence on forgery charges, claiming to have been set up by her boyfriend. Diedre knocks out the policewoman on duty at the hospital and whisks Reb out in a wheelchair. The dance practice is interrupted by Joan's unexpected return to work.
Myra tells Joan she won't find it as easy to get her own way now, as they are all united against her. Diedre hides Reb at the family's holiday home. The waltz team is chosen: Myra, Judy, Bobbie, Marlene, Angel and Alice, with Dot as coach. Reb tells Diedre she won't be getting any of her money after all. Heather and Dennis spend the night together. Angel stirs it between Myra and Judy by telling Judy that Myra warned her to be careful she doesn't seduce her. The Major suggests Joan give up her job and come to live with him. An anonymous death threat arrives at Wentworth addressed to ""the person in charge."" Dennis's wife Doris turns up unexpectedly. Diedre is worried that Reb is so ill and calls the police, who recapture her. Reb vows to kill her mother.
Doris Cruickshank wants Dennis back. Marie is recaptured but sent straight to Blackmoor. Angel causes more trouble between Myra and Judy. Joan plans to move away with her father. Reb and Diedre are brought to Wentworth - Reb refuses to see her mother. Ann gets another threatening letter and calls in the police. Angel sets off the fire alarm and drives a wedge between Marlene and Dot. She also tells Joan that if she comes near her again she'll say she tried to molest her. A mad PR woman, Barbara Krantz, arrives to handle the dance marathon. Ann gets a round-the-clock guard. Phil tells Bobbie she has a little sister and her father wants to see her. Special guest athlete Cliff Young arrives to support the marathon attempt. Dennis is suspended for breaking the strike. Joan threatens Reb again. Ann finds another threatening letter on her mantelpiece despite the police guard on her flat.
Diedre tells Judy it was Marie who really bashed Reb. Angel finds a magnet in a drawer and uses it to play havoc with Judy's pacemaker. Ann gets another threating phone call at work. Lou and Alice bully Diedre. The dance marathon begins and the women are dead on their feet after only the first night. At Shane's custody hearing, he says he would rather live with ""Auntie Joan"" than his father. Ann tells Heather that Marie has made a statement implicating her in drug smuggling and aiding her escape. Shane is taken away from his father, but is made a ward of the state rather than being given into Joan's custody.
Heather admits the truth of the drugs allegations, but denies helping Marie escape. Joan says goodbye to Shane and decides to stay at Wentworth. Alice sprains her ankle, and Dot takes her place on the dance team. Heather accuses Joan of setting her up. The brake line on Ann's car is cut. Reb turns a blind eye to Lou and Frances bullying Diedre, and even joins in. Dennis tells Heather he is going back to England. Dot collapses with only ninety minutes to go. Angel overhears Phil and Meg discussing a date and calls in an acquaintance to rape Meg. The women break the record and have a half hour to go to win the sponsor's money. An anonymous caller phones the prison and tells Ann he has planted a bomb.
Wentworth is evacuated, but the dance team refuse to leave until they have completed the marathon. One of the deaf children goes missing in the confusion, so Judy goes to try and find her and collapses with exhaustion. The women complete the marathon and join the evacuation. The bomb threat turns out to be a hoax. Angel slashes Marlene's teddy bear with a pair of scissors and sets Bobbie up for it. Heather asks Myra to help get rid of Joan. She and the women co-operate to set Joan up for everything from bashings to drugs inside the jail. Ann orders Meg to take statements from all the women with regards to Joan's brutality. Bobbie bashes Angel in the shower block. Meg is surprised at home by a masked intruder and opens her front door to escape, only to let in Peter Wright, the man Angel hired to rape her.
Peter Wright and his accomplice tie Meg to her bed, gag her and rape her. The women shun Bobbie following her attack on Angel. Meg tries to cope with her ordeal but won't listen to Ann's urging her to call the police. Joan lets the women know Angel lagged on Bobbie and they all realise what Angel is really like. Her grandmother visits the prison and tells Ann she is evil. One of the candidates for the vacant handyman's job turns out to be Stan. The other candidate, Neville Sloan, tries to heavy Stan to get him to drop out. Angel is sent to coventry by the inmates. Joan gets Lou and her heavies to beat Diedre up in the laundry. When Reb won't do anything to help her, Myra and Judy rush to her aid.
Myra and Judy save Diedre from Lou and Alice's beating but she gets knocked out in the struggle. Reb finally comes to her senses and they make up. Meg reports her rape to the police. Diedre is released after the happy reunion with Reb. Stan tells his wife Edie he has a job at Wentworth and she assumes he means as an officer. Pixie is brought back in for shoplifting. Meg tells Phil she was raped. Myra and Heather mastermind a plot to set up Joan to make it look like she molested one of the women - Pixie agrees to be the ""victim"". Lou plots to get rid of Stan and replace him with Neville, her boyfriend. Reb distracts Lou from ruining the women's frame-up of Joan but it all goes pear-shaped anyway. Heather realises it won't work and takes the blame. Ann is furious and sacks her on the spot.
Joan gloats following Heather's sacking. Meg identifies Peter Wright in a police line-up. She realises Angel knows something about the rape. Reb gets a friend to smuggle some dope plants in. Bobbie fights with her father when he comes to visit. Joan warns Lou to leave Stan alone, but she wants Joan to help get rid of him. Kerryn Davies arrives on a two year sentence for fraud. Joan won't let her phone her husband. Angel tells the women about Meg's rape. Myra makes her confess she arranged it. Stan pulls up Reb's dope plants as weeds, but Bobbie recovers some. Angel wrecks Dot's cell and ruins her crochet. Ann gets another threatening letter. Joan tries to push Reb off the solitary stairwell again but she fights back. She knocks Joan off the catwalk and runs off, leaving her dangling from the bannisters.
Joyce and Judy rescue Joan, after Reb raises the alarm. Myra and Pixie try to get Kerryn to settle in. Stan asks Edie if she'd be happy for Bobbie to come and visit their home. Myra tells Meg one of the prisoners knows about the rape. Angel steals everyone's clothes so they go to breakfast in their pyjamas. Kerryn finds the separation from her husband difficult to bear. Neville tells Stan he wants his job or he'll tell Edie he's not really back as an officer. Angel sets fire to Marlene's mattress. Phil starts typing classes for the women. Dot collapses after Angel poisons her ulcer medicine. Myra gets information about the rape from Angel and gives it to Meg. The inmates attack Angel and take her to the shower block, where they cut off all her hair. Meg sees it and turns a blind eye. An intruder tries to break into Ann's flat.
The police guard on Ann's flat has been horribly murdered in the break-in attempt. Lou and Reb plot to steal Marlene's money she makes from the book she is running. Angel vows revenge on the women for shaving her head. Reb begins to try and con everyone into thinking she's a reformed character. Neville starts work as Stan's assistant. Kerryn gets to see her husband, Lyle, but won't tell him why she stole the money. The police question the women about the hate campaign against Ann. Lou overhears Ann and Meg discussing the death threats and tells Reb. Neville blackmails Bobbie into having sex with him or he will tell Ann about her dope plants. Reb makes a ransom note demanding $50,000 or Ann will be killed.
Angel stabs Joan with a pair of scissors. Marlene gets her money back from Lou. Angel fills the women's shampoo bottles with caustic soda. She then punches Meg, cracks up and is packed off to an asylum. Kerryn goes on hunger strike until the authorities let her see Lyle in a private visit. VJ Higgins agrees to be lenient with Bobbie as ""a favour"" for Ann. Ann finds the note Reb wrote. Bobbie is forced to have sex with Neville again and Stan catches them afterwards. Ann and the officers realise the note came from inside the prison. Bobbie tries to run Neville down with the tractor but ends up demolishing the shed instead - with Stan still inside.
Both Stan and Neville share the blame for the tractor accident. The threatening letter sent to Ann may contain fingerprints to help catch who is sending them to her. Stan considers taking in Bobbie of he can get her paroled, but Edie thinks he's doing it for another reason. Ann is told to deliver money for ranson and is sent on a mission to do it. Marlene gets a new idea for a scam when she discovers Pixie knows the Bible verse for verse. The women embarrass Kerryn after she tries to make love to her husband in the conjugual right suite. Lou finds out she will be charged as an accomplice to murder
Kerryn remains slient on why she stole the money, and it seems it may be enough for her husband, who gives Meg a note to tell her he's going away. Bobbie gets out for a day to visit her sister after visiting Stan and Edie, but after an accident in the house, Bobbie is accused of attempted burglary. Lou cleverly plans her escape, trying to lure Fran into helping her but getting no response but instead tries her escape during a game of softball, knocking out Phil, Meg and a guard.
Marlene bravely stops Lou in her attempt to break out, leaving her worried with ""i'll skin the rabbit alive"" threats by Kelly. Stan admits to Edie he really is a maintanance worker at Wentworth, not a guard and more than that, he has to lie for Bobbie when she is brought to the police station. Lou reveals a weapon she has stashed and pulls it on Joyce when she thinks Lou is unconscious in solitary, taking her hostage. Lou then shows up at Deidre's house...to take her for all she has.
Lou is wounded by Deidre after she accidentally shoots her arm but after some persuasion Lou gets out and is driven to the airport, looking quite affluent. Kerryn faints after it's discovered she hasn't eaten for some days and is visited by her stepson, him admitting how sorry he is for what happened to her. Myra discovers Bobbie's stash of drugs in the garden, and heavies her about it. Officer Len Murphy is to be transfered from Woodridge to Wentworth. Stan suffers a heart attack.
The women are shocked to see what Myra did to Bobbie, especially Judy..but Bobbie backs up Myra saying she deserved it. Phil arranges with his friend Chris, a counsellor to help Meg deal with her problems. Len Murphy arrives at Wentworth, and it seems he may be more trouble than Joan. Lou is conned after metting a guy in a restaurant and finds her money is all gone. Former VJ Sarah Higgins is brought to Wentworth on a charge of taking a bribe, refusing to admit she's a criminal. Joan clears Ray in the smuggling allegations but like always, wants something in return.
Len and Joan quarral over who will 'rule' the prison, seems both of them want the same thing, but for themselves. After receing a letter from her parents, she admits to Judy that her parents are disappointed in her. Meg discovers who Chris really is and walks out of the party, upset with Phil. Kerryn decides to tell Lyle what really happened with the money. The accident arranged for Reb is stopped by Ray, who thinks boiling oil is just too much. Len begins to throw his weight around, intimidating Judy and almost crushing Marlene's hand in a bid to show who's boss. Joyce returns to work, clearly afraid of Kelly.
The bitterness showing between Joan and Len is becoming evident, with the women disregarding Marlene's actions of Len saving her from Joan. Charged with posession of drugs, Sam Greenway is brought to Wentworth for 6 months. Marlene continues looking for more money making schemes. Sam doesn't seem to be a hit with the women, claming to be a vegeterian and is shunned by Myra because of her drug involvement, she is also heavied by Alice and Fran afgter some crude drawings of them both. Myra asks for Sarah Higgins to be put in with the rest of the women, much to Ann's shock, but agrees to it. The entire mess between Lyle and Kerryn is sorted out, but it's too late for Kerryn, who hangs herself...
After a meeting with the PRG, Myra tells the other women about Len's disturbing past. Still in shock of losing Kerryn, Lyle kills himself in a deliberate car crash. The women decide to frame both Joan and Len, to Judy's disgust. Sarah finds out the women will not make life easy for her. It seems everyone is playing frame up after Joan and Kelly team up to get rid of Len. Sam asks to try and find her real mother, as it's discovered she is adopted. Myra is on hot water after Marlene blows her chance of getting both of the officers out on charges of taking money from Marlene. Judy is bashed by Len after she backchats him of 'hating the competition of lesbians'.
Marlene has her head pushed down the toilet by Lou for thwarting her plans, but is saved by Myra. She also finds Judy bashed, but they end up arguing over what Myra is doing as top dog. The discovery of a dead rat in the prison mail leads to a few suspects, the most important being an ex boyfriend of Phyllis, Brian Lowe. Ann and Meg move in together for a while to help comfort Ann, but Brian Lowe makes his way to the house, taking the two women hostage. Marlene is heavied by both Joan and Len, being forced to clean up a frightful mess, and them having her nose smashed in a door. The question of who may be a good top dog is discussed between Bobbie and Marlene, who consider Reb as a good choice. New prisoners are brought into isolation, but their identity is kept secret.
Meg and Ann are taken to a deserted building by Lowe, where they are told they will be killed unless he gets his money. The building is linked together with deadly explosives. Joyce is appointed acting governor, disgusting Len and Joan. Pixie tries to discover who the mystery prisoners are. A ransom of a quarter of a million dollars is asked for by Lowe, but will not get a cent until he shows proof that the women are OK. when Phil overhears the name of the person involved in the hostagetaking, he realises he knows Lowe's mother, but in his attempt to talk to Brian, he is shot in the chest.
Lowe is killed in the attempt to kill Ann and Meg, being crushed under falling bits of debris in the building, leaving Ann and Meg worried about what happened. The 'trial' for Sarah is to begin, with Pixie representing her, and Reb representing the rest of the women. As the women try to escape from the building, rats begins to scavenge everywhere, shocking both Ann and Meg. Another money making scheme is conjured up by Marlene and Bobbie...cockroach racing. Sarah is found dead in her bed by Pixie, leaving Myra red faced that someone went against her judgement. After getting burnt in the kitchen Marlene is rushed to the infirmary, and catches a glimpse of one of the new prisoners, a young man.
It is announced that there are some new prisoners from Woodridge. The three male prisoners, Matt Delaney, Geoff Macrae and Frank Burke, are put in a separate section of the prison away from the women, but a note is found in Burke's meal from Bobbie. They are immediately taunted by Len. In the building, Ann attempts to escape down some stairs, but almost trips a wire and is forced to move back. after a few messed up attempts to get out, policemen enter the building, unaware of the wires...the fate of Meg and Ann is not known. Myra discovers the murder weapon used on Sarah and begins her suspicions, tricking the killer into revealing her identity
Lowe's body is found, and so is Ann, who is in shock, but Meg's fate seems worse. After discovering Myra bashed Fran for the Higgins murder, Reb discovers she is losing her once loyal following. It now seems the women are looking more to Reb for advice and help instead of Myra. It's finally some good news for Meg, her baby has survived the ordeal, but she never knew she was pregnant...Joan discovers a new family will foster Shane, the Taylors. Joyce agrees the let the men work in the garden, to Len's disgust. Reb makes a break to get a call to the press about the men in the prison, but may be sprung when she is locked in the visitors room.
The cockroach races are on, with Aussie winning first place. Reb gets herself out with the aid of a plastic comb almost in the shape of a key type tool. The news of the men in Wentworth is leaked accidentally by Joyce, who faces a tought call from Coleby. Blaming Lou for leaking the info, Joyce is attacked by Lou and hauled off to solitary. The men are put to work in the garden, alongside Len, who is discoverred to have killed a Woodridge prisoner. Frank throws his weight around by teasing and taunting Matt, a seemingly quiet, shy type. Pixie finds her father is dating another woman, feeling upset she statses the relationship is like 'adultery'. As the women discover they will be mixing with the men soon, yra warns Bobbie to cool off with the letters to the men, and meets Geoff as she takes garbage out, bitterness erupting between them. feeling her influence on the women is failing, Myra names Reb as top dog.
Joyce is feeling the pressure of governorship when trying to handle many jobs at once. Reb seems to make a good impression on the women, saying not much will change from what Myra did, but the wolf in sheep's clothing is just beginning to emerge...Frank is hauled off to solitary after Geoff and Matt say he was the one who punched officer Bailey in the fight. While in solitary, he gets his first taste of the Wentworth women, groping Pixie. Sam is discovered to have a different name and her mother has been traced. Meg's mental state is in tatters after the news of Phil's death and blocks out everyone, even Ann. Reb's plans to get rid of Len are put into action, using Lou as bait. Reb's offer for drugs in the prison leave Myra red faced and some of the women happy, except Marlene, who falls ill after she is slipped coke in some buscuits.
Ann realises that she must agree to let the men and women mix, or Joan will be appointed Governor. Marlene is believed to have been poisoned but ann thinks something more sinister is happening. Lou regrets agreeing to be the bait for Len, and tells Reb she won't be helping her, but Reb says otherwise. The Sarah Higgins murder case is being dropped. New prisoner 'Jane Doe' arrives at Wentworth, refusing to say a word, holding a prayer book for comfort. Meg agrees to see a counsellor for her troubles and reveals the pregnancy was caused by rape. Reb's lies are spread everywhere, she blames Lou for the dope slipped to Marlene. Geoff is openly sick of Frank's treatement of Matt and gives him a blow to the stomach to hammer the message to him. The men and the new prisoner are finally brought into with the women, Myra shunning Geoff, Frank fraternising with every woman and Lou taunting the new arrival.
Frank begins to display the kind of man he is after trying it on with all the women in the rec room and trying to grope Jane Doe in her cell, causing her to scratch him. She also attacks Lou after she touches her prayer book and has privilages suspended. Reb gives the go ahead for more cockroach racing, and Lou pts her own bet on for one. Matt is introduced to the women in the rec room, with Bobbie and Pixie showing their interest in him. Pixie discovers Lou's stash of drugs in her cell after looking for Jane Doe's prayer book and is promptly taken to Ann, after Joan discovers her in there. But as Pixie lags on Lou, Pixie is now on her hitlist. Myra gets Reb's real thought of the women on tape, forcin gthe women to see Reb for what she is, conniving and devious.
