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- Two new prisoners, Karen Travers and Lyn Warner, are inducted into Wentworth Detention Centre and have to adjust to the harsh regime and the tough women they meet there. Karen, convicted of stabbing her cheating husband to death in the shower, turns out to be an old flame of prison Doctor Greg Miller. Lynn has been convicted of kidnapping and burying a baby alive, and though she loudly protests her innocence, she is bullied by the other women, led by their 'Top Dog', murderess Bea Smith. Meanwhile, young inmate Sally Lee hangs herself in her cell while going through serious drug withdrawal. Tough lesbian Franky Doyle goes berserk when she learns her girlfriend Doreen Anderson, is being moved to another cell and destroys the Recreation Room. Bea Burns Lynn's hand in the steam press and Lynn reports her for it, putting Bea's upcoming parole in jeopardy. Late at nigh, bent screw Officer Yates lets Bea out of her cell so she can go and scare Lynn into withdrawing her complaint.
- Helen Masters sets out to affect the quality of prison meals as part of her campaign to get a character witness for her trial, the prison doctor. Marilyn returns to prison, but Eddie is through. Vera's drinking almost gets her arrested in a pub, but the officer grants her professional courtesy and takes her home. Masters cons everybody--even her blackmailing assistant--and wins acquittal, trashing the prison officials and inmates in her first TV interview.
- Mrs Burns tells Doreen that if she and Kevin marry, she will disown him. Lizzie chases her down the street with a frying pan, but eventually talks Mrs Burns round. Lizzie and Doreen go to celebrate, get wrecked and try to shoplift booze under cover of one of Lizzie's fake turns. However, when Dor walks out of the shop with the booze, the cops show up. The VJ gives Sharon another week in the pound; relations improve between Judy, Chrissie and Bea. Chrissie agrees to stay away from Sharon. When Judy finds out Sharon will be gone another week, she smacks Bea in the face so she can get sent to Solitary to be nearer her. Paul goes to check on Vivienne, but there's no answer, and nobody has seen her for days. Caroline tells him where to find a spare key: he lets himself in and finds her unconscious, having taken an overdose. Paul agrees to let Sally stay a while.
- Thanks to Lizzie, Doreen is sent back to Wentworth and faces losing her parole. Lizzie comes to visit, and asks Erica if she can come back too. Kevin finds out that she is back inside and arrives to tell her he'll stick by her, but she refuses and calls off the engagement. Sharon won't talk to Judy in Solitary after Judy tells her she let Bea and Pat frame her. Judy is sentenced to a year, and tells Chrissie she can have Sharon. Bea attacks her and dunks her head in a filled sink. Sharon lies to the police that Judy was behind the whole drugs op on the outside. Tony wants Paul to let Sally stay a while longer. Sally has an abortion; later, her ex, Bill, causes trouble for Tony when she won't go back to him, and provokes him into thumping him. Caroline is distressed to learn of her mother's suicide attempt and wants to go and visit her.
- Doreen and Lizzie go to court. Lizzie gets a fine, but Doreen gets more time, even after Kevin speaks in her defence. She thanks him, but she still can't marry him. Back at the Halfway House, Lizzie hits the bottle. Chrissie learns she will be allowed Elizabeth if she stays on her best behaviour. Bea tells her to stay away from Sharon, or she'll never get her baby. When Sharon gets out of the pound, Chrissie shuns her. A jealous, rejected Sharon causes trouble when she sees how close Judy and Doreen are. Judy tries to bash her, but is stopped when Chrissie smashes her over the head with a chair. Erica tells Chrissie she may have to recommend against her getting Elizabeth. Tony gets three months on a prison farm for hitting Bill. Bea wants the women to be payed for the craft things they make. Caroline finally agrees to let Jim pay her bail money.
- Sharon refuses to tell the truth about what happened to Judy, despite Chrissie facing the prospect of losing Elizabeth. Chrissie is furious and rejects Sharon. Judy recovers from her injuries and, after Sharon has a fight with Pat, tells Erica the truth about what happened. Erica finally relents and lets Chrissie have her baby. She says goodbye as she moves to Maternity with Elizabeth, leaving Sharon behind. Lizzie goes on another shoplifting spree, including trying to walk out of a shop wearing a fur coat, but nothing is working. Back at the Halfway House, Rhonda finds her stolen goods and calls the cops, delighting Lizzie. Caroline is released on bail to live at the Halfway House, and Jim comes to visit. Paul suggests the women form a drama group. Pat refuses to appeal her sentence.
- Aiming to get back to Wentworth, Lizzie refuses to co-operate with the cops, but her elation at getting back inside is crushed when Vera puts her in another block and won't let her see her mates. At the court, she is furious to get off with a small fine, and Erica has to stop her doing anything silly. Lizzie later comes to visit Bea, who tries to talk her out of committing a crime to get put back inside. Jim and Caroline grow closer and closer on the outside, until she discovers he is married. Lizzie tries to warn her off, telling her ex-prisoners and officers aren't allowed to associate. But the next day, Jim is summoned to see Erica, who tells him she had an anonymous call accusing he and Caroline of having an affair. Judy's health begins to cause concern, and she collapses in the garden, but she won't see a doctor. Later, she has pains in her arm. A drama group come to the prison to do a performance, led by ex-convict Ken Pearce, who quickly catches Bea's eye.
- There's trouble for the Fletchers and Meg when Geoff Butler returns, his trial looming. He tries to force Meg into changing her testimony, and lets himself into the Fletcher house to terrify Leila. Jim and Caroline's relationship hots up, to Michael's disgust, and he tries to pay Jim to stop seeing her. At the trial, Geoff gets off on a bond and is later approached by Michael, who suggests they team up to get back at Jim. Pat finally agrees to appeal her sentence after seeing the recaptured Andrew. Judy confides in Doreen about her past, and as her pains worsen she tells Sharon she's scared because her mother died young of a heart attack. Bea grows closer to Ken, while the drama class ends with Doreen and Sharon brawling. A stray dog is found in the garden, so Doreen and Lizzie try to hide it in the prison. Vera keeps finding it and taking it away. She tells them she's taking it to the RSPCA, but changes her mind and, to Meg's surprise, decides to keep it herself.
- Jim admits to visiting Caroline, but dismisses any suggestion they have been having an affair. At home, Leila wants to send Matthew to a private school, but he doesn't have any money to do so after bailing out Caroline and Vivienne. Leila gets a phone call telling her this, and that her husband is seeing Caroline, and she throws Jim out. Lizzie is arrested for shoplifting again. After sneaking into the Magistrate's office at her trial and flushing his memoirs down the loo, she is thrilled to be returned to Wentworth for six months. Judy's health worries continue, but the sister can't do anything to help unless she has the tests she's refusing. Bea is smitten with Ken, as the women get the drama bug. Pat continues to refuse an appeal, and learns that Andrew has run away from the home again.
- Geoff and Michael embark on their plan to split up Caroline and Jim. This involves terrifying the living daylights out of Leila, by plaguing her with threatening phone calls and lurking outside her house. She tries to tell Jim how scared she is, but Caroline turns up and interrupts them. Late at night, Leila has a brick thrown through her window. Greg Miller returns to town for Pat's appeal, and Erica asks him to have a word with Judy Bryant. She wants him to talk her into having tests done after she collapses again. Judy tells him of her fears that she'll die in surgery, and Greg tells Sharon she needs to talk her into it or she'll die. Lizzie is not impressed to learn that Vera has given the stray dog a home, but gives her a coat for the dog anyway. To Vera's dismay, the dog's real owner claims it while they're out for a walk in the park. There's strong opposition towards the drama group being reinstated, but Erica wants it to go ahead, and needs Bea to make it work.
- A terrified Leila is convinced Geoff has been terrorizing, but he has an alibi for the brick through her window: Meg and Greg saw him in a bar at the time. In fact, it was Michael who did it. The harrassment continues when Leila has graffiti sprayed across her lounge room doors. Meanwhile, Geoff is also lurking around outside the halfway house and in-nerving Caroline. Jim threatens Michael to leave them all alone. Meanwhile, Geoff suggests they plant drugs on Jim and call the cops, and wants Michael to deliver them to Jim's hotel. Michael is blissfully unaware that the parcel is, in fact, a home made bomb. Attempting to scare Judy into having her tests done, Lizzie fakes a turn during the drama class. Greg realises she is faking, but finally Judy agrees to go for tests at the hospital. Ken tries to whip up the women's enthusiasm in Shakespeare (but he could be wasting his time, let's face it.) Pat is negative about the chances of her appeal being successful. Bea falls further for Ken, and is upset to see him meet a young blonde at the prison gate.
- Bea is furious, thinking Ken has made a fool of her, and calls a halt to the drama class. Paul desperately tries to salvage the situation, and engineers a meeting between them. Ken tells her the blonde girl was his daughter, Debbie, and things get back on track. Pat has one last visit from her kids before her appeal, and tries to think positive. Leila's living on her nerves, and has a blazing row with Jim in front of the kids. Jim doesn't think either Geoff or Michael is responsible; Caroline also gets a threatening letter. With the police circling, Geoff instructs Michael to deliver the parcel to Jim's hotel room. He doesn't get that far, and has to leave it at the reception. Later, as Jim rests in his room, Leila and the boys turn up at the hotel to visit, and collect the parcel from reception for him. As Nicholas and Matthew wrestle with the parcel outside Jim's room, the bomb explodes.
- The inmates start realigning after Master's release; Frankie gains motivation from her brother to work on good behavior. Lyn, who has returned to her parents' home, runs away with Doug whom she had met while in prison. A detective, pretending to be attracted to Vera, interrogates Marilyn about her associates and their drug connections. Frankie, who can't read, gets a telegram saying her brother was injured and goes berserk when it's read to her, deciding to end it all.
- A stunned Jim reels after the explosion: the boys are dead, and Leila is critically injured. Michael remains unaware that the parcel was a bomb, and Geoff demands payment from him for setting Jim up. As he waits for Michael outside the bank, Geoff hears the news of the explosion on the radio, and is furious to discover Jim is not dead. He pulls a gun on Michael and takes him to a house. Jim lashes out at Caroline, blaming her for the explosion; soon after, they learn Leila has also died. A grieving Jim takes some sleeping pills and booze and passes out, as Geoff lets himself into his house. At Pat's appeal, Greg testifies in her defence, and her sentence is reduced. As a result, her parole is rushed through, and she is released, with her kids waiting at the gates for an emotional reunion. Judy learns that she will need a pacemaker. Ken tells Bea that he's worried about Debbie going off the rails, and getting in with a bad lot. Bea comes up with a scheme to have Debbie spend a day in Wentworth and try to scare her straight.
- Jim is not hurt in the explosion, but reels from the loss of both his children and his injured wife. Ken causes a stir, while the trial for Pat nears its end.
- As the cops hunt for Geoff, Michael is arrested and carted off to a psychiatric hospital. Geoff outsmarts the police and escapes from his hideout, and Jim arrives home to find him waiting for him. As a confrontation develops, Geoff is finally shot dead by a police marksman. Kerry Vincent arrives in Wentworth, transferred from Barnhurst. She is an artist, and gets a cell of her own so she can paint, and the women are sceptical of her. The money Lizzie stole from the Salvation Army is found on her when she returns; she loses her buyup and is wracked with guilt. However, Captain Barton is amused and forgives her. She embarks on a path of morality, announcing she is giving up smoking, and lecturing the other women. Bea's plan to put Debbie on the straight and narrow appears to have worked - she goes back to live with her mother. Judy meets with Captain Barton, and angrily tells him she doesn't believe in God.
- Kerry settles into Wentworth, but no-one is sure what to make of her. Vera is especially harsh on her, harbouring resentment that she was never allowed to follow her dream of becoming a painter. David Austin, Kerry's agent, requests Kerry be allowed out for her exhibition. She gives Vera a painting of hers she likes, and suggests she get David to frame it. Meanwhile Sharon, angry that Kerry rejected her advances, stirs the women up that Kerry is a lagger. Doreen and Lizzie fiddle the buyup to help Lizzie out since hers has been cancelled. When they are caught, this seems proof of Sharon's accusations. Judy goes through her operation, and Captain Barton is by her bedside when she wakes. Sharon is refused permission to visit Jude in hospital. With Geoff's reign of terror finally over, the press interest in Caroline and Jim intensifies. He wants to return to work, but Erica orders him to take some time off. She calls the Department for a replacement.
- Jim's replacement, Jock Stewart, starts work. The lagging rumours about Kerry persist, and worsen when the D Block women are caught making home brew. The assumption is Kerry blew the whistle, but actually Jock overheard them discussing it. A painting she had been working on is destroyed, but she takes the blame for it; she thinks Bea was behind it, but in actual fact it was Sharon. On the day of the exhibition, David fails to bring an outfit for Kerry to wear. Vera foolishly lets her go in her uniform, but David has set it up to play for press sympathy on Kerry's plight. Erica is not pleased to see Kerry in her prison garb. Vera is horrified to overhear David tell the press an officer forced Kerry to give her a painting. Caroline and Vivienne go to trial and are released on bonds. Caroline and Jim agree to say goodbye and go their separate ways. Doreen's mother's will is finally sorted out, and she is now the owner of Alice's house.
- Kerry and the other women come to an understanding, and Bea hints to her that Sharon ruined her painting. Vera is furious with Kerry after David's comments at the exhibition that she bullied her into giving her the painting. She is called to Erica's office to explain herself, and Erica gives her the benefit of the doubt. However, an angry Kerry wrongly assumes Vera stole her light bulb and tells the Governor that she did indeed bully her. Erica tells Vera she has no choice but to suspend her until the matter is investigated. Doreen is hassled by some men who want to offer her a substantial sum of money for her mother's house. She's not keen to sell, and wants Kevin's advice. Kevin proposes to her again, and she accepts. Judy has had enough of Sharon and, after one argument too many, tells her that their relationship is over. Captain Barton convinces Lizzie to try and look for her daughter, Marcia. Jim returns to work.
- Roz approaches Janet to suggest they try and escape together. Janet arranges for a woman to visit Ros and slip some drugs to her. Kathleen twigs something is going on and suggests that the drugs, which Ros plans to drug the screws with, could be poison. To prove her wrong, Ros takes some of it - and promptly drops to the floor. Meg agrees to go out with Geoff, prompting Leila to phone her behind Jim's back to warn her about him. Pat learns David has been captured and charged with shooting Karen. As Karen regains consciousness in hospital, her mother suggests to Greg that he and Karen move to Queensland with her after the wedding.
- There's a lockdown in Wentworth following Sharon's death, and a grief stricken Judy blames Bea for killing her, but she is as much a suspect as Bea is. She threatens to have her revenge, and is moved to Isolation out of the way. Sharon's death is eventually ruled as an accident, but nobody believes that. Meanwhile, the Department are fed up with Kerry's constant press coverage, and insist on her early parole. One of the conditions placed, though, is that she has nothing more to do with David Austin. Lizzie doesn't know whether to meet the woman claiming to be Marcia. Doreen is terrified as Jock puts on the pressure to sell the house. Kevin visits and tells her he doesn't want her to, but Jock is present, and prevents her whispering to Kev. He plants contraband in her cell, and reports to Jim that he thinks Kevin passed her something. After a cell search, Dor ends up in the pound. Later, Jock pays her a visit to say that if she doesn't do what he says and sell her house, he might have to do to her what he did to Sharon Gilmour.
- Prostitute Helen Smart is admitted to Wentworth and turns out to be an old friend of Kerry's. She recognizes Jock and says he's got a bad reputation. Kerry is released but she struggles to cope without David around. Judy is refused permission to go to Sharon's funeral. Jock is still bullying Doreen; Kevin discovers the men intent on buying Alice's house intend to knock it down. Doreen finally agrees to the sale. Kevin turns up at the prison, but isn't allowed to see Doreen as she's still in Solitary, so he sees Bea. Helen, on tray duty, offers to be a go-between and pass messages to her. Helen is released and passes on Doreen's message to Kevin that she had to sell or "he would have killed me". Doreen tells Judy that Bea didn't kill Sharon, but refuses to say who did. However, Jude pieces it together and confronts Jock. Vera is also beginning to have her suspicions. Lizzie meets Marcia and her daughter, Josie - but are they everything they appear to be?
- Vera keeps quiet over Jock when he reminds her how he helped her with Kerry, but later overhears Judy accusing Jock of killing Sharon, and finally reports him. Paul tells the solicitor after Doreen's house that she isn't selling, and threatens to report him to the police. The police question Jock about the murder, and he is suspended. Before he leaves, Jock gleefully admits to Judy that he killed Sharon, and she slaps him. Erica tells Judy they have no real proof that Jock is the killer, apart from Judy's say so. An angry Judy wants Bea's help to ensure Jock doesn't get away with murder. Lizzie is just getting to know Marcia and Josie when Marcia announces they are leaving as they can't afford to stay in the city any longer. Lizzie wants to loan them money, but doesn't have any until her compensation comes through, so Doreen agrees to let them stay in her house. Kerry and David defy the court order that they are not to see each other, and end up having sex. Paul later drops by to check on Kerry and finds out they are still seeing each other.
- Franky is devastated by the death of her brother as she makes a plan to go over the wall. While Marilyn is given the third degree by Detective Lang.
- Judy mulls her options to protest against Sharon's death, and they decide to stage a strike in their cells. As some of the women hoard food, the verdict from Sharon's inquest comes back - accidental death. The women announce they're staging a sit-in in the Rec Room until the Department agree to a fair inquiry into the murder. Leanne Burke arrives in Wentworth and most of the women are disapproving of her thanks to Noeline's reputation. Leanne kicks up a stink about being in a single cell, and sets fire to it in the middle of the night. She is put in to share with Judy, but Jim makes snide remarks about Judy's interest in her. Leanne tells Judy she doesn't care, and asks to work with Jude in the garden. Paul wrestles over whether to report Kerry for violating her parole, but decides against it. Kerry sees David having dinner with another woman and throws a drink over her in a jealous rage. Back home, Kerry invites Helen Smart over and they hit the bottle. Kevin helps Marcia and Josie move into Dor's house, and begins to doubt they are genuinely Lizzie's family. Doreen gets a day out of jail to spend with Kevin.
- Erica tries to talk the prisoners out of the Rec Room, and tells them Jock is finished in the prison service. Vera cuts the power, and they spend an uncomfortable night in the dark. Next morning, they give up the protest. Noeline comes to visit Leanne and she asks her to pass on a message to the press that they're staging a demo in the garden. Predictably, Noeline can't be trusted and tells Vera. The women are confined to the building as a result. Another scheme has to be thought up, and this time it's violent. Judy, Margo and Lizzie take Erica and Meg hostage in the Governor's office with a garden fork. The other women ambush Vera in the Laundry, strip her and tie her up. When Jim finds her, the women are gone, and heading for the roof with her keys. Margo and Lizzie are left in charge of Meg and Erica, but Lizzie gets drunk on Erica's booze. Paul gets word to a drunken Lizzie that Marcia is there to see her, and she opens the door: she and Margo are overpowered by the officers outside. On the roof, the girls display home made banners protesting against Sharon's murder. They are delighted to see the press arrive at the prison, but the demo ends in disaster when Leanne topples off the roof to her death.
- Everyone at the prison is stunned by Leanne's death, bringing a sudden halt to the demo. The police go to Noeline's work to tell her the news, only to find she's been pinching money from the workers since she started there. She gets six months and arrives back in Wentworth - neither prisoners nor officers are pleased to see her. Noeline warns that she blames Bea for her daughter's death, but Judy tries to take the blame. She assumes the role of Noeline's protector, perhaps as a way to allieviate her guilt over Leanne's death. Lizzie is offered forty grand in compensation. Soon after, Marcia tells Lizzie that Josie needs an operation on her leg, but it will cost too much money. Paul, Bea and Doreen's fears grow that Marcia is a fraud, out to get Lizzie's compo. Kerry's behaviour grows more erratic, and Paul warns that if she and David continue seeing each other, she will end up back in jail. She later has a blazing row with David at the gallery, and smashes him over the head with an ashtray.
- Thinking she has killed David, Kerry flees from the gallery and disappears. David is very much alive, but Paul has no luck tracking her down, and has to report her. Meanwhile, Kerry seeks out Helen's help, gets hold of some pills, swigs them down with booze, and passes out. David finds her, but instead of getting help, he steals some of her paintings. Paul does some detective work to find out if Marcia is a fraud. Lizzie tells Marcia she's going to use her compo to pay for Josie's operation, but Bea gets a message out threatening her. Marcia realises the gig is up, and they take off. Now with proof, Paul has to tell Lizzie that Marcia is not her daughter; later she confides in Bea that she knew all along. Noeline flaunts Judy's backing in Bea's face, and gets up everyone's noses. Erica tries to warn Judy to keep away from Noeline, to no avail. Noeline feeds Jude a sob story about needing money for her family, and Judy hints at where she'll find Margo's stash from her book. Noeline gleefully turns over Margo's cell and pinches it.
- Helen finds Kerry out cold but alive, and calls Paul to get help. Paul recommends Kerry go to a sanitorium for treatment, rather than back to jail. Meanwhile David, thinking she is dead, tries to buy a painting Kerry gave to Doreen. Paul and Erica con David into handing over a large sum of money for it, then announce Kerry is still alive. Marcia turns up at Wentworth to tell Lizzie the truth, that her real name is Ellen and she knew the real Marcia, who died some years ago. Lizzie tells them that as far as she is concerned, they are her family now, and she's giving them the cash for the op anyway. Meg moves into a new flat, and meets her neighbour, young mother Gail Summers, who is struggling to cope with her screaming children. Noeline, the only one with buyup after the riot, sells fags to the other women at extortionate prices. She manages to break into the storeroom to steal supplies, and gets Judy to keep watch. However, the screws usher Judy away, and Noeline ends up trapped inside the storeroom.
- The women embark on a ridiculous attempt to cover up Noeline's absence until they can unlock her from the store room in the morning. This also includes a fake food poisoning bout as a diversion while Judy retrieves her. Bea wants to know why Judy is helping Noeline, and she says she was going to take the money herself as she is planning to escape. Noeline lags on the women's fake poisoning to Erica and the screws carry out a search. Meanwhile, Judy uses Noeline to lead her to Margo's money, but Margo catches Judy out. Meg gets involved with Gail's problems, to Vera's disgust. She suspects that Gail's husband Tim is beating the children. Later one of the kids, Jason, ends up in hospital, and Meg tells the doctor she thinks Tim is abusive. Factory owner Andrew Reynolds approaches Erica about a work release programme at his factory. Predictably, Vera argues against the scheme, but Erica is keen and tours the factory.
- The work release is to go ahead, to the women's delight. The party of women who are to go initially includes Bea, Doreen and Judy but not, to her annoyance, Lizzie. Judy suspects Margo's money may be in the kitchen, but when Noeline goes there to hunt for it, she ends up getting thrown in the skip by Margo and her heavies. Vera and Jim find her, and think she was trying to escape. She loses her buy up. Noeline's horse wins and Margo has to pay her out a lot of cash. Vera is suspicious that Lizzie still has cigarettes, and Noeline suggests she and Doreen have been pinching from the store room. She has planted items in their cell, and they are found by the screws in a cell search. Bea is furious at Noeline and thumps her, before grassing her into Erica. Bea and Noeline are both sent to the pound, and Bea taken off the work release. Meg seeks Paul's advice about Gail Summers. However, after a particularly nasty screaming match, Gail tells the police that Tim hasn't been abusing Jason - she has.
- The work release programme gets underway, with Erica warning dire consequences for anyone who screws it up. The women meet sleazy foreman Vince Talbot, and cool-as-a-cucumber accountant Kay White. Doreen suspects Judy is going to take the chance to escape from the factory. Meanwhile, Kay seems to have the gambling bug and gets involved with Margo's book, while Andrew Reynolds shows a more than professional interest in Erica. Gail arrives in Wentworth on remand, and is advised not to tell the women why she's really inside. She gets a visit from Tim, who informs her he is divorcing her and has been granted custody of the kids. She ends up telling Lizzie and Doreen the truth about her crime, who are horrified. Noeline gets word that her younger kids are to be put into a home, and she decides to smuggle her race winnings out to delay this. She asks Judy to pass it to them at the factory, and though Jude initially considers keeping the cash for her escape, she eventually gets the money to the children.
- There's trouble at the factory involving the delivery drivers, and Doreen is keen to get Kevin the delivery contract when she hears it's up for tender. She needs to find out the lowest bid so Kev can beat it. However, Noeline overhears all this. The other women torment Gail for abusing her children, until Judy intervenes and sticks up for her. Noeline manipulates her into trusting her, despite Judy's warnings that Noeline is trouble. Noeline suggests that the screws will protect Gail if she lags on Doreen about the contract. When her cell is trashed, that's exactly what she does. The women wonder who the lagger is - Noeline or Gail? Meanwhile, Doreen's troubles get even worse when Vince Talbot traps her in the store cupboard and rapes her. Erica seems to be softening towards Andrew Reynolds. Noeline is given a chance to go to work at the factory. Tony Reid is released from the prison farm, but finds it hard to readjust to his old life.
- Doreen struggles to cope after being raped by Vince, and desperately tries to get taken off the work release scheme, but Erica twigs something's going on and refuses to let her, even after she trashes a cell and attacks Noeline. She confides in Judy about what happened, and she promises to look out for her. Erica's relationship with Andrew Reynolds develops until he admits to her he is married. Noeline is allowed to go on work release; Bea gets out of the pound and is told that if she stays away from Gail she may get to go too. Margo is having trouble covering her bets thanks to Kay's gambling bug. Tony struggles to find a job, and Meg suggests he use a false name to get employment.
- Vera's attitude continues to become more punitive toward the inmates, bringing a reprimand from the governor. Lizzie's heart forces her to return to the prison, while Frankie and Doreen face life on the run with no money. Lyn faces the fact that Doug is still a criminal, and she reluctantly gets involved in a holdup.
- Judy uses her heart condition as a means to escape, and Doreen degrades herself in order to secure her husband's contract.
- Judy is on the run, seeking to get to America. Bea gets on the work release scheme, with an ulterior motive - but Noeline and Margo set to stop her. Gail's kids are taken to a home, and the full tragedy of her life is revealed. Is Kay all she makes out to be?
- Paul disappears to Adelaide, wanting to start afresh for Tony's sake. At the factory, Noeline smuggles out fabric for her brother, but is caught in the process, and has the work release scheme threatened. She is quicky transferred to a country prison and Vera and Jim aim to finally get the scheme stopped. Weasel cons Judy into paying more for a passport, but it may be too late as the cops hone in on Jude's whereabouts.
- Judy is returned to Wentworth. Bea vows revenge on Vince for Doreen. Andrew does a shady deal with Bea. Gail's trial outcome is a success.
- Erica catches out Andrew in exploiting the women's labour, but does not stop the work release. Despite Lizzie thinking no ones cares, the women plan and throw her a surprise birthday party. Kay rips off her employer for hundreds of dollars for her gambling addiction.
- Andrew and Erica's relationship comes to an end. Bea and Margo vow revenge on Kay for spoiling the work release and for owed money, yet Kay pleads mental instability caused all the problems. A new social worker arrives in Paul's place, with disasterous results.
- The mental and physical war between Kay and the women continues. Doreen reveals she's pregnant, but not with Kevin's baby.
- The women feed on Kay's mental instability and continue to provoke and torment her. Doreen admits to Kevin and the police what happened with her rape, but reveals a much worse truth to Kevin. The women aim to get rid of Agnes once and for all.
- Lynn losses it all when Doug dies in an armed hold up, while Eddie losses his job because of his affair with Marilyn. Doreen and Franky still on the run they both decide to hold up somewhere for the night.
- Doreen sinks into deep depression and attempts suicide. Agnes decides to quit. Lizzie's life is shattered after Ellen delivers her some news about Josie.
- Kay and Vera collaborate on a personal war against Bea. The new inmate learns life inside is worse than can be imagined for drug pushers.
- Kay and Vera collaborate on a personal war against Bea. The new inmate learns life inside is worse than can be imagined for drug pushers.
- Vera works to pressure Tracey into talking to the police, meanwhile Kath has her own ideas for Tracey. Kay tries to take over as prison bookie, and works even harder to manipulate the women for her own benefit.
- Jim takes in Danny after his multiple escape attempts. Judy and Lizzie decide it's time to finish Kay once and for all. Vera is threatened over Tracey.
- Judy and Lizzie plan to destroy Kay's bookmaking activities. Vera returns to work. And Danny and Jim are getting on famously.
- Kay dies and Lizzie is charged with manslaughter; Linda's parole comes through; and Tracey is allowed bail.
- The police rescue Tracey from two thugs and return her to Wentworth. Bea returns from solitary to confront her but Kathleen intervenes. Jim tries to expand his meager social life.
- A sniper opens fire whilst Bob, Tracey and Meg are in the garden, hitting Meg; Vera goes to a disco with Jim and is picked up by a young man; and Doreen realises that she would like to work with children.
- An attentive Bob visits Meg who is recovering from surgery after being shot; the women organise a 'truth' session to help Tracey's paranoia. Jim goes to a party.
- Karen permits the prison doctor to contact her lawyer about a retrial, and Dr. Miller kisses her. Vera walks in on them and reports him. A new prisoner, who is reputed to be really tough, is admitted; she and Bea turn out to be old friends, dashing Vera's hopes. Lyn is returned to prison. Doreen and Frankie have disguised themselves as nuns to beg money on the street, but decide to find an older person whom they can rob and perhaps take over their home.
- Lizzie denies Doreen's accusations but receives a five year sentence for manslaughter. Sarah makes a Jim an offer. Bob escorts Meg home after she is discharged from hospital.
- Lizzie decides to appeal against her conviction. Doreen is offered the possibility of working in the children's ward of the local hospital. Julian attempts to dissuade Jim from investing in the interior design business.
- Doreen is offered a job at the hospital. Meg and Bob's relationship develops and Tracey's jealousy surfaces. Chrissie gets a mysterious visitor. Sarah is horrified when she discovers what Jim does for a living.
- Sarah flees from Jim's flat and then avoids him. Meg returns to Wentworth. The women hold a send-off for Doreen. McNally orders Tracey's execution.
- Doreen faces life outside, Tracey has her day in court, and Bea celebrates her birthday. Erica meets Sarah and is left with the feeling that she has seen her somewhere before.
- Vera goes to work drunk, and the prisoners steal her keys. Bob confronts Tracey about the allegations of lesbianism. Erica realises that Sarah Forrest is an escapee from Barnhurst. Doreen steals Elizabeth from the hospital.
- Elizabeth's health deteriorates further. Erica offers to reinstate Vera. Bob tells Tracey of his intentions towards Meg.
- Doreen returns to Wentworth. Jacki Nolan gets a heavy sentence. Tracey confronts Meg.
- Vera returns to Wentworth. Julian, Jim and Erica campaign to get Jacki released and Tracey is moved to Barnhurst after she reveals Meg is to be her stepmother.
- Vera discovers Jim's relationship with Jacki, who anxiously awaits news of her pardon. Erica is told that an inspector is to be appointed to carry out an inquiry into Wentworth.
- Marilyn and Mum are released; Mum will help her pregnant granddaughter. Eddie and Marilyn are going to have a chance to run a milk bar owned by the new inmate, thanks to Bea's intervention. Bea and her friend Ferguson hatch a plot to get rid of Vera by accusing her of assault on a prisoner. Frankie and Doreen stay with the elderly woman they found, and she turns out to be aware of who they are--and doesn't care; she just wants company. Karen's lawyer files for a retrial, but he so discourages Lynn that she attempts suicide.
- As Wentworth prepares for the arrival of the inspector, the women discover a vast subterranean drainage system beneath the prison. A new prisoner arrives after being charged with robbery. Bea is assaulted.
- Bea is found unconscious after being assaulted. The new inspector makes his presence felt Some of the women have money stolen.
- Judy claims the money was planted on her and returns it. Gillespie tries to stop the pantomime. Judy tries to persuade Bea to sanction an escape attempt.
- Ann is convinced that the forged letter is from Megan. Plans continue for the escape.
- It becomes clear that Anne was the thief and Bea's attacker. Bob is pleased to learn of Meg's resignation.
- On the day of the panto and escape attempt, Gillespie is suspicious and snooping around backstage. The panto is a roaring success with the kids present, and under cover of costume, Judy, Doreen, Mouse and Irene make their escape down the tunnel. Back above ground, Lizzie has been pondering going with Dor, and when she finds Teddy left behind, her mind is made up and she ventures down after them, pursued by Bea, determined to bring her back. After watching what has been going on, loopy Anne tips a wheelbarrow of dirt on top of the entrance to the tunnel, burying it from sight and effectively trapping them all down there. And then disaster strikes when the tunnel collapses on top of the escapees, crushing Irene and trapping everyone else - Meanwhile, Meg prepares to start a new life with Bob, as they tie the knot.
- Bea, Lizzie and Doreen are trapped in the tunnel while the women are confined to their cells after the extent of the escape becomes known.
- Chrissie arranges a birthday party for Elizabeth while Anne's behaviour gives cause for concern. The escapees are rescued from the collapsed tunnel.
- Gillespie attempts to introduce blanket censorship as unrest mounts within the prison. Judy and Lizzie decide to write letters to the Ombudsman.
- Vera performs external heart massage on Lizzie until an ambulance arrives and she is taken to hospital. Judy meets Wally's daughter. In hospital, Lizzie receives a letter from Ellen in America.
- Lyn is found with her wrist cut and taken to hospital. A new inmate arrives: the niece of the governor. She is not wise to the way prisoners think; she reveals her relationship, promises to get her aunt's help for prisoners, and "snitches" on Bea's plot against Vera. Doreen and Frankie share the birthday of their "hostess" and are interrupted by a visit from her nephew Trevor. Karen's lawyer finds the woman who was present when Karen stabbed her husband and also finds out about Karen's abortion.
- Lizzie's condition improves, however Erica realises her prison record will prevent her from being allowed into America. Doreen goes to trial. Micki and Judy see Wally being taken in by the police.
- Lizzie regains some of her old fight. Erica goes on TV to refute Judy's claims. David Andrews arrives to start the new Education Centre in the prison library.
- Jock Stewart blackmails Judy into working for him, but she tips off the police. Sid's friendship with Lizzie develops. The divorce papers depress Doreen and she looks to new prison teacher David for comfort.
- David is accused by the women and Jim. Newcomer Sandra is actually a journalist who has had herself sentenced in order to do a story on Wentworth.
- The women send Sandra to Coventry and believe she is getting favoured treatment. David shows Doreen's socks to Vera who then teases her. Lizzie is worried about Sid.
- The women decide to use Sandra to get some good PR. Lizzie visits Sid in hospital. And Doreen becomes ill.
- Doreen misunderstands Evelyn's herbal remedy instructions. Georgie attends class in the library, but goes berserk when the women laugh at her. Lizzie collects pollen and weeds for Evelyn when she visits Sid.
- Wentworth is isolated after a tropical disease breaks out, believed to be carried by Jenny. Judy strikes up a friendship with Georgie. Meg contracts the disease and is put in the prison hospital with Lizzie and Evelyn.
- Sandra is recaptured and placed in the pound. Judy is looked after by Georgie.
- The secret of Evelyn's remedy is discovered. David begins to suspect that Georgie is deaf. Margot gets a visit from her boyfriend Wayne.
- Frankie and Doreen have to go on the run again. The governor's niece involves Vera in planting drugs in Ferguson's cell and then attempts to blackmail her into getting special privileges. The prison is put on a tight security mode when the drugs are found. A young teenage girl is abducted by a man claiming to be a family friend and is raped; police offer little hope in finding him.
- Margo tries to contact her boyfriend Wayne, and David arranges for Georgie to have some hospital tests.
- Margo tries to see Bea. Georgie returns to the prison after the operation.
- The argument between Judy and Bea escalates. Margo discovers that Wayne owes $6,000 in gambling debts.
- Bea is taken to the prison hospital. David starts an intensive course to teach Georgie to read and write.
- The siege with Margo and her boyfriend continues. Bea is returned to Wentworth.
- Margo is back in Wentworth. The women decide to retaliate against David's plans to stop Georgie's parole.
- Lizzie requests a day out. Meg arranges a job for Georgie. Sally has a run-in with Doreen and Bea.
- Lizzie has disappeared. Bob entertains important client. Chrissie is transferred to H Block.
- Chrissie receives a surprise visit, while Meg approaches Erica with an interesting offer.
- Trouble brews over the conjugal visiting suite.
- Doreen hooks up with a bloke with a room, leaving Frankie to fend for herself, but he leaves Doreen bruised. Frankie gets revenge before they leave. Barbara Davidson, the governor's niece, is revealed as the drug smuggler thanks to Lyn's searching of her cabinet; Bea vindicates Ferguson. The rapist is seen by the girl in a neighborhood store, and her mother attacks him with her car.
- Bea is ostracized by her fellow inmates. Meg returns to the prison to work as a parole officer.
- Bea feels that Debbie is meddling in her personal life. Debbie talks her mother into coming to Melbourne.
- Chrissie arrives home. Doreen reveals her secret about the Lonely Hearts Club to Judy. Lizzie receives a letter from America.
- Doreen tells Judy about her feelings for Peter and is humiliated by Vera. Meg gives a positive report about Chrissie and Mick to Child Welfare. The officers are angered by the proposed project for Bea and the Braille machine.
- The women support Bea's stand on the strike. Meg talks to Chrissie and Mick about getting legal aid to fight for custody of Chrissie's daughter Elizabeth.
- The women revolt while Colleen Powell is promoted. Erica finds herself losing control.
- Lizzie is becoming increasingly frightened about the atmosphere in Wentworth.
- Del gives Chrissie some shocking news. Bea moves into a cell with Tracey Morris.
- While Judy is confined to solitary, Margo is sentenced to ten years.
- Margo's terror campaign continues, while the police find the van they believe Bea used for her escape.
- Lynn withdraws her complaint, so Bea's release is approved. The prisoners hold a farwell party for Bea and Mum. Mum leaves her beloved garden in the hands of Lynn. Mum is released into the care of her daughter, Lorraine, and Bea gets a lift into town from Eddie. Meg and Bill are having problems with their teenage son Marty, who tells them he wants to move out and get a place with his girlfriend. With Bea gone, Franky siezes the opportunity to take over the press and announces she is now in charge. Greg tries to talk Karen into appealing against her sentence, realising her husband was abusing her. Lynn goes on hunger strike until her innocence is believed. Mum's daughter rejects her, saying she doesn't want her coming home with her, so Mum checks into a grotty bedsit in town. Bea spends her first night of freedom in luxury at a hotel. Next morning, she visits daughter Debbie's grave and picks up a package from her old cellmate, a ""present"" for her husband.
- Karen's barrister, Mr. Wilson, is retained to represent Mrs. Roberts who killed the man who raped her daughter. She is remanded to prison and finds the adjustment hard. Doreen and Frankie must find a way to get money; Franky favours a bank robbery. Karen receives the letter from Frankie; Lyn gets assurance she will get a light sentence. On their way to a robbery, Franky is shot and killed; Doreen walks back to prison and turns herself in because she blames Karen for Franky wanting to escape and plans revenge.
- Mum pleads with Bea to give herself up to the police. Judy and Doreen finally admit they were setting up Margo. Meg tries to matchmake when she realises Terry Harrison is interested in Vera.
- Bea is found by Terry in a heap in the laundry. When it transpires she may be suffering from amnesia Jim is not convinced.
- Nick's flatmate has been arrested on drug charges. Bea is locked in the storeroom.
- Vera is the only one who doesn't believe Bea has amnesia. Nick doesn't turn up for work. And Meg is delayed getting to court, where Mum is relying on her evidence.
- Margo confronts Bea. Nick is amazed at Bob's trust in him. Vera makes a decision about Terry.
- Lizzie has taken over Margo's book with some success. While Terry moves into Vera's flat, Margo determines to set him up.
- Lizzie attempts to pay off her debts. Nick is infatuated with Meg, who is suspicious of Bob. Terry confronts Margo.
- Margo accuses Terry of hitting her. Bob gives Nick an ultimatum. The women are introduced to Arna, a visitor from Sweden, and Nick goes crazy when Meg reveals her true feelings.
- Bea and Judy escort a drunken Doreen to Judy's cell. Meg is distressed at her failure with Nick, and Bob is unable to console her.
- Jim is upset when Terry decides to resign. Florence dies during her operation. Judy meets Lori.
- Doreen's hostility boils over; she blames Karen's rebuff for Frankie's death. She attempt to become the bully Frankie was. Barbara is in solitary for bringing in drugs, and Vera has the upper hand. Lizzie gets a day out to see her dying brother, escorted by the governor, which coincides with Barbara's hearing. The Roberts struggle with whether her plea should be temporary insanity. Lyn's father visits her and the result is her feeling that her only hope is to get tough. Meanwhile Vera is selectively ignoring violence among the inmates.
- Judy and Lori establish that they are mother and daughter. Jim tells Erica of the incident outside the perimeter fence, and is convinced of her innocence.
- Meg brings the solicitor to see Michelle. Erica finds the love-letters that her father wrote to her mother. Lori is taken to the Parole Officer.
- Jim confides in Terry that he is trying to locate a witness for Michelle.
- Jim discovers Amelia in the park and rushes her to court. Terry is mortified when he bumps into Kathy.
- Meg and Erica are worried about Sid's living alone, and Meg offers to take him in. Bea warns Kathy not to succumb to Terry's temptations.
- Determined to solve the mystery, Bea and Judy search Kathy's cell. Jim asks Vera about Terry's involvement with Kathy.
- Lizzie and Sid discuss their wedding which is to be held in the prison garden - who gets the ball-and-chain?
- Bea saves Alison's life by applying cardiac massage.
- Vera and Terry argue. Erica's decision about Alison alarms Jim. Kathy's flatmate has disturbing news.
- Alison is upset and confused. Kathy worries about getting out. Vera goes for an interview.
- Barbara's hearing manages to cast doubt on her aunt's impartiality, thanks to Vera's innuendos. A departmental investigation is planned. Lizzie's brother dies after a bitter row with her. Lyn's father blows hot and cold about supporting her at trial; Lyn herself flips back and forth between cooperation and rebellion. Mrs. Roberts does not allow her daughter to testify and is convicted of manslaughter, sentenced to 3 years in Wentworth.
- Don threatens to take the matter of the attack further. Bea is interested in Alison's access to files. Kathy is let out of prison - with tragic consequences.
- Alison is allowed out of isolation while Doreen is sent to solitary. Terry makes Vera a startling proposal.
- Terry pressures Vera for an answer, and Lizzie awaits news of her parole.
- Terry tells Vera how he is implicated in Kathy's death. Alison is allowed to visit Don in hospital. The women decide to wear black arm bands.
- After Terry is shot dead, Vera makes a final decision that rocks the staff of Wentworth. She accepts the promotion of Governor at Barnhurst, and in typical Vera style, decides to leave quietly when everyone else is celebrating.
- Colleen Powell is suspicious of the women's good behaviour after Vera leaves. Lizzie is ecstatic when she is told of her release.
- Alison is put on a charge when she hits out at Colleen, and Don has an accident at work.
- Jim offers no reason for his resignation. Colleen's promotion may be jeopardized after the women give her a hard time about Alison.
- Peter tells the women he's on the run. Doreen sees this as a chance to go on the pull.
- Linda and Ricky prepare Andrea's escape attempt. Meg gives Peter an ultimatum.
- Barbara is being bullied by Doreen; Vera eggs it on, hoping it will somehow get Mrs. Davidson in trouble. Lyn's father gets her a job if she gets work release, and she reverts to her normal attitudes (her trial results in 12 months with remission). The governor's husband tries to convince her that Barbara is being treated too harshly by the staff. Mr. Wilson has represented Roberts and Lyn and tries to find Karen's mother to be a witness for the appeal who isn't interested, as she is planning to remarry and determined to put her daughter's problems behind her. Barbara barricades herself in her cell, threatening to set herself on fire; her aunt decides to wait her out.
- Linda and Ricky break into Erica's flat Erica is threatened with a shotgun when she arrives home discovering Linda and Ricky have broken into her flat.
- Doreen and Peter risk capture to take Martin to hospital. Ricky and Linda take Erica hostage.
- A new female officer arrives at an already understaffed Wentworth knowing a secret about Bea. Andrea lets slip a clue to Erica's whereabouts. Peter and Doreen break into Lizzie's house.
- Peter discovers that Doreen is in love with him. Andrea and Linda have a fight and are taken to hospital.
- Linda and Andrea are returned to Wentworth after their attempted escape from hospital. Janet worries her past is comeback to haunt her. Lizzie is released from Wentworth.
- Tension in the dining room when Linda and Andrea come face to face, and two new prisoners, Kate and Sandy, are introduced to the other women.
- Linda needs help before it is too late.
- Meg asks Bea for help regarding Lizzie.
- Sandy asserts herself as top dog. Janet confesses to Meg that she met Bea previously. Gordon tells Lizzie that he wants Syd's house to rent it out. and Bea is seriously ill with a suspected brain tumour.
- Sandy steals some painkillers for Bea. Lizzie decides what to do about Gordon with Doreen's help.
- Barbara's aunt talks her out of the cell, but feels she must transfer her ASAP. Doreen attempts to apologize but Barbara ignores her. Because of the costs of defense, the Roberts have been forced to sell their business, rent their house and send their daughter to live with an aunt, as the father has had to take a job elsewhere. Lyn is okayed to do work release at a plant nursery. Karen's retrial drags up all the memories and seems hopeless the first day. The second goes better, but Karen must now be cross-examined.
- The women decide to discredit Officer Powell. One of the women is stunned when a doctor says her tissue is compatible with Bea's.
- Lizzie returns to Wentworth as a remand prisoner, protesting her innocence, and Judy gets a shock.
- The women decide to discredit Officer Powell. One of the women is stunned when a doctor says her tissue is compatible with Bea's.
- Doreen struggles with the idea that she has to give away her kidney to Bea, while staff are at loggerheads when Mr Douglas enforces Mr Gillespie's security recommendations.
- Dr Kennedy visits Bea and confirms that Doreen has agreed to donate her kidney.
- The women become determined to disrupt the harsh security measures that plague them, and the infamous Marie Winter arrives on transfer from Barnhurst and sounds out Sandy's leadership.
- Doreen and Judy are sent to barnhurst after the roster mix - up.. and Judy is also questioned about the fire in the staff room.. News is going around the prison about Bea being taken to Hospital for her kidney transplant and Lizzie is caught in the act of stealing from the kitchen by Colleen and is sent to another block.. The women are fed up on how the screws are treating them and Marie Winter tries to make trouble - Top Dog Sandy Edwards agrees to Riot - The Inmates start collecting weapons for the riot and Marie starts making sling shots out of the scraps in the laundry.. Colleen is promoted and Meg Morris tries to tell everyone there is going to be trouble with the women but no one cares as they just think it will die down.. Later that night.. Meg Morris Jim Flectcher Jannet Conway and New Officer Steve Falkner are on Night duty - Sandy and Kate Peaterson start letting the women out after lights out.. Marie and the other women are making fire bombs in Doreen and Judy's old cell.. Jim and Meg go on there rounds for the final time before knocking off.. when all hell breaks loose when Meg and Jim spot the women unlocking a gate.. The women spot them and charge at them.. Jim runs for it and sounds the riot alarm.. and Meg just stands there in terror.. The women throw fire bombs and try to unlock the 2nd gate.. Jim runs back and grabs Meg and they run for it.. The season ends with the women charging at Meg and Jim with fire bombs and Polls yelling.
- Jim and Meg escape just as the rioting women take control of the prison but Steve and Janet are trapped inside. The inmates bicker amongst themselves - Marie stirs everyone up, Margo mouths off and Sandy tries to keep control of the situation. Outside the jail, Erica won't allow the police to storm the building, to Jim's disgust. Steve manages to get to a phone and tell the police they are still inside but he ends up having to hide up in the roof from the prisoners. The women give Erica their list of demands. In hospital, Bea hears of the riot on TV and phones the prison to speak to Erica, but Ted Douglas won't let her. The marauding women finally track down Steve, separated from Janet, in the Governor's office. On Sandy's orders, they pin him to Erica's desk and start to strip him.
- The almost-naked Steve is locked up in a cell. Janet finds him, but he tells her to leave him there and find a way out. Bea phones the prison again and gets to speak to Erica this time. She agrees to let Bea talk to the women. Kate is sent out to speak to Bea, with Colleen sent into the prison in her place temporarily as a trade. Lizzie is sent outside with the women's latest list of demands, only to be grabbed by the cops and taken away for her trial. The police prepare to send Jim in, commando-style, through the roof after dark to find Steve and Janet. The women read Janet's file and learn she is an ex-prisoner. They manage to catch Janet, strip her and dress her in an old prisoner's uniform. The police blackout the jail: Jim scales the wall and finds Steve and Janet safe. He radios the police to tell them, but the women stumble upon him. As they give chase, the riot squad lob tear gas into reception and storm the prison.
- Sandy tries to seduce Steve, but they are distracted by all the commotion and he overpowers her. He finds Jim and they manage to regain control of the situation. Cops swarm into the prison. When they find Janet, they assume she is an inmate and knock her out. Marie tries to escape dressed as an officer but is caught by Erica. In the aftermath of the riot, Kate lets Sandy know the women think it was a waste of time. Sandy is sent to solitary and security measures are increased. Jim applies for another job. Marie seizes control as Top Dog and takes over Sandy's laundry racket, asking Fitzwater to pay them in drugs rather than money. At Lizzie's trial, Colleen testifies against her but is demolished by the defence. Gordon Humphrey admits he wanted to demolish the house and have the land rezoned, prompting an outburst from Lizzie, who is ultimately acquitted of the arson charges.
- Karen's appeal seems to be going badly since there is no corroboration for her husband's abuse. Lyn goes off happily to her nursery job and is left alone while the owner runs errands. The office is locked, and when a customer hands her money, she puts it in her pocket. A woman is caught shoplifting and sent to Wentworth on remand; she refuses to give her name although her fingerprints will identify her as a repeat offender. Karen's mother reconsiders, testifies to hearing the husband demand Karen get an abortion, and the jury reduces her conviction to manslaughter. The judge reduces her sentence to 2 years. Lyn is accused of taking the money by her boss, although she had forgotten it; she walks off the job and police are notified. At the appointed time, Lyn walks up to the prison gate.
- Lizzie enjoys her freedom while tensions between the staff and the department reach boiling point.
- The staff agree to strike with tensions reaching crisis point between the department and the prison. While Lizze falls for a conman.
- Janet thinks that Meg is having an affair with Jim and accuses her of betrayal. Sandy makes moves to consolidate her romantic meeting with Steve.
- The women suspect that Bea and Sandy have set Marie up, but there is no proof. Meg learns that the Board is due to review Lizzie's parole following her arrest for non-payment of bills.
- Judy's parole hearing is finally here as Sandy gets threats against her. While Jim tells Meg that things between him and Janet are over.
- Judy is out of Wentworth and embarks on a new life on the outside. In her loneliness, Doreen attempts to befriend the guard dogs.
- Erica announces to Jim his promotion and transfer to a youth remand centre. Jock Stewart finds out where Judy is and that her daughter has married into money.
- The dog handler is concerned when the dogs appear to have lost their appetite. On exercise period Marie causes considerable distress by throwing Doreen's teddy bear to the dogs.
- Ian apologises to Meg for embarrassing her in front of the women. Judy visits Doreen in Wentworth and asks her to find out from Sandy where she can get a gun.
- Doreen's escape is ruined. Ian and Meg have a drink and Meg makes it very clear to him that she is not interested in him at any level, except as a colleague.
- The shoplifter's name is found (Susan); her mother reveals that the husband has filed for divorce and she has custody of Susan's children. Susan dashes the expectations of inmate fans when a TV heartthrob appears on screen by claiming he is the reason her husband is abandoning his family. Vera meets a former prison officer in a bar and is impressed with her flat, clothes, and other possessions; she does not suspect there is an illegal activity involved. Knowing Vera's loneliness seems to make it easy for the "boss" to draw her into his net.
- Competition intensifies between Meg and Colleen Powell. A 16-year-old is inducted into Wentworth, where she is bewildered by her new surroundings. A murder is being plotted.
- Meg puts her marriage before promotion to Deputy Governor. The Department investigates possible fraud in the kitchen and Bea begins to suspect Kate.
- The police arrive to question Judy.
- Kate learns the truth about her witness. Susie plans her escape.
- Sandy and Marie are in dispute about who will deal the death blow to Kate. Janet finds herself attracted to Ian Mahoney.
- Suspicions grow when Sandy is found to be missing. Hazel breaks down when she hears that her husband is applying for custody of their children.
- Marie realises how Kate got rid of Sandy, and Hazel realises what her chances are of stopping George's custody application.
- Marie starts throwing her weight around, and Susie begins her escape attempt.
- Ian tells Janet he's not pressing her, while Judy is baffled by an apparent alliance between Bea and Marie.
- Kate's in for a surprise as two characters receive a transfer.
- Susan's erratic behavior continues: writing on the cell walls with lipstick, tearing her bedclothes to shreds. Lyn's work release employer calls, offering her job back. Mr. Wilson encourages Karen to take college classes during her prison term so that she will be prepared for another career other than teaching. Susan's husband sues for custody of their children, and Wilson is his attorney. Though troubled by not knowing how he makes a living, Vera continues to see George. When he reveals he deals drugs, Vera feels used; she feels so unattractive she can't believe he could like her for herself. He pursues her, claiming he truly cares for her. The former "screw," Ann Yates, is arrested for dealing, and he asks Vera to try to protect her.
- Bea and the other women are puzzled by the disappearance of Marie and Kate. Janet and Ian's affair becomes increasingly obvious.
- Susie flees into the woods to escape a rapist. The women of Wentworth start work on their prison paper.
- Meg agrees to act as matron-of-honour at Janet and Ian's wedding, and Helen returns to Wentworth on a prostitution charge. There is an attack on Judy's life.
- Kate is finally taken to an asylum, and Susie insists that one of the new prisoners is her mother.
- Bea suspects that her birthday has been forgotten, and Joanne tries to persuade Susie as gently as possible that she is not her mother.
- Jennifer Powell is taken to the bank robbers' hideout. Erica Davidson takes a lenient view of Bea's birthday celebrations.
- A mystery prisoner arrives at Wentworth. Doug Lewis plans to kill Jennifer, and even Mel if necessary.
- Carol discovers that Doug has attacked Jenny, and Erica is under pressure to keep the mystery prisoner out of the other women's way.
- After killing Doug, Carol urges Mel to flee with Jenny. Helen is re-arrested as soon as she leaves the prison.
- Bea hates drug dealers so much the administration tries to conceal the reason Ann Yates is in Wentworth. Lyn has a good day at work and realizes her boss hasn't told her coworker that she is in prison (which leads to complications). Susan is interviewed by a psychiatrist who sees her as normal, needing only marriage counseling, although she has been violent in the social worker's office. Lizzie and Doreen want to go on work release so bad that they break into the governor's office in order to get applications and let Doreen forge Mrs. Davidson's signature. For her help, Bea asks for Yates' file since she suspects her of bringing in the drugs that killed her daughter.
- The woman who abducted Colleen's daughter arrives at Wentworth. Bea gets all the details from Helen about her business deal with Harry Stanfield.
- Jackie is under pressure to admit she put Judy in prison. Colleen finds it hard to hide her feelings towards Carol.
- Judy blasts Doreen and Margo for ruining her chances of release by bashing Jackie. Matt closes in on Harry as the man who framed Helen Smart.
- When Erica sends Jackie's confession to the police, the prospects look brighter for Judy's appeal. Bea tries to persuade Steve to help her smuggle Helen's letter to the press.
- Doreen decides to hide the spirits in the fire extinguishers. Lizzie's plans for Susie's farewell are scuppered by Colleen.
- When Doreen's bright idea starts a fire, Bea rescues Steve. Chrissie falls out with her sister-in-law and finds her dole fiddle on shaky ground.
- Chrissie plans to flee, but Brenda has other ideas.
- When Lizzie notices the friendship between Meg and Steve, the rumours start flying. On her release, Susie goes to a hostel but finds the regime stifling. A new prison officer arrives.
- Susie starts her new life working in a pizza house. Chrissie discovers that Brenda is trying to get custody of her child.
- Bea's latest article is published, and the editor offers her a regular column. Susie's social life gets her into hot water in the hostel.
- Susan's court date results in her release; her husband gets custody of their children; she leaves home. When the camera scans the audience at a TV show where Jason Richards is appearing, Susan is sitting there zoned out. Suddenly she runs up on stage and throws acid in his face. She is returned to Wentworth and is fantasizing about her husband coming for her. Meg reads the newspaper and learns that Jason Richards is the stage name of Susan's husband Frederick. Susan has "split" the man in two: Jason Richards as the one causing her husband's absence from his family and Frederick, her loving husband. The inmates have learned Yates is a drug dealer and are making her life miserable, especially Bea Smith. When she corners her, Yates pulls out a knife she hid from the cafeteria and stabs Bea. The prison is locked down but Yates is nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, the son of Lyn's boss is attracted to her, and his dad warns him off: "She's a crim, son."
- Hannah makes an escape bid with the help of two gunmen. Susie's birthday brightens up when a parcel arrives from Wentworth.
- Susie loses her job and her home. Joan agrees to appear in court for Brenda and support her claim for custody of Chrissie's daughter.
- Wally is concerned about the letter Judy has brought out for Hannah. Meg is worried that Susie will blow her parole.
- Susie shows her naivety over Donna's relationship with Des. Bea decides to fight back against Joan - with or without Hannah's help.
- Donna tempts Susie with some pills. Chrissie is getting orders from both Joan and Bea.
- Des assures Susie that he's taking good care of Donna. Joan bribes Lizzie with some grog. When Duncan recognises Chrissie he wants to kill her.
- Susie is forced back into prostitution. Chrissie learns that Joan has agreed to help Brenda in the custody case.
- Donna is suffering severe withdrawal symptoms from her heroin addiction. The women learn of the horrific injuries inflicted on Chrissie by Joan.
- Des thinks he has Susie just where he wants her. Maxine starts making life difficult for Joan.
- With Franky's hold growing in the prison, it reaches boiling point when an all out riot causes Bill to be stabbed. As Marilyn and Eddie's affair begins with Lizzie messing with the wiring.
- Yates is missing and the search begins for her. Next morning Lizzie finds her dead in the dryer. Vera realizes she was to blame but keeps quiet. With Bea in hospital, Monica decides to take over as 'Top Dog' and clashes with Noeline Burke. They both blame each other for killing Yates, but Noeline is packed of to the pound for lying to Erica Davidson, about it. Meg Jackson tells Mum about Bea being in hospital Mum goes to visit her but is not allowed in, as Judith-Anne lets slip to Jean that Meg Jackson has been visiting them. Steve invites Jean to dinner to meet Clara Goddard, who if interested in funding a halfway house. Later Clara turns up to ask Steve for legal advice, saying she is about to be arrested. With Yates dead, Vera plans to flee the country with George but he goes without her, leaving her with an envelope of money.
- Hannah is offered a bribe to forego mentioning the name of Ludlow at her forthcoming hearing. Doreen is suspicious of Gloria, and finds a revolver in her belongings.
- Gloria gives Doreen a plausible excuse for having a gun. The women decide to take a united but passive stand against Joan and Judy finds Donna having a fix.
- The women, ill-equipped to endure a sit-in without food and shelter, are determined to maintain their position. Barbara attempts to comfort Doreen over her sacking. Judy decides that Susie needs a break.
- Hannah is returned, but there is a suggestion that she should be transferred to Barnhurst. Meanwhile Donna attempts to smuggle dope.
- A new inmate makes a violent entrance when she flattens the 'Freak' on her first day; and Lizzie is on a big 'downer' about the rest of the women breaking their sit-in.
- Maxine is contrite and determines to repay Judy for the damage caused to the Halfway House by her friends.
- Steve's romantic attachment for Barbara grows and Judy learns from Tony that Maxine has been dealing in stolen goods.
- Lizzie pretends to be a sick old woman at her parole hearing. Maxine is brought back to the Halfway House by police, and Penny Seymour is brought into Wentworth on a prostitution charge.
- Margo is eventually tracked down to one of her old haunts, and upon her return, a surprise inmate makes her smile. Chrissie talks to Neil about her childhood, and Spud tries to blackmail Maxine into helping him pull a job before she goes to court.
- The women are suspicious when Meg is imprisoned, but she refuses Erica's offer of spending her three-day sentence in isolation. Margo plans to have her beaten up.
- Bea learns she will be going back to Wentworth soon, so she drugs her police guard and escapes from the hospital. Mum is shocked when Bea turns up on her doorstep but agrees she can stay for a few days, against Judith-Anne's protest. Panic ensues when Meg turns up to visit Mum. Noeline continues to throw her weight around with Bea absent so Monica, Lizzie and Doreen give her an extremely hot shower furious, Noeline pinches Lizzie's smoke's and rips the arm's and legs of Doreen's teddy. Syd fires Lyn without warning. George Lucas turns up at Vera's place and forces her to turn him into the police. Clara Goddard tells Steve she has been charged with embezzling a lot of money. she cannot afford to pay her bail and is sent to Wentworth on remand, were she is a big hit with the other women.
- Chrissie is questioned about Penny's murder, and Meg is released. Bea and Chrissie give Margo a home- made tar and feathering.
- Meg suggests a plan to unmask Joan; Steve offers Bea parole help on certain conditions.
- Joan decides to blackmail Barbara after discovering her secret papers, and the police arrive at the halfway house to question Tony.
- Joan threatens to reveal Chrissie's affair with Neil. And Tony's efforts to help people only seem to be making him unpopular.
- Margo releases Paddy and receives a severe beating, and Bea reveals full details of Joan's trap to Lizzie.
- Erica is stunned with the news about officer corruption, and Bea gets a rare taste of freedom.
- Sally flips, and Chrissie returns to prison.
- Tony and Judy prepare for the official opening of the Halfway House and the women prepare for the concert auditions.
- The concert party meets its male counterpart and Sally learns that Peter has started divorce proceedings.
- Sally becomes depressed after news of the divorce. Chrissie sees someone she really does not want to.
- Meg is suspicious when she finds a packet of Bea's cigarettes and Mum has to make excuses. Meanwhile, Bea has hidden in the next room. Later, Bea asks Mum to go see Val and get some cash so she can buy a dress and a wig. Judith-Anne goes instead, but Val has moved. She buys the dress and wig herself so that Bea will leave. Meg realises Mum must have been hiding Bea. She and Jean go back to the flat, and narrowly miss bumping into Bea. Jean has to tell Lynn she has been fired, but Jean eventually manages to talk Syd into taking her back. Noeline tries to bully Clara, and bashes Karen when she stands up for her. She then recruits thick Martha as her offsider, but Monica thumps her anyway and threatens to spin dry her. Jean moves out of Meg's unit. Vera pays George's bail but he ties her up in her flat and skips the country.
- Cookie learns the truth about the parentage of Kerry's baby and Joan's dog is killed.
- Kerry decides to have the baby and put it up for adoption. Cookie and Kerry walk out on Errol and go to live with Cookie's sister. Margo muscles in on a Woodridge inmate's escape attempt. The Woodridge Governor catches Paddy and Andy in a private liaison and orders Paddy be taken off the concert project. Phillip gets Joan's papers from the thug who broke into her house and finds Joan's diaries among the haul: he visits Barbara and hands the diaries over to her. A furious Joan arrives at work and takes her anger out on Barbara. Joan tells Meg about the burglary and the death of her dog. Bea is laid off from work. The escape bid goes wrong when Lizzie gets in the way and tries to stop Margo - Joan arrives and knocks her roughly to the ground. Geoff begs Joan not to sound the alarm and ruin the concert, but she does it anyway. Lizzie is found lying unconscious on the floor.
- Margo's escape attempt is thwarted when she is stopped by armed guards. The concert is halted and cancelled by Erica and Ted Douglas. Lizzie is rushed to hospital. Margo is brought back to Wentworth and put into solitary. The doctor tells Meg that Lizzie has severe internal bruising from the fall. Barbara hides Joan's diaries in a filing cabinet in Erica's office. Andy's sister Kathy comes to visit Paddy. Bea blames Margo for what happened to Lizzie. Joan realises that Barbara has her diaries and accuses her of killing her dog. Bea tries to find work and makes a phone call about a hairdressing job. Tony agrees to let Maxine move in with him, to ease the overcrowding at the halfway house. The hairdressing salon call Wentworth to ask Erica for a reference, but the call is intercepted by Joan, who informs them of Bea's murder convictions and reads her record out to them.
- 'Tony tells Maxine he isn't interested in her in a romantic way. Meg realises Joan has sabotaged Bea's job application, which Joan admits to the Governor at a staff meeting, and later to Bea as well. Joan steals papers from Erica's office and plants them in Barbara's cell, which Colleen finds. Bea is suspicious Joan took so much trouble to frame Barbara and wants to know what she has on her. On the night shift, Joan lurks about causing trouble. She threatens Barbara and ends up performing a body search on Paddy to get a note slipped to her by Andy Hudson's sister. Margo and Chrissie plan to attack the Freak. After the incident with Joan, Paddy agrees to take part. They black out the lights on the solitary staircase and get Mouse to lure Joan there, where she is attacked by five baseball-bat-wielding women wearing masks.
- Joan fights back and manages to get away from her attackers. Bea worries that she will be blamed for the attack and lose her parole. Maxine is annoyed by Melissa's presence at the halfway house. Joan needles Bea, eager to get her to blow her chances of parole. Paddy stops her when she eventually snaps and tries to hit her; Joan vows to charge her anyway, but Colleen makes it clear she won't support her. Sara Hamilton, a young woman on a drugs charge, arrives at the halfway house. Tony suspects her boyfriend, Alan, is also her supplier. Erica offers to place Bea in isolation to keep her out of Joan's way. Melissa tells Maxine she's trying to get Tony to leave the halfway house and go to Sydney to live with her. As Bea goes to isolation, Paddy promises to tell her of any change in Lizzie's condition. Later that night, a note is slipped under the gate leading to isolation which reads "Bea - Lizzie Dead - Paddy".
- Joan fools the women into thinking that Lizzie is dead and they stage a protest, even Bea joins in from isolation. Her parole board hearing is postponed. Colleen tells the inmates that Lizzie is not dead after all. Bea realises the note was a fake and Joan was behind it. Tony gets drunk and falls into bed with Maxine after Melissa walks out on him. Barbara is sent to isolation after Chrissie and Margo rough her up to find out what she has on the Freak. Bea faces the parole board. Sara and Alan fight with his father when he turns up at the halfway house. Barbara tells Bea she has Joan's diaries. Alan suggests to Sara they take an overdose. A gang of inmates, led by Chrissie and Margo, trash Barbara's cell. Judy finds Alan and Sara unconscious. The parole board tell Bea they are impressed but want her to keep out of trouble until they review her case again in six months.
- Her chance of parole gone, Bea plots to get back at Joan. At the halfway house, Alan is dead but Sara has survived. Bea gets Barbara to tell Joan the diaries are hidden in isolation. Chrissie starts a fire in the library to distract the screws. Unknown to everyone, Margo chucks a Molotov cocktail into a store cupboard full of turps. Bea attacks Joan in isolation as Wentworth burns beneath them. Barbara tries to get her diaries from Erica's office but is overcome by smoke. Paddy climbs through the air conditioning to get out. Mouse is engulfed in a ball of flame when the turps explode. Erica runs back in to the burning building to open the locked security gates. Joan and Bea are trapped on opposite sides of a security gate - and Bea has the keys. Bea refuses to unlock the gate, saying she's ready to die - and Joan's going to die there with her.
- Paddy crawls through the air conditioning and finds Bea and Joan in isolation; Erica is rescued by firemen. Mouse and Barbara's bodies are recovered from the fire. Chrissie blames herself, unaware Margo was to blame. Paddy gets Bea and Joan to the roof to safety but Bea accidentally knocks Joan off a ladder and she is stretchered out unconscious. The remaining inmates are taken to Woodridge. In hospital, Paddy learns her release has come through and she goes to live in the halfway house. Meanwhile, Bea is less than pleased to learn that Joan has survived. The women moan about the poor conditions at Woodridge. Maxine prepares a romantic meal for Tony but he is held up by Sara's problems and she falls asleep. Joan tells the police that Bea attacked her and that she admitted to her that she started the fire as a diversion.