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- Rita counsels Kath and stops her killing herself. The women find a weapon to defeat Rodney with. Rita tells Alice she has some big plans that nothing - and no-one - can interfere with.
- Joan surprises everyone when she volunteers to be Rita's constant help. Harry makes an unexpected announcement.
- 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.
- Rita struggles to come to terms with the news of her impending death. Returned to Wentworth and rejected by Merle, Kath feels like she has nothing left to live for and prepares to commit suicide.
- Rita carries out the robbery but is recaptured and brought back to Wentworth in a bad way. Joan goes to pick up the cash but chickens out. Alice gets Tom to bring in his motorbike for Rita to ride in the grounds as a birthday treat. Ann is told her reforms have been accepted and Dwyer sacked. Rita announces she's standing down as Top Dog and wants Kath to take over. Harry is transferred to Barnhurst. Joan arrives at work next day to hear Rita died during the night. She finally picks up the stolen loot, but the cops are waiting for her and she arrives in Wentworth on remand overnight and is put in Solitary. Joan starts cracking up and is horrified when her meal is brought in by a very much alive Rita. She is taken away to another prison next morning as the women whoop and holler. Rita tells Alice she's "going to be the oldest biker in the world".
- In the aftermath of the escape, a distraught Merle is sedated and committed to a mental institution. Dwyer advises Joan to swallow her pride and return to Wentworth. The women, with the help of Lisa, plan a cruel humiliation for Rodney.
- Spider finally succeeds in pushing Rita too far. Rodney makes plans to get back at Lisa. Kath's escape could end with her in a pine box.
- Rita escapes from Wentworth to carry out her robbery. Kath and Merle are reunited and the women learn of Rita's condition. The department assess Ann's reform proposals.
- Margo's terror campaign continues, while the police find the van they believe Bea used for her escape.
- Ann awaits her test results and Lizzie goes in front of the parole board.
- 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 siege drags on as Inspector Grace tries to bring things to a safe conclusion. As the terrorists' deadline arrives with no progress, they carry out their threats and kill Tammy, dumping her body outside the prison. Myra is told that she must choose the next person to die. In the kitchen, Lou and Lexie make a failed attempt to escape. Julie crawls through the air-conditioning in a bid to contact the police.
- Rita receives some devastating news from the doctor about her ill health. Kath finally manages to escape from her minders.
- Spider tries to burn down the shop and is worried that Joan will bash her to punish her. When her attacker comes in the middle of the night, though, it's not Joan - Kath is made trustee in charge of the shop. Rita is reluctantly appointed to try and keep Sarah in line. Spider's confession about Lester prompts Lisa to get her voice back.
- 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.
- 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.
- Petra is shattered when her secret is divulged and Lucy finds a way to blackmail the Freak.
- The deadly fever subsides after taking many lives. Bea and Tony spend a night together. But is it their last?
- Joan finally triumphs over Colleen. Someone wants Paul Reynolds out of the way, and Judy is accused of molesting Belinda.
- Meg is demoted and replaced as Deputy Governor by a gleeful Joan, who also ruins Julie's chance of parole and future happiness. Is there a lagger among the women? Rita and co think it's Kath and vow revenge. The prisoners rollerskate round the corridors and take on the officers in a volleyball game.
- Brumby's bashers are revealed and punished for their misdeeds. Marty places himself in considerable danger as he continues his attempts to help Spike.
- A familiar face returns to Wentworth.
- The siege comes to a bloody and tragic end as Ruth orders Myra's death and the horrified women look on in horror as their Top Dog is executed in front of them. As Ruth and the terrorists make their getaway with Joan as their hostage, Nora flips out and turns the tables on one of their captors. Heading for the airport, Joan's life is still in peril until she manages to get the upper hand.
- Stranded at sea, Joan decides to head for a nearby island to try and get help, and is pursued by Rita, intent on killing her as revenge for Slasher's death. However, Nancy is determined to stop her - and Joan turns out to be the one who has to save Rita's life in the end. On the boat, Roach is falling for Mick and decides that she isn't going back with the others. Back in Wentworth, Kath throws her weight around with the other girls.
- Lizzie is becoming increasingly frightened about the atmosphere in Wentworth.
- Bea learns she will probably be charged with arson and murder. Alan Jeffries' father vows to get Sara jailed for Alan's death and have the halfway house closed down. The women realise Andy is being picked on by other male prisoners. Bea and Lizzie get out of hospital and arrive at Woodridge. Bea protests against the conditions. When Colleen mentions there were two fires, Bea realises Chrissie didn't burn the place down. Paddy comes to visit Andy but doesn't tell him his father is ill. Rejected again by Tony, Maxine hooks up with Spud and they try to rob a truck, landing them both back in jail. Andy gets a kicking and is rushed to hospital. The male inmates start a riotous protest against the women taking over the mailbag sewing contract. In the midst of the chaos, Jeannie goes into labour but the screws don't hear the women calling.
- Sonia finds herself at the mercy of Joan, but finds that the latter has no compassion whatsoever. Wally turns detective to help Rosemary.
- Rita and the girls plot revenge on Stud and Billy for the attack on Lorelei. Alice tries to find out the truth about Harry's past.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The prison scrambles for answers after Officer Bridges is brutally murdered. While the department accepts a braille teacher for Belinda.
- When the attempt to free Ruth goes wrong, the terrorists are forced to rethink, taking the prisoners, Joan and Joyce as their hostages. The women squabble despite Myra's attempts to keep them calm and in line. Outside, Inspector Grace butts heads with the federal cops, who have very different ideas from him on how to handle the situation. The terrorists inform the police that they intend to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
- Rita is back but Joan is determined to break the hold she has over the women. A television news team arrives at Wentworth to investigate Meg's claims of a cover-up.
- Rita and Alice are cleared of trouble in the incident with the men. Kath makes her getaway, but is forced to leave Merle behind. Angry and humiliated, Joan threatens Dwyer and bullies him into helping her.
- Colleen helps Chris look for a housekeeper and Meg suggests she has ulterior motives in helping the Youngs. Judy tells Janice she has found them a housekeeper, and Janice is furious she doesn't know anything about it. Janice tells Colleen to keep out of her personal life. Nola, Joan and Maxine's black market rackets look doomed when buyup is reinstated. Lizzie plays a string of stupid practical jokes on the girls, and they very quickly tire of it. Nola suggests they get their own back, and Bea agrees, providing it's harmless. Erica is informed a new prisoner will be a departmental "spy" to evaluate the staff and inmates. The officers are kept in the dark about it as much as the prisoners, and the woman, Jill Clark, raises Joan and Bea's suspicions by asking too many questions. Faye finally gets to see her niece and nephew, and buys them gifts.
- Judy refuses to help Hazel die. Bea tells the women she thinks Phyllis is working for Joan. Sonia tells Bea she intends to take over. Petra tells Sonia to get lost when she tries to smooth talk her onto her side. The women help Pixie reply to her letters. Sonia suggests Joan turn a blind eye to the making of illicit grog. Joan bullies Lizzie into stealing kitchen supplies and makes Pixie to admit to Ann she stole them. Rosemary gets fired after a disastrous first day as a waitress. Scott proposes to Petra. Bea searches for the rest of the stolen stuff when Pixie tells her the truth about the theft. Judy won't let Scott admit Hazel to hospital. Joan takes Lizzie to the boiler room and forces her to make the booze. Judy finally relents and helps Hazel take an overdose.
- Tom's wife Carol calls his student and arranges to purchase the pictures; the police arrest her as a blackmailer and she goes to Wentworth. Carol calls from the police station, and Tom must resign his university post; Clement must come back. Fletcher denies Karen a day at university for "backtalk"; she reveals that Fletcher is hemophobic, and the inmates set him up during a first-aid class to see how that plays out. Edith doesn't want to leave Wentworth, and she doesn't have to--she dies in her sleep. Lizzie grieves intensely; Fletcher arranges to pay for Edie's funeral since she reminded him of his grandmother.
- 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.
- Remand prisoners Rita "The Beater" Connors and Barbara "Barbie" Cox are brought into Wentworth, Rita charged with assault and bodily harm, while Barbie's charge remains a mystery. Joyce overhears David and Eve discussing Eve's guilt, yet it may cost Joyce her life. A new top dog is elected...and she already asserts herself by trying to get a bashing in or two.
- The girls throw a Boy George fancy dress party to say goodbye to Lexie as she is released to go and look after her baby in the hospital. Nancy confesses the truth about her husband's death to Rita and comes to a big decision as she realises Peter's true nature and turns him into the police, finally ensuring her freedom. Spider makes her mark on H Block and gets back at Kath for getting her transferred from C Block.
- Joan gets a nasty shock on her first day in her new job. Kath contemplates an offer from Ron Willis to get Marty and Spike. Rita arranges a meeting for Alice and Harry to discuss his past.
- Chrissie arranges a birthday party for Elizabeth while Anne's behaviour gives cause for concern. The escapees are rescued from the collapsed tunnel.
- 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.
- 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.
- Doreen has a hard time trying to get herself arrested. Myra stands up to Joan and tells her to stop tormenting Sonia.
- Sonia makes a deadly deal with the Fellowes Gang. Judy and Cass are blamed for the kidnapping.
- The kidnappers refuse to believe Lynn's insistent cries that she isn't Monica. Joyce is visited by one of the gang, and realises through what she says that they kidnapped Lynn instead. Urged on by Bea, she tells Jim the whole story, and he calls the police. The gang are arrested and Lynn is rescued. Back home with hubby Fred, Monica goes to pay off his debts, only to find he didn't owe as much as he said. When she returns home again, Monnie finds that Fred has stolen all the rest of her money and taken off. Karen's sociology lecturer, Peter Clements, comes to Wentworth to do a study on the prisoners. However, in truth he is studying the staff instead. An elderly couple, Edie and Horrie, are evicted from their home by their landlord. They are turned away from a refuge after refusing to be separated, and sleep rough. Next morning, Edie wakes to find Horrie has died.
- Denise reveals to Fletcher she hid the key in a toilet in the reception area; he calls Detective Grace and is thus eligible for the reward of $14,000. He goes to notify his wife and finds a man in a bathrobe. Clement wants to investigate Fletcher and realizes he should start with his Army files. Tom Burton, the sociology tutor, tries to end the affair with the student; she has pictures she threatens to send to his wife. Tom gets home too late to intercept them. Edith is scheduled for release and realizes the pathetic life she will return to; Fletcher is touched by Edie's plight and harangues Jean, the social worker.
- The prisoners grow excited about the impending work release on the boat, despite Rodney's efforts to have the scheme cancelled. Lexie tries to come up with a way to prevent being transferred to Maternity - but a potentially deadly disease was something she hadn't counted on. Roach makes plans to escape and enlists Vicki's help, until Rita puts a spoke in the wheels. Joyce and Mervin get some bad news and find themselves homeless.
- Rita forces Sarah to face some home truths. Kath, Merle and Rodney go on a day out to buy contraband for the shop.
- Kath and Rita do a deal and reach a compromise. Ann is reinstated as Governor by the Department, prompting Joan to make a surprise decision.
- Kath and Merle are forced to swallow their pride as punishment for poisoning Rita. Spider finds the evidence she needs to try and put a stop to Alice and Harry's budding romance.
- 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.
- 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.
- The women revolt while Colleen Powell is promoted. Erica finds herself losing control.
- Nick's flatmate has been arrested on drug charges. Bea is locked in the storeroom.
- 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".
- 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 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.
- Bobbie and Cass rush to Stan's aid, Camilla is given 24 hours to pay fifty parking fines, and Joan's pleasantness terrifies Sonia.
- 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.
- Lizzie befriends Edie, and she is moved into Lizzie and Doreen's cell. Monica and Joyce try to beat Blossom up when they realise exactly who she is. Monica tells Joyce that Blossom didn't get her share of the money. Jim starts to realise that there is some link between the three women. Blossom wants Vera to protect her, but she refuses; later, Monica bashes Blossom and is sent to Solitary. On the way, she and Jim are intercepted by Edie, who tells them Lizzie is having a heart attack. Doreen loses the plot and attacks Monnie through the bars of the solitary cell, blaming her for Lizzie's condition. She is promptly carted off to a psychiatric hospital. Jim gets slipped a note telling him where the key to Joyce's safety deposit box is. Later, when Joyce goes to check her hiding place, she finds the key is gone. She accuses Bea of stealing it, but Bea suggests that Jim has taken it.
- Monica is let out of solitary and put under close observation to prevent her clobbering Blossom (Denise). The prison is under strict security to prevent the safe deposit key being smuggled out. Edith and Lizzie's friendship deepens; Lizzie almost has an attack when Clement visits her. Jean tells Karen she will soon be released and shares concern that Clement is having an adverse effect on the inmates. Denise promises Fletcher money if he helps and protects her; he sounds out his wife about a reconciliation. He makes a deal with Denise, half the money if he gets the key out of the prison and the money out of the bank; his phone conversation is overheard by Vera and he is suspended. Karen's new tutor is having it off with another student and his wife threatens to kill them both.
- 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.
- Noeline Burke is returned to Wentworth after a job she does with daughter Leanne goes wrong, and gets a pasting from Bea for smashing the TV set last time she was inside. Jean Vernon, who has moved back in with Meg, tries to help the Burke family by encouraging Leanne to claim the dole, to Noeline's disgust. Leanne and her boyfriend Denny look for a way to get quick cash, and Meg returns home to find her flat has been broken into. Melinda learns she is pregnant. Greg prepares to leave Wentworth for his new practice, but agrees to help out until they get a new doctor. A media blackout surrounds the arrival of a mysterious new prisoner in Solitary, and the women speculate as to her identity.
- Kath Maxwell looks set to have a hard time in Wentworth, as the women react angrily to the "kid killer". Rita has drugs smuggled into the prison in a remote-controlled car and throws a party, which ends in disaster after Steve flushes the dope down the loo and Rita knocks him out. Joan goes golfing.
- Marty's attempts to help Spike could spell trouble for Lisa Mullins. Kath finally manages to find Spider's contraband, but Rita could die as a consequence.
- 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.
- 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.
- The secret of Evelyn's remedy is discovered. David begins to suspect that Georgie is deaf. Margot gets a visit from her boyfriend Wayne.
- The argument between Judy and Bea escalates. Margo discovers that Wayne owes $6,000 in gambling debts.
- Lizzie has disappeared. Bob entertains important client. Chrissie is transferred to H Block.
- Bea is ostracized by her fellow inmates. Meg returns to the prison to work as a parole officer.
- While Judy is confined to solitary, Margo is sentenced to ten years.
- Bea is found by Terry in a heap in the laundry. When it transpires she may be suffering from amnesia Jim is not convinced.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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."
- 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.
- Karen arrives at Melinda's and finds it isn't quite as welcoming as she thought. She needs to find a part-time job and get a mattress for the floor. With Bea in solitary and Noeline released, Doreen is concerned that there is no leader. A Mrs. McNally enters a bar, asks for a woman. follows her into the loo and shoots her. She goes to Wentworth on remand; Lizzie recognizes her as the wife of a top mobster. She receives goods from her lawyer to buy cooperation from the other prisoners. The murder witness is guarded, but the word is out that she should be eliminated. She is abducted from the safe house.
- Lou and Alice face their punishment for the riot, at the hands of Rita and her bloodthirsty band of prisoners. Bob counsels an old friend whose daughter is dying of a terminal illness. Lexie and Jessie overpower Bassinger and tie him up, but they're sent back to Wentworth charged with his assault when the police don't believe their story.
- Rita attempts to lure Craven into a fight to the death, intent on avenging the attack on Lorelei. Merle makes the most of her new-found freedom and has a ball with her new pal Tommy.
- Ann Reynolds' return to Wentworth and Joan's simultaneous fall from grace are the cause for major celebrations amongst the staff and inmates alike. Brumby begins plotting yet another ill-conceived escape attempt.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The siege with Margo and her boyfriend continues. Bea is returned to Wentworth.
- Bea feels that Debbie is meddling in her personal life. Debbie talks her mother into coming to Melbourne.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The police turn up at Val's place and arrest Bea, but she persuades them Val didn't have any choice but let her stay. She is brought back to Wentworth and welcomed back by Doreen. With little effort, Bea reclaims the press. That night after lights out, Noeline punches her, but next morning it is Noeline who wakes up worse for wear. Bea goes to the Governor and admits she walloped her. Monnie is still adamant she's in charge, leading to a brawl between them, during which Meg is knocked out. They finally declare a truce. Erica furiously cancels Lynn and Karen's day releases when no-one will say where the booze came from, so Clara takes sole blame for the alcohol and is sent to Solitary. Steve tells Karen he has feelings for her but is rebuffed. Greg looks after Meg after her accident and they end up spending the night together.
- After listening to Lizzie's warnings about Joan, Tracey doesn't want Joan near her. Wally visits Judy, and she asks him to help run Driscoll with her, but he suggests Mikki instead. She agrees, and Mikki moves in. Maxine gets a visit from Spud, on the scrounge. Maxie's sister, Pauline, and husband Roger are having money worries. He works at a bank, and takes cash from an old lady's account to pay off their debts. Lizzie confronts Zara about the gun, and Zara finally tells all. Nola is worried that Lizzie knows what's going on. Lizzie gets into the Infirmary, shows Bea the gun, and tells her what Joan and Nola have been up to. Bea is skeptical, but soon believes her. After Bea asks to see her to "apologise", Nola is brought to the Infirmary by Meg. Bea urges her to come close and tells her Debbie and Paddy are waiting - for her. She whips out the zip-gun - and shoots Nola between the eyes.
- Meg is terrified by her stalker and gets round-the-clock police protection. Dennis turns out to be the stalker: he kills a girl who picks him up, then plays Meg a tape recording of her murder, before turning up at Meg's flat and pulling a knife on her. Helen tries to convince Sharon she has been brainwashed; when that fails, she has her abducted from the street, and takes her to be deprogrammed in the attic at Driscoll. Pixie is depressed when her plan to get transferred to the asylum fails, so the women write her an anonymous love letter to cheer her up. Lizzie gets a message from her old friend Foxy on the radio, asking her to get in touch. Petra Roberts is admitted on remand for the murder of her father, but she has refused to explain why she did it. Dr Scott Collins comes to Driscoll to tend to a resident, and Judy suggests him for the doctor's job at Wentworth.
- The cop patrolling Meg's house has had his throat cut. Dennis becomes more unhinged, slashing Meg's clothes and talking to her as if she's his mother. The police try to contact her by phone and when she doesn't answer send a patrol car round. Meg takes advantage of Dennis's delusion and persuades him to drop the knife: the police turn up on cue to arrest him but then have the impertinence to ask Meg if she "encouraged" Dennis in any way. Meg asks Marty to stay over as she's feeling a bit "shaky". Meg returns to normal remarkably quickly after her ordeal and Colleen drops in to see how she is. Meg explains that the police think the first caller may have given Dennis the idea. Maxine tells Pixie the love letter could be from Dan the delivery man. Pixie flirts with Danny but when it becomes obvious he doesn't even know her name it becomes obvious to Pixie that he couldn't have written the letter. Wally is the next to be identified as the writer of Pixie's letter. At Wally's life drawing class where she is the only pupil, Pixie and Wally talk at cross purposes until he has to admit he didn't write the letter. Pixie now believes it was Dr Weissmann who wrote the letter and adds a few supposedly seductive frills to her uniform, but is disappointed yet again when he interviews her in the Governor's office. The women finally tell Pixie the truth about who wrote the love letter. Bea suggests to Petra that she could help by teaching the women in Wentworth. Petra's trial is postponed to get her legal representation, even though she wants to plead guilty and not offer any evidence. Maxie and Pixie are among the first to agree to attend Petra's classes. Sharon is taken to the attic at Driscoll House. Alpha Centauri gives a sermon to his followers ("Blend with the Force, my children") breaking off to phone Helen at the halfway house to threaten her over Sharon's disappearance. Helen makes a counter-threat to expose his fraud and his real identity and the cult leader tells her she can keep Helen. The de-progammers discuss the best tactics to help Sharon. Helen explains the noise coming from the attic to the other halfway house residents as a friend who is trying to come off drugs. Colin and Peter do the bad cop / good cop routine on Sharon. Wally has to invite Ann to dinner to stop her when she announces she intends to visit Driscoll House. Scott visits Driscoll House and hears the shrieking from the attic: he is given the standard excuse about a resident going "cold turkey". Judy comforts Helen when she starts to find Sharon's deprogramming distressing. Mrs Collins next door phones the police to complain about the noise at Driscoll, and the de-programming ends in disaster when Sharon first attacks Helen when she tries to intervene and then accidentally stabs Colin Burton with the cheese knife he was waving around earlier.
- A building inspector arrives at Wentworth to inspect the rebuilding, but he's a fake. Once inside the jail, he knocks Colleen out, ties her up, and plants bombs around the prison. Meg rescues Colleen, but the women have been locked in the laundry with a bomb inside ticking away - Sharon is charged with murder as Alpha Centauri's true nature is exposed in the press, shattering her illusions. Helen decides to implicate herself to help her sister. Lizzie gets wind of Petra and Scott's relationship but vows to keep quiet. Petra tells Lizzie her father abused her, and was going to do the same to her sister, Emma, which is why she killed him. Later, when Emma visits Petra, we learn it was actually Emma who killed him. Lucy attacks Major the dog to stop him finding her drugs, and a furious Joan turfs her out. Ann forgives Wally. Lizzie gets a telegram from Foxy.
- When Hazel disappears, Judy suspects there is something terribly wrong with her. Rosemary finds herself in serious trouble with the law, while Sonia Stevens' true nature is revealed to the inmates.
- Judy leaves Betty to find Hazel's body. A reporter has written to Pixie for a story, using an assumed name. Joan tells Ann that Bea is planning a riot and wants her transferred. Judy throws Betty out when she accuses her of killing Hazel. Joan puts Bea in solitary for punching Phyllis. Rosemary sees an old friend's name among the men who replied to Pixie. Joan provokes Bea into attacking her in solitary. She worsens her injuries before reporting it to Ann. Judy hears there is to be an autopsy on Hazel's body and decides to give herself up. Joan takes Bea to her cell and tells her she is being transferred to Barnhurst. She escorts her past a distraught Lizzie, refusing to let Bea say goodbye. Joan is triumphant, declaring she has finally won. The police come to Driscoll to arrest Judy.
- Joan is out for revenge after her recent attack and another prisoner escapes.
- Lizzie bids Wentworth farewell, while Ann receives devastating news after her surgery.
- Jim recovers from his minor injuries as Joyce recovers from her narrow escape at the hands of her husband. Not wanting Harry to get to the money, she asks Monica to help her move the money somewhere safer after she is released. Erica learns that Jim and his wife, Leila, are separated. Lizzie tells Erica that she framed Lynn: Lynn is let out of the pound and Lizzie suffers loss of privileges. Meanwhile, Lizzie confronts Doreen, telling her she knows it was her who did it. Doreen spitefully tells Lynn that it was Lizzie who set her up and Lynn turns on the old woman. However, Monica soon works out the truth about the whole incident and tells Lynn the truth. Lynn is furious and calls Doreen a worm, rubbing mud in her face. Steve is invited to lunch by an old flame, Jennifer Collins, who proposes they go into partnership together.
- 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 fulfill her ambition.
- 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.
- 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.
- Monica scours Melbourne looking for Fred. Meanwhile, Blossom and her boyfriend Bruce con Fred out of the money, so he goes home again with his tail between his legs. Monnie is livid and beats him senseless, landing herself back inside. However, Blossom is also arrested for having the stolen money, and it isn't long before Monnie and Joyce realise who she is and what she has done. Edie rolls about the town drunk and throws a brick through the window of the refuge that turned her and Horrie away. After shoplifting and attacking a woman with an umbrella, she is sent to Wentworth, where Jim takes pity on her. Dr Clements continues his research at the prison and upsets Doreen by referring to her as a lesbian.
- 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.
- Meg and Ann are taken to a deserted building by Loew, 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 hostage-taking, 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 judgment. 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.
- Karen's "landlady" is becoming very controlling, and Melinda offers her a place if Jean gives permission. The inmates stage a hunger strike because of Doreen' s medical needs. Noeline finds out her daughter has been arrested for the robbery and explodes, initiating a standoff. While Bea goes to see Doreen, Monica and Noeline give in to the administration because they want to make parole. Fletcher has Bea put in solitary. Greg warns Melinda that an abortion could get her charged with perjury and return her to prison.
- McNally arranges to have a box smuggled in with liquor, cigarettes and fruit, but it is found. She subtly begins to take Bea's place in the pecking order. Melinda has an abortion using Karen's name; her doctor calls the apartment and Karen learns of the deception and moves out. Fletcher takes Vera out to apologize for being so rude, and again when he is granted leave. His wife suggests they might reconcile for the children's sake and he agrees.
- Lou starts a full-scale riot in the prison, taking Joan, Mervin and Steve hostage and tying up Rita and her cronies in the dining room. Eve faces a kangaroo court and is hanged as punishment, as Lou finally gets revenge on the Phantom Lagger. As Bob tries to regain control of his prison, Lou forces Joan and Rita into a fight to the death.
- A furious Rita arrives at Blackmoor, where she has to fight for her life against the efforts of the inmates, the officers and the Governor to destroy her. She also gets a terrible shock when she spots a familiar face amongst the inmates. Back at Wentworth, Spider and Alice are forced into a shaky alliance to defeat Kath.
- Marilyn's boyfriend Eddie is suspicious of where she got the money for his birthday gift: back "on the game" (prostitution)? The final straw is a visitor who is obviously a "workmate" from the street. Officials and inmates are puzzled when Helen Masters drops her application for bail. She uses the media to bring attention to the "innocent" women being incarcerated--including herself, of course. The Bentleys, the culprits responsible for Lyn's conviction, continue their libertine ways, but are finally exposed and arrested.
- Doreen and Kevin's marriage hits rock bottom. Kay continues to lag, with the women setting her up to prove it.
- 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.
- Gillespie attempts to introduce blanket censorship as unrest mounts within the prison. Judy and Lizzie decide to write letters to the Ombudsman.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sandra is recaptured and placed in the pound. Judy is looked after by Georgie.
- 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.
- 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.
- Chrissie receives a surprise visit, while Meg approaches Erica with an interesting offer.
- Trouble brews over the conjugal visiting suite.
- 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.
- Del gives Chrissie some shocking news. Bea moves into a cell with Tracey Morris.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- As Bea's condition worsens, Ann tells Zara to keep away from Bea. A doctor comes to see Bea, and tells her she isn't to blame for Debbie's death. Nola makes her zip-gun, which Joan hides in Bea's dressing gown pocket. After another midnight visit from "Debbie", Bea freaks out totally and is carted off to the Infirmary. This time, though, Lizzie heard the voices too - and finds the gun in Bea's pocket. Maxine is released but finds it hard settling back in with her mum at the petrol station. Tension continues to grow, as Ann remains taken in by Joan and her sucking up. She stirs things up between Ann, Meg and Colleen, leading to Colleen confronting Ann. Ann realises her mistakes and buries the hatchet with Colleen. Wheelchair bound Tracey Belman arrives in Wentworth, on remand for murder. She is abrasive towards the other women and refuses anyone's offers of help.
- Bea is perfectly rational following Nola's murder, and tells all about the plot to drive her mad. Joan falls under suspicion, but there is no proof against her. Bea and Lizzie are to be charged for their part in the murder. Joan warns Zara to keep quiet about everything, or it could look bad for her in court. She denies everything and heads off to her trial. Joan volunteers to be Tracey's permanent help, but she isn't pleased. Her paralysis is revealed to be in her head. She wakes after a bad dream about the accident to find Joan standing over her, and accuses her of trying to molest her. Maxine's mother falsely accuses Maxie of stealing from the till. Roger learns the old woman he'd been stealing from is dead, and he needs to return the money. Mikki settles in at Driscoll, with her sleazy boyfriend Cliff hanging around; Litza, a young Greek woman, turns up at the house after running away from home.
- Erica announces that a Visiting Justice has been appointed to investigate her running of Wentworth; Vera is thrilled, planning what she will change when Erica is sacked and she is appointed Governor instead. Clara cements her popularity amongst the women by getting Monica to leave Irene alone and successfully asking Erica to resume the work release. Karen and Steve try to help Irene further. Irene's brother, Alex, and his wife, Tessa, learn that they are allowed to stay in the country and mistakenly think this means Irene can also. The VJ transfers Clara to another prison. Vera and the prisoners lay it on thick to the VJ but it backfires on Vera in spectacular fashion: rather than being promoted to Governor, she is to be demoted to make way for a new male Deputy Governor.
- Wentworth mourns the death of a much-loved inmate. Bea falls in love and lassa fever claims more victims.
- The women punish Sonia for her evil deeds on the outside. Hazel tells Judy the terrible truth about herself.
- Bill dies on the way to hospital and Rosie gives Birth to a boy. Meg is devastated as the police investigate into Bill's murder begins. The cops are not getting very far; meanwhile, Eddie tells Marilyn he saw who stabbed Bill. Bea and the girls learn from him that it was Chrissie who killed him. They attack and scalp Chrissie, and she is transferred away to another prison. Meg turns up for work, yells at everyone and is sent home by Erika Davidson until the funeral is passed, Mum collapses at the bedsit and her landlady goes through her belongings. After the funeral, Erika tells meg that she doesn't have to come back to the prison, she will get compensation from the department for Bills death. Meg is Furious and tells Erica she isn't going anywhere.
- Lynn refuses to forgive Doreen and learns she is to be released. She and Doreen sort of patch things up before Lynn leaves, but Doreen is still distraught over the whole thing, and confused over her feelings for her. Monica refuses to get involved in Joyce's troubles, especially as she has just got her parole and will be leaving along with Lynn. However, when Monnie's husband Fred turns up to tell her he has huge gambling debts, she agrees to help Joyce in order to pay them off. What Monnie doesn't know is that Fred's lying through his teeth and he wants the money to live it up with his girlfriend, Blossom Crabtree. Dimwit Martha Eaves overhears Monica and Joyce discussing their plans, and reports back to Harry Martin and his gang, telling them when Monnie will be released. When the release finally comes, though, Lynn leaves first and is accidentally abducted instead.
- 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 vandalizing 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- As Ettie hears the news of her wrongful imprisonment, Jan tells her she could get close to half a million dollars on release. Sam is threatened by Ann that she must seek psychiatric help, but refuses, as she doesn't want to leave Judy. In an ultimate tact to kill Myra, Lou wires her doorknob with electricity, but the plan is ruined, and someone else cops Myra's fate.
- Toni smuggles more contraband in, and passes around more 'funny cigarettes'. The officers have trouble finding any of the smuggled goods, until one prisoner lags. Karen moves into a hotel and gets a job at a cafe.
- The officers and inmates attempt to get back on track in the aftermath of Lou's riot as Eve's murder is made to look like suicide and Julie is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Bob vows to make Lou's life a misery as punishment for her actions. Meanwhile, it looks like the prisoners are about to get a new Top Dog.
- Greg agrees to return to the prison, but only part time. Bea is released from solitary, but seems to have no interest in challenging Toni for position as top dog.
- Antonia McNally is in hospital after Roz shoots her on the steps of the courthouse; Roz Colson, the 17 year old daughter of the victim, is put in Wentworth. Fletcher institutes a policy of no privileges until the inmates "earn" them; he requires all the staff to work overtime in order to have complete supervision. While Meg and another warder are discussing this, Martha sneaks out after Roz (who was headed for the toilet) and intends revenge for McNally. Bea notices and leaves Martha on the ground; she is sent to solitary. Fletcher tells Roz she must rely on staff to protect her; he also reveals that McNally just died.
- Events at Blackmoor build to a shattering climax as Rita leads the women to riot, taking several officers hostage. Craven issues a devastating order that prompts a grieving Rita to burn the prison to the ground. Meanwhile, Kath incites the Wentworth women into a rooftop protest in support of Rita, then wriggles out of responsibility for it.
- Lizzie finds a stray cat in the garden and brings it into the prison. When it dies, she blames Frankie for killing it, but it turns out she did it accidentally herself by giving it water from the garden tainted with weed killer. Lizzie then tries to fake amnesia in order to get an early release but Meg Jackson sees right through it. Gary Doyle comes to visit Frankie again and gives her a copy of his plans for the farm. Later the other women deface the plans by scribbling all over them. Mum suggests Frankie work in the garden to keep her away from Bea Smith. Erica Davidson and Meg Jackson ponder Frankie's chances of parole. Some male prisoners come to work outside the fence to work on the drainage system and Lynn Warner befriends one of them, a guy named Doug. Vera's mother has a hart attack and dies. Marilyn is released to live with Eddie but, unable to get a job after being inside, she considers going back into prostitution.
- 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.
- 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.
- The women decide to use Sandra to get some good PR. Lizzie visits Sid in hospital. And Doreen becomes ill.
- Bea is taken to the prison hospital. David starts an intensive course to teach Georgie to read and write.
- 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.
- Bea returns to Mum's flat, furious over Judith-Anne lying to her. Judith-Anne finally agrees to find out where Val is, but after she contacts Val, Val calls the police. Bea spots the police in time and turns up on Val's doorstep, forcing her to let her stay. Later, a policeman arrives at Val's house looking for Bea. Erica finds Vera tied up in her flat and calls the police. Vera admits it was Lucas who tied her up. She learns she may face charges for associating with known criminals. Erica wants to demote her, but Meg gets her to reconsider. Monica tries to show her dominance over the women with a sit-in but Karen breaks it. Doreen tries to stand up to her but nobody backs her up. Clara refuses Steve's offer of bail. Noeline is moved in to share a cell with Karen.
- Meg and Greg are nervous around each other after spending the night together. Doreen appears to be developing a crush on Lynn and is upset to realise Lynn's parole is looming. Noeline learns that she will be released in a week's time and is warned to keep out of trouble, but both Erica and Meg know she will be back before very long. Marianne de Vere agrees to fund the halfway house and wants to throw a garden party for the women, to which the media will be invited. Despite Vera's reservations, both Erica and the Department agree to it. Marianne also donates a new colour TV for the Rec Room. Clara is given permission to do the catering for the garden party, at which Lizzie and Doreen start a food fight. Everyone later gathers in the Rec Room for the unveiling of the new TV, only to find it has been smashed by the now released Noeline.
- A hostage situation develops at the Colsens' after Des' murder. Carol threatens to kill both herself and Jilly, and it is only Joan's quick actions that save the girl. When Joan doesn't turn up for work, Meg arrives to check on her, discovers what is going on, and calls the police. Carol arrives in Wentworth on remand. Bea is furious over Maggie's lies; Lizzie admits she knew she was guilty. Maggie learns she is to be extradited, but to her horror the proviso is she must serve her entire sentence in a US jail. Brandy freaks out in the shower, and reverts back to the same persona Meg met at the Library. Meg realises that's where she knows her from, but when she confronts her, Brandy returns to normal and denies it all. At Driscoll, Litza and Mikki argue. Judy doesn't think Mikki can help anyone else until she sorts her own life out. Wally goes to see Manoli, and manages to reconcile him with Litza.
- A tragic turn of events rocks Joan and the Governor, as Coulson sees her daughter.
- Joan feels partly responsible for Carol's suicide, and asks if she can tell Jilly about her mother. Brandy, now Laura, suffers memory gaps and is shocked to learn her crimes. She asks Phyllis for the bottle of brandy. David Sheldon visits Roxy, and she demands more money. He consults a lawyer to discuss his rights if she backs out. They can sue for the money, but have no claim on the baby. Roxy gets six months, so the kid will be born inside. She reconsiders giving the baby up. A man turns up at Driscoll looking for his wife Pixie, aka Sandy. She fills Judy in (well, sort of...) on her tortured love life and Jude is suspicious to find bank books in several names in Pixie's bag. She announces she is leaving, but when the women wave her off it is yet another man she leaves with. Later, the police show up to arrest her for bigamy and fraud. Ann persuades Wally to move into the attic apartment in her building.
- Sonia and Joan join forces in a profitable enterprise at Wentworth. Lizzie prepares for her day as a high-society lady, and Hazel asks for Judy's help in her hour of need.
- Bea tries to stop the Freak and Sonia from taking over Wentworth. Lizzie's grand day out ends in the truth being revealed, while Petra can hardly believe the results of her trial.
- Colleen finds Lizzie in tears after Bea's departure: she has broken her wrist banging on the security gate. Wally goes to get Judy for the police, but she has fled. Petra gets an engagement ring from Scott, hidden in a bunch of flowers. Phyllis steals the ring but Sonia makes her give it back. The autopsy reveals Hazel died of morphine poisoning. Joan takes Lizzie and Pixie to the boiler room in the middle of the night to bottle the booze. Lizzie gets drunk sampling it. Ann and Wally search for Judy. Supposedly violent prisoner Cass Parker is transferred from Barnhurst for killing an officer, but seems friendly and docile. Rosemary gets sacked from a factory job. Petra accepts Scott's proposal. Meg is horrified when Marty's new girlfriend turns out to be Randi Goodlove.
- Erica is made the new Head of Department. Reb gets even with Stan, and a life hangs in the balance.
- 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.
- The end of the fete spells disaster for some of Wentworth's inmates.
- 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.
- 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 reopens her cuts with a razor blade.
- 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.
- 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 threatening 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lou and May come to blows. Ruth begins to live in a lap of luxury and starts to implicitly 'use' some of the girls. Joan makes her return to Wentworth, reverting back to her old regime of intimidating the new prisoners. Ann gives her a stern lecture about shaping up...or shipping out. Ettie lies to Meg about being happy in the retirement village, and decides to make her way back to Wentworth...in a very bad way.
- An unsuccessful search is made for the missing ring. Greg clears out from the prison; Karen bring in a draft copy of Clement's thesis and prepares for her parole hearing. Meg comes home to a pigsty, and Leanne cleans it up and begs to stay a little longer. Meg discovers the ring and Noeline is called in for questioning. Under pressure, she claims to have found it in Martha's cell. Meanwhile Martha threatens Lizzie because she thinks Lizzie took the ring. When questioned by Mrs. Davidson, Martha brags that she proved she was smarter than they all thought by getting Bea and Monica blamed for her murder. Mrs. Davidson advises Fletcher to get professional help for his hemophobia; he refuses. Meg and Vera bring dinner to Martha; she trips Vera, grabs a fork and holds it to her neck, taking her to the roof; Fletcher ignores his reaction to blood to rescue Vera and overpower Martha. Vera expresses her gratitude and compliments him; Karen is devastated by the parole hearing.
- Spirits are down and tensions are high following the Terrorist siege, but good news seems to come across, Ruth has been sent to Blackmoor. Grace begins to question the women about the siege and Nora gets a hands down from Grace. after Lou made the killing of Max sound as though Nora enjoyed it. The search is on for Daphne, who goes missing after Nora gives her the cold shoulder after Myra's death, and is found on top of the prison roof, ready to jump to her death. Alice returns from court, getting 10 years for Sam Greenway's murder. It seems Fellowes and his gang are trying again to kill Joan, and they may succeed. Dennis gets a phone call from Ann, that Frank Burke is heading back to Melbourne...with revenge on his mind.
- Joan is rescued by Terri and another neighbour during the course of her house about to be burnt down, and it doesn't seem the kill attempts will be stopped. Frank Burke makes his return, looking for Dennis. Joyce and Mervin move in together at Dennis' old flat. The first council meeting is held between the women and Ann. Daphne and Jenny form a friendship. Jenny now finds new evidence that may support her theory that someone killed her grandmother.
- Joan obtains the help of Blackmoor screw Cynthia Leach, to do some nasty work to Ruth Ballinger. Lou decides to run for council, hoping her new scheme of giving gifts, and being nice to the women will change their minds about voting her in. Frank holds Dennis and Meg and gunpoint, tormenting them both to a bloody climax. Ettie wants to get out so she can open a home for war veterans, or disadvantaged kids. Daphne has her first session to discover why she gets depressed, and the answer may get her more than she counted on.
- Nora attends Myra's funeral, and meets Geoff Macrae, who both swap stories of how much they loved Myra. Remand prisoner Queenie Marshall joins the women on a charge of assault. She's a hit with the girls after she makes Andrew Fry quit. Meg is frustrated and upset that Dennis is giving up his will to get better. Lou becomes agitated that Lexie is spoiling her plans to get elected on the council. Nora may once again face the ultimate consequence for fighting.
- And then there were two...only Cindy and Nikki remain of the four delinquints after Lisa is scared enough by Lou to want to leave and Jo is sent to Winlatham after being caught in a robbery. But problems still remain with the two other girls. Ben and Pippa's first date turns from sweet to sour. Bullock again intimidates Ann, only she now may have the upper hand after more dual invoices are discovered.
- Merle is stirred up by Janet and Kath to get Rita, by ripping her comics up, but Lexie gets caught in the crossfire when she goes on the rampage. Joan clashes with Mrs Ryan over her non-payment of the money she is owed. Julie realises that Joan has been reading Nancy's diary. Someone is keeping tabs on Joan's out of work activities, while Kath starts dipping into her own stash of coke in a bid to escape her misery.
- Erica continues her plans to leave Wentworth, and Jim Fletcher returns to take over as acting governor. Toni gets a visit from Ros Coulson, daughter of the woman she killed.
- Wendy thwarts the hired hitwoman's attempt to kill Lisa, but the women take advantage of the events to run amok in the prison, since Marty and Delia are incapacitated. DIscovering Wendy is in fact an undercover cop, they turn on her and exact their revenge. Meanwhile, Ann, Meg and Pamela go out with Mervin to celebrate his birthday.
- Fletcher is given an ultimatum to settle the strike and decides to resign as governor. He would be willing to be deputy if Mrs. Davidson returns, but not under Vera who is next in line. The overseer of prisons reminds Mrs. Davidson of what will happen to those soon to be considered for parole if Vera is appointed, and she decides to come back. Bea is transferred to the garden to isolate her. Doreen's mother doesn't want to see her, but Mrs. Davidson suggests she could help finance the halfway house so that Doreen would have a place to go. Following up, Mrs. Hemmings visits Angie who has a suggestion about getting to know Doreen, and Hemmings visits her at Wentworth. Judy is in labor and taken to hospital. After the birth, Karen and Greg go to visit Judy's mother (Lorraine) with the news about Baby Daniel. Lorraine is hostile and even angry that the baby is named for her father, Mum's husband.
- Joan's attempt to transfer Meg, Joyce and Marty away from Wentworth incurs the wrath of the union and the threat of an officers' strike. Kath loses her trusteeship after being set-up.
- Joan attempts to hide the important role she played in Lorelei's recovery. Rita, Alice and Brumby's escape attempt seems in jeopardy.
- Karen is the one who was shot by David; Greg waits at the hospital for a diagnosis; her mother must be contacted for permission to operate since fragments are near her heart. Police warn the bullets were probably meant for him. David is urged to run by Herbie, who is hiding him, but when the news about Karen comes, David wants to try again for Greg. Herbie refuses to be further involved but seems to relent when David points his gun at him; while David is out of the room, Herbie removes the shells and brings police to his flat where they arrest him. Roz must appear before the VJ because of the charge of destroying prison property; Pat backs up Bea's version of the story. Janet Dominguez is brought to Wentworth after her arrest for a political attack; she speaks to Roz through the wall in solitary, explaining she is English, the widow of a man tortured and shot for providing medical treatment to enemies of the regime of his country. Fletcher invites an ex-Army buddy home over his wife's objections and gets Meg to come as well. Doreen is devastated because of Karen's injuries; Greg seems to be reliving their moments together while he waits.
- Bea Smith and the other inmates find out about Frankie's plans to get paroled and live on a farm so they try to rile her into blowing her chances. Marilyn gets a job at a hotel but she is demoted after beauty consultant Helen Masters complains about her and then quits after being sexually harassed by her boss. She goes back on the game to buy Eddie a birthday present, prompting them to have a row and she walks out on him. Helen Masters is sent to Wentworth charged with manslaughter after her car is used in a hit-and-run. At first she is to be bailed but when she tries to skip the country the police send her to jail. She finds it hard to settle in, and is tormented by Vera Bennett and teased and bullied by the other prisoners. Finally, she announces she is withdrawing her bail application and intends to make as much trouble as possible while she is in Wentworth.
- When Geoff and Fletcher return from the pub, Leila is suspicious of Geoff's elation. Next morning she sees a news story about a man found beaten in a toilet stall at the pub; Fletcher forbids her to call police so she calls Meg and tells her about the fight in Sydney Geoff was involved in. Geoff keeps spending time "at home" during the day, and Leila decides to search his kit bag; she finds a machete and a pistol. Roz's plan to escape seems to be thwarted by the loss of the pen with the knockout powder; she sees Lizzie using her pen in the rec room and snitches to Meg. Roz is able to dose the staff coffee urn; all but one of the officers is put out of commission. Two terrorists invade the prison, find Janet in solitary and, while looking for keys in Reception, knock out the night officer. As Janet and Roz are escaping with the terrorists, Mrs. Davidson arrives with a police escort, not having gotten a response in phoning the prison. Janet commands the shooting of the governor as a "government lackey;" Roz is unsuccessful at grabbing the gun and the shot hits home.
- Following Erica's shooting, Janet and most of the terrorists are gunned down negotiating the fence. Ros makes it out, however, and goes to the docks, as Chrissie advised. Back at the prison, Erica is injured but not badly. Jim takes charge in her absence. The police quiz the women, Kathleen in particular, but she cannot tell them anything useful. Chrissie agrees to tell the cops where she thinks Ros has gone, in exchange for remission. As Ros prepares to board a boat with a sailor, the cops turn up and arrest her. She is returned to Wentworth, as Janet is stretchered away. Leila calls Meg, and tells her about Geoff attacking the man in the pub. As Jim and Meg realise Leila was right about him, Jim calls the cops on Geoff. He is arrested, and released again, and turns up at Meg's to menace her. Turning violent, and ripping the phone out of the wall, he attacks Meg, only to be thwarted by Jim's arrival. Undeterred, he pulls a broken bottle on the pair.
- Jim overpowers Geoff and roughs him up, and Meg is horrified how violent he becomes. The police arrest Geoff. Chrissie wants to go back to the Laundry, and Vera agrees if she will lag. The women get Chrissie to help smuggle from the kitchen, but she betrays them and they get caught. Bea suspects Chrissie of lagging. Bea helps Pat write to Herbie about the trial, which Kathleen will smuggle out to a visitor. Chrissie tips Vera off, but it's a set-up: she just walked into a trap which proves she is the lagger. After an attempt to throw the letter over the fence also backfires on Chrissie, Bea tells her not to let on to Vera that they're on to her: it could be useful. The letter to Herbie was intended to go out through Angela Jeffries, but that fails too. Jim catches Ros and Lizzie stealing more kitchen stuff, but when Erica and Vera arrive on the scene, Ros accuses him of striking her.
- Everyone is questioned over the striking incident, but eventually Ros confesses she made it up and Jim is cleared. She is sent back to Solitary (yes, again!) David O'Connell's court case is looming, but when Greg recognizes Herbie at the court, Herbie's lies about being David's hostage are revealed. Found out, he changes his statement, implicating Pat and thwarting her chance of appeal. Later, Pat receives word that David has committed suicide. New social worker Paul Reid starts work at the prison, but he's rather eccentric and not all that easy to get along with. Chrissie wrongly sizes him up as a soft mark. Erica gets wind that Vera is using Chrissie as an informant and orders her to drop it. Lizzie gets news that an old acquaintance of hers is dying and wants to see her, but she angrily refuses. Greg gets Dr Herbert to agree to take over his practice, including the prison.
- Lizzie tries to cope with the news she spent the past twenty years in jail for a crime she did not commit and panics at the thought of being released. Bea suggests to her she might get compensation from the Department. Erica hunts for the culprit who leaked the news, and Vera accuses Paul of being to blame. Paul eventually gets a confession from Bea and forces Chrissie to hand her key over. He also arranges for Lizzie to go and stay at the Halfway House when she gets out. Lizzie steals a radio from Vera's locker and smuggles it into Ros in Solitary. The women hold a farewell barbeque for Lizzie in the garden, and have a tearful goodbye. When she gets out of the gate, though, Doreen hasn't turned up to get her and she's left sitting on her suitcase alone. Meanwhile, Paul tries to get through to Tony, who says he's chucking college, to no real avail.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Judy and Lizzie plan to destroy Kay's bookmaking activities. Vera returns to work. And Danny and Jim are getting on famously.
- 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.
- Margo confronts Bea. Nick is amazed at Bob's trust in him. Vera makes a decision about Terry.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Linda needs help before it is too late.
- Meg asks Bea for help regarding Lizzie.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hazel arrives back at the prison charged with armed robbery, and protesting her innocence. However, she is too scared of Jean to lag. Bea realises that Hazel got the money from Jean, and that it must have been Jean who did the robbery in Queensland. Paddy, angry that Hazel is suffering from the no lagging rule, goes to the Governor and dobs Jean in. It transpires that Jean is in fact Nola McKenzie, who escaped from death row in WA. Nola vows revenge on Paddy for sentencing her back to death. Judy and sister Frances make up for lost time, and Frances agrees to move into the halfway house while she is there. However, Judy is unaware that Frances is plotting to con Jude out of her inheritance. Tension grows between Meg and Joan. Lizzie and Maxine plot to play havoc with the points chart. Prostitute Trixie Mann is admitted to Wentworth.
- Bea hides in Val's garden until the cops leave, and is spotted by nosy Yvonne, the girl who lives next door. She tells Val that she knows who Bea is and wants to know more about her. Monica gets Lizzie to start making home brew, and they get Lynn to smuggle in the yeast for it. She is very nearly caught by Vera, but manages to hide it in the garden, from where Lizzie retrieves it. After the booze is made, Monica sells it on to the other women and leaves Lizzie with none. Steve's acquaintance Marianne de Vere says she's interested in funding the halfway house. Karen gets permission to get out on study leave. Noeline's brother, Col, tells her the family are in trouble and have no money. She suggests he robs a house where their mum worked but he is disturbed by Mrs Woods, the pregnant occupier. He panics, takes her hostage and shoots at a passing cop car.
- Bea and Nola refuse to fight in the Library, since Joan set it up, and she is furious. Erica offers to restore buyup if Maxine lags on her attacker, but she refuses. Faye starts selling fags at high prices. Nola gets her to start an insurance racket and when nobody really wants to buy, she heavies Maxine into it. Colleen catches Maxine putting razor blades into Nola's soap and puts her on a charge: Faye pays out on her insurance, so several of the girls sign up. When Nola finds the razor blades, she knows it was Maxie and goes after her, but Bea comes to the rescue. Lizzie lies she has been confined to her cell in order to claim on her insurance. Bea attacks Nola in a cell, gags her and burns her with a soldering iron, branding a "K" for killer on her chest. Judy finds a new Driscoll House, then discovers her inheritance is less than she expected. The PRG come to the rescue with financial aid.
- Alan's sudden release has the women astonished. Erica says they are to act as though he never existed. Meanwhile, the Department's generosity has the women suspicious. They learn they are getting a doctor, social worker and teacher (for Dianne) and are skeptical of ulterior motives. With the Department dishing out, nobody is buying anything from Nola any more. Nola wants to start bringing in booze and drugs, but Joan says no drugs. Helen is released. Lainie goes to court and gets 4 weeks. The Department announce a TV documentary crew are coming: Nola suggests their privileges will only last til they have gone. The crew arrive and interview some of the women. A little blackmail goes a long way for Nola, who gets one of the TV crew to pass a message onto a presenter, demanding drugs in exchange for keeping quiet about certain things.
- Zara is riddled with guilt and wants to tell Lizzie the truth. Joan takes her to the pound during the night to imitate Debbie: Bea screams the place down, alerting the screws, and has to be sedated. She gets out of Solitary next day and finds the letter from Debbie on the press, causing another fit. Nola suggests to Joan that they make Bea top herself. Ann wants to know how the women found out about Denise, and Judy admits it was her. Denise is sent to Isolation. Russell runs away from the home and comes to see his mother, but is refused permission. Maxine and Phyllis bash Denise again through the Isolation bars. As she recovers in the Infirmary, Judy visits and says she doesn't think she killed Gary, and is covering for Russell. Lizzie gets fortune telling tips from Zara. She reads Ann's tea leaves then she and Maxine set up a fortune telling tent in their cell. Lainie is released.
- Bea is blamed for Denise's bashing and sent back to the pound. Nola tells Joan it was Maxine and Phyllis who did it. Denise goes to trial, and Russell blurts out the truth, that he killed his brother and Denise covered for him. Her charges are dropped and she is released. Maxine gets her parole, but she needs a job and a home and refuses to go home to her folks. Judy says she can come and work at Driscoll. Maxie later learns her estranged father has died of a heart attack, and decides to go home to her mother and make amends. Joan invites Ann to her house to help with paperwork, and takes the chance to slag off Meg and Colleen to the new Governor. Bea sinks deeper into despair, and Meg wants Dr Weissman to see her. Bea persuades Zara to rig up a Ouija board to contact Debbie, but Bea ends up in hysterics. Meanwhile, Nola builds a zip gun for Bea to use on herself.
- Colleen reports Tracey's accusations: Joan is cleared, but told to keep away from Tracey. Joan pretends to make a move on Tracey, who leaps out of her wheelchair, just as Ann and Colleen walk in. Maxine comes to Driscoll to see Judy, who persuades her to go back home. Roger can't put the money back, because Pauline has spent it. He decides to carry out a payroll robbery to get money; when Pauline tells Maxie how much trouble they're in, she and Spud do the robbery before Roger can. Bea and Lizzie go to court, where they are held over for trial. Ann orders Bea to be moved into another cell. Maggie May Kennedy, an OAP drug runner, arrives in Wentworth to share Lizzie's cell, and it turns out they are old friends, who knew each other some 40 years ago. Litza's father turns up at Driscoll, but she refuses to go home. Meanwhile, it seems obvious Mikki isn't cut out for this kind of work.
- Ann tells Joan to keep her distance from Carol Colsen. The women know of Carol's crime and give her the cold shoulder for threatening to kill her child. Joan goes to visit Jilly and promises to take her for a day out. Back to her old tarty self, Brandy makes the drier break down and has sex with Joe, the maintenance man who arrives to fix it. A bitter Maggie tells Bea she is going back to the US, but will die behind bars. She and Lizzie make up before she leaves. Litza goes home. Mikki freaks and runs out when a drunken resident pulls a broken bottle on her: Wally diffuses the situation. Judy gives Mikki the sack. She offers the job to Wally again, and this time he accepts. Maxine's friend Roxy is brought into the Laundry, heavily pregnant. She's been inside for a while in Maternity, but wasn't getting on with the women. She reveals she's a surrogate mother, and will get 20 grand for having their baby.
- Erica cancels all privileges, including Lynn's work release and Karen's study release, and tightens security following the disaster at the garden party. Bea is feeling increasingly left out as Clara proves a big hit with the other girls and suggests she is thinking of stepping down as Top Dog. Meg realises that Noeline must have been the one who smashed the TV. A Greek woman called Irene Zervos arrives on prostitution charges; she speaks very little English and is very distressed at being inside. Karen offers to act as communicator for her. Monica shows her racist side by bullying Irene and abusing her. It turns out that she and her family are illegal immigrants and are likely to be deported.
- Bea spots a copy of the Douglas photo among the ones Paul sent for them. The officers take the photos back, but Bea keeps that one. Ann shows Douglas the photo; he tells her it's secret Department business. Paul refuses to hand over the negatives. Bea gets Douglas to come see her and demands reforms in exchange for the picture. Laura recovers in hospital, as the voices in her head torment her. Dr Weissman sees her, and she returns to the prison as a posh woman called Susan. Pixie goes to court, blames her "twin sister Audrey", annoys the Judge, and gets five years. She comes to breakfast in her undies, and says Meg tried to undress her. Roxy's ex visits and asks her to marry him, thinking the baby is his. She tells the Sheldons she's keeping the baby, but a visit from Andrea persuades her to hand it over. With all the excitement, she goes into labour two weeks early.
- Bea catches Gerri looking for the photo, and she admits she works for Fellowes. Bea gives the photo to the cops. Douglas is suspected of taking payment to arrange paroles. As he prepares to board a plane at the airport, the police turn up and arrest him. With Matt Thomas' help, Helen meets an ex-member of the cult, who tells her how he was "deprogrammed". Meg gets an obscene phone call, but is comforted with Marty and Dennis around. The calls continue, and she returns home to find "slut" written on her mirror in lipstick. Pixie continues her antics, accusing Ann of stealing Wally and claiming the Martians dyed her hair. She sees Dr Weissman, but he isn't taken in. Laura has hypnosis and manages to banish Brandy for good. Weissman arranges for her to go to a sanatorium for therapy. She meets with her father and apologizes to Bea for her actions before she leaves.
- The police arrive at Driscoll after Colin Burton's stabbing and arrest practically everyone, including Judy, but Helen pays her bail to get her out. Helen and Sharon are sent to Wentworth, but Sharon still refuses to have anything to do with Helen. Bea tries to talk to Sharon, but she accuses her of assault, so Bea ends up in the pound again. Ann is annoyed with Wally when she realises he took her to dinner to get her away from Driscoll. Judy learns Colin Burton has died. A friend of Helen's visits to tell her Fellowes is after revenge on the women for the Ted Douglas affair. Petra is shocked to hear Dr Scott's name, and injures herself on purpose to see him: it turns out they have a history together, and Pixie later bursts in on them kissing. Lucy Ferguson, Joan's niece, turns up out of the blue to stay with her, but she's up to something and hides her boyfriend's drugs in Joan's house.
- Maxine and Lucy escape, but Maxine is not welcome with her family. Bea takes on the department for negligence. And Petra tells Scott her true feelings.