Thu, Jan 9, 1986
Wentworth is in chaos following David Adams' suicide. Dwyer demands answers from Ann. A note left by David for Ann reveals the truth about Eve and she is taken to Solitary. She demands a new solicitor, and is sent a woman from Legal Aid as nobody else would take on her case. Cleared of the attack on Joyce, Reb is released. Joyce regains consciousness and accepts Mervin's proposal. Lou pays Lexie to tell Rita it was Joan who ruined her jacket. Joan wants Lou to stir the women up about May's death. Julie gets a bashing from Lou after thwarting her plans. Two old prostitutes, Jessie Windom and Mabel, reminisce about the past, and it emerges that Jessie is in fact Lexie's real mother. And in a new story, we meet abused wife Nancy McCormack and her loving son Peter, both tormented by her nasty husband Joe.
1986
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.
1986
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.
1986
Rita declares Wentworth a party zone as she takes over as Top Dog and enlists Barbie's help to smuggle booze in. Tension manages to thoroughly ruin Ann's camping trip with Dan, Bongo and Roach. Jessie tries to arrange for Lexie to leave the country, unaware Bassinger is closing in on her with a rather big knife.
1986
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.
1986
When Ann decides to return to work, the Department make a decision about Bob's future, which could have serious repercussions. Lou finds she has no friends left, not even her once-loyal henchwoman Alice, and has nowhere left to turn. Pippa makes it clear she disapproves of Ann's relationship with Dan.
1986
Lou slashes her wrists, then sets Rita and Alice up for it, causing them to be sent to Solitary, as she is rushed to hospital. Rita and Lexie plot to have drugs smuggled into the prison. Joan uses the situation with Meg and Bob to try and get rid of him, and decides to call in the union to fight on Meg's behalf.
1986
Lou knocks out her guard and escapes from hospital dressed as a nurse, hitching a ride with a passing truckie. Back at Wentworth, it looks like Rita is to be blamed for slashing Lou's wrists, despite the girls' attempts to clear her. The prisoners shun Mervin, blaming him for the whole mess. Jessie thinks Lou's escape will help them catch Bassinger.
1986
Lou continues to hide out on the Jenkins' farm and is raped by Alice's brother, Sean. Jessie finally tells Lexie the truth, that she is her real mother. Lexie announces she is pregnant, but she is determined to get rid of the child. The women play skittles and with a box of broken toys, which gives Rita an idea.
1986
Lexie rejects Jessie and refuses to have anything to do with her, after which Jessie is poisoned by the home brew that Lou spiked with caustic soda. Bob learns that Kath has euthanised her ill daughter. Pocco the dog turns up at the prison while, on the farm, Lou makes plans to get revenge on Sean Jenkins.
1986
Jessie is rushed to hospital in a critical condition, but Lexie is unconcerned. Lou holds Flora and Sean hostage at gunpoint, before shooting them both dead at point-blank range. Dan's involvement with the bikies causes problems in his relationship with Ann. Pocco roams the prison under the oblivious officers' noses.
1986
With Lou on her way back to Wentworth after murdering Flora and Sean Jenkins, a grieving Alice quietly vows to kill Lou when she returns. Brought back to the infirmary, Lou finds a threatening message in her food. Bob learns Kath is on her way to the prison. Steve warns Joan that she is heading for a breakdown.
1986
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.
1986
Lots of bullying going on as Joan bullies Lou and everyone else bullies Kath. Janet tries to ingratiate herself with both Kath and Lou, telling Lou she knows something about Bob Moran that they can use against him. Rita tells the other girls that drugs are a no-no from now on, to their disgust and surprise.
1986
The women throw Joyce and Mervin a slap-up wedding breakfast, but the festivities are shattered with the news that Lou has been found murdered in solitary. Bob and Kath desperately try to keep their friendship a secret from everyone in Wentworth, as Kath is systematically bullied by the other prisoners.
Thu, Apr 17, 1986
The hunt is on for the person who murdered Lou Kelly, and almost everyone in Wentworth - on both sides of the bars - is a suspect. Kath resolves to not let anyone push her around any more. Bongo plots to bust Rita out of jail and Steve's mother decides to tell Ann the truth about her son.
1986
Bongo's attempt to spring Rita from jail ends in disaster when he knocks down Dan with his motorbike. The truth about Lou's murder is revealed, as is the truth about Steve and his true vocation, prompting Julie to break off their relationship. Joyce and Mervin's friends and family gather to witness their wedding ceremony.
1986
Jessie escapes from hospital with the help of the police, in a bid to trap Harry Bassinger and reveal his guilt as Nora Flynn's killer. Joan plots with the Minister to sabotage Julie's parole and her engagement to Steve. Kath stands up to the other women's bullying after her relationship to Bob is revealed.
1986
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.
1986
Jessie's life is in threat as she makes a final bid to ensnare Bassinger and put him behind bars. Bob announces he is leaving Wentworth in order to ensure Kath's safety. Kath tells Nancy that Rita and her friends better watch out - because now she has nothing to lose. Joan throws her weight around in the aftermath of her appointment as Deputy.
1986
Joan is offered $10,000 by Mrs Ryan if she will agree to help get Julie's sentence extended. Roach and Ida find themselves behind bars for robbing the newsagency and Roach realises she saw Joan the night the Conquerors' bikes were burned. Rita plots her revenge on Joan for the fire and, subsequently, Slasher's death, by arranging a nasty surprise at her home. Kath says goodbye to her husband.
1986
Joan's house is burned down by the bikies at Rita's request, after which Rita and Alice dangle her off the roof of the prison. Incensed, Joan agrees to Mrs Ryan's request to get Julie's sentence extended. An old acquaintance of Joan's from Queensland is arrested and sent to Wentworth. Janet and Kath arrange a drugs drop and Meg suspects the women know something about the fire at Joan's place.
1986
Joan enlists Kath's help to have Julie's sentence extended, resulting in Kath knocking Julie out and feeding her LSD. Nancy's son visits to announce he's getting married and Jessie sends a surprise for the girls in the form of a male stripper. The women grow suspicious of Joan's antics but don't realise she is reading Nancy's diary. Drugs are smuggled into the prison and Lorelei settles in with her new friends.
1986
Julie suffers a nightmarish trip thanks to Joan and Kath, accidentally stabs Nancy and ends up almost being crushed in the garbage compactor. Troublesome prisoner Merle Jones is transferred to H Block to act as muscle for Kath and Janet, and they soon find her childish exterior hides a nasty temper. Mrs Ryan realises her plan to split Steve and Julie up has failed. Meg is concerned about why Marty has left the Navy.
1986
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.
1986
Joan instructs Kath and Janet to ruin the wedding, resulting in them kidnapping Julie in her wedding dress and tying her up in the boiler room. They also set Rita and Alice up in a fight and make it look like they were to blame. Lexie recovers from her mishap with a stint in Maternity. Nancy and Julie cook up a plan to get back at Joan for reading the diary. Joan is forced to continue smuggling drugs into Wentworth.
1986
Despite several people's best efforts to ruin it, Julie and Steve finally tie the knot in the prison. Next day, Lexie and the girls say a tearful goodbye to Chook as she is transferred back to Barnhurst. Ann faces the wrath of Dwyer for letting the wedding go ahead, and quite possibly the sack. Merle finds Roach's stash of coke inside a toy robot and decides to steal the robot, thinking the coke is plutonium.
1986
Ann discovers the truth about Marty Jackson's odd behaviour. The girls try to get the robot - and the coke - back from Merle. Roach is growing further and further apart from Rita and her gang. In a bid to get back at Joan for reading Nancy's diary, the inmates go along with Nancy and Julie's plan to set the Freak up, with Kath inadvertantly helping them along.
1986
Marty and his two new fellow trainees - Rodney Adams and Delia Stout - discover the highs and lows of working at Wentworth. The women plot to make the Freak pay for reading Nancy's diary and carry out a cunning plan to humiliate her - one that involves a bomb planted in the prison garden and an escape attempt.
Thu, Jun 12, 1986
The women play with the video camera and make their movie, as Rodney remains hidden in a cell clad only in his underwear. Joan delivers a message to Rita from Parker, telling her that Bongo will be killed if she causes any more trouble. Merle plays dress-up, leading to fights with both Rodney and Rita. Joan tries to let Andrew down gently and begins looking for a place of her own. Roach's attitude to prison life deteriorates further.
Tue, Jun 17, 1986
Rita is gutted and becomes disillusioned when Merle knocks her out in a dispute stirred up by Kath and Janet. Rodney holds an aerobics class for the prisoners, which ends in him being made a fool of. Janet plays silly buggers and messes around with the video tapes in an attempt to get Rita's girls into trouble. Joan and Andrew have a talk and try to reach a new understanding. Tension flares up between the three trainees.
1986
Following some plotting from the prisoners and some fake flirting from Lexie, Rodney is able to catch Janet's sister making a drug drop. The women tease Alice about her obvious crush on Marty. Joan gets a driving lesson and is ordered by Parker to increase the drug trafficking, Delia is made a fool of when she finds the tape of the women's film and reports it to Ann. Lorelei worries about what will happen to Zoe as her mother's health deteriorates.
1986
The arrest of Janet's sister prompts Parker to take action against Joan and she is devastated when he has Andrew knocked down and killed in a hit-and-run accident. Incensed, she takes a gun from the prison armoury to protect herself and goes to Inspector Grace to spill the beans and trap Parker. Back at Wentworth, Kath becomes hysterical and has to be sedated while the Warriors are reunited and welcome Roach back to the fold.
Thu, Jun 26, 1986
Joan goes undercover for the police in an attempt to trap Harry Parker and bring him to justice, but it's a dangerous plan that could leave her life in danger. The women try to befriend Merle in a bid to undermine Kath and Janet's influence over her. Roach and Lexie try to come up with ways to make money in Wentworth. Rita and her gang give Janet a makeover, driving her to drastic measures.
1986
The knives are out as Nancy and Rita finally clash over her intention to kill Joan. Janet rips up Merle's comics and tells her Rita was responsible, but Kath and Marty persuade Merle otherwise. Lexie and Roach plot to set up Rodney with a bag of herbs masquerading as drugs, and a video tape. Joan learns that Parker has gotten his comeuppance in jail. The Pringles return from their honeymoon, regaling the women with their fascinating stories.
1986
Nancy manages to stop Rita doing anything silly and gets the knife from her. However, Rita tells her she still intends to kill Joan as soon as she possibly can. Joyce and Mervin invite Joan to move in with them since she has nowhere else to go. Kath prepares for her trial, with the news that Bob is coming to testify on her behalf. The girls have a practical test in the rec room to see who will get to go on work release.
1986
Kath, Roach and Ida finally face their trials, where Kath is devastated at the outcome and her sentence. The inmates to go on the work experience scheme are picked, to Lexie's annoyance. Janet withholds Merle's pills in an attempt to control her, telling her Kath didn't want her to take them. Nancy tries to have Rita set up in an attempt to stop her getting to go on work release.