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Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
Episode 80 : Episode 326
July. 31,1998
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...
Episode 79 : Episode 325
July. 29,1998
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.
Episode 78 : Episode 324
July. 28,1998
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"".
Episode 77 : Episode 323
July. 26,1998
Tony tells Maxine he isn't interested in her in a romantic way. Meg realises Joan has sabotaged Bea's job application, which Joan admits to the Governor at a staff meeting, and later to Bea as well. Joan steals papers from Erica's office and plants them in Barbara's cell, which Colleen finds. Bea is suspicious Joan took so much trouble to frame Barbara and wants to know what she has on her. On the night shift, Joan lurks about causing trouble. She threatens Barbara and ends up performing a body search on Paddy to get a note slipped to her by Andy Hudson's sister. Margo and Chrissie plan to attack the Freak. After the incident with Joan, Paddy agrees to take part. They black out the lights on the solitary staircase and get Mouse to lure Joan there, where she is attacked by five baseball-bat-wielding women wearing masks.
Episode 76 : Episode 322
July. 25,1998
Margo's escape attempt is thwarted when she is stopped by armed guards. The concert is halted and cancelled by Erica and Ted Douglas. Lizzie is rushed to hospital. Margo is brought back to Wentworth and put into solitary. The doctor tells Meg that Lizzie has severe internal bruising from the fall. Barbara hides Joan's diaries in a filing cabinet in Erica's office. Andy's sister Kathy comes to visit Paddy. Bea blames Margo for what happened to Lizzie. Joan realises that Barbara has her diaries and accuses her of killing her dog. Bea tries to find work and makes a phone call about a hairdressing job. Tony agrees to let Maxine move in with him, to ease the overcrowding at the halfway house. The hairdressing salon call Wentworth to ask Erica for a reference, but the call is intercepted by Joan, who informs them of Bea's murder convictions and reads her record out to them.
Episode 75 : Episode 321
July. 24,1998
Kerry decides to have the baby and put it up for adoption. Cookie and Kerry walk out on Errol and go to live with Cookie's sister. Margo muscles in on a Woodridge inmate's escape attempt. The Woodridge Governor catches Paddy and Andy in a private liaison and orders Paddy be taken off the concert project. Phillip gets Joan's papers from the thug who broke into her house and finds Joan's diaries among the haul: he visits Barbara and hands the diaries over to her. A furious Joan arrives at work and takes her anger out on Barbara. Joan tells Meg about the burglary and the death of her dog. Bea is laid off from work. The escape bid goes wrong when Lizzie gets in the way and tries to stop Margo - Joan arrives and knocks her roughly to the ground. Geoff begs Joan not to sound the alarm and ruin the concert, but she does it anyway. Lizzie is found lying unconscious on the floor.
Episode 74 : Episode 320
July. 22,1998
Phyllis and Colleen save Sally's life. Colleen urges Peter to come and see her. They are reunited and he agrees to say in court that he provoked her. Errol worries Kerry will tell someone he is the father of her baby. Benny and Lou set Chrissie up to be killed by Neil. Sally is freed by the court. Chrissie comes face to face with Neil but is rescued in the nick of time by Paddy and Andy, who are busy trying to have a moment of passion. Kerry returns to the halfway house and tells Maxine she wants an abortion. Judy and Maxine realise Errol is the baby's father. Joan pressures Barbara to get her file, prompting Barbara to call Phillip and ask him to do something for her to get Joan off her back. Joan demands Margo put a stop to the concert. Judy urges Kerry to tell her mother the truth. Joan's house is broken into after dark. When she returns home, she finds her dog dead in the back yard. Maxine blurts out the truth about Errol raping Kerry to Cookie.
Episode 73 : Episode 319
July. 21,1998
Episode 72 : Episode 318
July. 19,1998
Episode 71 : Episode 317
July. 18,1998
Episode 70 : Episode 316
July. 17,1998
Episode 69 : Episode 315
July. 15,1998
Episode 68 : Episode 314
July. 14,1998
Episode 67 : Episode 313
July. 12,1998
Episode 66 : Episode 312
July. 11,1998
Episode 65 : Episode 311
July. 10,1998
Episode 64 : Episode 310
July. 08,1998
Episode 63 : Episode 309
July. 07,1998
Episode 62 : Episode 308
July. 05,1998
Episode 61 : Episode 307
July. 04,1998
Episode 60 : Episode 306
July. 03,1998
Episode 59 : Episode 305
July. 01,1998
Episode 58 : Episode 304
June. 30,1998
Episode 57 : Episode 303
June. 28,1998
Episode 56 : Episode 302
June. 27,1998
Episode 55 : Episode 301
June. 26,1998
Episode 54 : Episode 300
June. 24,1998
Episode 53 : Episode 299
June. 23,1998
Episode 52 : Episode 298
June. 21,1998
Episode 51 : Episode 297
June. 20,1998
Episode 50 : Episode 296
June. 19,1998
Episode 49 : Episode 295
June. 17,1998
Episode 48 : Episode 294
June. 16,1998
Episode 47 : Episode 293
June. 14,1998
Episode 46 : Episode 292
June. 13,1998
Episode 45 : Episode 291
June. 12,1998
Episode 44 : Episode 290
June. 10,1998
Episode 43 : Episode 289
June. 09,1998
Episode 42 : Episode 288
June. 07,1998
Episode 41 : Episode 287
June. 06,1998
Episode 40 : Episode 286
June. 05,1998
Episode 39 : Episode 285
June. 03,1998
Episode 38 : Episode 284
June. 02,1998
Episode 37 : Episode 283
May. 31,1998
Episode 36 : Episode 282
May. 30,1998
Episode 35 : Episode 281
May. 29,1998
Episode 34 : Episode 280
May. 27,1998
Episode 33 : Episode 279
May. 26,1998
Episode 32 : Episode 278
May. 24,1998
Episode 31 : Episode 277
May. 23,1998
Episode 30 : Episode 276
May. 22,1998
Episode 29 : Episode 275
May. 20,1998
Episode 28 : Episode 274
May. 19,1998
Episode 27 : Episode 273
May. 17,1998
Episode 26 : Episode 272
May. 16,1998
Episode 25 : Episode 271
May. 15,1998
Episode 24 : Episode 270
May. 13,1998
Episode 23 : Episode 269
May. 12,1998
Episode 22 : Episode 268
August. 01,1998
Episode 21 : Episode 267
May. 09,1998
Episode 20 : Episode 266
May. 08,1998
Episode 19 : Episode 265
May. 06,1998
Episode 18 : Episode 264
May. 05,1998
Episode 17 : Episode 263
May. 03,1998
Episode 16 : Episode 262
May. 02,1998
Episode 15 : Episode 261
May. 01,1998
Episode 14 : Episode 260
April. 29,1998
Episode 13 : Episode 259
April. 28,1998
Episode 12 : Episode 258
April. 26,1998
Episode 11 : Episode 257
April. 25,1998
Episode 10 : Episode 256
April. 24,1998
Episode 9 : Episode 255
August. 01,1998
Episode 8 : Episode 254
April. 21,1998
Episode 7 : Episode 253
April. 19,1998
Episode 6 : Episode 252
April. 18,1998
Episode 5 : Episode 251
April. 17,1998
Episode 4 : Episode 250
April. 15,1998
Episode 3 : Episode 249
April. 14,1998
Sandy tries to seduce Steve, but they are distracted by all the commotion and he overpowers her. He finds Jim and they manage to regain control of the situation. Cops swarm into the prison. When they find Janet, they assume she is an inmate and knock her out. Marie tries to escape dressed as an officer but is caught by Erica. In the aftermath of the riot, Kate lets Sandy know the women think it was a waste of time. Sandy is sent to solitary and security measures are increased. Jim applies for another job. Marie siezes control as Top Dog and takes over Sandy's laundry racket, asking Fitzwater to pay them in drugs rather than money. At Lizzie's trial, Colleen testifies against her but is demolished by the defence. Gordon Humphrey admits he wanted to demolish the house and have the land rezoned, prompting an outburst from Lizzie, who is ultimately acquitted of the arson charges.
Episode 2 : Episode 248
April. 12,1998
The almost-naked Steve is locked up in a cell. Janet finds him, but he tells her to leave him there and find a way out. Bea phones the prison again and gets to speak to Erica this time. She agrees to let Bea talk to the women. Kate is sent out to speak to Bea, with Colleen sent into the prison in her place temporarily as a trade. Lizzie is sent outside with the women's latest list of demands, only to be grabbed by the cops and taken away for her trial. The police prepare to send Jim in, commando-style, through the roof after dark to find Steve and Janet. The women read Janet's file and learn she is an ex-prisoner. They manage to catch Janet, strip her and dress her in an old prisoner's uniform. The police blackout the jail: Jim scales the wall and finds Steve and Janet safe. He radios the police to tell them, but the women stumble upon him. As they give chase, the riot squad lob tear gas into reception and storm the prison.
Episode 1 : Episode 247
April. 11,1998
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.
Seasons
Season 3
The third season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 4 February 1981. It consists of 81 episodes and concluded on 11 November 1981.
The season is notable for the conclusion to the tunnel escape storyline which ended the previous season; the departure of Vera Bennett ("Vinegar Tits") when she accepts the position of governor of Barnhurst; the kidnapping of Erica Davidson; the arrival of new prisoners Sandy Edwards, Kate Peterson and former inmate and top dog of H Block – Marie Winter; Bea Smith's amnesia, and later, her mysterious illness which sees her step down as top dog, only to be replaced by Sandy Edwards.
Season 2
The second season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 22 January 1980. It consists of 86 episodes and concluded on 12 November 1980.
This season's storylines include the escape of Roslyn Coulson, aided by terrorist Janet Dominguez and the subsequent shooting of Erica Davidson; Lizzie's exoneration; the bomb explosion which causes the deaths of Jim Fletcher's family; Bea Smith's feud with new prisoner Kay White; Judy Bryant's planned revenge on corrupt officer Jock Stewart for the murder of her girlfriend Sharon Gilmour; the season finale tunnel escape collapse.
Season 1
The first season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on the then-known 0-10 Network on 26 February 1979 in Sydney and 27 February 1979 in Melbourne. The season contains 79 episodes and concluded on 28 November 1979.
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