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Episode 447 of Prisoner Cell Block H. The end gate slam and incidental music have been restored as originally broadcast.
Pre-advert gate slams, incidental music and Network 10 logo have been restored as originally broadcast. The officer locking up has also been replaced with one wearing the correct uniform! Pixie makes a disturbing revelation.
Pre-advert gate slams, incidental music and Network 10 logo have been restored as originally broadcast. The officer locking up has also been replaced with one wearing the correct uniform! Pixie makes a disturbing revelation.
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00:00Something's burning.
00:02Sure is. What is it?
00:04I don't know, but I think someone's been playing games.
00:10Rotten bitch!
00:12Never learn, do you Desmond?
00:14Smoking in bed's a real health hazard.
00:16Goodnight.
00:18You lost something, Gatney?
00:20No, Mr Manning.
00:22Right now I figure I'm on a real winning streak.
00:24All that remains now is for you to phone your husband
00:28and organise a reunion.
00:30What makes you think you'll believe what I say?
00:32Oh, I checked him out.
00:34He came alone and against orders.
00:36That can only mean one thing.
00:38He's after you.
00:40Well, if he got me, that'd be a bonus,
00:42but it's his loving wife that he wants, not me.
00:44Eddie's no fool, so don't underestimate him.
00:46Oh, I'd never do that, believe me.
00:48But this time, I hold the trump card.
00:52You.
00:58So, Sonia lives with Renna and I hole up here.
01:16As long as I cough up a few bucks now and then,
01:18Mario and them will look after me.
01:20So you don't worry me, Ferguson.
01:22No, of course not.
01:24You're not worried at all, I can see that.
01:28Why should I be?
01:30Because I think you want to get out of all this.
01:32Don't crap on.
01:34What's waiting for me out there?
01:36An extra five years for nicking off?
01:38Forget it, Mitchell.
01:40You're scared stiff.
01:42In fact, I'd say you're probably glad I found you.
01:44What's that supposed to mean?
01:46It means that I'm taking you and Stevens back to Wentworth.
01:50Bull.
01:51All I have to do is scream and you're dead.
01:53Is that so?
01:54Well, go ahead.
01:58Right.
02:00Let's talk sensibly, shall we?
02:02You tell me the truth and I'll help you.
02:05Now, you do want to get out of this mess, don't you?
02:08Don't you, Mitchell?
02:10Sort of.
02:11Yes or no?
02:12Yes.
02:13And I'd say it was only a matter of time before they killed you.
02:17I guess so.
02:18Now we're getting somewhere.
02:20I'm doing you a favour, Mitchell, and naturally I expect something in return.
02:24You will get on the phone and contact Stevens.
02:27But I can't, let it be like lagging.
02:29You do as I tell you or I'll leave you to Mario.
02:31It's too dangerous.
02:33I will decide what's dangerous, besides I haven't finished yet.
02:36Now you help me and when we get back I'll speak up for you.
02:39I'll say you gave yourself up and you offered assistance.
02:42You'll probably get a reduction in sentence.
02:44Oh, I'll get a reduction, alright?
02:45I'll be dead.
02:46Look, I can't do it.
02:48I didn't hear that, Mitchell.
02:50Now you get on the phone and you get Stevens here immediately.
02:53Don't tell her why.
02:55Just get her here.
02:56But they'll be listening, Rena will kill us both.
02:58Not while I'm hearing one.
02:59And what about Sonia?
03:01I'm sure she can take care of herself.
03:03You don't understand.
03:05Just do it.
03:07Please, Miss Ferguson.
03:08I said do it.
03:14Start for him, Rick Manning.
03:18Eddie, where are you?
03:19I'm in Sydney.
03:20I found Sonia.
03:21Oh, that was fast.
03:22How?
03:23Never mind.
03:24Just listen.
03:25We've arranged a meeting in half an hour.
03:27Now it's vital that you get a message to Maynard for me.
03:30Yeah, sure, a meeting.
03:31What sort of meeting?
03:32I said just listen.
03:34Tell Maynard about the meeting and tell him I've got a line on Rena.
03:38Now I don't want any of the uniformed or plainclothes boys showing.
03:41So get him to fix it up, will you?
03:43Now hang on.
03:44Are you going in on your own?
03:45And don't phone him.
03:46Tell him personally, because his phone's tapped.
03:49Listen, just shut up and listen to me.
03:51Now you're not thinking straight.
03:52This has got to be a set up.
03:54Look, I haven't got the time to argue the point, Rick.
03:56Look, Eddie.
03:57If you think you can still save Sonia, you're crazy.
04:01You know what she's done.
04:02She's just not worth it, mate.
04:04Yeah, but I'm not so sure about that anyway.
04:07It's Rena I'm after, not her.
04:09Eddie, for God's sake, will you stay out of it?
04:12Forget it, old son.
04:13I'm in too deep.
04:14It's too late to pull out now.
04:24What's bothering you?
04:25You look uptight.
04:27Nothing bothers me.
04:28I was just thinking how pleasant it would be without Eddie on our backs.
04:32Ah.
04:33Bit of a shame, though.
04:34Not a bad bloke for a cop.
04:36His trouble was he was too smart.
04:38You're going to be joking.
04:39He took the bait, didn't he?
04:40Course he did.
04:41But then I set it up.
04:43And I'm a clever boy.
04:45Oh, what about my startling performance on the telephone?
04:49Yeah, you're very good.
04:51And as a reward, we're going to let you come with us
04:54and watch Eddie get it.
04:56Why not?
04:57There's nothing on TV.
04:58You're a cold bitch, Sonia.
05:01But I like him.
05:05Time to go.
05:08I was just wondering whether I should get Keith to get something in for supper for when we get back.
05:17This kind of work often gives me an appetite.
05:21Oh, I can't tell you how happy I am to be with you, Cass.
05:24Well, Margot is just so coarse and unpleasant.
05:28Why can't people live happily together?
05:30Why can't they?
05:31What did I say?
05:33Huh?
05:34Oh, no, no.
05:35I've got a letter here from me dad.
05:36He said the vicar come calling and me dog said g'day in his gumboot.
05:39What was you saying?
05:42Oh, well, I was just saying why can't people be nicer to each other?
05:46Oh, yes.
05:47Now, take my third husband.
05:48He was ever so nice.
05:49When he found out I was married, he just smiled.
05:52Oh, hey, hang on a minute.
05:54What's all this about?
05:55What?
05:56What says here?
05:57My brother's been sick.
05:58Real sick.
05:59Dad reckoned he phoned.
06:01I never got no message.
06:02Well, that's terrible.
06:03What's terrible?
06:04Well, Cass' dad telephoned about her brother being sick and she wasn't told.
06:09When was this, Cass?
06:11Oh, about a week ago.
06:13It's all right, but Dad reckons he's coming good.
06:15A week ago?
06:16That's no good.
06:17Look, leave it with me.
06:19I'll check it out.
06:20Five minutes to lock up, girls.
06:25You're not all right, are you?
06:27Oh, no.
06:29Albie's not just me brother.
06:31He's me best mate.
06:33He's pretty lonely out where we live in.
06:36Oh, you wouldn't want to hear all this.
06:38Oh, yes, I do, honestly.
06:40Oh, well, I was always getting a lot of stick, you know.
06:43People putting it on me all the time, calling me names.
06:46Albie always stuck up for me.
06:48Geez, he got in some terrible blues.
06:51I told him I could do my own fighting and you know what he said?
06:55What?
06:56He said he liked looking after me.
06:58Oh.
06:59Oh, it's not fair, Picks.
07:02My best mate could be dying out there and nobody tells you nothing.
07:06It's not fair.
07:10There's still no answer.
07:12You just have to keep trying, won't you?
07:14Now?
07:15No, later.
07:16You sure you don't know where she is?
07:18How could I?
07:19I'm cooped up here all the time.
07:21What about those gorillas who watch you?
07:24Do they ever mention her?
07:25I'd be too scared.
07:27She belongs to the boss.
07:28I'll try again.
07:29I reckon we're wasting our time.
07:32I reckon her old man's got her.
07:35What are you talking about?
07:37Her husband, Eddie Stevens.
07:39It's impossible, he's dead.
07:41Suit yourself, but I spoke to him and he didn't seem very dead to me.
07:44Don't lie to me, Mitchell.
07:46Well, not.
07:47I spoke to him, I told you.
07:48Why?
07:49What did he want?
07:50Sonia, I suppose.
07:51Reckon he wants to get her away from Renna.
07:54Yeah.
07:55Well, I want her first.
07:57Try again.
08:14Eddie, over here.
08:29Up the back, behind the boxes.
08:33Come out where I can see you.
08:35I said come out where I can see you.
08:37Come out where I can see you.
09:07I'm sorry.
09:08I just had to make sure.
09:12You all right.
09:13I'm sorry.
09:14Just had to make sure, eh?
09:18You all right?
09:19Yes.
09:20I'm sorry.
09:21Oh.
09:22I just had to make sure.
09:23It's all right.
09:24You all right?
09:26Yes.
09:27Oh.
09:28Oh, oh.
09:29Oh.
09:30Oh.
09:31Oh, oh.
09:32Oh.
09:33Oh.
09:34Oh.
09:36Sorry, Eddie, it was you or me?
09:46Yes?
09:47Sonia?
09:48It's Bobby.
09:49Bobby, what are you doing?
09:54I have to go.
09:59Yes?
10:00Sonia?
10:01It's Bobby.
10:03Bobby, what are you doing?
10:05I have to see you.
10:08I can't.
10:09Ren is in the bedroom.
10:10Listen to me.
10:11We're in trouble.
10:12Bad trouble.
10:13I've got to see you soon.
10:14I haven't got time to explain.
10:16Just get over here straight away.
10:18How possible?
10:19Tomorrow then.
10:20Early.
10:21Make it early.
10:23Bobby, it's too dangerous.
10:25I'm going now.
10:26Mario's on the stairs.
10:27Look, Sonia, please come.
10:29We're dead.
10:30I'm not kidding.
10:33She'll be here.
10:38Trouble?
10:40Well, nothing we can't handle.
10:43Carrie scored herself a politician.
10:45She just wanted to know if she could use the flat.
10:48Cheeky bitch.
10:49I'll get Mario to talk to her.
10:57I need her.
10:58I need her.
10:59God.
11:00I need her.
11:02What?
11:03What?
11:04What?
11:05She'll move.
11:06I need her.
11:07Did not go?
11:08She'll be here.
11:09I'd love her.
11:10She'll be here.
11:11She'll be the middle of me.
11:12He'll go ahead and get you up.
11:13No, I need her.
11:14I need her.
11:15I need her.
11:16I need her.
11:17I need her...
11:18I need her.
11:19I need her.
11:20I'm glad I'm glad.
12:21Rub out the knots.
12:24Relax.
12:26What have I done to preserve this?
12:28Nothing.
12:30It's my turn to worry.
12:32I tell you what, I was doing wonders for my head.
12:36Something you drank?
12:38You could say that.
12:40I didn't come to bed for free.
12:42I was trying to get over the terrible news of Eddie's death.
12:50Well, I can probably get something that'll fix it.
12:52What, that stuff in the bathroom?
12:54No, I think you're something a little stronger.
13:04Any phone calls buzz for me?
13:07No, no.
13:07Were you expecting one?
13:09No.
13:09Oh, yeah.
13:10Nothing special.
13:11Just sometimes, eh?
13:11Oh, yeah.
13:14Do you remember anything about Parker's father ringing last week?
13:17Oh, yes.
13:19Well, as a matter of fact, Colleen took the call and asked me to pass it on.
13:22Oh.
13:22Well, what's the matter?
13:26Well, Parker says she didn't get any message.
13:28Didn't get it?
13:29But I must have passed it on.
13:31It was something about her brother being here, wasn't it?
13:33Yeah.
13:36Well, now I've come to think of it, I can remember the message all right, but not actually speaking to Parker.
13:42Well, I just said I'd check for her.
13:44Was she very upset?
13:46Well, she wasn't happy, but can't be expected to remember everything, can we?
13:50We have to, Rick, especially when someone's sick.
13:53Oh, speak to her.
13:55You, uh, didn't forget my phone call, too, did you?
13:58No, Rick, I didn't.
14:06The lover boy wants his breakfast.
14:09Well, you didn't get to bed till three, are you sure?
14:11No, I made it up.
14:13Of course I'm sure.
14:15It just doesn't sound like him.
14:17He told me directly not...
14:18Well, why don't you ask him yourself?
14:19You know how chatty he is with a hangover.
14:22Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:22All right.
14:23What's he want?
14:25Nothing fried, nothing greasy.
14:26He's got a bit of a head.
14:27You want something for that, too?
14:29No, I've already given him something.
14:32Well, go on, hurry up.
14:34He said he wanted me to come straight back to bed.
14:37Well, move it.
14:39You know he doesn't like to be kept waiting.
14:41Don't forget the papers.
14:42Yeah.
14:42Yeah.
14:43Yeah.
14:49I just can't believe I'd forget something like that.
15:03It's okay, Mrs. Morris.
15:05I was a bit upset last night, but everything looks better in the morning, eh?
15:08How is your brother?
15:09Oh, he's doing good, Mrs. Morris.
15:10Dad said so in his letter.
15:11It's a pity we can't say the same about this dump.
15:14What was that?
15:15Well, this place is bad enough, but now we don't even get our messages passed on.
15:18Now, that's rubbish and you know it.
15:19Everybody back to work.
15:20I hate to say it, Mrs. M., but she's got a point.
15:24What if Albie died?
15:26Are you saying I deliberately withheld that message?
15:29Well, if the cat fits...
15:30Shut up, I...
15:31Why aren't it?
15:32All I'm saying, Mrs. M., is that we've got rights, just like a...
15:34Oh!
15:35Oh!
15:36God, I got a shock.
15:37Are you all right?
15:38Yeah, yeah, fine.
15:39All right, everybody, keep away.
15:40Come on, just pull out the plug and I'll go and report it.
15:42I wish Margot was here.
15:45I want to make her sit on it.
15:54It's open.
15:56Look, what is going on?
15:58Behind you.
15:58Why on the...
15:58Oh.
16:02Well, you don't have to be dead to be stiff, do you?
16:04Oh, Stevens, what sort of a greeting is that for an old friend?
16:08Thanks, Bubba, you're a real pal.
16:09Oh, what could I do?
16:10She made me.
16:11Don't worry, Stevens, the police will be here any minute.
16:13What if I said that Renner was waiting for me downstairs?
16:15I'd say let him wait.
16:17This little moron has already tried that trick.
16:19Oh, get stuck.
16:20Well, I'm afraid the suspense is killing me.
16:23How did you find us?
16:25It was very easy.
16:27You see, I can smell your type.
16:28I just followed my nose.
16:30Enough to make you throw up, isn't it?
16:32Oh, I can hear the governor's report now.
16:33Yes, single-handed, risking life and limb, the ever-vigilant Joan Ferguson apprehends two
16:39of her most dangerous escapees.
16:42That's not bad.
16:43I might use it.
16:45Well, Stevens, here come your escorts.
16:48Pity, I was just beginning to enjoy myself.
16:50What a shame.
16:51Yes, it is, really.
16:53Well, listen.
16:54Sonia, you can't just leave me.
17:03Sonia!
17:23Bobby!
17:24What's going on?
17:28Are you all right?
17:29I wouldn't if I were you.
17:33Bobby, what's happening?
17:34Forget it, Jack.
17:35Why?
17:36Just to tell you the truth, that's why.
17:38I've only had parents.
17:39They're waiting for us.
17:41Wake up, I'm a pro.
17:42Is that clear enough?
17:43City East 362 to BKG.
17:45Escape business Sonia Stevens is believed to be proceeding north along the Clay Street.
17:52Bobby!
17:52Bobby!
17:54Inspector Maynard.
18:05Rick, Mrs. Morris.
18:06And what can we do for you, Inspector?
18:07Ah, Mrs. Reynolds is expecting me.
18:10We caught Mitchell in Sydney.
18:12Sydney?
18:13How?
18:13Well, actually, it wasn't us.
18:15Your Miss Ferguson gets the credit for this one.
18:18Joan?
18:19I don't believe it.
18:20Stevens?
18:21No, almost, but she got away.
18:24Oh, look, I'm sorry, I'm in a bit of a hurry.
18:25Oh, I think she's in the staff room.
18:26I'll just let her know you.
18:27What about Eddie?
18:28I still haven't heard.
18:29Well, I'm afraid I have.
18:31He's been shot.
18:31He's in hospital.
18:33Bitch.
18:33I tried to tell him.
18:35Yeah, I know, but he wouldn't listen.
18:36He never does.
18:37Yeah, well, he shouldn't have been sent to Sydney in the first place.
18:40Well, he volunteered.
18:42What are his chances?
18:43Oh, he'll make it.
18:45He has to.
18:46He's about the only one who knows where she's gone.
18:48She said to go straight in.
18:49Oh, good.
18:50And Rick?
18:52Thanks.
18:53I couldn't help but overhear.
18:58Eddie Stevens.
19:00Yeah, well, that accident of his was just a set-up.
19:03He's been working undercover chasing Mitchell and Stevens.
19:06Why?
19:08Long story.
19:09And you've been involved all along?
19:12Not involved enough, it seems.
19:15Well, it's not bloody good enough.
19:18I don't know why we bother paying the cops.
19:20They never know anything.
19:23So, Mitchell's been arrested.
19:25Yeah.
19:26And that other bitch is somewhere in Sydney.
19:29If they get her first, we're gone.
19:31She knows everything.
19:32Names, addresses, the lot.
19:34What now?
19:35What do you mean, what now?
19:37Find her.
19:38I don't care who you have to pay or who you have to lean on.
19:40Just find the bitch and kill her.
19:42Right.
19:47And I complained about the washing machine.
19:50It might be dangerous, but at least it works.
19:52This damn thing wouldn't impress a rose petal.
19:54Oh, who cares?
19:55There aren't any roses around here anyway.
20:00What's with all the soap powder when we can't wash anything?
20:02You can't wash or you won't.
20:04We can't, Mrs. M.
20:05What do you expect?
20:06Yeah, maybe we ought to go down to the laundromat.
20:09Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.
20:10Oh, come on.
20:11What's going on?
20:12Is this a go slow, a go fast?
20:14We are going crazy trying to get something done about that damn machine.
20:17That's right.
20:17It's dangerous, remember?
20:19Yes, well, we don't have an electrician on call.
20:22You'll just have to wait.
20:23What else is new?
20:24Well, why don't we ask Mrs. Barry to call her electrician?
20:27He's awfully quick.
20:28Remember the last time when the dryers broke down?
20:30He had them fixed by lunchtime.
20:32Mrs. M., exactly when are the electricians coming?
20:35Well, it will be attended to as soon as possible.
20:37Mrs. Morris Prisoners.
20:38Certainly.
20:39No, don't worry about us.
20:40We're only prisoners.
20:45Something wrong?
20:46Well, I don't quite know how to put this, but Ruth's sure.
20:49Mm-hmm.
20:50She's in solitary.
20:51She was.
20:52I ended up wandering around in the hallway.
20:54She couldn't be.
20:55I locked her in.
20:55Well, I just locked her in again.
20:56She said that you didn't.
20:58No.
20:59She must have put something in the door.
21:04I forgot to lock it in the first place, didn't I?
21:07Certainly looks that way, doesn't it?
21:09Not that it's anything too serious.
21:11It is serious, Rick.
21:12It is.
21:13It just shouldn't happen.
21:14Come on.
21:15We all make mistakes.
21:17Just that I'd check with you, that's all.
21:19Thanks.
21:20What about me the other day?
21:21Joan walked in.
21:22I called her Miss Freak.
21:25Well, I'd better get back to the women.
21:27Thanks again.
21:34Right, ladies.
21:35I'll see if I can hurry the electricians up.
21:37In the meantime, do what you can.
21:39Well, I wish we could get someone to turn it off.
21:41I mean, it's dangerous, isn't it?
21:43Pixie, I told you to turn the thing off when it first happened.
21:46Oh, well, there's a plug right at the back.
21:48I just couldn't get it.
21:49Bloody hell, you'd forget your head if it wasn't screwed on, wouldn't you?
21:51Well, at least I tried.
21:53Go on.
21:54Let me have a go, Pixie.
21:55It's right at the back.
21:57Yeah, yeah.
21:57Be careful, can.
21:58Yeah.
21:59Can you get it?
22:00Yeah.
22:01No, I can't, Richard, either.
22:02No, we need somebody with longer arms, Mrs. Moise.
22:04Well, I'll get Mr. Manning.
22:06Yeah, you know what they say, long arms.
22:07Pixie, for God's sake!
22:11Pixie, don't touch us!
22:14Pixie!
22:15Oh, my God!
22:23Now, she's unconscious, but she's going to be all right.
22:26How do you know that?
22:27Has she seen a doctor?
22:28No, Sister Kelly's taken care of until the doctor can get here.
22:31What?
22:31Not even a bloody doctor in this joint.
22:33What's happening about the machine?
22:35They've been turned off at the mains.
22:36Now, don't worry.
22:36It'll be fixed.
22:37It's not just that machine we want fixed.
22:40We want them all overhauled or replaced.
22:42And until they are, we're not going to use them.
22:44Come on, now, there's no need for that.
22:45Don't you believe it?
22:46It's called self-preservation.
22:48Oh, Mrs. Reynolds, glad you're here.
22:49It'll save me a trip to the office.
22:51I know you're all worried about Pixie.
22:52Yeah, well, that's an understatement.
22:53She could have been killed today because of official negligence.
22:56Oh, it was an accident no one can be blamed.
22:58The conditions we work under can be blamed.
23:01Mrs. Morris knew that machine was faulty.
23:04I mean, what happened to her report?
23:06What are you trying to do here, Killis?
23:08You know that's nonsense.
23:10Oh, like hell.
23:10Something should have been done straight away.
23:12Yeah, it's real dangerous, Mrs. Reynolds.
23:13Something will be done as soon as possible.
23:15Mrs. Reynolds, Pixie could have been killed.
23:18Now, how many more accidents are going to happen before something's done?
23:21I've told you.
23:22I'm sorry, it's not good enough.
23:24We're out on strike.
23:26A general strike throughout the block.
23:28You must have some idea what she's likely to do, Eddie.
23:54She's your wife.
23:54You ought to know how she thinks.
23:56She tried to get out of Sydney.
24:00Where to?
24:01Melbourne?
24:02I doubt it.
24:04It'll be too easy for fellas to track her down.
24:09Come on, Eddie.
24:10We're trying to save her life.
24:12Think about it.
24:12Where would she go?
24:13Listen, I'm in the game myself.
24:15Remember?
24:15I know what you want.
24:19I just can't do the impossible.
24:22There's definitely no friends or relatives she'd turn to?
24:25No.
24:27She'd be frightened that any of her other business contacts would put fellows on to her.
24:33You and her spend much time in Sydney?
24:37No.
24:38Only her honeymoon.
24:41Where did you stay?
24:43At her parents.
24:44I'm at her house.
24:45They don't have it anymore.
24:51God, yes.
24:53She might just go there.
24:55It's a long shot, but...
24:57Better than nothing, mate.
24:59We'll check it out.
25:00Give us the address and the quickest way to get there.
25:03Okay.
25:05But just go easy on her, will you?
25:06She's running for fellows, eh?
25:13Not us, eh?
25:14Not us.
25:36I'm only telling you what it is.
26:06He said, okay?
26:08Now, she could be there, so you better get moving fast.
26:10I'll have to raid her into the station.
26:12I thought you'd like to know first.
26:14Good work, Herb.
26:15If this pays off, you'll find I'm very grateful.
26:18Just hold off ringing in for as long as you can, but keep in touch.
26:23You got a line on it?
26:25Yeah.
26:27Ask your friendly policeman.
26:28Isn't that how the saying goes?
26:30Kids, remind me to pay him off.
26:32If this information's right, I owe him.
26:35Right.
26:36I just hope I can personally repay our dear Sonia everything I owe her.
26:46You didn't stay long, lady?
26:48No, I left all my credit cards and check that behind.
26:50I can't buy much about them.
26:51I bet your husband won't mind.
26:52You guys are all the same.
26:54It's made round to go round.
26:55Now I've got to go all the way back home and back again.
26:58Well, I hope you've got $2.50 on you.
26:59Yes, I'm sure I can scrape that up.
27:03There we are.
27:05We'll be back in an hour.
27:06Take it easy.
27:07It's a wonder they didn't lock us in our cells.
27:13Ah, they don't know which way we're going to jump yet.
27:15Mrs Reynolds was real worried, but you could tell, couldn't you?
27:17Let's hope the department gets worried.
27:19Ah, they will.
27:22Oh, did you get word of the others?
27:23Yeah, that damn tool's in the workshop.
27:24Good.
27:25Now, how about we do a bit of work, stop them locking us in our cells and save us from dying
27:29of boredom?
27:30I thought you said a total strike.
27:31That's what I told the others.
27:33Yeah, so it will be.
27:34I mean, workshop and cleaning will stop.
27:35We'll keep the place running for ourselves.
27:37Our own laundry, stuff like that, but no work for the outside.
27:40You mean hit them in their pocket?
27:42Yeah, it'll cost them the department a packet.
27:43How come?
27:45They make a fortune from the work we do.
27:47Hey, how about we make an issue of the money as well as the machinery and the general conditions?
27:52Now, that is a good idea.
27:54We need to form a union, huh?
27:55Oh, yeah.
27:56And you could be our union rep, Mara.
27:58Now, you know, my Uncle Eddie always said the only way the working man ever got anything
28:01was with a union.
28:02And he said, you've got to stick by your shop steward.
28:04Yeah, well, he was spot on there, Cass, but we've all got to stick together because
28:07there's going to be repercussions.
28:08Well, we don't care, do we?
28:09No, no, we're with you, Mara.
28:11What about you, Red?
28:13Oh, yeah, why not?
28:14We can make us some more bread and get up their noses.
28:17Yeah, but we're not like workers on the outside.
28:19I mean, we can't just walk out.
28:21Oh, well, they can't fire us.
28:23If we don't get what we want, they're going to see their money go down the drain.
28:28That's right, kid.
28:29We got them over a barrel.
28:30Only if we stick together.
28:33What do you say?
28:33Oh, we're behind 100%.
28:35Great idea.
28:36I'll be ready.
28:37I think it was weird.
28:45But surely, Meg, the shock Mara got was worth reporting.
28:48The machine was dangerously faulty.
28:50The accident with Pixie should never have happened.
28:52I just plain forgot all about it.
28:54I'm sorry.
28:56I didn't do it on purpose.
28:57Oh, come on, Meg, I know that.
29:00But according to the women, you were there when it happened.
29:02How could you forget?
29:04Surely you realize how serious this sort of negligence can be.
29:07I know, I know, but I just can't recollect the women telling me.
29:10Oh, it's just not like me.
29:14There have been other things, Meg.
29:16Cass's phone call and our dinner party.
29:19Are you sure there's nothing wrong?
29:20Well, anyone can make mistakes.
29:22I'm just having a bad week, that's all.
29:25I think it's more serious than that.
29:28In all the time I've known you, I've never known you let the women down.
29:33I've always counted on you to have a good rapport with them.
29:36Now, with the mood they're in, the last thing we want is to antagonize them.
29:39Well, I'll go and apologize to Pixie.
29:44I'm sorry.
29:45It won't happen again.
29:48You realize I'll have to put in a report to the department.
29:51I think I can do it without mentioning you.
29:54I just don't know what to think.
30:25What's going wrong?
30:27We all make mistakes.
30:28If it were only one, it'd be all right, but I've made so many lately.
30:32Forgetting that phone call for Cass and leaving a cell door unlocked, for heaven's sake.
30:39Well, you've been under a lot of pressure lately.
30:41And I certainly haven't helped.
30:43I know that.
30:44I've caused you a lot of trouble.
30:45But that's over.
30:46So why is this happening now?
30:48I mean, I usually cope so well.
30:50It's just not like me to forget things.
30:53Then there must be something wrong.
30:56Look, Meg, when you do start forgetting things at work and at home, there has to be a reason.
31:01At home?
31:02What are you talking about?
31:04Well, there have been a few things.
31:06Like what?
31:08All right.
31:09The night we came home and the laundry floor was flooded.
31:12One of us must have forgotten to turn off the taps.
31:14I know you thought it was me, but it wasn't.
31:18Well, you must remember that.
31:19You rinsed a blouse out for me, right?
31:23What's happening to me?
31:25Oh, I don't know.
31:27But I do think you should see a doctor.
31:30But there's nothing wrong with me.
31:32Well, not physically, anyway.
31:33Of course there isn't.
31:35But you are forgetting things, and in this job it can be dangerous.
31:38So what do you say?
31:40Will you please see a doctor?
31:41What have you got there, Phyllis?
31:47Mind your own bloody business, Phyllis.
31:49Ah! Ah!
31:50Oh!
31:52I said no drugs.
32:03Get off Margot?
32:04No.
32:05I got off red.
32:06She nicked it off Margot.
32:07They say there's honour amongst thieves.
32:10Where's the rest of it?
32:11I flogged it.
32:11I should wring your bloody neck, you know.
32:14Now get out of here before I shampoo your hair in the toilet.
32:18You think it's tough, don't you?
32:19You rotten bitch.
32:20You think it's tough, don't you,enh?
32:28Stop now.
32:29You hate me.
32:30I don't know.
34:00But any other dope I find goes down the loo as well, and that goes double for you, Gaffney.
34:05What dope, Phyllis? I don't know what she's talking about.
34:08What didn't you tell you, Reb? I found some dope on her. Flushed it down the loo.
34:13Pity I couldn't get to it before she sold the rest.
34:17Bitch, you pinched my stash!
34:18You can talk! Remember where you got it from in the first place?
34:21Why don't you girls sort it out amongst yourselves?
34:24Tell you what an idiot you are. Stuff was in your cell all the time, right under your nose.
34:28What do you mean?
34:30Ready to tear the place apart to find it, weren't you?
34:32It was taped under your handbase.
34:34You greasy bastard!
34:35That's enough!
34:36Who says?
34:37Myra says.
34:39Don't try and bring any more in, Gaffney.
34:41We'll settle our differences at a later date, but right now we all stick together.
34:46Why should I stick with you?
34:47Because it's in your own best interests, all of you.
34:50So for once in your bloody lives, pull your heads in.
34:53Ah, Mr. Manning!
34:54Come for a game, have you?
34:56Nah.
34:57You realise you can't spend all your time in here if you're not working, don't you?
35:00Not our fault the equipment's dangerous.
35:02Well, is that a job you could be doing?
35:04We're not doing anything until we're satisfied with the conditions.
35:06Seeing a lot of the inside of your cells then, won't you?
35:08We don't care if they do lock us in. We're sticking to our guns.
35:13Mr. Manning, have they taken Pixie off to Wormwood Hospital?
35:17No, no, she's in the hospital here. No, she's doing fine.
35:19Could I see her?
35:20Well, I don't know if she's up to visit.
35:22Yeah, I just want to sit with her, you know.
35:24Come on then, we'll see what Sister Kelly says.
35:27Stick it, Keane. I've got better things to do.
35:30Yeah, I said do it.
35:31No skin off my nose, you'll keep.
35:35Gonna be trouble there, Moira.
35:36Hmm.
35:37At least while they're fighting amongst themselves, it'll be easier for us to handle them.
35:42I think it'd be a good time for you to take over as Deputy Governor again, Colleen.
35:48Yeah.
35:49Look, I feel a bit awkward about that now.
35:52I don't like taking the physician back off Meg after all she's done for me.
35:56And especially now, it's going to look as though she's been demoted just because she made a mistake.
36:00Meg's lapses of memory are a problem.
36:02I don't think she should have the extra responsibility of Deputy Governor.
36:05And she has been under a lot of pressure.
36:08I know I haven't helped.
36:10She looked after me when I couldn't cope and that must have put a hell of a strain on her.
36:13Whatever the reason, Colleen, I don't feel I can trust her at the moment.
36:16She's a danger to the inmates and I won't have that.
36:20On the other hand, you seem to be coping very well.
36:22I would like you to take over.
36:25For everyone's sake, Meg's too.
36:28Yeah, I know what you're saying.
36:30However, she is my friend.
36:32I cannot ignore that.
36:33So I'd like to think about it, please.
36:36Well, come in, Phyllis.
36:41It's your cell, too.
36:44I thought you were pretty smart, didn't you?
36:46Stealing my dope.
36:47Well, you nicked it from Margo.
36:49Yeah.
36:49Well, nobody nicks things from me and gets away with it, see?
36:52I've got to smash you in the face in.
36:54Well, Mara's already pushed me around.
36:55You can have a go, too.
36:57And you go across me again, understand?
36:59I just wanted to do something for meself.
37:02I can't win between you and Mara and the freaking Margo.
37:04Everyone's on me back.
37:05Yeah, well...
37:06Because you don't know, Gus.
37:09You've got to make yourself a winner, Phyllis.
37:11That's why I took the dope.
37:13You stupid bitch.
37:16Don't you know nobody wins by crossing me?
37:19Well, I'm not worried.
37:21You'll get yours from Margo.
37:23No way.
37:25Margo's going to be riding high on a dope racket,
37:27and I'm going to be right alongside her.
37:30And no one's going to stop me.
37:32So don't you forget us.
37:34Is she going to be okay?
38:04Yeah, the doctor thought so.
38:06She keeps drifting in and out of consciousness.
38:09But apparently that's normal.
38:11She's had quite a severe shock, so don't try and wake her.
38:13I won't.
38:15Do you mind if I sit with her for a while?
38:16I'll come back for you later.
38:19Thanks, Mr. Manor.
38:20You're the thing I've ever seen.
38:34No body.
38:36No blood.
38:36All we know is that Stephens was in the car.
38:39Where the hell is she?
38:43You made that appointment with the doctor yet?
38:46No, it's just that I've been a bit tired lately.
38:47I'll probably be all right now.
38:49I don't think you should put it off.
38:52All right, all right.
38:53I'll ring later.
38:57She is looking really worn out.
38:59Hmm.
39:00Yes, she is.
39:01Oh, I don't know, Rick.
39:04I'm in an awkward situation.
39:05Anne wants me to take my old position back.
39:07Fair enough.
39:09Meg was only standing in.
39:10She'll understand.
39:11Yeah, but she's been so good to me.
39:13I just don't feel I can do it to her, especially now.
39:16I reckon she needs that job like a hole in the head.
39:18She's not herself lately.
39:19Oh, no.
39:20Oh, it doesn't matter.
39:22I'll wait to see what the doctor says when she sees him.
39:25Look, if she's offering the job, take it.
39:27Because if you don't, you know who's likely to get it, don't you?
39:29Jane.
39:30Oh, she wouldn't.
39:31You're kidding.
39:32You've heard the news, haven't you?
39:33About her catching Mitchell in Sydney, yes.
39:35I've heard.
39:36That's all we need.
39:37Well, she'll have more medals than her father now.
39:40Mitchell comes back tomorrow, so Jane will probably be with her.
39:43It's been pleasant without her.
39:46All good things must come to an end.
39:48One thing's for sure, she's right back in with the department now.
39:50Oh, don't.
39:53Any word on Stevens?
39:55Nah.
39:55Nah, if Jane had caught that one, I would have given her a medal myself.
39:59I mean, how come the screws haven't done nothing, Myra?
40:02Oh, give them time, Cass.
40:03Give them time.
40:04They're waiting to see how serious we are.
40:06And they're probably hoping we'll fight amongst ourselves.
40:08Oh, yeah.
40:08See, they don't know we made a union.
40:10Now, that'll smarten them up.
40:11Oh, well, we'll see.
40:13Like to talk to you.
40:16Oh, yeah.
40:18Never did fix her for the job she'd done on your sheets, Myra.
40:21No, I didn't, did I?
40:23Go for your life.
40:23Won't help you with your strike, though, will it?
40:26Not if there's always someone working against you.
40:29Won't look too good to the department either, will it, if they know everyone's not in it.
40:33The department won't know if you're incapable of telling them.
40:36Just listen, will you?
40:38Maybe I can help you.
40:40What are you offering, Margot?
40:41A truce.
40:42Don't you bite, Myra.
40:45Let's see what she's got to say, Cass.
40:47But it better be good.
40:49I reckon the strike's a great idea.
40:51Oh, yeah, since when?
40:53Since I've had time to think about it.
40:54I can help.
40:55How?
40:56The girls at Barnhurst listen to me.
40:58I can get word to them.
41:01You mean, get Barnhurst out in sympathy?
41:03Right.
41:04Both prisons out on strike.
41:06That'd really hit them where it hurts, wouldn't it?
41:07Oh, maybe, but I still don't reckon you can trust her, Myra.
41:10Oh, let her finish, Cass.
41:11What's in it for you?
41:13You get off my back.
41:14Give me a fair go.
41:15No drugs.
41:17All right, I'll drop the dope.
41:18You got most of the women on side as it is, so what's the use?
41:23All right, Margot, what's the deal?
41:25You let me run a book and any other rackets I can set up.
41:29You can have a percentage.
41:30I don't want a percentage, but I do want to make sure the women get a fair deal.
41:33Look, you can keep tabs on me if you like.
41:35Look, all I want's my own piece of the action.
41:39You think you can get Barnhurst out?
41:41Guaranteed.
41:42I've got a way of getting word to him.
41:45All right.
41:46But if you double-cross me, I'll come down on you like a ton of bricks.
41:50No worries.
41:51Now you've got a real strike, right?
41:57Honey, you all right now, hey?
42:00I told Ralph I didn't want to.
42:02He wouldn't listen to me.
42:04Come on now, don't worry about things like that now.
42:06But he tried to make me.
42:08He wouldn't stop.
42:10I said I didn't want to until after we were married.
42:13Pixie, don't worry about Ralph now.
42:15Oh, it was awful.
42:16It was just awful, Jude.
42:18I didn't mean to.
42:19You didn't mean to what?
42:22I just wanted to make him stop.
42:24I didn't mean to hurt him, Jude.
42:26I didn't mean to kill him.
42:28Kill him?
42:29I killed Ralph, Judy.
42:31I killed him.
42:33He used to give me roses
42:42I wish he could again
42:48But that was on the outside
42:53And things were different then
42:58On the inside
43:00The sun still shines
43:03And the rain falls down
43:08But the sun and rain are Christmas too
43:13When morning comes around
43:18Last night I dreamed we worked together
43:23Sharing all the love with more
43:28Till I had to face the nightmare
43:34Of waking up alone
43:39On the inside
43:40The roses glow
43:42They don't mind the stony ground
43:48But the roses here are Christmas too
43:53When morning comes around
43:58When morning comes around
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