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Episode 49 of Prisoner Cell Block H. Pre-advert gate slams, incidental music and 0-10 logo have been restored as originally broadcast. Edith doesn't want to be released and the women force Jim to face his demons.
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00:00Carol!
00:03Carol!
00:06Carol, are you there?
00:19Love from you-know-who, Tom, darling.
00:22Oh, God, if she finds her...
00:30Hello?
00:47Melinda?
00:48Tom!
00:49You stupid little idiot. Do you know what you've done to me?
00:51You made the choice, remember?
00:53Either me or 5,000 bucks.
00:56And I think that's cheap after what I've given you.
00:59Carol's seen the photos.
01:00I wanted her to.
01:02How'd she take it?
01:03You little bitch!
01:05She's not here.
01:07Look, you don't know her.
01:08If she gets her hands on you, she's liable to do anything.
01:12You don't frighten me off that easily.
01:15You're the one that ought to be worried.
01:17I'm coming over.
01:18Keep your doors locked and don't let anyone else in.
01:20You don't know her.
01:21You have a lot of that.
01:22You don't know her.
01:22You don't know her.
01:23You don't know her.
01:23You don't know her.
01:24these are the last of them the cold got it most of them
01:30but we thought you might like to have them well thanks edith and i don't put you staying
01:36outside too much you've still got that coffee in here i'm used to the fresh air you taking
01:41the medicine i gave you every four hours lizzie don't you think we might help dr miller with a
01:47few chores oh yes of course i was just thinking this looked as how it could do with a good wipe
01:53if i find one drop of those spirits missing lizzie spirits oh i didn't say them don't you worry doc
02:02i'll keep an eye on her now what you want us to do oh oh i'm so sorry it's my fingers they get stiff
02:10after a little isn't there anything else you ladies should be doing i'm sure there's something we can
02:15do i know we could make ourselves useful lizzie god mrs jackson you could do a person in creeping up
02:23like that what are you two doing in here oh it's just helping the doctor a bit of tidying up
02:28we thought we could brighten up the office a little i'm sure there are other things you can
02:32find to occupy yourselves i do have things pretty much under control edith thank you
02:36you ought to kick that habit of yours dear i thought you were distracting a doc
02:43elizabeth here are those antibiotics you ordered there at reception oh thanks mate i was on my way
02:49down when i got bombarded by the helpful committee tell you i'll be glad when liz is well enough to go
02:53back to work in the laundry they really are a bit like arsenic and old lace aren't they who lizzie is
02:57the arsenic you mean well something like that there's characters like that i'm gonna miss then you
03:03really are thinking of going into private practice give up your work here well it's been at the back of
03:08my mind ever since we had that talk about us both working in the same place just that i thought it was
03:12time to give it serious thought that's all well i think it's a good idea
03:16bit early for spring cleaning isn't it edith by the look of these shelves springs have been missed
03:30out quite a lot bit of dirt never hurt anyone ed cleanliness is next to godliness god didn't like
03:38dirt he should have made the world out of plastic you reckon you're gonna get any good out of that
03:45the more you can understand people the more you can help them like clements it'll be years before i'm
03:50as good as he is you ought to have your head red he's a mongrel trying to get into people's minds to
03:56find out how they tick he's the one that sent poor door around the bend he did not lizzie if you want
04:02to get to know people you've got to go out and live with them and listen to what they have to say
04:06would you let me get some study done please young people don't want to listen they're always too
04:16busy getting places hey lizzie want to make a fourth you'll be all right finishing this on your own
04:23edie love if you're looking for something to do you can always wallpaper my room
04:29okay here we go and jack's a high well well well well look who's here the jolly gray giant
04:38you don't have to do that edith these women let it get like that they should be the ones to clean it up
04:42i don't mind mr fletcher i like doing it no it's too much for you smith ferguson and you you've been
04:48shirking all day get into it work's finished fletch this is our time off no cards until it's done
04:55there you go please mr fletcher you've got one minute to get stuck into it i know what i'd like
05:02to get stuck into don't threaten me smith i like doing it you go to your room
05:09doors open
05:17i thought i told you to keep this thing locked and i told you i don't scare easily darling
05:24i'm telling you the truth damn it look i got home the photographs are in shreds and carol isn't there
05:30maybe she's left you without taking her things oh no look i know my wife she'll try to get even
05:37and there's no telling what she might do well if she's such a nut why don't you leave her
05:41tom we could start again well i was just a bit angry because i thought you were going to leave me
05:47i'll give you the negatives if you come back to me i ought to break your neck showing that filth to
05:53my wife filth you were enjoying that filth when we were doing it darling you little slut
05:59you're just a pastime you meant nothing to me where are you going i'm going to find my wife and try
06:05to explain don't leave me tom when are you going to get it through your head we're finished
06:10look i don't want my wife doing anything stupid so lock this damn door but you're only trying to
06:16scare me well it won't work
06:18here karen you're the expert what do you make of a guy that gets his kicks out of walking over
06:31defenseless women probably hates women because he feels inferior which he is the only way he can
06:36boost his ego is to put them down yeah i think you've been wasting your time at that university
06:41travis or is that the sort of rubbish that clements puts into your head what's the matter no sense of
06:45humor or uh maybe i'm a little too close to the truth you can forget about university lectures
06:51tomorrow travis maybe a day inside will make you realize that you're still a prisoner come off it
06:56fledge you can't do that i've already done it
06:58you have well that does it okay girls get around we're gonna have to put a stop to him
07:06got any suggestions maybe we could set him up like we did vera
07:10ah no the governor would never buy that i could yell rape
07:14wait a minute there is a way peter clements went through his army file
07:18he's suffering from haemophobia
07:20god is it catchy
07:21no of course not lizzie it just means he's afraid of the sight of blood
07:24blood
07:25i think we've got him
07:27did you find a place for edith wharton to live
07:37i wasn't aware that i had to advise you if i did
07:41but yes i did find something
07:44well is it suitable
07:45it's the best i could do
07:47what's that supposed to mean
07:48it means that it's all she can afford and the only one i could find
07:53do you mind it's a small boarding house she'll have her own bedroom but you'll have to share the kitchen and bathroom
08:00whereabouts
08:01well it's not one of your nicer areas but at least there are people there of her own age
08:06couldn't you do better than that
08:07if you are not satisfied then i suggest you try to do better
08:10but i think we should let edith decide whether she's going to like it or not don't you
08:19you're taking quite an interest in edith wharton
08:22no she's an old lady
08:23she's still a prisoner
08:23come on miss bennett surely you're not even that hard
08:27i mean she was given seven days in here because some stupid woman threw her out of the home and she had nowhere to go
08:33i thought she was in here for assault
08:34out of desperation
08:35we're not in this job to justify anyone's actions mr fletcher
08:38what is it with you miss bennett
08:40are you still out to get me because i took your job or does it go deeper than that
08:44well maybe you don't even understand the meaning of the word compassion
08:47there's a reason why we treat all the inmates equally
08:49show one any compassion and you'll only cause trouble amongst the others
08:53but of course you don't mind using policy for your own advantage do you
08:56oh so that's it
08:58you're still bitter because i bent the rules to help the police
09:01is that why you did it
09:02i thought it was just the reward money good night mr fletcher
09:05hello
09:14who
09:16carol burton
09:17surely you haven't forgotten
09:19you did send me those photographs
09:21how did you get my number
09:24through the university
09:25if you intend going into the business of blackmail you really ought to be more careful
09:30you're so easy to trace
09:32what do you want
09:33dear girl
09:35isn't it the other way around
09:36i mean you wanted five thousand dollars for the negatives
09:40i've got it
09:41i can't have my husband losing his good name over someone i'd stand at can i
09:45i want tom to give it to me
09:47sorry dear
09:49i don't want you seeing him again
09:50you want the money
09:52i'll give it to you
09:54all right
09:55i'll meet you in twenty minutes
09:57in kings park
09:58how'll i know you
10:00don't worry
10:01i'm sure i'll be able to recognize you
10:03even with your clothes on
10:05but i've got a few things to do first
10:07make it in two hours time will you
10:10bitch
10:12how's this phobia thing work
10:18how does he react when he sees blood
10:20well he could be sick
10:21freeze up
10:22faint
10:23anything
10:24that's something i'd like to see
10:26a big strong man and a dead faint
10:28yeah well i won't be there to catch him
10:29shut up a sec
10:30uh you don't reckon he could get violent
10:32i don't know
10:33depends if he can control it i guess
10:34yeah
10:35we better play it safe
10:36we've got to find something that looks innocent
10:39we don't want him to know we know
10:41not until we find out how he reacts anyway
10:45oh it's only ed
10:48hey ed
10:49come here and we'll tell you what we're planning to do to mr fleck
10:52what up lizzie
10:52what are you going to do
10:54oh nothing eddie
10:54just play a joke on him that's all
10:56i'm sure the poor boy doesn't mean any harm
10:58yeah well it's time the poor boy learned his lesson that's all
11:01where are you going
11:13god you scared the living daylights out of me
11:16i don't want you leaving this flat
11:18and i didn't think you cared anymore
11:21carol hasn't come back home
11:23how sad for you
11:24listen you little fool
11:26that means she's out there somewhere in god knows what state of mind
11:29if she finds out who you are she's just as likely to become violent
11:32can't you understand a simple fact like that
11:34you do care what happens to me don't you
11:37don't you tom
11:38i don't want carol being locked up for something you brought on yourself
11:42you're only worried about your precious wife
11:46i told you how i feel melinda
11:48get out
11:49i'll
11:50i'll let you know when i
11:52get out
11:53get out
12:06get out
12:19Where are they?
12:26Have you got the money?
12:31You're under arrest for blackmail.
12:42What happened? What have you done?
12:58Nothing, darling. I just wanted you to come and pick me up, that's all.
13:02Why all the mystery on the phone? I thought you'd been arrested or something.
13:05Well, actually, I wanted to surprise you. I've solved that little problem for you.
13:10Your little tart's been arrested for blackmail.
13:13Well, I phoned the police this afternoon and they told me to go through with paying her off.
13:18She was caught red-handed.
13:21I'm afraid the negatives will have to be kept as evidence.
13:24Such a pity to bring this all out into the open, isn't it, darling?
13:28I mean, the newspapers will have a field day.
13:31Senior lecturer at university playing around with one of his students.
13:36I'd be ruined.
13:38I'm sure we'll ride out the scandal together.
13:41But it's probably best that you do resign.
13:43I'll take her through, Sergeant, will you?
13:45You bastard! You set me up!
13:48That's enough of that. We don't have any more charges against you.
13:50You get what's coming!
13:55Mr. Burton, isn't it?
13:57Your wife did the right thing in coming to us.
13:59It's the only way to stop her blackmailer.
14:01What'll happen to her?
14:02Oh, we'll hold her overnight.
14:04She'll be up before the magistrates in the morning.
14:06With that letters he sent your wife and being caught in the act,
14:09we'll have no trouble in sending her to trial.
14:12Poor darling's been under such a strain.
14:14Come along, darling.
14:16We've got such a lot to talk about.
14:18Your new job.
14:19Something good will keep you out of temptation, you know?
14:22For sure.
14:24In Melbourne town, there was a jockey.
14:30Jimmy Fletcher was his name.
14:34He rode a horse called Silver Bride.
14:39We'll have to get the dock to agree.
14:41But they are hard so.
14:42No sweat.
14:43Birdsworth, if you can't keep it down to a whisper,
14:45just shut your mouth altogether.
14:46Oh, Miss Bennet, I was only trying to be cheerful.
14:50Then we'll have to get someone to keep the dock occupied.
14:52Give us time alone with Fletch.
14:54But that's enough, Birdsworth.
14:55I won't speak to you again.
14:56Some people don't know a good tune when they hear one.
15:01We'll give it a go?
15:02Why not?
15:03Could you two hurry up in there?
15:04We've been in there long enough.
15:06Hey, Vera.
15:07How are you and Fletch getting on these days?
15:09That's none of your business, Smith.
15:11I don't know how you put up with him.
15:12If it was up to me, I'd take him down a peg or two.
15:15Well, it isn't up to you, is it?
15:17No.
15:18But if you ever need a hand, maybe we can help you.
15:20Well, maybe you could help us.
15:22What are you talking about?
15:23Nothing.
15:24Just thought you might be able to do us a favour?
15:26I'm not about to take sides with you lot against a fellow officer.
15:29And don't you forget it.
15:31Oh, don't worry, Vera.
15:33We won't forget it.
15:36No.
15:37No, I'll be looking for a fully equipped surgery.
15:40That's a little bit out of my price bracket, I'm afraid.
15:43Do you have any other areas?
15:45Just a minute.
15:48Yes.
15:49Yes, I see.
15:50Okay, well, I'll keep checking with you.
15:52Thanks for your help.
15:53Come in.
15:55Well, must be important if the women's committee wants to see me.
16:00Yeah, sure is, Doc.
16:01We've come up with what we think is a pretty good idea.
16:03The answer's no.
16:04But you haven't even heard it yet.
16:05Anything connected with you three means trouble.
16:07The answer's no.
16:08Oh, come on, Doc.
16:09You might even like it.
16:11All right.
16:12Make it snappier.
16:13I've got a good mind not to tell you now.
16:15Suit yourself.
16:16But seeing as it's so important to the other women, I'll swallow my pride.
16:19Now, the other day when Lizzie had that heart attack, she nearly copped it, right?
16:22Mm-hmm.
16:23And why?
16:24Because none of us knew what to do.
16:26Everyone panicked.
16:27So I reckon it's about time we learnt some of the basics of first aid.
16:31Yeah, and it'll come in handy for when we get out, too.
16:33Yeah, and when you beat Fred up, you can patch him up afterwards.
16:36Stay away from there, Lizzie.
16:37I haven't even touched anything.
16:39Anyway, so what do you say, Doc?
16:40Do you reckon you'd like to teach us a few things?
16:42Yeah, like bandaging and all that sort of thing.
16:44I mean, a lot of people get hurt in here.
16:47Well, I don't think that's such a bad idea at all.
16:49I'll have to check with Mrs Davidson first, of course.
16:51Oh, good on you, Doc.
16:52You're a good sport.
16:53Yeah!
16:54Well, at least they'd be involved in something constructive.
16:57I'll go along with it.
16:59What do you think, Meg?
17:00Well, it would give them something to do after they go back to being housewives or whatever.
17:04I can't see her doing any harm, Mrs Davidson.
17:06The thing that bothers me, it was Bea Smith and her cohorts who suggested it.
17:10I'll be there to keep an eye on them.
17:13All right.
17:14When do you want to start?
17:15Well, this morning, if possible.
17:17While they're still enthusiastic.
17:18Couldn't you wait until I finish work?
17:20It's not the whole prison.
17:21There's only seven or so who are interested.
17:23I don't think it'll matter just this once for the women to miss a morning's work, Mr Fletcher.
17:27There is routine, Mrs Davidson.
17:29Routine leads to boredom.
17:31And that's where most of the trouble starts.
17:34While you're here, Dr Clements will not be with us for about a week.
17:39His replacement resigned rather suddenly, so he had to go back to the university.
17:44Well, how much longer is he going to be with us?
17:46Until he finishes his report on prisons.
17:49Which reminds me, your report on Karen Travers, was it absolutely necessary for you to stop her from going to classes this afternoon?
17:58Yes, it was, Mrs Davidson.
17:59It was a matter of discipline.
18:01Just because she's a university student doesn't mean to say she stops being an inmate.
18:05All right.
18:07It's a wonder Miss Bennet and Mr Fletcher don't get on a little better.
18:19Hmm.
18:20They do seem to think alike.
18:27Horton?
18:28Miss Vernon would like to see you.
18:31Miss Bennet, I got a problem.
18:33I suppose I should speak to Mr Fletcher himself, but I don't want him to be too hard on the women.
18:39Well, you can tell me.
18:40Oh, yes.
18:41I think the women are going to make it difficult for him.
18:45In what way?
18:46I don't know.
18:47That's the problem.
18:48But I thought perhaps you could warn him.
18:50Oh, don't say I told you, but ask him to be a little careful.
18:54You don't have to worry about Mr Fletcher.
18:57He can take care of himself.
19:00The two most common ways of taking the pulse rate are the radial pulse and the carotid pulse.
19:06The normal average pulse rate is between 60 and 80 a minute, the average being 72.
19:12Count the number of beats in 30 seconds.
19:14Multiply by two.
19:15This will give you the average per minute.
19:17Now, I'll demonstrate on Lizzie.
19:18The rest of you take the person next to you.
19:21And the radial pulse is taken at the front of the wrist over the radial artery.
19:25Ow!
19:26Not so hard.
19:27You only need to press lightly.
19:28Look, I hate to tell you this, Phil, but you ought to be six feet under.
19:31It seems to be going all right.
19:33I'll check in again later.
19:35Oh, come on, Doc.
19:38When are we going to get down to the real important stuff like cuts and bandaging?
19:42All right.
19:43All right.
19:44All right.
19:45Well, at least it goes to the shops and transport, so that'll be a big help.
19:57And if you like, I'll drop you there tomorrow.
20:00Edith, whatever you say, dear.
20:05I'm sorry I couldn't find you anything better.
20:08But it was a little difficult.
20:12As a person who slept under bridges, I'm sure I'll like it.
20:17I've made some nice friends here.
20:20And you don't expect to do that.
20:22There are other people in the boarding house who make friends with them, too.
20:26Do people ever look through you?
20:30Depends what I've said or done.
20:33They do when you're old.
20:36Maybe it's because they can't face the fact that that's what they'll become.
20:42So they'd best to ignore you.
20:44That's not true of everyone.
20:47When they notice you, you're treated either as a child or senile.
20:52And I'm not either.
20:54No.
20:55As long as I've breath in me body, my mind still works.
20:59Mind you, I do get a bit forgetful at times.
21:02I'm capable of looking after myself.
21:05I'm sure you can do anything you put your mind to.
21:08No.
21:09No.
21:10I need to be useful and needed.
21:14You need other people about for that.
21:17Age hasn't anything to do with that, has it?
21:21It's...
21:22Yeah, it's not bad.
21:26I'll just pull that over to support the elbows, eh?
21:28All right.
21:29That'll be fine.
21:30I think we need some more bandages.
21:39Have we gone through all those already?
21:41Yeah, looks like it.
21:42Uh, yes, all right.
21:43Can I give you a hand?
21:44Yeah, I wanted to talk to you anyway.
21:47It won't be a minute, Jim.
21:58Hey, what do you think you're doing?
21:59I won't be able to breathe.
22:00Oh, I thought it might be a bit of an improvement, Monny.
22:02Oh, look, cut it out, Bea.
22:04It is a bit of an improvement.
22:06Oh, shut up.
22:07Shut up.
22:08That's enough out of you, Ferguson.
22:09Oh, what are you picking on me for?
22:11Look, I said, cut it out, Bea.
22:12Don't jump me, you great ox.
22:13Can't you take a joke?
22:15She pushed her so hard, she hit it.
22:17Oh, she's got her head as hard as a rock.
22:18Come on.
22:19Break it up.
22:23What's the matter, Mr. Fletcher?
22:25You've gone as white as it can.
22:27Hey, what's the matter, Fletcher?
22:28A little bit of blood never hurt anyone.
22:30There you are.
22:31Had you all a fool for a minute, didn't I?
22:33If you think that's funny, you've got another thing coming to you.
22:37I'll make you laugh on the other side of your faces.
22:39Nothing but a pack of sick, revolting, disgusting women.
22:42Mr. Fletcher!
22:43I demand an explanation of this immediately.
22:46Good, I'm glad you came along, Mrs. Davidson.
22:48He just flew off the handle for no reason.
22:49There must have been some reason. Now, what was it?
22:51Well, I just spilled a little drop of mercuric chrome and...
22:54Oh, Mrs. Davidson, I'm an old woman.
22:57He's got no right to yell at me like that.
22:59There must have been more to it than that.
23:00Well, Mr. Fletcher?
23:02I'm afraid I overreacted, Mrs. Davidson.
23:07I see.
23:09Finish what you were doing, please.
23:14I would have expected something like that from some of the inmates,
23:17but not a member of my staff.
23:20All you succeeded in doing was making an absolute exhibition of yourself.
23:24It had better not happen again, Mr. Fletcher.
23:32Well, well, well.
23:33So the big man's even afraid of them finding out about his little secret.
23:41I just told him what I thought of him.
23:53Not enough to stop me going to uni.
23:55That guy's got a bee in his bonnet about people studying psychology.
24:00Must have something to hide.
24:02Such as?
24:03I don't know.
24:04Look, just stay out of his way.
24:06You haven't got long to go.
24:07I just don't like seeing him push people around.
24:09P. Smith and her crowd can look after themselves.
24:12You know, university seems to have made you a lot stronger.
24:16Or is it just my imagination?
24:17It's this place.
24:19Yes?
24:20A new prisoner's just arrived.
24:23Could you give her a medical now?
24:24Oh, right.
24:25You'd better tell the others to pack up.
24:27Inside.
24:28Karen!
24:29What are you doing here?
24:32Thank God there's someone in here I know.
24:35But I didn't know you were a crim.
24:38I didn't know you were one, either.
24:39Come on.
24:40We'll have plenty of time to talk later.
24:42I'll catch up with you later.
24:43There's a smock behind the screen,
24:45if you'd just change it to that, please.
24:47Where do you know Karen from?
24:49We go to the same lectures at uni.
24:54Have you told Erica about leaving?
24:57No, I was going to leave it until I got a definite date.
25:00Wouldn't harm to warn her, I suppose.
25:03Look, has Jim been picking on any of the women?
25:06He's strict, but I don't think he's singling anyone out.
25:09Karen seems to think he's got a special dislike for psychology students.
25:12You've been listening to her quite a lot lately.
25:14It's a bit unfair, isn't it?
25:16Is it?
25:21Your Mr. Fletcher doesn't seem as worried about you as you are for him.
25:25You must have been awfully hurt to make you so bitter.
25:29Oh, I know yours must be a difficult job,
25:32but it doesn't make you any the less a human being.
25:35You must have some feelings, Miss Bennet.
25:37How dare you speak to me like that?
25:39I've been so lucky in my life, now I come to think of it.
25:43I've had so much love, more than most.
25:47If you're not careful, you'll be old and hard before you know it.
25:50What made you say that?
25:51It's an old saying.
25:53It was one of my mother's favourite lines.
25:55Some mothers do say these things, because they care.
25:58Oh, what would you know about it?
26:00Now hurry up, I've got work to do.
26:02I've had few regrets in my life.
26:05I only hope you won't.
26:07Look, I don't need a lecture from someone who's made a mess of their own life.
26:10Just because you're old, you think you can get away with saying anything.
26:12Well, not with me.
26:13You're just the same as anyone else in here.
26:15Oh, thank you, Miss Bennet.
26:18You're the first person who hasn't made me feel different.
26:25I was hoping we wouldn't get any more remand prisoners.
26:28We don't have that many single cells.
26:30Well, is that one in Karen Travers' block?
26:32Hmm.
26:33Oh, that will have to do.
26:34And they know each other.
26:36Do you feel like a cup of tea?
26:37Oh, thank you.
26:38Did Greg tell you he was branching out on his own?
26:43Yes.
26:45It's not going to be easy to find a good replacement.
26:49Not many doctors want to take on a position like this.
26:58I know you told me once before it was none of my business,
27:01but it will be easier with Greg working elsewhere.
27:05Well, we're not seeing each other anymore.
27:08We're friends, that's all.
27:10Oh, I am sorry, Meg.
27:12You know, I often think about the women in here
27:16and how difficult it must be for them without husbands and family,
27:20but it's hardly any different for us.
27:23Hey, Ed!
27:28Wait till I tell you about that Mr Fletcher.
27:31He made a proper fool of himself in front of the governor.
27:35I don't want to hear about that, Elizabeth.
27:37At your age, you should have more sense.
27:40Oh, he'll get over it.
27:42You seen Miss Vernon yet?
27:44Find you somewhere nice to live?
27:47Yes.
27:48A room of your own?
27:52Oh, you better watch that.
27:54Suppose you forgot to take your medicine again.
27:57I think I did.
28:00God!
28:01Who's going to look after you if I'm not around?
28:05I'd like a nice room of my own.
28:08All my own things around me.
28:10Haven't got much, but still...
28:12You'll have a room to yourself after tomorrow.
28:15Oh, yeah.
28:17Doesn't sound quite so good now.
28:19I don't like being on me own.
28:21Rosworth, why aren't you inside cleaning up the recreation room?
28:24Cause I'm out here talking to my friend.
28:27Inside.
28:29On me way, Mr Fletcher.
28:36Edith.
28:37I'd like to talk to you about finding a place to stay when you get out of here.
28:42Miss Vernon did that.
28:43Yeah, I know that.
28:45I meant someplace better.
28:47Well, what I mean is that I'd like to help you out financially.
28:51I'm no charity case.
28:53Yeah, I know that.
28:54Look, it's just that I've come into quite a lot of money recently.
28:56And, well, I won't be using it all.
28:59My pension check's quite enough.
29:02Edith, I don't want to see you ending up in some flea-ridden hovel.
29:05I can't think why you want to help me.
29:09I just do, that's all.
29:11I've been around long enough to know that people don't do things for no reason.
29:17You remind me of somebody.
29:20There must be something more to it than that.
29:24Well, my parents were killed in a car accident when I was seven.
29:29And I was brought up by my grandmother.
29:31Now, she was one hell of a lady.
29:34She went without quite a lot, just so she could keep me.
29:38Well, I never really got the chance to thank her, you see.
29:42Because, well, she died just after I went into the army.
29:45Mr. Fletcher, there'll be others that need the money more than I do.
29:51The ones with the future.
29:56I've lived my life as I wanted to.
29:59And I'm sure your grandmother did too.
30:01Yeah, well, I don't hold with messing with married men.
30:06Yeah, that's why Bea got put in here in the first place.
30:09Doing away with her husband's girlfriend.
30:11Mm-hmm.
30:12Well, I didn't know he was married till after we were involved.
30:14Oh, men, they're all alike.
30:16Cheat on their wives, and when the going gets rough,
30:18turn around and kick their girlfriends in the teeth.
30:21Don't I know it.
30:22Why didn't you just clobber him?
30:23Why'd you go for a Moosey 5,000?
30:26I wanted to hit him where it hurt most.
30:28I like the kid.
30:30Smith, Ferguson, I want a word with you two.
30:32Oh, whatever you say, Miss Bennet.
30:35Phew.
30:37Did you have to go through the Spanish Inquisition when you arrived?
30:39Mm-hmm.
30:40But I wasn't nearly as good as you.
30:41I want to know what you two did to Mr Fletcher.
30:45Don't know what you're talking about, Vera.
30:46Oh, come off it, Smith.
30:47You were up to something, and he wasn't very happy last time I saw him.
30:50You had your chance.
30:51And I thought you grew stuck together.
30:53If an officer can't do his job properly, we ought to know about it.
30:57Ah, no, Vera.
30:58If you want to find out about him, you'll have to do it all on your own.
31:01I could report you to the Governor.
31:03For what?
31:04Has he said anything?
31:06Everybody has a weakness, Vera.
31:09Have you got any we should know about?
31:10Shut up, Monny.
31:11Thanks, Ferguson.
31:13Oh!
31:14Oh, Birdsworth, watch where you're going.
31:15Oh.
31:19Oh, it's all cleared up.
31:20Now I was going to give you a hand.
31:21Well, you could always take it back to the dock for us.
31:24Hey, Bea.
31:25Yep.
31:26You know, I reckon we should teach Fletcher another lesson after what he called us.
31:29Yeah.
31:30If he turns nasty, we can always report him to the Governor.
31:32You didn't tell me there was another new one in here.
31:35No, yeah.
31:36G'day, love.
31:37If you want to know anything about this place, you just ask me.
31:42Me and the Governor are like that.
31:45How can you bear it?
31:47I mean, that Smith woman's a murderess.
31:53It's what you do in here that counts.
31:56You mean you don't mind these women?
31:59Why should I?
32:00Well, they let you go to uni.
32:01You can't have done much wrong.
32:02Oh, God.
32:03What have you got in common with them?
32:13All right, I'll give it a bit of a lamp.
32:16That's got it.
32:19Yep.
32:20Certainly has.
32:21I reckon it'll take a man to get that unjammed.
32:22Okay, let's see how the rest of it's going to work.
32:26Oh, come on.
32:27Lay it on thick, Monty.
32:28I want him to get a good dose.
32:30Okay.
32:31Okay, I haven't finished yet.
32:33What do you want, Edie?
32:35I was hoping I could make myself useful.
32:37Have you anything I could do?
32:39Nothing here, Edie.
32:40So clear off.
32:41Here, go on.
32:42Find Lizzie, love.
32:46Do you reckon she's uni?
32:47Oh, even if she did, she wouldn't know what it's for.
32:49Okay, do you want to test it?
32:50Okay.
32:54It doesn't look much like blood, though.
32:55I will for a second, and he won't be expecting it.
32:58Yeah, I reckon that'll do a trick.
32:59I reckon that'll do a trick.
33:10Mr. Fletcher.
33:12I thought you ought to know some of the women are out to cause trouble for you.
33:15Oh, thanks for warning me, Miss Bennet.
33:17Well, I don't know how they're going to do it.
33:18I thought maybe you might know.
33:20These sort of things happen in prisons all the time.
33:22Well, I got the impression that they'd found out something about you that you'd prefer they didn't know.
33:26But why the sudden concern?
33:27Well, maybe I can help.
33:28Look, I know these women, and if they can get under your skin, they will.
33:31I think I can take it.
33:33Look, if you've got something to hide, Mr. Fletcher, I suggest you tell the Governor.
33:36Oh, I'm sure if you find out whatever it is you think I'm hiding, Miss Bennet, you'll tell her for me.
33:41If those women can blackmail you, they'll try doing the same to every officer.
33:44It'll only lead to them getting the upper hand.
33:46Excuse me, Miss Bennet.
33:47I've got work to do.
33:57Oh, there you are, Reed.
33:58Where you been?
33:59Would you like a game of cards or something?
34:01No, thank you, Lizzie.
34:04Packed already?
34:06Yes, in one minute.
34:10Seventy-four years, and it takes one minute to pack it all away.
34:14If you were staying here, we could really do this place up.
34:20You can still do it up.
34:23Still look like a prison, though.
34:26Prison can be anywhere.
34:28You can have a prison inside yourself.
34:31At least you wouldn't have the screws following you around.
34:34No.
34:35No, I won't.
34:37To tell you the truth, Lizzie, I don't really want to leave.
34:40I must be getting senile.
34:44Just having a place to go to doesn't make it a home.
34:49I've got a present for you.
34:57Oh, it's beautiful.
35:00It'll help brighten your room up.
35:01And you've got to have something to remind you of me.
35:05Oh, no, no, I can't.
35:07I've got to throw in Brother Gus just before he kicked the bucket.
35:11Oh, I couldn't take it, Lizzie.
35:12It means so much to you.
35:14To tell you the truth, he was a mean old bastard
35:18and he didn't even leave me a cracker.
35:20I pinched it and I smuggled it in here up me knickers.
35:23Oh, thank you, Lizzie.
35:27Oh, I wish I had something to give you,
35:30but oh, I'll take good care of it.
35:33Did you really mean what you said yesterday about staying?
35:36There's nothing for me outside.
35:38Come on, then.
35:40Where to?
35:42We're gonna see the governor.
35:45Yes.
35:47Birdsworth and that Wharton woman have asked to see you.
35:49They seem to think it's important.
35:51All right.
35:53Come on, you two. Hurry up.
35:57Well, what seems to be the problem?
36:00Edie doesn't want to go out tomorrow, Mrs Davidson.
36:04Well, that's rather unusual.
36:06And we was wondering how we'd go about trying to keep her in.
36:10We're not running a hotel here, Birdsworth.
36:12Miss Bennet's right, Lizzie.
36:14Oh, you're the boss, Mrs Davidson.
36:16I'm sure you can figure out a way.
36:17I mean, it needn't be official.
36:20We could keep it amongst ourselves.
36:22It's out of the question.
36:24We can't keep anyone here just because they want to stay.
36:27Maybe if you said that she'd done something wrong,
36:30that she had to stay,
36:32that she was a danger to society.
36:34Oh, I'm sure you know some loopholes, Mrs Davidson.
36:37You said your father was a judge.
36:39Don't be ridiculous.
36:41She's done her time and she gets out tomorrow.
36:43Oh, but she wouldn't cost you a cent, would you, Edie?
36:48I mean, she'd work for nothing.
36:50Really, Lizzie, you know better than that.
36:52Well, what's she gonna do out there?
36:54Nobody wants her.
36:55We're not running a charity.
36:57I'd earn my keep.
36:59I'm sorry. It's quite impossible.
37:01Oh, well, we'll have to figure out some other way.
37:04What are you talking about?
37:06Edie will have to go out and pull off a job.
37:08And then they'll have to bring her back in.
37:11Lizzie, that's quite enough.
37:13I couldn't do a thing like that.
37:15No, and I wouldn't suggest you even think about it.
37:19Miss Vernon has found you a place to live, hasn't she?
37:22A lousy room.
37:24What's she gonna do in there all by herself all day?
37:27I'm sure you'll settle in very quickly.
37:30But I wanted to stay...
37:31I am not discussing it any further, Lizzie.
37:34You heard, Mrs Davidson.
37:35Come on, Birdsworth, get moving.
37:39Come on.
37:47That's what happens when they're weighted on hand and foot.
37:50What do you mean by that, Miss Bennet?
37:52Mr Fletcher has been treating her like some prize guest.
37:56No wonder she wants to stay.
37:57She's an old lady.
37:59She's not helpless.
38:00But she soon will be if everyone keeps treating her that way.
38:02The minute you start acting like they're charity cases, they'll begin to expect it.
38:06Well, she's not going to be our problem for very much longer, is she, Miss Bennet?
38:11I was just stating a fact, that's all.
38:18Do come in.
38:19I want to talk to you about Edith Wharton.
38:23I've done all I can do, Mr Fletcher.
38:26Yeah, I know.
38:28Look, what I was wondering is if...
38:30Well, I could get some money to her without her knowing about it.
38:33Now's what?
38:35I've got my reasons.
38:38Can I give you a little bit of advice without you biting my head off?
38:41Well, I'm not about listening.
38:43When I first started out in this job, I used to get emotionally involved in nearly every case.
38:51I'm told I still do at times.
38:54But I found out that that was the quickest way of going insane.
38:58You think you can fix something up?
39:04I think I can.
39:13You better just remember to take this stuff.
39:19Bloody mongrels.
39:21Every time you want to get out, they keep you in.
39:24And every time you want to stay in, they kick you out.
39:26You did your best, Lizzie.
39:29Bloody Vera.
39:31This isn't a hotel.
39:33She understands more than you think.
39:36Do you ever think bad of anybody?
39:39I take people for what they are.
39:41Me too.
39:43And I know just what she's like.
39:45Every time I get a friend, they either have to leave or get moved.
39:50You'll still have plenty of friends, Lizzie.
39:53I'll visit you if you like.
39:57Yeah.
39:58Yeah.
40:00Maybe you could bring me a heart starter.
40:02I'll do no such thing, Elizabeth.
40:05You know, Ed.
40:06I don't reckon I'd know what to do if they ever let me out of here.
40:12I've been in here too long.
40:15People always telling me what to do and when.
40:20Don't reckon I could think anymore.
40:23You're lucky.
40:24You're lucky.
40:26You've only been here a week.
40:28It'll be easier for you.
40:30Yes.
40:32Yes, it will.
40:36Goodnight, Ed.
40:40Goodnight, Elizabeth.
40:41Goodnight, Elizabeth.
41:13Come on, Ferguson, let's move it.
41:25This isn't the army, you know, Fletch.
41:31You know, we often think about giving these things up,
41:35but when I like one, I don't cough.
41:39Hey, Fletch! When are you coming to our next first aid class?
41:45Right my way, there won't be any more.
41:47Now, why would you want to do a thing like that?
41:51Come on, Eid. It's time to get up.
41:55Eid?
41:59Eid?
42:03Eid!
42:05Eid!
42:07Eid!
42:09Eid!
42:11Eid!
42:15Eid!
42:17Eid!
42:19Eid!
42:21Eid!
42:23Eid!
42:25Eid!
42:27Eid!
42:29Eid!
42:31Because she died in custody, there will have to be an inquest after the post-mortem.
42:37It's just standard procedure.
42:39Jean, do you know if she had any relatives at all?
42:43What did I know of?
42:45What happens if a body isn't claimed?
42:49The coroner's office notifies the police, and they try to locate any relatives or friends.
42:55And if they can't find anyone?
42:57They value her estate, and if it is under $200, the government contractors arrange for a funeral.
43:06You mean a pauper's burial?
43:08Yes.
43:14This is still a working day.
43:16Having a bit of trouble with the press, Vera.
43:18What's wrong with it?
43:19Oh, no, I can't get the top up. It must be jammed.
43:21Oh, my God. Monty and I can't fix it. I don't reckon you can.
43:24We've sent for Mr Fletcher. He's a pretty strong bloke.
43:26Well, there must be other things that you could be doing.
43:28How's Lizzie?
43:29She's all right. Dr Miller's taking care of her.
43:31She's a pretty tough old bird.
43:33Poor old Eideth.
43:35I mean, what a way to go. In a flaming cell.
43:38All right, what's the trouble?
43:40Oh, I reckon the work just must be too much for her.
43:43Really? Let me have a look.
43:45I'm sure you knew what the trouble was, Smith. Now I want this machine working again right away.
44:06Don't just stand there. Get busy.
44:09Why didn't you check it for crying out loud?
44:13I thought you were going to.
44:15It's been wiped clean.
44:17Better who the hell would wipe it clean?
44:21Edith.
44:22Hello? Is that the city coroner's?
44:37Yes, I'd like to claim the body of a Mrs Edith Wharton.
44:42Yeah, that's right. The, uh, the inquest was held this morning.
44:48No, I'm not a relative. I'm just a friend.
44:53Well, I'd like to make arrangements for the funeral.
44:57Right, thanks very much.
44:59No, I won't.
45:15What are you doing in here, Bersworth?
45:18You'd be better off working in the laundry.
45:21They don't need me.
45:27It'd be company for you.
45:29You can't sit here forever.
45:31Brooding's not going to change anything.
45:36I know I'm going to die in here.
45:39I'm not afraid of dying though.
45:42I know I've done a lot of bad things in me time,
45:45but somewhere along the way I must have done something right.
45:51I haven't got anyone.
45:54I just don't like being treated like a bit of old rubbish.
45:58I got no one.
46:02No one to cry at my funeral.
46:05I reckon Edie must have gotten tired of being so lonely.
46:16You won't be alone in here, Lizzie.
46:26He used to give me roses
46:29I wish he could again
46:36But that was on the outside
46:41And things were different then
46:45On the inside the sun still shines
46:50And the rain falls down
46:54But the sun and rain are prisoners too
47:00When morning comes around
47:05Last night I dreamed we were together
47:10Sharing all the love ignored
47:16Till I had to face the nightmare
47:20Awaken up alone
47:23Awaken up alone
47:25On the inside the roses grow
47:28They don't land the stony ground
47:33But the roses here are prisoners too
47:39When morning comes around
47:42As we can encourage it
47:47To come here
47:49The sky may be Rosaliana
47:50But the sky may die
47:53A long hymn...
47:55They look at the sky as the sun
47:57A long hymn...
47:59The snow may be Leather's meanwhile
48:02For dearry...
48:03There will be words
48:05The snow may be his lack
48:09In Westhor sine
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