Although Crystal has tried to pass of her pregnancy as an immaculate conception, Josh feels the time has come to face up to his responsibilities—even if it means sacrificing his career. Karen is upset at the thought of losing such a good officer, but she has bigger things to worry about. Yvonne has made some serious allegations, accusing Fenner of setting her up for Virginia’s murder and for raking in tons of money by helping the deceased to run her brothels. Karen can’t help but look down at the huge engagement ring on her finger—how did her fiancé manage to afford it on a PO’s wage.

Acting on Yvonne’s instructions, the Julies break into Fenner’s locker and discover a porn mag and one of Maxi’s G-strings. Although she’s disappointed that the Julies didn’t find anything to connect Fenner with Virginia’s brothels, she decides to make the best of what she’s got and arranges for the G-string and magazine to be posted to Karen in the internal mail.

Karen finally manages to read Helen’s statement of sexual assault against Fenner and then confronts him. His counter accusations that Helen was having an affair with Nikki Wade are too ridiculous for her to believe, and she’s even beginning to wonder about the circumstances surrounding Virginia’s death—why would Yvonne be so sure that he had set her up? She doesn’t want to hear Fenner’s excuse that Yvonne has got it in for him; she’s just the latest in a long list of women with grudges against him—Shell, Helen, Yvonne—they can’t all be lying. Karen insists on going through Fenner’s bank statements but doesn’t find any evidence of his misdeeds. Angered by Karen’s lack of trust, Fenner storms out.

When she hears that Josh had tendered his resignation, Yvonne offers him £20,000 to turn off the electrical trip-switch and plunge all of G-Wing into darkness. As the lights go off on G-Wing, the Julies pretend to panic and grab hold of Hollamby, enabling Yvonne to steal her keys. During the ensuing confusion and mayhem, Yvonne makes her escape through the darkened corridors. Out in the yard, she spots Fenner and takes cover between two parked cars as she waits for him to leave.

Yvonne’s plan backfires when Karen arrives with the porn mag and G-string she has just received in the internal mail. During the argument that follows, Karen throws her engagement ring at him and storms off, just as a rope ladder is thrown over the wall. Yvonne is left with no option but to make a break for it, but as she runs across the yard and jumps up onto the ladder, she is spotted.

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Memorable Moments

Yvonne – “What’s the point? You lot wouldn’t know a bent officer if he was halfway up your arse!”

Maxi – “Makes you look like a new woman Teen.”
Al – “Aye, Cher on steroids!”

Julie J – “What we supposed to be looking for?”
Julie S – “Evidence!”
Julie J – “Evidence of what?”
Julie S – “Evidence that Fenner killed Virginia.”
Julie J – “What, like a wet T-shirt with claw marks on it?”

Di – “Who would’ve thought it, Crystal and Josh? Never.”
Hollamby – “Now we know why he wanted a set of keys – access all areas.”

Di – “We could always give her Nikki Wade’s old job.”
Hollamby – “Put a runner on garden duties? Might as well give her a trampoline and a buss-pass!”

Di – “If you could choose, who would you want as your personal officer?”
Shaz – “Lara Croft, in her shorts.”