Yvonne has her suspicions about what happened between Shell, Colin, and Fenner. Aware that Shell adored her baby and would never have dreamed of harming him, she sets about trying to discover the truth by cross-examining Colin. Yvonne isn’t the only one harbouring suspicions—Karen knows that Shell is capable of a lot of things, but harming one of her children isn’t one of them. Although he knows he’s in the clear, Colin is struggling to live with his guilty conscience. But as Fenner points out, how can he come clean about what really happened without blowing the whistle on himself? In desperation, Colin barricades himself in a toilet cubicle and injects himself with heroin.
Di is finding life with Neil increasingly frustrating, especially when he refuses to entertain the idea of her having their baby. The anonymous letters from Gnasher aren’t helping either, and when Neil begins entertaining his one-night-stands in the marital home, it’s the last straw.
In a last chance attempt to reform Snowball, Neil appoints her to the privileged position of his orderly. She still has to cope with the hatred of her fellow inmates and being parted from Ritchie, but is determined to make a good impression on Neil, hoping that he will grant her request for a closed visit. Yvonne is furious when she hears about Snowball’s cushy new job and refuses to pass any more of her letters on to Ritchie.
Hollamby has wangled jobs in the garden for Phyl and Bev where the heat of the greenhouse is perfect for brewing alcohol. An old hand when it comes to homebrew, Julie J agrees to smuggled the required ingredients from the kitchen in exchange for a tarot reading. However, there’s big trouble in store for the Costas when the police raid the luxury Mayfair flat they have been subletting to Hollamby. For a while is seems that Hollamby is set to become homeless until Di steps into the breach and invites her to stay with her and Neil. This leaves Neil with no option but to allow Di to share his bed.
Eric Bostock begins to interview the POs for their own jobs in preparation for Larkhall’s privatisation—with the exception of Fenner who has asked to be interviewed for the position of Wing Governor. Not only would this mean Fenner ruling the roots once more, it would also mean that Larkhall would have no room for Karen Betts.
Buki has tracked down her disabled son and is bombarding his care home with phone calls. Karen suggests that her approach should be more positive, and the inmates rally round. Even Phyl and Bev come up with a way to help and offer Phyl’s engineering skills to help build Lennox a motorised wheelchair.
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Episode 5 - Privatisation
Memorable Moments
Yvonne – “I’m just a con, but I do know something made Dockley as mad as hell but she’d never have harmed her baby …and if I find out somebody else did, I’ll have his bollocks for earrings.”
Di – “You’re gay Neil, you’re not an alien, doesn’t mean you don’t have normal human needs…like being a father.”
Neil – “This isn’t about my needs Di, because all I need is a sensitive bloke with a strong grip.”
Yvonne – “What the hell’s she doing back?”
Fenner – “Not my call Atkins. If it was up to me I’d put her in a cage with an iron collar and a sack on her head.”
Snowball – “I need to know how Ritchie is.”
Yvonne – “How do you expect when his so-called girlfriend killed off everything south of his belt-buckle!”
Yvonne – “What the hell’s going on with Merriman?”
Karen – “Orders from above.”
Yvonne – “Straight off the block into a cushy job making tea and crumpets? What she do, stick the gun up Grayling’s arse this time?”
Hollamby – “There’s only one way to run a prison and that’s like Alcatraz…not Asda.”
Yvonne – “Yeah? What do you want?”
Hedges – “Well first off, you can stop looking at me like I’m something you just trod in.”
Yvonne – “Why? You think you smell sweeter now that you’ve rolled in it?”
Neil – “Well I couldn’t eat another thing.”
Hollamby – “Are you sure? My Bobby used to say that my steak pie would turn a Buddhist.”
