Despite the obvious dangers, Fenner is still spending a lot of time in Rachel’s cell. Rachel is beginning to suspect that Fenner is neglecting her in favour of Shell and so rebuffs his passionate overtures. Meanwhile, Shell is determined to make Rachel suffer for daring to have an affair with her man. Entering Rachel’s cell, she takes down the photograph of the teenager’s baby and gouges out its eyes with a pen. She threatens to do the baby harm unless Rachel arranges for her mother to smuggling in a package of drugs on her next visit.

Zandra makes her way across London to Robin’s house. He isn’t pleased to see her, a feeling intensified when she reveals that she is pregnant. Zandra is heartbroken when he informs her that the news of her pregnancy hasn’t changed anything—he wants nothing to do with her, or her baby. At the clinic, Lorna and Dominic are frantic and about to contact Larkhall when Zandra returns. After deciding against her abortion, she is escorted back to the prison. Worried about the possible consequences for her career, Lorna manages to persuade Dominic that they should keep quiet about Zandra’s escape. Dominic is clearly worried—Zandra is a junkie and definitely not to be trusted.

Rachel’s mum turns up empty-handed—no package and no baby. Rachel is devastated, not only by the prospect of Shell’s wrath, but also by the news that her baby daughter, Maddie has been placed into care. Across the room, Nikki is crushed when she discovers that her long-term girlfriend, Trisha is seeing someone else. Later, she breaks down and confides in Monica, revealing that she is serving a life sentence for killing a policewoman who was trying to rape Trisha. Worried about Nikki’s state of mind, Monica goes to speak with Helen. Sharing Monica’s concerns, Helen has Nikki placed on suicide watch.

Infuriated by Rachel’s failure, Shell punishes her by ‘accidentally’ scalding her with a jug of tea. Tired of her emotional dependency, Fenner is sympathetic—he warned her not to make an enemy of Shell. Rachel finally comes to her senses and threatens to go to Helen with the truth about their affair. After warning her against this course of action, he abandons her. Rachel trashes her cell in a bid to escape to the safety of solitary confinement, but fails. After hearing about Rachel’s daughter, Helen decides to be lenient and takes away her G3 status instead. Rachel will be returned to the four-bed dorm—the last thing she wanted!

After being tormented by Denny and Shell, Rachel decides that she’s had about enough as she can stand of prison life and when Zandra wakes in the morning, her eyes focus on the limp figure of Rachel hanging beside her from the bars of the window.

Memorable Moments

Hollamby – “Where’s she skiving off to?”
Zandra – “Day by the seaside Miss.”
Hollamby – “I believe it n’all – it’s like Butlin’s in here – they’ll have us wearing red coats and doing party turns next!”

Fenner – “I’ve got a very important job to do in here.”
Rachel – “Like shagging Dockley you mean?”

Shell – “Do as I say and I might just be alright with you…disobey and I’ll cut your tits off!”

Dominic – “Miss Stewart’s going to love you when she hears about this.”
Zandra – “What’s she going to do? Send me to prison?”

Crystal – “The only person who can lead you out of captivity is the Lord.”
Zandra – “Lord Longford maybe, him up there don’t give a shit!”
Crystal – “That’s blasphemy Zandra! You could go to hell for that!”
Denny – “Bet she’s crapping herself.”

Nikki – “So much for the new regime. Things have changed alright; we’ve got dead bodies on the wing.”
Monica – “You can’t blame Miss Stewart for that.”
Nikki – “Look at them…bastards! Are you happy now? That the answer eh? Bang us all up ‘til we can’t stand it anymore, give us all a bodybag when we come in…save you the effort wouldn’t it? Just muck out the cells now and again before the flies get stuck in!”