After an internal battle, Helen decides against calling the police. Instead, she offers to drive Nikki to her ex-girlfriend, Trisha’s house so that she can pick up her passport. Once in the car, it becomes clear to Nikki that Helen isn’t going anywhere near Trisha’s house—she’s going to Larkhall, and she’s taking Nikki with her! Nikki is horrified by Helen’s betrayal and tries to fight for the steering-wheel. The car swerves around a corner and attracts the attention of the police. Luckily, a friendly police officer thinks it’s a lover’s tiff and let’s them go. Helen’s attempts to calm Nikki down are interrupted by a call from Karen. Unwittingly, she gives Helen the means and opportunity to smuggle Nikki back into Larkhall. Mayhem rules at the prison—POs are panicking, paramedics are arriving and nobody notices when Helen drives through the gates with Nikki hidden in the back of her car.

Helen arrives on G3 and is forced to pull rank when Karen threatens to send in the heavy mob—surely they should try to talk Shell into giving herself up first? Shell however has other ideas and makes a long list of demands that includes cigarettes, chocolate, phonecards, and a signed confession from Fenner in which he admits that he raped her. She informs Helen that she will send her weapon down on a swinger in exchange for the items she has asked for. Once she has received them and Fenner has signed the confession, she will let him go.

For the duration of the drama on G3, Yvonne has been moved in with the Julies. Both Julies are terrified that Shell’s behaviour will spark off a riot and cell fires—a pretty uncomfortable prospect when the woman in the neighbouring cell is doing time for arson. Yvonne meanwhile wishes that she could do to Charlie what Shell has done to Fenner—she’s now convinced that Charlie and Renee conspired to have her sent down so that they could be together. The Julies manage to cheer Yvonne up by sharing the booze they managed to sneak out of Hollamby’s party.

Hollamby and two other officers assemble on G3 in their riot gear toting sledgehammers and waiting for Karen to give them the order to go in. Karen radios Di—as soon as she is in possession of the weapon that Shell is lowering to her, they will break into the cell. Di has the bottle, but she’s spoken too soon—as soon as she hears the POs breaking into her cell, Shell gives a great tug on the swinger and wrestles it out of Di’s grip. Just as Shell is about to pull the bottle through the window, Hollamby and her colleagues burst into the cell and surround her with their shields. As Shell is dragged out of the cell kicking and screaming, the paramedics rush in to treat Fenner.

As Helen looks around Shell’s cell, she hears a disturbance down on G1 and quickly realises that it is Nikki—she has gone stir-crazy and is banging on the door to her cell. Helen is first on the scene and orders Nikki to accompany her to the PO’s Office where she tells her that they must suspend their relationship, or the implications for both of them may be devastating. When Nikki rejects her caution as cowardice, Helen has no choice but to let her believe that. After leading Nikki back to her cell, Helen lingers on the landing and struggles to hold back her tears.

The paramedics have taken Fenner down to the hospital wing. He still isn’t responding to treatment and, as Karen and Marilyn Fenner look on, Dr Nicholson struggles to revive him.

Memorable Moments

Fenner – “You’ve really blown it now Shell.”
Shell – “Do you want another poke in the pudding? So don’t push me right ‘cause there’s plenty of sharp left!”

Helen – “Shell, it’s Helen Stewart; I want you to tell me why you’re doing this.”
Shell – “Blimey! What is it, a bleedin’ relay?”
Helen – “Listen, I’ve come in from home especially to help you.”
Shell – “Yeah? Well that’s your sad life then innit? Don’t dump it on me.”
Helen – “I will be sad if you can’t even come up with a good reason for this.”
Shell – “Well why don’t you ask Betts what the reason is? She knows.”
Helen – “Why don’t you tell me yourself?”
Shell – “Why do I tell you lot anything for the good it does me? I might as well speak frigging Eskimo!”

Shell – “The name’s Shell, not spazzer…right?”

Julie S – “But we thought you was cut up about it.”
Yvonne – “I’d like to cut him up; I’d like to put him in a slicer so he could watch himself make salami.”

Helen – “It’s all over.”
Nikki – “What?”
Helen – “It’s got to be…here I am judging Jim Fenner for having an unprofessional relationship with Shell Dockley and look at me.”
Nikki – “Are you mad?”
Helen – “I am being a total hypocrite!”
Nikki – “He’s a total bastard!”
Helen – “I can’t hold it together anymore Nikki and neither can you. It’s too strong, what we feel and what we need…it’s impossible, we have to let go, we have no choice.”
Nikki – “This is just shit Helen.”
Helen – “It’s how it is.”
Nikki – “Not for me! No way! We make our choices…you coward! You don’t need me, all you want is an easy life.”
Helen – “Fine, if that’s the way you want to see it, then hate me for it.”