Mark arrives at work with some tragic news, Gina has lost their baby. As far as he’s concerned, Di is 100% to blame for what happened and, if she knows what’s good for her, she’ll stay as far away from him as possible. Josh also has news, but his is of the good variety—a video tape from Denny in which she admits that Shell set Crystal up. Along with a good character reference from Karen, this could be enough to get Crystal off. But then Karen finds out about the theft of Hollamby’s anniversary present, and without her testimony, Crystal’s defence crumbles and she is sent straight back to Larkhall. Josh can’t believe that Crystal could lie to him like that and tells her that he wants nothing more to do with her.
After witnessing them sharing a kiss in the corridor, Fenner almost falls over himself in his haste to inform Nikki that Helen and Thomas are now officially an item. Nikki is crushed, but what really hurts is the fact that Helen didn’t have the guts to come clean herself. This incident makes Helen even more determined to nail Fenner and so she goes to ask Yvonne to lean on Virginia for information about Fenner’s next collection. Later, Helen finally hits the jackpot when she sees Fenner’s car parked outside one of the massage parlours. He tries to tough it out when Helen confronts him, but when she threatens to tell Karen about his secret assignations with “massage parlour tarts”, he caves in and agrees to hand in his resignation the following morning.
Maxi is beginning to get jealous of Tina’s unlikely friendship with Virginia. Suspecting that there’s more to Virginia’s disability than meets the eye, she orders Al to sit up on the G2 landing with a bucket of water. When the bucket is dropped, Virginia shows amazing dexterity for someone who’s lost the use of her legs and leaps out of her wheelchair. Her claims of a holy miracle are rubbished by the other inmates, all of whom have been bending over backwards to help her. As threats ring out around the wing, Virginia is placed on cellular confinement for her own safety.
Fenner has a plan to oust Helen before she can get rid of him and recruits Di to help him. He’s convinced that Helen is having an affair with Nikki, but a search of Helen’s office unearths nothing more sinister than crumpled nurse’s uniform in one of her filing cabinets. A search of Nikki’s cell is more productive and, after he and Di find a bus ticket dated the night that Shell attacked him, Fenner decides its time to go and look for Barbara’s diary—if anyone would know about Nikki’s love-life, it’s her ex cellmate.
Fenner finds the diary hidden inside the lid of the chapel piano stool and, with the help of Di, manages to crack Barbara’s code. They work out that Nikki escaped on the evening of Hollamby’s anniversary party dressed as a nurse. Fenner goes straight to Helen’s office and confronts her with the bus ticket and Barbara’s diary. Although she denies everything at first, Helen crumbles when Fenner asks her about the nurse’s uniform that is hidden in her filing cabinet. The tables have been turned and Fenner is now the one demanding that Helen resign.
Memorable Moments
Fenner – “Don’t worry; you’ve got no troubles on the business front.”
Virginia – “I hear that everything’s going as smoothly as a bishop up a verger’s arse.”
Yvonne – “Listen to me, Lauren says that O’Kane’s business is going great, makes no difference she’s in here, someone’s gotta be helping her.”
Helen – “Doesn’t have to be Fenner though, does it?”
Yvonne – “She’s taking the perks from him I’m telling you. He’s in and out her cell like a candle in a convent.”
Shaz – “I’m gonna be a world champion kick-boxer.”
Nikki – “Yeah, Shaz Van Damme!”
Virginia – “Oh my God! I can walk…I can walk! It’s a miracle!”
Virginia – “Me, trust a screw? I was crippled, not stupid.”
Hollamby – “Hmmm, getting off on the say so of another con, and one on the run at that. If that’s what passes for British justice then I’ve half a mind to emigrate.”
Josh – That’s if anywhere would have you.”
Julie S – “Carry on putting in a good word for us upstairs eh?”
Hollamby – “She’s a tea-leaf, not Mother flaming Teresa.”
Nikki – “So what am I supposed to be hiding in there then? Illegal immigrants? Lord Lucan?”
Fenner – “Find out, won’t we?”
Nikki – “Have a good check in my magic wardrobe miss!”
Nikki – “All I think about in here is why I want to stick bottles in men in uniform.”
Fenner – “Glad to see you’ve still got your sense of humour Wade.”
Nikki – “About the only thing you can’t get your hands on innit?”
Fenner – “Then there’s this bus ticket, found in Wade’s locker.”
Helen – “A bus ticket?”
Fenner – “Dated the night Dockley attacked me.”
Helen – “And who planted that there?”
Fenner – “Well, if you’ve got no skeletons in your closet you won’t mind if I take a look. (Walks over to Helen’s filing cabinet but she blocks his way) I thought you had nothing to hide…apart from that nurse’s coat you’ve got bundled up in there. I think we both know who’s in deep shit now love. (Picks up a pen from the desk and holds in out to Helen) Do you want to start writing or shall I take this to Area?”
