Denny Blood arrives back on G-Wing and expects Shaz to be delighted—but it looks like Shaz has other ideas. To make matters worse, Denny has her old enemy Hollamby to contend with, as well as an extremely pissed off Crystal who holds her partly responsible for the fact that she’s in Larkhall. The only person who seems glad that Denny is back is Yvonne who, now that Fenner has withdrawn his statement, is keen to rope her into a plan to nail Maxi. Yvonne speaks to Fenner and tells him to stop Hollamby making Denny’s life hell and in return, Denny agrees to worm her way into Al’s affections. Yvonne hopes that Al’s pillow talk will contain information about Virginia’s murder, but first, Denny has to look the part—enter the Julies to give her a Shell Dockley style makeover.

Di and Barry return to work after their wedding day fiasco, full of excuses for Di’s bruises. Di wastes no time in confronting Shaz, but the inmate is unrepentant—she knows that Barry is a violent bully and is determined to make Di see sense. Shaz tells Di all about the violence she received at the hands of her stepfather and pleads with her to dump Barry—he may promise never to hurt her again, but it will only be a matter of time before it happens again.

Two new inmates arrive at Larkhall—feisty City whiz-kid Cassie Tyler and her reluctant accomplice, PA Roisin Connor. It’s Cassie and Roisin’s first time in prison and they’re having a hard time adjusting, especially when Roisin’s husband Aidan refuses to let her see their children. Its Cassie fault that they’re in this mess and she decides to make amends by changing her story. She contacts her solicitor with the ‘truth’—she blackmailed Roisin into covering up for her.

Di takes Shaz’s words to heart and breaks it off with Barry. He is furious and goes straight to confront Barbara who he is convinced is responsible. Shaz hears Barbara’s screams and runs to defend her, laying into Barry with a karate kick that sends him flying. Di and Mark arrive on the scene to find Barry viciously kicking Shaz in the ribs. He tries to talk himself out of trouble by claiming that Shaz attacked him for no reason and that he was only defending himself. This time Di is immune to Barry’s charm and he is marched off to see Neil. A while later, the Julies are told that Barry has resigned but are horrified when they hear that he won’t be charged with assaulting Di. But then Mark confides that he and a group of his friends took matters into their own hands—Barry won’t be forgetting them in a hurry.

Denny is finding it hard to pretend to be attracted to Al, but soon she receives a reward for her efforts—a necklace that was last seen around Virginia’s neck. The following day, Yvonne gives Denny a tape recorder hoping that Al will reveal where she got the necklace from. Just as Yvonne predicted, Al spills everything. Yvonne insists on being present when Fenner passes the evidence on to Neil and then later, has the satisfaction of seeing Maxi and Al being summoned to Fenner’s office where the police are waiting to arrest them for murder.

Now that ‘Operation Al’ is over, Denny makes another attempt to talk Shaz round and succeeds. Now that she’s back with her partner-in-crime, Shaz reveals the real reason for all of the time she’s been spending in the potting-shed—she’s digging a tunnel!

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