Now that she’s his next-door neighbour, Colin is having a tough time trying to avoid Hollamby’s attentions. Unable to think of a good excuse at short notice, he finds himself agreeing to going to her flat for a cuppa, but ends up fixing her leaky tap and dodgy toilet flush! Meanwhile, Di is horrified to learn that she has contracted syphilis from the sperm sample obtained from the unwitting Neil by his boyfriend, Tony. But when Neil goes to the doctor, his own blood tests come back clear, he realises that he can’t be the father of her baby.
Julie S is recovering from her mastectomy in hospital—but with her soul-mate Julie J back at Larkhall, it seems unlikely that Julie S will be able to stay away for long. Reluctantly, the consultant agrees to Julie’s request that she be returned to Larkhall and she returns to a rapturous reception on G-Wing as well as the shock of seeing what Julie J has done to her hair. While the two Julies are brought even closer together by Julie S’s health scare, Tina feels even more left out. But she’s soon cheered up by the manipulative attentions of Fenner, who’s quick to turn on the charm when he realises that Tina will make an ideal spy for him on G-Wing.
Burning with hate and resentment, Di takes great pleasure in informing Neil that Tony is the father of her baby. Tony manages to convince Neil that he went along with Di’s plan because he thought that it was what Neil wanted and that he mixed his own sperm with Neil’s in the misguided belief that the baby would be fathered by both of them. Tony persuades Neil that they should raise the baby together, but it would seem that Di has other ideas—she has booked herself in for an abortion and this time, she intends to go ahead with it.
Yvonne is growing increasingly fond of Colin—but as an Atkins, she knows that you can’t be too careful. As far as she’s aware, Colin’s a single man and no longer using heroin…so why, when Yvonne sends her daughter Lauren to check things out at Colin’s flat, does she find a plentiful supply of smack and a mystery blonde woman sleeping in Colin’s bed?
Snowball is in a wretched state—unable to cope with Ritchie’s death, she has resorted to starvation and self-harming. Karen persuades Neil to take Snowball out of solitary confinement in the hope that this will lift her spirits, but all Snowball really wants is to be reunited with Ritchie and soon, she is pleading with Yvonne to help her commit suicide. Yvonne eventually agrees, but at a price—she wants Snowball to write a suicide note that will implicate Fenner.
With Colin distracted by Yvonne, Snowball makes her way to the G2 landing. Quickly, she ties the cord from her dressing-gown around the railings and then loops the other end around her neck. Before Colin can stop her, she jumps from the landing and hangs herself.
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Episode 10 - Suicide
Memorable Moments
Buki – “So how come you didn’t send me no postcards?”
Denny – “Because bitch, the only thing I’d send you is a big, fat shit parcel.”
Al – “She looks like Bart Simpson.”
Buki – “Looks like his arse more like.”
Buki – “I reckon he fancies her…innit Yvonne?”
Yvonne – “You must be joking! I wouldn’t touch him with somebody else’s.”
Neil – “You have made my life a misery! If you booked the next flight out to Australia it wouldn’t be far enough.”
Di – “Do you think it’s been a picnic for me?”
Neil – “I couldn’t care less! Tomorrow I’m making it public; we’re getting divorced…the sooner you’re out of my life the better!”
Neil – “Oh Di, we should think about a work move for you too…how does Dartmoor sound?”
Hollamby – “The prices plumbers charge, they’d rob the eyes out of your head if you weren’t looking.”
Julie J – “She’s fast asleep, bless her.”
Barbara – “It’s nature’s great healer sleep; it’s when the body repairs itself.”
Julie J – “It ain’t gonna grow her a new boob though is it?”
