Colin finally tells Karen that Fenner planted drugs on Yvonne—even though it also means telling all about his involvement in Fenner’s pimping of Shell. Although Colin pleads with her not to make it official, Karen insists that he sign an affidavit. Having been outwitted by Fenner a number of times in the past, Karen decides to sit on this explosive piece of evidence until she accumulates enough evidence to make her case against him watertight.

Di tries to play off Neil and Tony against each other, but without success—she’s pregnant, about to become homeless and Neil’s even threatening to have her sacked. She agrees to have a termination and Neil thinks his problem has been solved—but will she be able to go through with it?

Al is back on G-Wing following her spell down the block, and wastes no time in taking up her old hobby of taunting Julie O’K. Already feeling rejected by the Julies, she changes her name back to Tina and, more worryingly, is completely taken in when Fenner starts to pay her some attention. Fenner is quick to realise that Tina is isolated and vulnerable and employs the carrot and stick method to start grooming her as his spy on G-Wing.

Yvonne is impressed by Colin’s actions, but not so impressed when she realises that he’s back on smack. And Yvonne’s not the only one who discovers Colin’s guilty secret when Fenner catches him shooting up in the toilets. Although Colin claims to be a diabetic and that he was injecting himself with insulin, Fenner knows better and insists that he take a drugs test. Luckily, Colin has gone cold turkey and passes the test, something that leaves Fenner mystified and Colin euphoric, especially when Yvonne rewards his efforts with a kiss.

Snowball is back on G-Wing following the failure of her suicide attempt. With Ritchie dead and the other women determined to make her life a misery, she’s got nothing to live for—but she’s still on suicide watch and it looks like there’s no way out of her living hell.

Julie S is taken into hospital for her mastectomy. A supportive Karen assigns herself escort duty and allows Julie J to stay at the hospital until her best friend is taken into the operating theatre. Julie S struggles to come to terms with the reality of her mastectomy and the prospect of a debilitating course of chemotherapy. But the one thing she can always rely on is Julie J, who butchers her hair with a sharpened phonecard to show her support.

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Episode 9 - Bullying