It’s the anniversary of Yvonne’s death, the perfect day for Julie S to put her plan to kill Fenner into action. She asks Di for permission to set up a shrine to Yvonne in the hanging cell and a memorial service in the chapel. Knowing that Fenner would rather cut off his own legs than agree to such a request, Di goes over his head and takes it to Neil who immediately gives his consent—he’s got more important things to worry about—a meeting with Area to discuss Phyl and Bev’s escape. Di’s emotional announcement about the memorial service turns into a not very subtle accusation against Fenner and stirs up the women against him.
Bev’s appearing in the dock to answer charges for, amongst other things, committing GBH against pervy Frank. Despite Hollamby’s desperate plea to be allowed to stand as Bev’s character witness, she has no choice but to plead guilty to all seven of the charges and is sent back to Larkhall to await trial. As if things weren’t bad enough already, Bev arrives back on G-Wing to find that Natalie is on the war-path—she holds Bev solely responsible for the cancellation of her outside visit. Natalie slips into Bev’s cell to provide her own brand of welcome but is interrupted when Fenner hears Bev’s cry of pain. Even he is shocked by the bloody bite marks on her arm and immediately places Natalie on report. He tells her that he’s going to recommend to the new Governing Governor that she is shipped out of Larkhall.
Hollamby is also back on G-Wing after her ordeal in Spain and feeling rather sorry for herself as her deceased husband has drained every penny from her. With huge debts hanging over her, the future is looking rather bleak, but at least she has Dr Nicholson’s flat to sell. Until she finds a buyer, she offers her spare room to homeless Di. Next thing to do on Hollamby’s list is to sell the engagement ring that Dr Nicholson gave to her. Believing that the huge rock is genuine, she’s in for a huge shock at the jewellers when she discovers that it is a worthless cubic zirconium.
Arun moves her stuff out of Pat’s cell in order to make room for Sheena. However, after being shown up in front of the women by Di, Fenner is keen to throw his weight around and refuses to allow the cell swap to go ahead. When Pat objects, Fenner physically threatens her. Sheena tries to intervene and Fenner responds by cancelling her visits from Dylan for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, Neil returns from his meeting with Area with bad news—he has been suspended pending an enquiry. He calls Fenner to his office to give him the news and ends up punching the smug smile off his face. But then Fenner gains the upper hand and viciously beats Neil. Before leaving the office, he taunts Neil with the very real prospect that he will be asked to take over the reins by Area.
Pat is still refusing to admit that she has feelings for Sheena and is getting sick of Arun’s constant attempts at playing matchmaker. She doesn’t do relationships and that’s something Arun and Sheena should get through their thick heads. Despite her protests to the contrary, Pat can’t hide her true feelings for very long and before she realises what’s happening, she’s telling Sheena that she loves her. Later, she admits to Sheena that it’s the thought of her impending release and the fact that she’ll be left alone in Larkhall afterwards that is holding her back. On their way down to the hanging cell, they pause in the corridor for a passionate kiss and Sheena reveals that she’s in love with Pat too.
Fenner has no idea that he’s now living on borrowed time. All over Larkhall, POs and inmates alike are brewing plots to kill him. Desperate for Sheena’s visits with Dylan to be reinstated, Pat sharpens a piece of garden cane and then sneaks it onto the wing, seemingly with Di’s consent. Hell-bent on avenging Yvonne’s death, the Julies are making candles complete with poisoned wicks. Darlene and Janine have a secret plan that involves a sharpened thorn, rat poison, and a drinking straw, and Spiers and Natalie are working on a plan that will also incriminate Di. Neil meanwhile slips a mickey into Fenner’s glass of wine at his leaving reception, and why should Tina be so adamant that he take a specific cheese straw from the plat she is offering around? Appalled by the shocking way he has treated Di and sick of the sly digs he keeps making about Bobby Darren’s sexuality, even Hollamby has reached the end of her tether.
Over in Spain, Phyl sells her diamonds for a pitiful 500 Euros and then goes to drown her sorrows with several glasses of the best Jerez has to offer. Unfortunately, the “ignorant Spanish peasant” in the pawn shop was a hell of a lot more fluent in English than Phyl suspected and takes the diamonds straight to the police. Phyl is about to embark for a new life in Croatia when she is arrested by the police.
Down in the hanging cell, the Julies are devastated when they discover dried blood and scratch-marks on the wall legacy of Yvonne’s gruesome death. Now more determined than ever to gain revenge on her killer, they set up the shrine and light the poisoned candles ready for Fenner. In twos, the women are allowed into the hanging cell to pay their respects before they move on to the chapel for the memorial service. After a while, Fenner begins to feel the effects of breathing in the poisoned fumes from the candles and whatever else he has been spiked with and slumps into the chair the Julies have left for him. By the time Janine and Darlene arrive to aim the contents of their blow-pipe at his neck, he has passed out.
In the chapel, the new Larkhall Chaplain, Christy MacKay, is surprised at the strength of the women’s animosity as Julie S makes an emotional speech. Meanwhile, Fenner is struggling to regain consciousness. Realising that he is in serious trouble, he sees salvation in the form of a familiar face, but his relief turns to horror when a sharp object is plunged into his neck. With blood spraying out of his wound, Fenner crashes to the ground by the shrine. Face-to-face with photographs of Yvonne, he hears her voice inside his head, pleading for her life as he dies.
Di – “On a final note, I’d like to be known as Miss Barker again. The name Fenner sticks in my throat.”
Vicky – “When we get to the cell you enter in twos right? You say your prayer, whatever and then you get out. You make your way in twos to the chapel where the reverend will take the service.”
Natalie – “What’s with all this twos shit? We’re not school kids.”
Julie S – “Well if we were, you’d be selling us as sex slaves.”
Bobby Darren – “My stars said changes were on the horizon today, they didn’t say it was going to be a bloody Tsunami!”
Neil – “It’s not a matter of life or death Bobby.”
Bobby Darren – “It’s a house in Hampstead Neil, which my stupid mother has just pissed up the swanee just to get another useless ring on her finger. And now she expects to screw £300 a month out of me just to keep her in chocolate sodding fingers! I mean hello…God!”
Neil – “At least she turned a blind eye to you screwing me.”
Bobby Darren – “Be better if she’d hit the screaming roof and never wanted to see me again.”