Episode 5.10
Written by Jo O'Keefe
Produced by David Crean
Directed by Laurence Moody
Colin is having a tough time trying to avoid Hollamby’s neighbourly 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 and 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 she 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.
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 his bed?
Snowball is in a wretched state and 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.
Read the factsheet written by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies to accompany this episode:
Episode 10 - Suicide