Episode 8.2
Written by Ann McManus & Maureen Chadwick
Produced by Sharon Houlihan
Directed by Barnaby Southcombe
Phyl is laid up in hospital recovering from a bullet wound and is determined not to go back to G-Wing in a hurry. She plays up the trauma of the accident to Rowan in the hopes that she will receive a temporary transfer to a cushy private clinic, but her talented acting does little to persuade him. However, Phyl has an inkling that there’s something very wrong about Rowan – what’s a consultant psychologist doing slumming it in a prison? She’s determined to find out exactly what his game is and enlists the Julies to search his office.
Janine has a surprise visit from her father but he is the bearer of bad news: her mother has died of a heart attack and even worse, he’s blaming Janine. He is so bitter over what Janine has done that he has forbidden her from attending the funeral. Janine is devastated, but Lou comes to her rescue and convinces Mr Nebeski to allow his daughter to say a final goodbye. When she hears that Janine has a trip out planned, Natalie blackmails her into smuggling drugs back into Larkhall. Janine doesn’t want to be involved but Natalie’s vicious threats leave her with no choice.
Lou is continuously turning up for work worse for wear and Joy’s patience is beginning to wear thin. After a dinner together, Joy secretly follows her to the entrance of a seedy strip club and begins to understand why her deputy is always so tired. Meanwhile, the police are continuing to grill Emira for her husband, Hassan’s whereabouts and when they discover traces of chemicals in their flat, they really begin to pile on the pressure. Donny is also under pressure from the police – if he is going to be their secret liaison officer working on the inside, he’d better find out sharpish where Hassan is hiding.
The Julies find a Dictaphone in Rowan’s office and when she listens to it, Phyl learns that he’s planning to use his observations to make a TV documentary about women prisoners. Rowan tries to bluff it out when Phyl and Bev confront him with the truth, but eventually realises that to guarantee their silence, he will have to go along with their plan. He manages to convince Joy to authorise Phyl’s transfer and before long, she is being carried out to a waiting ambulance.
Lou and Donny accompany Janine to her mother’s funeral and are met with a frosty reception from Mr Nebeski. But things seem to warm up when Janine delivers a heartfelt and moving speech. But before Janine has a chance to set things right with her family, she trips in the oversized shoes that Natalie has made her wear and collides with the coffin. Worse is to come when a bag of crack is found stuffed into the heels of her shoes. Incensed when she hears the news, Joy decides to come down hard. She orders an immediate cell search on G-Wing and sends Janine straight down to the block.
Pat is quick to realise that Natalie bullied Janine into being her mule and plans to teach her a lesson. Now that a search has been ordered, the other inmates are frantically flushing away their drugs, but Pat intervenes and manages to gather together a large stash that she takes up to Natalie’s cell. Whilst threatening her with a blade, Pat forces Natalie to swallow the lot.