Episode 8.8
Written by Phil Ford
Produced by Sharon Houlihan
Directed by Jim Loach
Plagued with guilt, Tina is delivered back to Larkhall but things get worse when she hears that the widow of the man who died during the bank raid has asked to meet her. Tina is terrified, but it transpires that Mrs Fisk has a secret that will leave Tina feeling a lot better about the accident – her late husband was a vicious bully and she’s glad that he’s dead. Over the years, she fed her husband cholesterol-laden food in the hopes that his heart would give out and never dreamed that someone else would be involved when it finally happened. His death is not Tina’s fault and she’s desperately sorry.
Rowan denies that he is still with his wife, claiming that she is a manic-depressive and that he has to play along with her delusions. Lou’s instincts are telling her that he’s lying, but he is determined to prove her wrong and Lou is stunned when he pops the question. Meanwhile, Lou’s sister, Vicky is out of rehab and Lou has engineered her a job teaching music to the girls on G-Wing. Her first lesson is a huge success and Lou is extremely relieved, so much so that she volunteers to judge the ‘Prison Idol’ competition that Vicky has arranged. The girls pull out all the stops, but in the end there is one obvious winner, Tina.
Pat is sweating over what to do with Natalie; she knows she’ll have to move her from the tumble dryer, as a hot laundry is no place to hide a festering corpse. She stumbles on a disused manhole behind a washing machine and is hopeful she has found a solution. Just as she and the Julies are about to move Natalie, a maintenance man arrives to fix the ‘broken’ dryer. The Julies engineer a sink blockage in the servery to distract him while Pat levers open the manhole cover and soon, Natalie’s decomposing corpse is sent to a watery grave in Larkhall’s sewers.
Janine is desperate for more passion with Donny, however when they are almost caught at it in an empty classroom, he puts the brakes on their relationship. Janine is devastated when he tells her that he thinks they should cool things down – it’s clear that he cares about his job more than he does her. Later, Donny proves he is 100% committed by persuading Lou to allow Janine to visit her mum’s grave as a reward for her recent good behaviour. Janine is ecstatic when Donny arrives with the good news, especially when she hears that he will be the PO escorting her.
Vicky is convinced that Rowan is stringing Lou along and ransacks his office in search of his home address. Later, Rowan arrives home to find Vicky drinking tea with his wife, Hannah. His secret is now well and truly out – Hannah is pregnant with twins! Rowan reveals to Vicky that that he always planned to let Lou down gently after the babies were born, but he’s now reliant on her support for his documentary and can’t do anything that might rock the boat. He goes on to buy Vicky’s silence by offering her a regular supply of drugs. The temptation is just too much for her to stand.