The BEST episodes of Wentworth
Every episode of Wentworth ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Wentworth!
Fans of the iconic Prisoner series which pushed boundaries over three decades ago and still today boasts a loyal following worldwide, will remember Bea Smith as gutsy and fearless, ruling Wentworth Correctional Center with an iron fist. But who was Bea Smith before prison? How did a wife and mother from the suburbs become a top dog without rival? Wentworth is a dynamic, often confronting, drama series that begins with Bea’s early days in prison. Set in the present day, it is a modern adaptation of Prisoner contemporising legendary characters and their stories for today’s audience. This ten-part series takes the viewer inside to an uncompromising environment exploring the politics of women in a world without men, and how such a threatening experience both challenges and often changes those confined and working behind the razor wire.
#1 - Seeing Red
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/26/2016
Bea awakes blissfully happy after a night with Allie but it is the eve of Ferguson's trial and the Freak has been relentless in putting the final touches to her scheme for freedom and exoneration. Liz becomes convinced of Sonia's innocence and then Don puts an offer to Liz which could change her life. Maxine is committed to the chemotherapy and her prison family rallies around her.
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#2 - Under Siege (2)
Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/30/2019
The siege continues, and not everyone will make it out alive.
#4 - Legacy
Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 10/26/2021
In the final countdown, the fate of everyone is uncertain.
#5 - Blood and Fire
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/23/2015
Ferguson is losing control, and the walls are closing in. Fletch and Vera band together in an attempt to overthrow the Governor, while Bea discovers the final piece of the puzzle to help solve Harry's murder. Meanwhile, Franky is preparing for her release. But when Jess makes a sudden, drastic move, all plans are thrown out the window and the stage is set for a dramatic showdown.
#6 - Plan Bea
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/28/2016
As Bea and Allie take their illicit affair further, Bea finds herself uncharacteristically tentative and vulnerable. Neither is aware that Ferguson is tracking them carefully. Meanwhile, Maxine leaves the prison to undergo a double mastectomy leaving Boomer distraught.
#7 - Under Siege (1)
Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/23/2019
Marie enacts her plan to bust out of Wentworth, while Liz spirals into a psychotic meltdown.
#9 - One Eye Open
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/2021
Ferguson continues to manipulate Eve in her revenge plan on Jake, and Marie discovers Rita is a cop.
#10 - The Unknown Terrorist
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2021
Finally exposed as Allie's attacker, a desperate Judy makes an audacious play for Lou's protection, while Ferguson fuels Eve's obsession with Jake.
#11 - The Living and the Dead
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/16/2015
When Fletch follows Bea's instructions to use Jianna as a means to unsettle Ferguson, he unwittingly sets Vera up to take the fall. Vera, for her part, is consumed with a desire for revenge against Lucy for infecting her with Hep C. Meanwhile, Bea's manipulations of Fletch result in him finally recovering his memory and alerting Will, who is on the verge of being arrested for Harry's murder, to the truth behind Ferguson's manipulations. As the forces align against Ferguson, she begins to unravel, realising she is in a fight of her life, professionally and personally.
#13 - The Bitch is Back
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/11/2017
Liz starts to regret her decision to testify against Sonia; Vera takes desperate measures to foil Ferguson's self-defence plea; Franky's trapped by her past.
#15 - Afterlife
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/5/2016
Bea struggles to recover in the wake of her attack. Ferguson returns from the burns unit and is placed in a medical hold under the supervision of Jake. Maxine is back after surgery and finds herself in the crossfire of huge tension between Boomer, Liz and Sonia.
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#16 - Scars
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/4/2017
Vera and Ferguson must deal with the fallout from the attack on Bea and Franky's past comes back to haunt her.
#18 - The Enemy Within
Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/29/2020
Lou discovers her phone is missing and all the money for Reb's transition surgery has been stolen.
#19 - Screw Lover
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/31/2016
Ferguson, having found protection in Kaz s crew, cunningly blames Will for her brutal ganging, a move which only strengthens Kaz's support for her. When Bea defends Will, it backfires dramatically. She is painted as a screw-lover , and rapidly begins to lose the support of the women. The first ever conjugal visit takes place at the prison, and Boomer shamelessly attempts to impregnate herself to her deadbeat ex-boyfriend, Daz. Meanwhile, Maxine is diagnosed with breast cancer and can t bring herself to tell the other women.
#21 - Checkmate
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/3/2013
Vera and Matt sleep together but when Vera finds out the shocking truth - Matt and Meg were having an affair, she fell pregnant and had an abortion - Matt tells her to get out of his life. Determined to find out who killed Meg, Will makes a deal with Jacs, however he later discovers Meg's bracelet in Jacs' cell. After threatening to kill her, Will has Jacs charged with Meg's murder. Liz and Franky talk about what really happened the day of Meg's murder: Franky went to find Jacs, and grabbed a knife. When Meg grabbed her arm, Franky thought it was Jacs and stabbed her. Liz took her bracelet and put it in Jacs' cell. Bea discovers the truth behind Debbie's murder and confronts Jacs. After Jacs tries to condone it, Bea takes a pen and shoves it into Jacs' neck and pulls it out, killing her almost instantaneously. She then presses the duress button after Liz had told her to never touch it.
#22 - Collateral
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/5/2021
Allie makes a pact with Vera and Will that has devastating personal consequences, while a crucial step in Boomer's quest for motherhood is achieved.
#23 - The Governor's Pleasure
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/7/2015
When Bea is sentenced to life without parole for the killing of Brayden Holt, Ferguson makes it very clear - she owns Bea now. So when Bea uses her standing as Top Dog to hit back, Ferguson takes revenge - she slots Bea and releases Liz from Protection, exposing Liz to a brutal bashing from Boomer. But Ferguson has underestimated Bea, who starts a riot amongst the prisoners. With the prison in lock-down Ferguson has to turn to Bea to quell the riot. Wentworth isn't Ferguson's prison - it's Bea's. Battle lines are drawn.
#25 - Karen
Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/18/2019
Rita faces an impossible dilemma, while Kaz gets the better of Marie, and Vera learns the gender of her baby, casting doubt over her mothering skills.