The BEST episodes written by Fay Rousseaux
#1 - Episode 398
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 72
Bea tries to stop the Freak and Sonia from taking over Wentworth. Lizzie's grand day out ends in the truth being revealed, while Petra can hardly believe the results of her trial.
#2 - Episode 403
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 77
Judy is returned to Wentworth. Lizzie refuses to speak to her because she killed Hazel. Meg worries she'll lose Marty forever if she tells him the truth about Randi. Sonia and Phyllis try to antagonise Cass. Wally struggles to maintain order at the halfway house. Petra asks Pixie to be her bridesmaid. Randi comes to dinner at Meg's place and they squabble. Joan tries to get Phyllis to heavy Judy but Jude tells her to do it herself. Cass thumps Phyllis for calling her a dummy and ends up in the pound. Meg discusses her problems about Marty with Scott and he offers to try and help. Lizzie and Pixie make Petra's wedding cake with the brandy. Joan and Sonia visit Cass in solitary to tell her they set her up to bash Phyllis. She goes berserk at them and they flee.
#3 - Episode 421
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 5
Belinda prepares a nasty surprise for Sonia. Colleen risks her career by standing up to Joan.
#4 - Episode 426
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 10
Pixie falls for an old flame, the women score a victory over Joan and the escape bid ends in tragedy.
#5 - Episode 427
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 11
Sonia realises that there is only one way to stop Belinda. The new Joan takes everyone by surprise. Belinda at last gets a chance to fulfil her ambition.
#6 - Episode 436
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 20
Doreen has a hard time trying to get herself arrested. Myra stands up to Joan and tells her to stop tormenting Sonia.
#7 - Episode 440
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 24
Reb and Phyllis outsmart the Freak and Colleen is caught drunk on duty. Bobbie accuses Rick of trying to rape her.
#8 - Episode 442
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 26
The Fellowes gang chew over what to do about Sonia and Bobbie. Myra nurses her anger with Gloria. Margo returns to Wentworth all ears.
#9 - Episode 446
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 30
Myra is shocked by the result of her trial. The women punish Margo for her nasty tricks. And Bobbie's stay in Sydney is doomed.
#10 - Episode 450
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 34
Rick confronts Meg about her behaviour and Erica Davidson heads the strike negotiations. Edmonds hypnotises Cass to kill Bobbie.
#11 - Episode 451
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 35
Hannah is distraught by her detention at Wentworth; Reb is overcome by her `cocaine' trip; while Cass attempts to strangle Pixie.
#12 - Episode 457
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 41
Tensions mount between Joan and Meg as the latter takes over as Deputy Governor; Rachel avenges the death of her dad; Rick is offered a job he can't refuse.
#13 - Episode 461
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 45
Joan finds Phyllis and insists that Cass must be responsible. Lou gives Reb an alibi for the crime. Judy tries to clear Cass' name. On the outside, Myra and Alan look for Kay with little success. Hare-brained new inmate Marlene Warren arrives and new officer Heather Rogers starts work. The women learn Phyllis has permanent brain damage. Marlene realises she knows Heather from school, plays a string of practical jokes on her and gets told off by Judy. Marie Winter arrives back in Wentworth, with a stash of cocaine in her luggage. She wastes no time in taking over as Top Dog. Myra finds Kay and takes her to Wally's place in the country. Marie tries to recruit Reb to deal for her. Judy smears a statue with red paint and hides it in Reb's bed. Joan arrives home to find her house has been broken into.
#14 - Episode 465
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 49
Marlene tries to hide the evidence of her bashing. Kay is over the worst of her withdrawal systems. Heather's brother has an accident on his bike, causing her to worry about Marie's threats. She brings in the drugs and tells her it's a one-off but Marie tells her she's pulling the strings. Mrs O'Reagan has Edna taken off kitchen duty when she realises she's in for poisoning. Heather tries to resign but Ann talks her out of it. Myra phones Ann to say she's coming back and Ann hears Wally in the background. Roland tries to blackmail Leigh. Several cells, the rec room and the library are trashed. Judy learns Marlene did it, forced by Marie, and realises Joan is trying to get rid of Ann. Joan orders Marie to start a riot.
#15 - Episode 469
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 53
Bobbie is suspected of poisoning Marlene, as she cooked her steak, but the women realise Edna did it. Rachel and Judy go to see Ann, but she wants proof of their allegations. Reb wonders how she can get Bobbie off the hook about her attack without lagging. Heather grows suspicious of Joan's actions during the riot. Joan plots to transfer Marie to Blackmoor. Rachel phones Edna's husband to warn him about her. Marlene worries about Bobbie after finding a suicide note on her bed. Dennis rescues a man from a crashed car just before it catches fire. Marie threatens to expose Joan, demanding she help her escape. Dot accidentally scalds Mrs O'Reagan and herself with hot fat. Bobbie tells Marlene she was going to kill herself, but stole the wrong pills from the infirmary. Joan is informed that Ann has been reinstated.
#16 - Episode 472
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 56
Reb's accusations against Joan are being taken very seriously as she is taken to hospital. New prisoner Bev Baker turns out to be a psycho who is in Wentworth for murdering and dismembering several people. Myra stops Bobbie escaping in the garbage truck. Joan visits Shane in the hospital and clashes with his father. Marlene has the idea of raising money to buy a reading machine for deaf children by trying to break a world record. Bev admits she killed several more people than the one she was charged for. Rachel goes to trial: she gets five years, and is transferred to the prison farm. Marlene is terrified of Bev. The police arrive to see Joan: she thinks they want to question her about Reb but instead they arrest her for abducting Shane.
#17 - Episode 473
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 57
Joan learns that Shane has been bashed by his father into backing up his claims against her. With Marie and Reb out of the way, Lou sounds Bev out about being the brains behind the rackets but she isn't interested in the money. Shane runs away from his father but Joan tells him he must go back to his father until she can get custody. Bev burns her hand in the press to see what it feels like. The women decide on a waltz marathon as their record breaker for charity. Munroe wants money from Joan in return for giving up Shane: she says she'll see him in court. Myra tells Ann they are all terrified of Bev. Bev deliberately traps Dot in the cold room in the kitchen. Bev slashes Lou's arm to illustrate the sort of payoff she wants to become involved in the rackets. Bobbie escapes from the kitchen using a copy of Ray's key and the escape alarm goes off while she is half way over the fence.
#18 - Episode 480
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 64
Diedre tells Judy it was Marie who really bashed Reb. Angel finds a magnet in a drawer and uses it to play havoc with Judy's pacemaker. Ann gets another threating phone call at work. Lou and Alice bully Diedre. The dance marathon begins and the women are dead on their feet after only the first night. At Shane's custody hearing, he says he would rather live with ""Auntie Joan"" than his father. Ann tells Heather that Marie has made a statement implicating her in drug smuggling and aiding her escape. Shane is taken away from his father, but is made a ward of the state rather than being given into Joan's custody.
#19 - Episode 488
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 72
Angel stabs Joan with a pair of scissors. Marlene gets her money back from Lou. Angel fills the women's shampoo bottles with caustic soda. She then punches Meg, cracks up and is packed off to an asylum. Kerryn goes on hunger strike until the authorities let her see Lyle in a private visit. VJ Higgins agrees to be lenient with Bobbie as ""a favour"" for Ann. Ann finds the note Reb wrote. Bobbie is forced to have sex with Neville again and Stan catches them afterwards. Ann and the officers realise the note came from inside the prison. Bobbie tries to run Neville down with the tractor but ends up demolishing the shed instead - with Stan still inside.
#20 - Episode 491
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 75
Marlene bravely stops Lou in her attempt to break out, leaving her worried with ""i'll skin the rabbit alive"" threats by Kelly. Stan admits to Edie he really is a maintanance worker at Wentworth, not a guard and more than that, he has to lie for Bobbie when she is brought to the police station. Lou reveals a weapon she has stashed and pulls it on Joyce when she thinks Lou is unconscious in solitary, taking her hostage. Lou then shows up at Deidre's house...to take her for all she has.
#21 - Episode 495
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 79
The bitterness showing between Joan and Len is becoming evident, with the women disregarding Marlene's actions of Len saving her from Joan. Charged with posession of drugs, Sam Greenway is brought to Wentworth for 6 months. Marlene continues looking for more money making schemes. Sam doesn't seem to be a hit with the women, claming to be a vegeterian and is shunned by Myra because of her drug involvement, she is also heavied by Alice and Fran afgter some crude drawings of them both. Myra asks for Sarah Higgins to be put in with the rest of the women, much to Ann's shock, but agrees to it. The entire mess between Lyle and Kerryn is sorted out, but it's too late for Kerryn, who hangs herself...
#22 - Episode 501
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 85
Lowe's body is found, and so is Ann, who is in shock, but Meg's fate seems worse. After discovering Myra bashed Fran for the Higgins murder, Reb discovers she is losing her once loyal following. It now seems the women are looking more to Reb for advice and help instead of Myra. It's finally some good news for Meg, her baby has survived the ordeal, but she never knew she was pregnant...Joan discovers a new family will foster Shane, the Taylors. Joyce agrees the let the men work in the garden, to Len's disgust. Reb makes a break to get a call to the press about the men in the prison, but may be sprung when she is locked in the visitors room.
#23 - Episode 517
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 12
Jan continues her scavenge for more alcohol, and Myra finally gives up on her, and then agress to help her sober up. The news of Sam's escape is told, even more bizarre is that Sam plans to return once she meets her mother. Sam is flately rejected by her mother, claiming Sam was a mistake. Frank is ganged up on by the women, Myra brandishing him with a soldering iron.
#24 - Episode 522
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 17
Joan is left shocked as she sits at her father's deathbed. Myra tells Frank that Lou was planning to frame him for Sam's death, with bad results for Lou. Geoff is charged with Sam's murder from a statement Frank gave Inspector Grace. News of Matt and Marlene's wedding is up and about, but Marlene seems to be the only one enjoying the news at the moment. Sheila's prime singing ability is displayed with her rendition of ""Pixie's Song.""
#25 - Episode 550
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 45
When the attempt to free Ruth goes wrong, the terrorists are forced to rethink, taking the prisoners, Joan and Joyce as their hostages. The women squabble despite Myra's attempts to keep them calm and in line. Outside, Inspector Grace butts heads with the federal cops, who have very different ideas from him on how to handle the situation. The terrorists inform the police that they intend to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
#26 - Episode 555
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 50
Joan obtains the help of Blackmoor screw Cynthia Leach, to do some nasty work to Ruth Ballinger. Lou decides to run for council, hoping her new scheme of giving gifts, and being nice to the women will change their minds about voting her in. Frank holds Dennis and Meg and gunpoint, tormenting them both to a bloody climax. Ettie wants to get out so she can open a home for war veterans, or disadvantaged kids. Daphne has her first session to discover why she gets depressed, and the answer may get her more than she counted on.
#27 - Episode 556
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 51
Nora attends Myra's funeral, and meets Geoff Macrae, who both swap stories of how much they loved Myra. Remand prisoner Queenie Marshall joins the women on a charge of assault. She's a hit with the girls after she makes Andrew Fry quit. Meg is frustrated and upset that Dennis is giving up his will to get better. Lou becomes agitated that Lexie is spoiling her plans to get elected on the council. Nora may once again face the ultimite consequence for fighting.
#28 - Episode 563
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 58
After regaining consciousness, Willie seems to have lost her memory about everything and everyone close to her...whether it's true or not is another thing. The women begin to set up for the new newspaper press. Ann discovers Pat is the culprit for the dual invoices, and is forced to suspend her from duties until further notice. Joan gets the shock of her life when she meets Terri's parents.
#29 - Episode 588
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 83
Pippa's art class ends in disaster as the women are fired up by Lou's campaign against Ann: Pippa insults Rita, so she decks her and gets hauled off to Solitary. Lou pours yellow paint down Rita's leather jacket, ruining it. Joan drops the jacket off to Rita in the pound, enraging her no end. Nora vanishes, and it later turns out she has escaped. Slasher and the Conquerors turn up at Pippa and Ben's wedding and try to disrupt the ceremony. Daphne wins her appeal and is released. Jenny decides to get her own flat and move out of Ann's place. David tells Eve he couldn't kill Joyce and calls off their affair. Racked with guilt, though, he returns to the prison after the wedding and shoots himself in the interview room in front of Eve.
#30 - Episode 510
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 5
Bobbie gears up for her first day as an apprentice, but the plans may be dropped by Joan. Lexie's prime card abilities are discovered by Lou, who wants to use her to get money from the women. Meg is told she must an operation to remove a tumour and in the process, will lose her baby. A popular inmate makes her departure, in the most terribe way.
#31 - Episode 513
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 8
Bobbie's parole is on and with the Dobsons applying for her to be released in their custody. In a meeting between Joan and Shane, he tells her his new parents hate him and his new parents and Joan work out a plan to help Shane. With Frank and Lou working together, they both heavy Judy into paying her insurance, yet they soon enough turn on each other.
#32 - Episode 525
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 20
Lou's attack on Myra leaves Lou worried about Myra's next move on her. Ettie finally gets released with $250 000 compensation, but there's a bit of a discrepency on where she will be living. Marlene becomes increasingly worried about Lou's comments about Matt. Joan is finaly confronted about Ray's allegations against her, and decides to put an end to Reb's allegations against her.
#33 - Episode 534
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 29
Marlene, Judy and Geoff make their tearful departure, and Myra seems the hardest hit. The women decide to take advantage of Joan's blackout's by staging a bashing and putting the blame on Joan.
#34 - Episode 542
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 37
Ettie makes a deal with Lionel Fellowes to help her get back into Wentworth. Joyce tells Norm she wants a divorce. Julie discovers shocking news about her mother. Ruth and Joan organise a plan to get drugs in the prison, and get Myra and Lou out.
#35 - Episode 409
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 83
Minnie tells Cass to back off and gives her the tape to look after. Ann is being frosty with Wally, but he doesn't know why. Sonia is angry with Bobbie for double-crossing her and tells her to pay for the grass she wants. David turns down Brenda's advances. Lizzie gets a day at the races with her family. Bobbie is bashed under orders from Joan, who tells her to blame Cass. Cass gives Joan the tape to stop her putting her in solitary. Brenda slips her brother a copy of the tape and arranges a drug drop. She starts making fake driving licences in the print shop to pay for it. Joan destroys the original tape but Meg finds the remains and gives them to Ann. Ann questions Minnie, who tells her she wants certain privileges for the women in exchange for information on Joan.
#36 - Episode 381
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 55
Roxy has a boy and gives him to the Sheldons. Helen turns up and needs Judy's help. Her sister Sharon has joined a cult, who are trying to get their hands on her trust fund money. Ann's house is trashed, all Paul's negatives are gone, but the Douglas pic is safe: it was in Wally's flat. Ann won't call the police til she has spoken to Douglas. He orders a search of the prison to find it. Ann is duffed up by two masked men waiting in her house. New prisoner Gerri Doogan raises Bea's suspicions with her questions. Joan is annoyed with Pixie's antics, but Colleen says Ann has ordered they ignore her. She hides in a wardrobe, annoys Mrs O'Reagan, and pours Ann an invisible cuppa. Meg is delighted when Marty returns on shore leave, with his friend Dennis in tow. Dr Weissman diagnoses Laura as having multiple personalities. He and Meg go to visit Laura's father to find out more about her life.
#37 - Episode 529
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 24
Marlene's diet doesn't go exactly to plan. With Dennis behind bars, the news of his charge divides opinion amongst the officers, and the prisoners. Lexie is finding it hard to pay the women their winnings after Joan took her money. Anita's mother superior wants to expel her from the order.
#38 - Episode 387
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 61
Petra is shattered when her secret is divulged and Lucy finds a way to blackmail the Freak.
#39 - Episode 391
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 65
Panic spreads in Wentworth when the true cause of Glynnis's death becomes apparent. Maxine and Tinker-Belle rob a factory, with fatal consequences.
#40 - Episode 546
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 41
Ruth becomes desperate and uses Ettie to get a message out to Arnie. Pippa feels Simon is holding her down, so she tries to hoard him off on Jenny, whose Grandmother resorts back to her devious ways, prompting Jenny to finally try and leave. During the night, a mysterious stranger tries to suffocate Mrs. Hartley. Joyce tries to cook Mervin dinner for the first time, but a mix up and a burnt pan result in an argument between them. Joan and Terri reveal their feelings for each other.
#41 - Episode 572
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 67
Pippa and Ben become closer, yet Ben's 'rejection' of Daphne causes her to spiral into a devestating bout of depression. Terri and Joan's relationship hits new, unpleasant depths. Queenie's attempts to scare Nikki may have worked too well, as Nikki does not report to the prison the next day, leaving only Cindy...who quickly believes the women are out to kill her.
#42 - Episode 580
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 75
Joan forces Reb's mental anxiety to escalate, but the women fight for her by trying to get the story published in the media. The beauty contest is given the go ahead, with a judging panel selected, the women preparing themselves...and a book run on potential winners. Yet the book may cost some of the contestents a broken bone or two. Daphne's appeal is ready to begin.
#43 - Episode 595
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 7
A tough new male governor arrives at Wentworth, out to show both the inmates and officers who's in charge. Jessie tells everyone Lexie is pregnant in a bid to save her life. Joan is devastated in the aftermath of the attack on her home.
#44 - Episode 606
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 18
Lou slashes her wrists, then sets Rita and Alice up for it, causing them to be sent to Solitary, as she is rushed to hospital. Rita and Lexie plot to have drugs smuggled into the prison. Joan uses the situation with Meg and Bob to try and get rid of him, and decides to call in the union to fight on Meg's behalf.