The BEST episodes written by Ian Smith
#1 - Episode 481
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 65
Heather admits the truth of the drugs allegations, but denies helping Marie escape. Joan says goodbye to Shane and decides to stay at Wentworth. Alice sprains her ankle, and Dot takes her place on the dance team. Heather accuses Joan of setting her up. The brake line on Ann's car is cut. Reb turns a blind eye to Lou and Frances bullying Diedre, and even joins in. Dennis tells Heather he is going back to England. Dot collapses with only ninety minutes to go. Angel overhears Phil and Meg discussing a date and calls in an acquaintance to rape Meg. The women break the record and have a half hour to go to win the sponsor's money. An anonymous caller phones the prison and tells Ann he has planted a bomb.
#2 - Episode 561
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 56
Jenny begins the fight to prove her Uncle murdered her Grandmother. Ann accepts the head of Department post, announcing Meg will be the new Governor, much to Joan's anxiety. But the posts for both the women are short lived. The missing gun causes more havoc, until Daphne discovers the culprit. Merv smuggles things in for Lexie, who it seems is planning to escape.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Episode 449
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 33
Cass gives Phyllis, Frances and Alice a taste of their own medicine, whilst Pixie is relieved when the police drop the charges against her.
#6 - 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.
#7 - Episode 499
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 83
Lowe is killed in the attempt to kill Ann and Meg, being crushed under falling bits of debris in the building, leaving Ann and Meg worried about what happened. The 'trial' for Sarah is to begin, with Pixie representing her, and Reb representing the rest of the women. As the women try to escape from the building, rats begins to scavenge everywhere, shocking both Ann and Meg. Another money making scheme is conjured up by Marlene and Bobbie...cockroach racing. Sarah is found dead in her bed by Pixie, leaving Myra red faced that someone went against her judgement. After getting burnt in the kitchen Marlene is rushed to the infirmary, and catches a glimpse of one of the new prisoners, a young man.
#8 - Episode 406
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 80
Minnie arrives at the shower block to help Cass, but Cass overpowers Joan, Phyllis and the heavies alone. Minnie warns Joan not to report the incident to Ann or she'll tell her she saw her hitting Cass. Wally and Alice fight and he tells her he has complained about her to the department. Judy suggests Minnie take over as Top Dog, with Cass as her muscle. Meg runs into Randi at a restaurant and she vows revenge on her. Lizzie gets out for the day to visit Arthur and his family but she is depressed when she returns, saying she doesn't fit in. Sonia gets Bobbie to tape Joan and pays her with some of the home brew. Bobbie drinks so much she is violently ill. Minnie marches to the rec room with the rest of the booze and forces Sonia to drink all of it herself.
#9 - Episode 630
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 42
Marty and his two new fellow trainees - Rodney Adams and Delia Stout - discover the highs and lows of working at Wentworth. The women plot to make the Freak pay for reading Nancy's diary and carry out a cunning plan to humiliate her - one that involves a bomb planted in the prison garden and an escape attempt...
#10 - Episode 394
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 68
When Hazel disappears, Judy suspects there is something terribly wrong with her. Rosemary finds herself in serious trouble with the law, while Sonia Stevens' true nature is revealed to the inmates.
#11 - Episode 463
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 47
Marlene tells Marie all she knows about Heather, to save herself from a beating. Nicky the dog is okay. Tracey Morris arrives unannounced to visit Meg. Marlene tries to befriend a hostile Bobbie. Heather stands up to Joan. Kay suffers terrible withdrawal symptoms. Reb agrees to deal drugs for Marie. Ann is put on six weeks' notice and will get the sack if anything else goes wrong. Judy is threaened by Marie when she objects to her drug dealing. New prisoner Edna Pearson arrives, charged with trying to kill her husband and protesting her innocence. Meg learns Tracey and her boyfriend, Mark, have robbed a TAB and they take her hostage. Marie threatens to get Heather's family unless she brings drugs in for her. Mark knocks Meg out with his gun when she tries to escape. Joan tells Marie she can carry on with the drug racket, if she agrees to help her get rid of Ann Reynolds.
#12 - 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.
#13 - Episode 424
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 8
When the women humiliate Joan, she intends to get her revenge. Colleen can't cope with blackmail, and there's a nasty blow in store for the Major.
#14 - Episode 479
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 63
Doris Cruickshank wants Dennis back. Marie is recaptured but sent straight to Blackmoor. Angel causes more trouble between Myra and Judy. Joan plans to move away with her father. Reb and Diedre are brought to Wentworth - Reb refuses to see her mother. Ann gets another threatening letter and calls in the police. Angel sets off the fire alarm and drives a wedge between Marlene and Dot. She also tells Joan that if she comes near her again she'll say she tried to molest her. A mad PR woman, Barbara Krantz, arrives to handle the dance marathon. Ann gets a round-the-clock guard. Phil tells Bobbie she has a little sister and her father wants to see her. Special guest athlete Cliff Young arrives to support the marathon attempt. Dennis is suspended for breaking the strike. Joan threatens Reb again. Ann finds another threatening letter on her mantelpiece despite the police guard on her flat.
#15 - Episode 412
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 86
Pixie and David find Joan hanging in the shower block and he cuts her down. Minnie hustles the women to the rec room to arrange alibis for them all. Ann tells the women Joan is not dead; however Mary Adler is missing. Lizzie thinks David helped her escape. Joan discharges herself from hospital. Randi slips her diamond necklace into Meg's pocket and accuses her of stealing it. However, Pixie saw the incident and pinched it out of Meg's pocket. Meg thinks Randi is trying to get back at her for what happened with Marty. Judy is sentenced to five years. David tells Sonia he could help free her. Pixie is knocked out and the necklace stolen. Ann finds a lump in her breast. Joan goes to pay off the blackmailer, but finds him dead.
#16 - Episode 487
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 71
The police guard on Ann's flat has been horribly murdered in the break-in attempt. Lou and Reb plot to steal Marlene's money she makes from the book she is running. Angel vows revenge on the women for shaving her head. Reb begins to try and con everyone into thinking she's a reformed character. Neville starts work as Stan's assistant. Kerryn gets to see her husband, Lyle, but won't tell him why she stole the money. The police question the women about the hate campaign against Ann. Lou overhears Ann and Meg discussing the death threats and tells Reb. Neville blackmails Bobbie into having sex with him or he will tell Ann about her dope plants. Reb makes a ransom note demanding $50,000 or Ann will be killed.
#17 - Episode 433
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 17
As the snake slithers around the prison, Sonia insists she heard something in her cell in the night. Later, both Helen and Meg are bitten by the snake; Helen has to be rushed to hospital. Bobbie retrieves the snake's body, and Sonia loses the plot after being locked in her cell with it over night. The women bid an emotional farewell to Stan as he retires. Myra gets out of Solitary and is reunited with old friend Judy. Back home, Alan struggles to convince Kay of their father's true nature. Reb plots her escape during the Glee Club trip with the aid of an associate, Kevin, and is visited by her old friend Sarah Webster, who Reb left a case of some kind with. Meanwhile, Reb has to fend off Phyllis' nosey questions into her escape plans. Rick's enemies plant a bomb under his car; by a cruel twist of fate, Patrick Powell borrows the car to run Jennifer and Robert to school. Rick gets a last minute tip-off, but the bomb goes off in front of a horrified Colleen and Rick.
#18 - Episode 515
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 10
Matt and Marlene share a small kiss as he tries to comfort her after the shooting. Jan's alcohol addiction is becoming clear. Myra returns from hospital, putting a stop to Lou's rackets. Myra and Geoff take the ultimate step in sealing their love for each other.
#19 - Episode 323
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 4 - Episode 77
Tony tells Maxine he isn't interested in her in a romantic way. Meg realises Joan has sabotaged Bea's job application, which Joan admits to the Governor at a staff meeting, and later to Bea as well. Joan steals papers from Erica's office and plants them in Barbara's cell, which Colleen finds. Bea is suspicious Joan took so much trouble to frame Barbara and wants to know what she has on her. On the night shift, Joan lurks about causing trouble. She threatens Barbara and ends up performing a body search on Paddy to get a note slipped to her by Andy Hudson's sister. Margo and Chrissie plan to attack the Freak. After the incident with Joan, Paddy agrees to take part. They black out the lights on the solitary staircase and get Mouse to lure Joan there, where she is attacked by five baseball-bat-wielding women wearing masks.
#20 - Episode 577
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 72
Eve begins to show another side of herself after a flashback with Robin. The prisoners question the integrity and authority of the council after a series of incidents involving Joan, Lou and Lexie. Reb Kean makes her return to Wentworth, with a rather different transformation of her former personality...leaving everyone suspicious. A culprit destroys Lexie's clothing designs.
#21 - 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.
#22 - Episode 284
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 4 - Episode 38
Doreen decides to hide the spirits in the fire extinguishers. Lizzie's plans for Susie's farewell are scuppered by Colleen.
#23 - Episode 400
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 74
Judy leaves Betty to find Hazel's body. A reporter has written to Pixie for a story, using an assumed name. Joan tells Ann that Bea is planning a riot and wants her transferred. Judy throws Betty out when she accuses her of killing Hazel. Joan puts Bea in solitary for punching Phyllis. Rosemary sees an old friend's name among the men who replied to Pixie. Joan provokes Bea into attacking her in solitary. She worsens her injuries before reporting it to Ann. Judy hears there is to be an autopsy on Hazel's body and decides to give herself up. Joan takes Bea to her cell and tells her she is being transferred to Barnhurst. She escorts her past a distraught Lizzie, refusing to let Bea say goodbye. Joan is triumphant, declaring she has finally won. The police come to Driscoll to arrest Judy.
#24 - Episode 418
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 2
Judy, Pixie and Minnie visit Lizzie in hospital and say a tearful final goodbye to their friend as she prepares for her new life with her family. Back at the prison, Joan demands action from Colleen after the supposed attack by Minnie. A cell search turns up the keys in her cell; when she returns from visiting Lizzie, she is sent to Solitary, but denies the attack. Colleen and Meg don't believe Minnie did it either. Cass is allowed to take Minnie's meal to her in the pound, but Joan has poisoned it, and Minnie is violently ill during the night. Meg takes Pixie to a mall for a work release job interview; she wanders away and, while Meg is frantic, Pixie lands herself a job in a bridal boutique. Ann awakens from surgery to discover she has had a mastectomy. Bobbie gives Cass a mouse as a pet. Sonia enlists Phyllis to help find out who put the glass in her hand cream. Scott quits his job at the prison so he and Petra can start a new life.
#25 - Episode 460
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 44
The end of the fete spells disaster for some of Wentworth's inmates.
#26 - Episode 514
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 9
New prisoner Janice Grant is brought to Wentworth on a charge of Drink driving. Reconciling for Bobbie's sake, Lexie and Marlene begin to get closer as good friends. Former Barnhurst prisoner Ettie Parslow joins the women and can be seen as a definite crazy type, thinking it's still WW1. A sniper moves in on the prison, shooting down Joyce and Lexie in the attempt to mowe down Geoff and Matt.
#27 - Episode 520
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 15
As Ettie hears the news of her wrongful imprisonment, Jan tells her she could get close to half a million dollars on release. Sam is threatened by Ann that she must seek psychiatric help, but refuses, as she doesn't want to leave Judy. In an ultimate tact to kill Myra, Lou wires her doorknob with electricity, but the plan is ruined, and someone else cops Myra's fate...
#28 - Episode 375
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 49
A hostage situation develops at the Colsens' after Des' murder. Carol threatens to kill both herself and Jilly, and it is only Joan's quick actions that save the girl. When Joan doesn't turn up for work, Meg arrives to check on her, discovers what is going on, and calls the police. Carol arrives in Wentworth on remand. Bea is furious over Maggie's lies; Lizzie admits she knew she was guilty. Maggie learns she is to be extradited, but to her horror the proviso is she must serve her entire sentence in a US jail. Brandy freaks out in the shower, and reverts back to the same persona Meg met at the Library. Meg realises that's where she knows her from, but when she confronts her, Brandy returns to normal and denies it all. At Driscoll, Litza and Mikki argue. Judy doesn't think Mikki can help anyone else until she sorts her own life out. Wally goes to see Manoli, and manages to reconcile him with Litza.
#29 - Episode 531
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 26
Joan is discovered by Meg and Dennis after being attacked, leading to rumours spreading amongst the women that the Freak is dead. They soon realise their mistake, but Joan has started suffering mental blackouts as a result of her injuries. Lexie feels guilty about her part in the attack. Anita seeks absolution, but all she gets from the priest are stern words and an order to keep away from Joe. Marlene is still struggling to lose weight in time for the wedding, despite the best efforts of Mervin and the girls.
#30 - Episode 692
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 104
Rita carries out the robbery but is recaptured and brought back to Wentworth in a bad way. Joan goes to pick up the cash but chickens out. Alice gets Tom to bring in his motorbike for Rita to ride in the grounds as a birthday treat. Ann is told her reforms have been accepted and Dwyer sacked. Rita announces she's standing down as Top Dog and wants Kath to take over. Harry is transferred to Barnhurst. Joan arrives at work next day to hear Rita died during the night. She finally picks up the stolen loot, but the cops are waiting for her and she arrives in Wentworth on remand overnight and is put in Solitary. Joan starts cracking up and is horrified when her meal is brought in by a very much alive Rita. She is taken away to another prison next morning as the women whoop and holler. Rita tells Alice she's ""going to be the oldest biker in the world"".
#31 - Episode 365
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 39
The new Governor's arrival has everyone in a spin. Ann's comments make Meg and Colleen realise they never had any chance of getting the job. Ann annoys her staff by adhering to Ted Douglas' assertion that she must ""put the Department first"", and obsessing over pointless paperwork. Joan cons an old friend of Debbie Smith into giving her letters from Debbie. Lizzie grows increasingly worried about Bea, who asks if she heard voices in the night. Denise Tyler is admitted for Gary's murder and Judy is worried how the women will react to her. She goes to see Bea in a stupidly misguided attempt to get her to look after Denise; Bea promptly bashes Denise, she lags, and Bea lands in Solitary. Meanwhile, Russell leaves Judy doubting Denise's guilt. Before going back home, Major Ferguson leaves a box at the front gate for Joan with a Rottweiler puppy inside.
#32 - Episode 384
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 58
Dennis holds a terrified Meg at knifepoint, her police guards dead outside. She keeps calm, impersonates his mother, and talks her way out of trouble. The police burst in and arrest Dennis. The deprogramming gets underway at Driscoll with the deprogrammer, Colin Burton, shouting at Sharon, while she wibbles in a corner. Alpha Centauri calls Helen, who threatens to expose him as a shyster. Wally takes Ann out to dinner to stop her visiting Driscoll. After much screaming, Mrs Collins calls the cops. An upset Helen bursts into the attic to stop proceedings, and Sharon responds by sinking a knife into Colin Burton. The women send Pixie on various wild goose chases to find out the identity of her secret admirer (Wally, Dr Weissman, a delivery driver). They eventually tell her the truth and she thinks it's a hoot. Bea proposes that Petra, a qualified teacher, hold lessons for the girls.
#33 - Episode 389
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 63
Maxine and Lucy escape, but Maxine is not welcome with her family. Bea takes on the department for negligence. And Petra tells Scott her true feelings.
#34 - Episode 453
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 6 - Episode 37
Rick and Rachel become close friends. Meg confronts Jonathan about Ann. Hannah engineers her own assault to stop herself being deported.
#35 - Episode 569
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 64
And then there were two...only Cindy and Nikki remain of the four delinquints after Lisa is scared enough by Lou to want to leave and Jo is sent to Winlatham after being caught in a robbery. But problems still remain with the two other girls. Ben and Pippa's first date turns from sweet to sour. Bullock again intimidates Ann, only she now may have the upper hand after more dual invoices are discovered.
#36 - Episode 600
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 12
Lou starts a full-scale riot in the prison, taking Joan, Mervin and Steve hostage and tying up Rita and her cronies in the dining room. Eve faces a kangaroo court and is hanged as punishment, as Lou finally gets revenge on the Phantom Lagger. As Bob tries to regain control of his prison, Lou forces Joan and Rita into a fight to the death...
#37 - Episode 664
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 76
The women decide to place a ban on the Wentworth shop and Joan starts scheming to have it lifted. Meanwhile, she finally achieves her ambition when she has Rita set up and transferred to Blackmoor.
#38 - Episode 360
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 34
Bea waits til Doreen goes to work, then uses the key to get into the flat. Doreen is delighted that Bea is there, she talks her into staying the night and they reminisce and catch-up. Next day, Doreen's flatmate returns early from a trip, so they pretend Bea is holding Dor hostage. Bea ties them up and flees, but Debbie gets to a window and alerts the cops, who recapture her. A tearful Doreen watches Bea being taken away. Maxine cons Lizzie into getting Meg to post the drug order. A minister called John Barker offers his services to the jail but he's an imposter with Nola's drug supply hidden in his fake bible. Joan twigs and bullies Nola into taking over as Top Dog, so she starts a demo in the dining room. Ted Douglas is summoned and meets with Nola, before furiously ordering Erica to her office… Meanwhile, Judy gets him to agree to the tattoo programme and let Alan back in to see Lainie.
#39 - Episode 585
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 80
After the downfall of the council, Nora is hesiant about stepping down as Top dog because of Lou's ambitions to claim the position. Reb finds out the truth about her sessions with Dr. Weissman and lashes out at Nora and the other women in anger, exposing part of her former self. Wentworth is in for some new inmates.
#40 - Episode 593
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 5
Joan takes great pleasure in destroying Rita's leather jacket in front of her. Lexie is sent to coventry by the other inmates, as Lou plots to have her killed as punishment for lagging. Ettie turns up unexpectedly with a proposition for Ann.
#41 - Episode 647
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 59
The heat wave continues to leave the women of Wentworth sweltering, as Rodney offers to go and help fight the bush fires and goads Marty into going too, despite Meg's urges for him not to. Meanwhile, the prisoners make food for the volunteers. Nancy grows concerned Peter is beating Danielle up. Dan has some bad news for Ann and the Pringles have similarly bad news for Joan. Lexie goes into labour... and panic follows.
#42 - Episode 655
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 67
Rodney calls the police and turns Kath in, but he is overheard doing so by Joan. When Kath is brought back, her taunts cause Rodney to hit her. Lorelei resorts to drastic measures when she loses Zoe to the Hoskings. Alice becomes terrified at the news that the dentist is coming. Joan and Joyce get high on laughing gas in the staff room by accident.
#44 - Episode 268
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 4 - Episode 22
Ian tells Janet he's not pressing her, while Judy is baffled by an apparent alliance between Bea and Marie.
#45 - Episode 308
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 4 - Episode 62
Margo is eventually tracked down to one of her old haunts, and upon her return, a surprise inmate makes her smile. Chrissie talks to Neil about her childhood, and Spud tries to blackmail Maxine into helping him pull a job before she goes to court.
#46 - Episode 351
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 5 - Episode 25
Bea realises that Nola and Maxine are working with Joan, and tearfully bashes Maxie to teach her a lesson. Lizzie is horrified, although Maxie forgives Bea and tells her she deserved it. Nevertheless, the women are turning against Bea. Jill is sent to Solitary for having contraband, and Joan is suspicious when Ted Douglas comes to visit her and is smuggled into Solitary. She calls the court and discovers they have no record of Jill Clark. Jill tells Douglas that Joan is bent, but he doesn't believe her. Colleen is torn between continuing to see Chris and doing the right thing. Joan sees them together and tells Janice, who slaps Colleen. Colleen lets her off, and angrily confronts a smug Joan. At Driscoll, Faye tells Judy that Glynis agreed to bring Billy up as her own, since Faye had him as a teenager. Meanwhile, Lindy is freaked when she thinks someone followed her home.
#47 - Episode 537
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 7 - Episode 32
Five transfers from Barnhurst join H Block. Triple murderer Nora Flynn, cat burglar May Collins, her 'horse trader' accomplice Willie Beecham, manic depressant and juvenile burglar Daphne Graham and the shy, but seemingly smart Julie ""Chook"" Egbert. Lou tries to convince the other girls to vote her in as Top Dog, but when they don't, she decides to get Alice and Kath to team up with her to get the prison running their way. The news of Bea's death hits the girls badly, especially Myra. Joyce's feelings for Mervin intensify, enough for her to decide to move out of her home. Ann becomes much stricter with prison regulations.
#48 - Episode 671
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 83
Rita attempts to lure Craven into a fight to the death, intent on avenging the attack on Lorelei. Merle makes the most of her new-found freedom and has a ball with her new pal Tommy.
#49 - Episode 687
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 99
Rita receives some devastating news from the doctor about her ill health. Kath finally manages to escape from her minders.
#50 - Episode 638
Prisoner: Cell Block H - Season 8 - Episode 50
Kath, Roach and Ida finally face their trials, where Kath is devastated at the outcome and her sentence. The inmates to go on the work experience scheme are picked, to Lexie's annoyance. Janet witholds Merle's pills in an attempt to control her, telling her Kath didn't want her to take them. Nancy tries to have Rita set up in an attempt to stop her getting to go on work release.