cant believe I am getting closer to the final episode..... :( when I started I thought it was going to take forever..and now I am like,,,, how did they go so fast.
I watched over 7 times from start to finish I’ve got to admit the episodes about the halfway house were kinda boring but there are some really good episodes and it’s very addictive. I wish they made some more of the old pcbh because the new wentworth isn’t the same. Love 💕 from London uk 🇬🇧 a pcbh fan. P.s I think Merle is a great actor
This episode is incredibly well written and beautifully acted out. The Adams and Spider scene is so chilling qnd the uproar of the women when they find out its Adams gave me chills it was sad, frightening and beautiful all at the same time.
omg that was a great episode!!!! tense!! hate spider but that was frightening poor girl knowing someone is coming to get u and nothing u can do to hide!!!!! brilliant!
41:44 Rodney crosses the line from being a mean annoying little creep to a bent scumbag screw. And the freak is even worse for putting him up to it in the first place!
Silly little Spider! All she had to do was fight back a bit, leave some scratch marks on Rodney's face and he would be hard-pressed to explain himself the next day. This was an absolutely fantastic episode; one of those which lingered in my mind after first watching it on Channel Five way back in 2000.
So many Actors/Actresses died very very young after starring in Prisoner Cell Block : H , it sort of makes you wonder if the studios, air con units etc may have made some of them sick, because lots died from brain tumours/ cancer etc . But maybe it's just coincidental, but a lot sure did die and very young too. Strange indeed
@12:47 Spider just told Lisa that Ferguson is blackmailing her with the information/letter she smuggled out. How in hell does Ferguson get away with that??? There were 3 Screws in the lunchroom that heard Spider and yet again The Freak gets away with it.
I am native American. great grandma died on the reservation. So I understand history and prejudice but The problem I have with MOST shows when they try to use it in a story line is that there is not much other story. They focus so much on race that the story is only about it with side situations mixed in. frustrated that people cant learn to accept others for humans. which means don't judge them for race but also don't yell every time things don't go your way that its because of race.
Thank God for a sensible analysis; All anyone need ask is "what colour is the human soul?". On all sides there are those with axes to grind and situations to further, and people really could just get along without agitation or guilt-triggering of any kind, just being PEOPLE. Blaming any one set of people for 'all the wrongs' is the most grievous mistake. The Nazis of WW2 tried that one by using the Jews as scapegoats, and it did not end too well.
@@rpatricknabors I never said it did. My point is, if they were at university together they would be of a similar age. So are the characters supposed to be the same age, despite the 15 years difference in the actors age.
When I was studying at 18 years old, I had a gentleman in my class that 82 years old who wanted to study after his wife passed away. He passed with flying colours and got top honours.
That wee background character that Rodney was screaming at, she's been in the show forever, since way back in Bea and Chrissie's day. Jenny I think her name is? Don't think she's ever spoke.
Merle doesn’t belong in Wentworth. She should be in a house with two other people like her and a professional carer. Merle could have her own room with her superhero posters on the wall.
Apparently the actress Nikki Paul who originally played Lisa was struck down with glandular fever so they cast Terrie Waddell to play the role at pretty short notice I gather, she wasn't a blonde so they wrote it into the script that she dyed her hair in her cell (even though hair colouring was suppose to be forbidden in Wentworth)
Taya Stratton, I just love watching her play 'Spider'', she is definately one of the most entertaining characters in ttheese episodes. Merle jumping in to protect Kath every time one of the women went for her, I found a little repetitive and tedious. Kath and Lurch are just NOT Top Dog material.
0:00 Under Surface Rolf Kuhn 2:35 Strange Punctuation 3 Robert Farnon 6:31 Strange Punctuation 4 Robert Farnon 11:19 Grassless Grave Robert Farnon 12:33 Crescendo & Diminuendo 2 John Cameron 12:52 Awesome James Clarke 14:10 The Creeps James Clarke 17:33 Evil Influence Robert Farnon 19:46 Climax 3 Rolf Kuhn 20:52 Under Surface Rolf Kuhn 26:12 Badlands 5 sting John Cameron 28:21 Badlands 2 sting John Cameron 30:22 Supernatural Robert Farnon 32:45 Strange Punctuation 7 Robert Farnon 34:45 Single piano note hard to identify: is it James Clarke? 38:44 Take Communications 2 Rolf Kuhn 39:20 Twisted Feeling Rolf Kuhn 41:07 Take Communications 1 Rolf Kuhn
And just like that, Anakin Rodney Skywalker-Adams becomes Darth Vader, lol. Very sinister looking there at the end, so much so he makes The Freak seem like Princess Leia. 29th December 2023.
I think I was more thinking that something in the fabric of the studios made some sick as opposed to the air con . I was reading something about them knocking the studios down recently, but it is apparently a real health hazard as so much asbestos is inside the fabric of the building. Basically, that's what I meant and it was just a theory that came to mind that's all my friend. Regards Luca.
This is one episode that I have a hard time getting through, because of Spiders bashing. I know she's an evil little bitch, but her bashing crosses the line for me. When I was little, I was at a friends house playing. The dad came home drunk, and beat the mother so violently. We hid in a closet while he beat her for nearly two hours, until he finally passed out drunk and exhausted. That is a memory I would rather not have nor ever see again, for the rest of my days. That's why this episode bothers me. The same with Lori's rape & Rita's bashing.
Sorry you had to go through that and even sorrier for your friend. It would have been a regular occurrence for her, I have no doubt. People think that kids forget things, but they certainly don't. Quite the opposite in fact.
The episodes have been getting shorter and shorter since episode 1. I think it must be the fact that the commercial ads were getting longer and longer over time.
+laurajames723 I miss all the old cast. This was a good era for prisoner but if you ask me, you can't beat the earlier days of Bea. The freak in her earlier days were unbeatable to. She becomes tedious by this point but still offered a lot more that Meg for instance!!!
It's a pity Vera didn't come back as another character like so many of the other actors and actresses did. She could have played someone with long hair.
The writers behind this episode deserved an Emmy. A very well written and acted episode.
Or a Logie, an award that actually means something.
cant believe I am getting closer to the final episode..... :( when I started I thought it was going to take forever..and now I am like,,,, how did they go so fast.
Always wish they made more when I reach end.
I watched over 7 times from start to finish I’ve got to admit the episodes about the halfway house were kinda boring but there are some really good episodes and it’s very addictive. I wish they made some more of the old pcbh because the new wentworth isn’t the same. Love 💕 from London uk 🇬🇧 a pcbh fan. P.s I think Merle is a great actor
I genuinely can’t remember these last few episodes
I’ve watched it twice already first time wen it was first aired in UK
What a fantastic actress Taya Stratton was. Tragic such a talent died so young
It is very sad. So long ago now.
By suicide. How dreadfully sad . Such a waste
This episode is incredibly well written and beautifully acted out. The Adams and Spider scene is so chilling qnd the uproar of the women when they find out its Adams gave me chills it was sad, frightening and beautiful all at the same time.
Love Merle's character. She's so funny.
He's graduated to the Freak's level, that beating was as savage and severe as the one Joan gave Chrissie Latham earlier in the series.
worse too in that The Freak beat Chrissie out of anger not because she thought it would help her career!
Vicki High yes that's true!
the only thing I saw wrong with it was that he didn't stomp on her head as he left..she has been nothing but scum from the beginning
No were near. Kicking Kicking Kicking is more savage and Chrissie had it 10 times worse
Whoever is dressing Justine Saunders (Pamela Madigan) is doing an excellent job, the style and colours are just right for her.
We got it the first time
She wore the same outfit for like five episodes straight
I agree. The colours and styles are just right.
Meg had a break from these episodes, she went on her holiday
Joan can't be the Governor of Wentworth, So, she wants to be the Boss of the Wentworth Crime Syndicate LOL
Nola McKenzie.....now there was a villain
Oh yeah, she was awesome was nola.
RIP van wrinkles!
I LOVED Nola. She was my favorite villain
A bit random? She's been gone for 300 plus episodes.
Agreed.
Merle is cracking me up! Her reaction every time she see's Sarah is hilarious!! 😂😄
2nd only to the ghost of Craven lol
Not really...it's totally racist
@CamilleBenjamin-j5h😂😂😂😂 foolish
19:02 - smoking on your bed is a chargeable offense? I think this is the first time they've mentioned it on the show.....
True. Everyone who is a smoker does it in bed.
Myra Desmond, Birdsworth & Bea Smith would have got life sentences they smoked so much, especially Desmond!
Wow what a GREAT final scene. Absolute classic prisoner. So tense and cinematic.
Preferred it when Lisa couldn't talk. It's a shame they didn't do that storyline with Lexi.
She sure knew sign language. She must have a parent or sibling or in real life a child who is hearing impared.
@@sheriheffner2098 Why so much attention on such a drab character anyway, all this screen time.
The original version, not the heavily edited ending! Nice!
Roddy-boy being the Freak's lapdog, the stupid little weed.
The banging is almost creepy, like some inmate death march or sumthin...
I can't believe what Merv is saying to Sarah at 22.40. but he does deserve the sarcasm back at him so funny
You've got to remember that Merv would be about 100 years old today if he was still alive.
Oh yes he does.
Anyone notice how Joan's hair is more slicked back in the Shed talking to Spider than it was a few minutes earlier in the Governor's Office?
omg that was a great episode!!!! tense!! hate spider but that was frightening poor girl knowing someone is coming to get u and nothing u can do to hide!!!!! brilliant!
41:44 Rodney crosses the line from being a mean annoying little creep to a bent scumbag screw. And the freak is even worse for putting him up to it in the first place!
Completely unrealistic that right after an escape, you are granted trustee status!I cant stand Maxwell...
Can’t stand Reyno for trusting the wrong people like This Freak and Kath.
Ann doesn't sound as convincing as Erica when she says she won't tolerate something
10;10 Sarah makes a face at Merle and she ran away screaming! ha ha superb
10:10 you mean dicktard
No wonder poor middle ran away!!! Lol!!!!, Them fukin, abbos, could scare the dead, she's googlet, ugly that one!!!!
Nola was a great villan loved it when bea give it right between the eyes.
Yep with a zip gunn no less
Katy Patterson yes. That was a great episode
Silly little Spider! All she had to do was fight back a bit, leave some scratch marks on Rodney's face and he would be hard-pressed to explain himself the next day. This was an absolutely fantastic episode; one of those which lingered in my mind after first watching it on Channel Five way back in 2000.
Shame we have Rodney right until the end. Shame Bob Moran couldn't stay instead !!!
Agree. I would have scratched the crap out of the bastard's face. Hate him.
"Gassing us all to death. That's her idea of a smokescreen?"
Rita's the best person for the job. Spidey is bloody mad. Ferguson is like a Bond villain They have really darkened Rodneys character
Only because there's a lack of selection
I had a hard time not believing Spider wasn't really as crazy in real life as her character was.
Man, what a dark episode... The acting is superb!! ❤
Don't you just hate Spider? What a horrible guttersnipe!
Prefer to see Vicky get a beating.
What a tense, shocking episode.
"How do you say: 'I hope all your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny door down'?"
We don't say that.
Pmsl at that 🤣🤣🤣 Don’t you just love Alice ( Lurch ) 😜
Wow I wasn't expecting that ending. I thought Rodney would just chicken out at the end.
Would loved to have seeing Lou and Spider together,Spider is a great character.
Agreed she’s brilliant. Such a despicable low life!
So many Actors/Actresses died very very young after starring in Prisoner Cell Block : H , it sort of makes you wonder if the studios, air con units etc may have made some of them sick, because lots died from brain tumours/ cancer etc . But maybe it's just coincidental, but a lot sure did die and very young too. Strange indeed
The actress who played Mum at the start is still alive at the age of 104. The actress who played Erica Davidson is still around at the age of 90.
Andy JS Yes, I found this an odd comment too. A few died younger than you would expect, but wouldn’t have said ‘so many’
And still alive are Elspeth Ballantyne at 84. Val Lehman at 80. Colette Mann at 73. Julia Blake at 87. To name just a few.
Probably all that smoking
Maxwell's trademark comment:
"Get Out!!"
Yeah that and "Leave me alone, damn you!"
Rodney's are "How was I supposed to know?" and "She's just a boong." What a snivelling wretch.
Pamela has some fab outfits!
Pop down to Ninette Trading for some of their ‘exclusive’ fashions. The credits say Justine Saunders is dressed by them
A quick reference of Nancy being mentioned.
@12:47
Spider just told Lisa that Ferguson is blackmailing her with the information/letter she smuggled out. How in hell does Ferguson get away with that??? There were 3 Screws in the lunchroom that heard Spider and yet again The Freak gets away with it.
I am native American. great grandma died on the reservation. So I understand history and prejudice but The problem I have with MOST shows when they try to use it in a story line is that there is not much other story. They focus so much on race that the story is only about it with side situations mixed in.
frustrated that people cant learn to accept others for humans. which means don't judge them for race but also don't yell every time things don't go your way that its because of race.
Thank God for a sensible analysis; All anyone need ask is "what colour is the human soul?". On all sides there are those with axes to grind and situations to further, and people really could just get along without agitation or guilt-triggering of any kind, just being PEOPLE. Blaming any one set of people for 'all the wrongs' is the most grievous mistake. The Nazis of WW2 tried that one by using the Jews as scapegoats, and it did not end too well.
Spider is such a little MINX
It's great seeing Rodney as the patsy of Maxwell and the Freak.
Rodney stops Lisa from bashing Spider but he bashes Spider at the end of the ep
Lol kath not listening too merle 😆
Spider reminds me of Merida from Brave
Seems odd that Pamela and Anne were supposed to be university friends, when the respective actors were 15 years difference in age.
Age doesn't mean anything with friends.
@@rpatricknabors I never said it did. My point is, if they were at university together they would be of a similar age. So are the characters supposed to be the same age, despite the 15 years difference in the actors age.
There are mature students in universities. My best mate at mine was 8 years older than me (and still is, obviously!)
When I was studying at 18 years old, I had a gentleman in my class that 82 years old who wanted to study after his wife passed away. He passed with flying colours and got top honours.
Ummm there are people that start uni in their 30s even 40s that was a dumb statement… I know a 50 yr old who just became a lawyer
Gosh that Sarah West is laying the 'chip on shoulder' act a bit thick
🙄🥱 I thought that too ……….
The blonde with glasses as the extra is about the only one, besides Meg whose been in it from start to finish...Yet, we don't even know her name! lol
Lorna has been in since episode 2, she's the older one with dark hair.
Tina Murray
She looks manly lol
That wee background character that Rodney was screaming at, she's been in the show forever, since way back in Bea and Chrissie's day. Jenny I think her name is? Don't think she's ever spoke.
Meryl is cleverer than people give her credit for i like meryl
That mute male screw is doing my head in
He seems to walk around shaking his head a lot in a negative fashion. Of course, generally around Joan.
Adams is so utterly spineless
It is weird to see Merle in a jacket that clearly looked like Judy wore.
Can't believe "Spider" committed suicide in real life.
Yes I read about that. Very sad. It was 10 years after this was filmed.
*Merl does more good around the place than all the girls put together!*
She's a super Shero!
Merle doesn’t belong in Wentworth. She should be in a house with two other people like her and a professional carer. Merle could have her own room with her superhero posters on the wall.
@@suzysixx9973 or meryl could have her own flat with support workers
Why did they change the Lisa actress? I must of missed it
Apparently the actress Nikki Paul who originally played Lisa was struck down with glandular fever so they cast Terrie Waddell to play the role at pretty short notice I gather, she wasn't a blonde so they wrote it into the script that she dyed her hair in her cell (even though hair colouring was suppose to be forbidden in Wentworth)
That's not a chip on Sarah's shoulder - it's a ruddy great LOG!
Nostrils don't come much bigger than on an abbo,!!!!!!!
Taya Stratton, I just love watching her play 'Spider'', she is definately one of the most entertaining characters in ttheese episodes. Merle jumping in to protect Kath every time one of the women went for her, I found a little repetitive and tedious. Kath and Lurch are just NOT Top Dog material.
I agree with all you said there. It's so sad that Taya (spider) killed herself. 😔
@@carleneboulden4386
That's SO sad.. 😪
@@jewelhaines8842 It is. One can't really find out much about her online. It just says she committed suicide in 1996 at 35. Very sad.
So sad 😔😪
0:00 Under Surface Rolf Kuhn
2:35 Strange Punctuation 3 Robert Farnon
6:31 Strange Punctuation 4 Robert Farnon
11:19 Grassless Grave Robert Farnon
12:33 Crescendo & Diminuendo 2 John Cameron
12:52 Awesome James Clarke
14:10 The Creeps James Clarke
17:33 Evil Influence Robert Farnon
19:46 Climax 3 Rolf Kuhn
20:52 Under Surface Rolf Kuhn
26:12 Badlands 5 sting John Cameron
28:21 Badlands 2 sting John Cameron
30:22 Supernatural Robert Farnon
32:45 Strange Punctuation 7 Robert Farnon
34:45 Single piano note hard to identify: is it James Clarke?
38:44 Take Communications 2 Rolf Kuhn
39:20 Twisted Feeling Rolf Kuhn
41:07 Take Communications 1 Rolf Kuhn
Omg go away
@@carolepworth2857 What are you complaining about? Some people are interested in knowing what music is used in the show.
Who are you and why are you weird?
@@karennicholls8532 Typical Karen 😒
And just like that, Anakin Rodney Skywalker-Adams becomes Darth Vader, lol. Very sinister looking there at the end, so much so he makes The Freak seem like Princess Leia.
29th December 2023.
Okay, did I miss something when I ask what the hell Ann is thinking when she promotes Kath over workshop??
Lol kath not listening too merle she's thinking about rodders bashing spider lol
Anne saying kath get you run shopjoan looking over at ksth and Rodney looking awkward lol
Rodney beat Spider to a PULP, just like Eve Wilder did to Ms Barry. She should have use the SKELETON KEY to get Rita in her cell.?????
I would have thought after all what Mervin has been through with his epilepsy he’d be the last person to make judgements about race!
What ???😂what does one have to do with the other
Joan got spider right were she wants her lol
Oh my the only place where they teach sign language to offend the screws 😂😂😂
Poor Spider ( Tanya R.I.P, always wondered why she took her own life at such a young age or any age!?? Bless you Tanya, hope you are at peace now)
Poor racist spider...she can go to hell! Not the actress but the character!
I think I was more thinking that something in the fabric of the studios made some sick as opposed to the air con . I was reading something about them knocking the studios down recently, but it is apparently a real health hazard as so much asbestos is inside the fabric of the building. Basically, that's what I meant and it was just a theory that came to mind that's all my friend. Regards Luca.
So the guards jump in only after Lisa attack’s Spider? And really Rodney? Your job is worth selling your soul to the Freak?
Why does the quality drop at the end? Is it because that scene is cut from the DVDs?
It might be to make it less visible to spider's bashing because most people hated it
Hahahha, red alert red alert!! It's the,abbo, she's escaped!!!!!! Hahaha loonys, brilliant!! So funny!!!!
Joan you can expect a visitor the night lol
Sarah's moving to Rita's cell? Thought she was already there.
Kblogg 777 😀
No they had her in Spiders at first.
Spider Simpson You could have defended yourself Just Using a Weapon to hit Roddy out cold? Or used your SKELETON KEY to allow Rita in??....
This is one episode that I have a hard time getting through, because of Spiders bashing. I know she's an evil little bitch, but her bashing crosses the line for me.
When I was little, I was at a friends house playing. The dad came home drunk, and beat the mother so violently. We hid in a closet while he beat her for nearly two hours, until he finally passed out drunk and exhausted. That is a memory I would rather not have nor ever see again, for the rest of my days.
That's why this episode bothers me. The same with Lori's rape & Rita's bashing.
Awful for a young kid to be in close proximity to. :-(
Sorry you had to go through that and even sorrier for your friend. It would have been a regular occurrence for her, I have no doubt. People think that kids forget things, but they certainly don't. Quite the opposite in fact.
Not for me...all racist need to be treated that way!
@@leighjohn6968 That includes Sarah West too.
Rodders walks in kath goes as if look lol
Mr Adams just crossed the shitline.not cool son not cool.
"Don`t cross the "shitline"",
this episode is very short, only 42 minutes?
The episodes have been getting shorter and shorter since episode 1. I think it must be the fact that the commercial ads were getting longer and longer over time.
Ksth maxwell my all time favourite 😍
Criminals walking around with matches and cigarette lighters. How stupid this is.
they used to be able to, but after setting fire to eachother it was stopped
The likes of Myra Desmond, Lizzie Birdsworth and Bea Smith never had a cigarette out of their mouths, what would they light up with?
Joan too spider your gonna be all alone the night lol 😅
Oh no I just looked up Taya Straton who played Spider, and sadly she committed suicide in 1996 :(
Rodney with his "I've never hit a woman". Seems to really get off on it. Perhaps because men are beyond him.
He gave Kath a smack for not fancying him so in my opinion I think he does get off on it I know this from personal experience 😔😔
@@charlottewebb2184 Yes. Me too. I left that bastard.
Merle being devastated was cute lol
Joan sneeky as if she didn't know kath rodders joan in office lol
UNBELIEVABLE! How could those women go with that treatment🤢😡.
Really getting the hots for Pamela, love her aboriginal bone structure!
Lol joan place like a graveyard lol 😆
Officer woman looking at shelves ridders looking in kath drawing eyes at him too say Delia need go somewhere
Oh I must be getting sick starting to like joan😂😂😂😂😂
Vicky is forever chewing on gum
wasn't that keen on Sarah west till the last part before she left
Think Rita's character is great and she has really bought a new lease of life to the show, but Kath is awesome !
I miss Vera!!!!
+Heather Eckermann Funny, I was thinking the same thing. Just wish they would show how she's faring at Barnhurst..
+laurajames723 I miss all the old cast. This was a good era for prisoner but if you ask me, you can't beat the earlier days of Bea. The freak in her earlier days were unbeatable to. She becomes tedious by this point but still offered a lot more that Meg for instance!!!
+laurajames723 than meg I meant not that. Lol.
It feels like a thousand episodes since Vera went!!!
It's a pity Vera didn't come back as another character like so many of the other actors and actresses did. She could have played someone with long hair.
Good kath shot at start 👌
Joan in office with spider and lisa and Joan thinking spider already told Lisa Joan need something else
Omg 😅 why didjoan not do the deed she normally does getting someone do her dirty work
lol with the fire thing.. They needed a bic lighter. Those ones are crappy