I must say, Chrissie Latham pulled the best con job of the series.....at least until Episodes 690-692, that is. Or as I call it, "Rita and the big "J" bomb"!
Love Meg's Character. She can be a softy at times, but she has shown on many occasions that she is no push over. Love the way she stood up to Joan, informing her she knows about the money she took off Doreen.
Carlene Boulden She outstayed her welcome by about 4 years. I hate people like her in soaps. Toad still still in Neighbours for example and I have no time for those who cling on. Plus she was boring as Hell and sickly with it😯
Carlene Boulden yea you get these tedious creeps in soap land. I would take great pleasure in sacking the dead wood. Much rather be in something for a short time and make a big impact than just hang around like the flu 😗
4th time around 4 me & still as fantastically enjoyable to watch as I remember it was 1st time around for me bac in the early 90,s. Thanks so much for uploading these episodes it makes for great late night evening viewing all over again just like it was back when I first started watching cell block h on TV back in the day.....
This is my 3rd time around and still enjoying it. I watched it when it came out back in the early 80s. There must be every Australian actor from that time playing a part
If the prisoners had any sense, they'd give up that cash to Davo, as it's got Ferguson's fingerprints on....she didn't wear her trademark gloves when passing it over...Could have saved me 391 more episodes I have to watch!
32:23 Look how REAL the shoe factory looks behind Doreen and her boss, and compare it to that "stupid OBVIOUS painting" that it is when the door opens from the inside of the Halfway House🤣🙄
21:03 Donna wanted her smack and she got it! Judy is just as good as Bea when it comes to dishing out tough love but I fear that dishing out slaps may not be part of her official duties.
It is a shame Meg is the only officer who has the sense to not give Ferguson her support. She's bad news through and though and if the rest woke up to reality and done the same then she would be on her own. Judy is banging her head against a brick wall trying to help Donna. She is a lot cause and hasn't the willpower to even properly try to come off the muck! Chrissie stood up well to the freak over the money, I was quite proud of her for once!
I agree with Meg's decision not to support Fergo. In reality she should step down as union rep. It's the union rep's job to support their members. No matter how despicable they are.
19:58 It's an amusing make-up job they do on the Joan Freakuson character--that dark, brownish shadowing around the eyes, to make her look like one of the undead, like Barnabas Collins, the vampire in the 1960s U.S. television serial Dark Shadows.
H&S rules were a lot different then. My Mum worked for a printing firm with a lot of noisy machinery and none of them wore ear defenders. She later became deaf and I'm certain now her job had something to do with it.
@@discoveryone 2 grand to Judy and a couple of bags of shopping. Susie’s gift must be around 7K.. The ungrateful bugger just stuffed it in the drawer. Lol 😂
Vee would never have tolerated Ferguson. While she looked down on the women she called ‘animals’, Vee hated violence and the rule book was what she lived by. Fletcher would never have accepted Ferguson as a lesbian, never mind her scams, bashings and deals
I think Chrissie was brilliant in this episode, especially getting the betting money off the Freak,I also thought it was hilarious that Davo, was happy for the women to boycott Powell over Alison Page striking her, but goes O.T.T with Ferguson
when meg is voting about Joan Ferguson - Joan Votes for herself at 25:40 - The staff failed to mention to Joan - that she doesn't get to vote coz the meeting is all bout her.. Lmfao😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@jamesmiller6441 yeah I was wondering about that too. Even Fletch was part of the union as well. I don't know how it is in Australia but in America, if you're in a supervisory position you can't be in a union.
Marzie Malfoy as much as i love this show it was full of mistakes one minute barnherst is low security and cant take murderers and so on yet they take bea margo and winter and cass think thats why they had to build blackmore
people that dont have much or money, they are the first to blab about a sum of money. go through it and spend it as fast as its handed over. i love bea and her cocky attitude
9:26 so AFTER Fergo had only just pulled the covers off crissie, the cover was VERY NEATLY covering crissie again, rather than looking like a scruffy cover she had just quickly pulled up over her 🤣
Bea just keeps smoking cigarette after cigarette. Looks to me like she's a two-pack-a-day smoker to me. And I agree with Chris C I like Meg Morris.This Coventry stuff with Joan won't last long. .
@@kathleenhager9937 Betty Bobbit smoked too. I saw her on a blooper show on here and she's pretending to get turned on by the male stripper. She's smoking cigarettes. And you can tell Elspeth smokes from her lips. They call them prune lips here.
Val Lehman was/is a chain smoker who, amongst her many demands during her time on the show, argued with producers about the brands of cigarettes they bought for the actresses on-screen as Lehman didn’t like those brands. So Lehman got a sponsorship in 1981 with Dunhill cigarettes for her and fellow chain smoker Sheila Florance (Lizzie) for more expensive free cigs as long as they stayed with the series
@@ecolin4906 I agree. I've made several comments to the effect that after Vera left ,and even somewhat before, the series seemed to be looking for a Direction. the Sandy Smith episodes kind of started to give it a little cohesion ,but then it started to unravel again.after Sandy's death Joan Ferguson brings it back somewhat but I still wish Vera was there.
I watch this jail series repeatedly - to escape! It's like going down a rabbit hole to a different dimension. I don't watch live tv. Synchronicity - the right actors all in the same place at the right time.
WHY the hell would you give your support to someone you know is what everyone is saying they are and so do you ? :-/ and why was she allowed to vote for herself
42:26 beas hair grew back pretty fast at the back or are we expected to believe a month has gone by already since the freak made her entrance 15 episodes ago??
@@stephenpovey-jones6520 She's sexy as hell! Even when she has a prison uniform on and less makeup when working in the reception area later on. Surprised good old Steve Fawkner managed to contain himself, damn! lol
Coming back to this, I had the great privilege of meeting Susan Guerin (Barbara) in person in August 2023. She's still absolutely gorgeous. We discussed her character and how she was my favourite. We had some good laughs! A delightful lady and great actor.
I do believe that Chrissie Latham pulled of the third best con jobs in the entire series. With Lizzie getting away with burning Sids house down, and screwing Gordon over after she gets off, being the second. And, Rita dropping her "BIG J" bomb throughout episodes 690-692 being the first & best con job of the series.
Susie should call that woman that she thought was her mum and ask her to come collect her and let her be adopted by her husband and herself.
Keep watching
Mr. Logan (to Barbara, in regards to Doreen) - "You mean she's a criminal?!"
….says a guy who just committed a criminal offence.
@James Mitchell 💯 well said 👏👏, you’ve gained a new subscriber James. ✌🏻🤝😉👍
Loved Chrissie in this episode, especially when she tricks The Freak into giving them the betting money back ..ta da
I must say, Chrissie Latham pulled the best con job of the series.....at least until Episodes 690-692, that is. Or as I call it, "Rita and the big "J" bomb"!
Love Meg's Character. She can be a softy at times, but she has shown on many occasions that she is no push over. Love the way she stood up to Joan, informing her she knows about the money she took off Doreen.
Yes meg is cool. Joan is a bad as but she certainly livens the show up lol.
JH JH why do you hate meg so much lol? :D
Carlene Boulden She outstayed her welcome by about 4 years. I hate people like her in soaps. Toad still still in Neighbours for example and I have no time for those who cling on.
Plus she was boring as Hell and sickly with it😯
JH JH oh I see lol. I don't watch neighbours so I don't know Toad.
Carlene Boulden yea you get these tedious creeps in soap land. I would take great pleasure in sacking the dead wood. Much rather be in something for a short time and make a big impact than just hang around like the flu 😗
Loved seeing Barbara Fields appear, Just made me think of the infamous diaries. Fantastic stories ahead!!!
Doreen's telling everyone with a pair of ears that she's got a lot of money stashed away you can just tell she's going to get conned.
yeh plus it is 3 episodes since she left wenworh, time for her to get back in there i think.
"Personally, I'd like to see you out of Wentworth right now". Way to go Meggie Pops!!!!
4th time around 4 me & still as fantastically enjoyable to watch as I remember it was 1st time around for me bac in the early 90,s. Thanks so much for uploading these episodes it makes for great late night evening viewing all over again just like it was back when I first started watching cell block h on TV back in the day.....
This is my 3rd time around and still enjoying it. I watched it when it came out back in the early 80s. There must be every Australian actor from that time playing a part
5:57 to 6:05 is how long Meg steeped her teabag. Nothing like drinking a cup of hot water.
Loving the attention to detail 😃
It's what's known as a juan dip tea bag (one dip) 🤣🤣 this is my 3rd binge watching pcbh n I've never noticed til I read your comment lol
It’s amazing how many cups of tea or coffee Meg Morris drinks in 692 episodes but you never hear her say she’s going to the toilet once
Doreen is just begging someone to take her $60,000.
She was mad telling the freak how much money she has. I'm surprised the freak didn't try to stalk and threaten her on the outside.
Typical Doreen running to Judy lagging and making little side remarks
I love Chrissie's double dealings in this episode!
9:06 ‼️THIS Cell doubles up as Erica's office🤣‼️
Well spotted , great eyes 👀 😉👏👏👍
Mr Logan pulls a fiddle worth ten grand and he gives Doreen the boot for being a crim!....Double standards, me thinks!!
She should be fired for making that stupid comment.
Does Meg never stop drinking coffee??!!
You're in for trouble with a Screw if you're pushing around that old wicker trolley.
When Bea finally accepted Chrissie
Love the bitchslap Jude gave Donna! She should have gave Suzy a good slap up as well!
And Doreen for being a pain in the neck for 3 years.
If the prisoners had any sense, they'd give up that cash to Davo, as it's got Ferguson's fingerprints on....she didn't wear her trademark gloves when passing it over...Could have saved me 391 more episodes I have to watch!
Possibly unintentional script error
True script writers didn't look close into this mistake
Then inspector Grace would read her rights then she'd be on remand at Wentworth, get transferred to Barnhurst then come back with the Barnhurst 8.
Tecknologie wasn’t what it is today back then was it……… 😜
32:23 Look how REAL the shoe factory looks behind Doreen and her boss, and compare it to that "stupid OBVIOUS painting" that it is when the door opens from the inside of the Halfway House🤣🙄
I couldn't even lay straight in bed....Chrissys face when she said that.
drongo Driscoll and dreary Donna...snore
As Colleen is deputy governor and as such considered management, why was she at the union meeting?
Because she's a bully
Good question. Maybe she's like a lead hand.
Jim also usually attended those meetings. He once said he had the right to do so as a union member.
21:03 Donna wanted her smack and she got it! Judy is just as good as Bea when it comes to dishing out tough love but I fear that dishing out slaps may not be part of her official duties.
I agree. Judy should not be slapping anyone!even if theyre a junky.
Yeah donna got a smack allright!lol
Donna needs to kick the smack, perhaps it’s a good kicking Donna needs?
Erica - always takes the wrong side.
+Madradin Erica and the department are not wrong - ever
That will be all
I like Bea's haircut
I think it makes her look masculine and her face look quite chubby
This takes me back. I had the biggest crush on Barbara Fields back in the day lol.
I’m a gay man, and actually thought to myself how gorgeous she is.
@@teralmiles I'm not gay and I definitely agree with you! She's got a nice figure.
doreens boss at the shoe factory looks like 1980s british inventor clive sinclair.
I actually like Chrissie's prison skirt..
love it that the fact they ignored ''ferguson'' lmao how angry she got hahaha
love how they keep changing the union rules one minute the deputy cant vote then they can
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It is a shame Meg is the only officer who has the sense to not give Ferguson her support. She's bad news through and though and if the rest woke up to reality and done the same then she would be on her own. Judy is banging her head against a brick wall trying to help Donna. She is a lot cause and hasn't the willpower to even properly try to come off the muck! Chrissie stood up well to the freak over the money, I was quite proud of her for once!
I agree with Meg's decision not to support Fergo. In reality she should step down as union rep. It's the union rep's job to support their members. No matter how despicable they are.
That factory looks like the carpet factory where Kay White worked.
Officer Ferguson... and her strap-on-baton
All the officers like a good hard baton.
😢😢😢😢😢
19:58 It's an amusing make-up job they do on the Joan Freakuson character--that dark, brownish shadowing around the eyes, to make her look like one of the undead, like Barnabas Collins, the vampire in the 1960s U.S. television serial Dark Shadows.
PrisoneroftheNight I grew up watching Dark Shadows! Quentin's Theme, he played on " AllMy Children" , for years. I love this show!
Joan Ferguson looks like Alice the housekeeper in the Brady bunch.
Yeah, she's like her evil twin sister 😂
Jude catching Donna shooting up-- great scene. Here we go again another business going belly-up that has to start cooking the books.
judys protecting her job, the ex prisoners and the halfway house, i totally agree with what she's doing, I'd do the same.
Can just imagine spraying lacquer on shoes all day in an enclosed area with no mask.
Alison Thomas The fumes might make Doreen giddy. But then again, how would we tell?
H&S rules were a lot different then. My Mum worked for a printing firm with a lot of noisy machinery and none of them wore ear defenders. She later became deaf and I'm certain now her job had something to do with it.
Recognize the Freak's AUTHORITAH!
Crissy rocks her Farrah Foreskin Flick Hair Doo.
Is Flick Hair Doo, another family member of Scooby and Scrappy Doo?
Haha as if someone sharing a room with Doreen could have a gun and not use it on Doreen
how is po face at the union meeting if she dep gov???
+Andrea Lee because even as deputy gov she had to be part of the union - it was close shop
no shes management the writers did say years later this was a error she shouldnt have voted never mind been at the meeting
35:18 Doreen has "sixty grand" stashed away in the bank from the sale of her mother's house? An episode or two it was "seventy grand"....
she spent a fair bit of it..a cheque to Judy,a present for Suzie,etc..
@@discoveryone 2 grand to Judy and a couple of bags of shopping. Susie’s gift must be around 7K.. The ungrateful bugger just stuffed it in the drawer. Lol 😂
Doreen got a bit peckish and spent $8,000 in McDonalds as they had a get 1 free offer on
Doreen should have minded her own business
If Vera and Fletch had stayed that bit longer, would either of them have agreed with The Freak's treatment of the women?
Fletch? No. Vera...perhaps.
@@daviddemarco8327 Vera probably wouldn’t she’s a rule follower.
No chance
Vee would never have tolerated Ferguson. While she looked down on the women she called ‘animals’, Vee hated violence and the rule book was what she lived by. Fletcher would never have accepted Ferguson as a lesbian, never mind her scams, bashings and deals
I think Chrissie was brilliant in this episode, especially getting the betting money off the Freak,I also thought it was hilarious that Davo, was happy for the women to boycott Powell over Alison Page striking her, but goes O.T.T with Ferguson
I thought Maria in the finishing room was hysterically funny and she'd picked some classic Aussie phases.
'phrases', my fellow Kiwi. :)
Gloria looks like Frida from ABBA.
You’re right , awesome catch 👏👏😉👍
@@Doctor.Kästien.Louis.Rosenberg I'm just imagining her putting lip gloss on and singing Super Trouper with Doreen.
Why aren't the druggies and gun toter expelled from the halfway house immediately ? They broke the rules.
@ 39:46 - Only Doreen is dumb enough to say “pull a swiftie” to her new boss. SMH.
Davo: It doesnt sound like Smith's style to try psychology warfare.
Me: What? Have you met Bea Smith? Coventry is her go-to!
Right lol with her 'let them sweat it out' aka where she'll do nothing in the long run.
The original ideal of being sent to coventry came from Rosyln Coulson, not Bea.
Crikey, Doreen had that job for all of five minutes ! At least it should make Suzie feel better, unless she's too stoned to notice of course !
when meg is voting about Joan Ferguson - Joan Votes for herself at 25:40 - The staff failed to mention to Joan - that she doesn't get to vote coz the meeting is all bout her.. Lmfao😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
even powell voted and she cant or even be in the meeting never mind talked
@@jamesmiller6441 yeah I was wondering about that too. Even Fletch was part of the union as well. I don't know how it is in Australia but in America, if you're in a supervisory position you can't be in a union.
Marzie Malfoy as much as i love this show it was full of mistakes one minute barnherst is low security and cant take murderers and so on yet they take bea margo and winter and cass think thats why they had to build blackmore
Joan was entitled to vote as the wording was general and her name wasn't specified.
Chief lagger, Burns....
She'd threaten to 'mash their face in' if someone else lagged and if Bea was there to do it for her.
Barbara with the 70's side burns
people that dont have much or money, they are the first to blab about a sum of money. go through it and spend it as fast as its handed over.
i love bea and her cocky attitude
Judy has a lot of activity going on at the halfway house, that police 🚨 woman ain't half bad with just a towel on 💥
I keep expecting Gloria to start singing ‘Super Trouper’ at any moment
Steve and collen have wool over her eyes
ONE MIN THE DEPUTY CANT GET INVOLVED WITH UNION STUFF OR VOTE NXT THEY CAN LOL
4:10 Chrissie and Bea sit down at the same time lol
Mouse seems to disappeared back into her hole since coming back two episodes ago
9:26 so AFTER Fergo had only just pulled the covers off crissie, the cover was VERY NEATLY covering crissie again, rather than looking like a scruffy cover she had just quickly pulled up over her 🤣
is the freak related to jay leno?
Why yes, yes she is!LOL
No she's Alice from BRADY Bunch Evil sister
Joan the snoop listening lol
*5:42* Val's making me want a cigarette real bad.
That white stripe on the yellow wallpaper in the halfway house almost looks like the map of Norway
Bea just keeps smoking cigarette after cigarette. Looks to me like she's a two-pack-a-day smoker to me. And I agree with Chris C I like Meg Morris.This Coventry stuff with Joan won't last long. .
Sheri451 that studio had to stink so bad from the smokies, did bear smoke in real life ? I know meg did lol and she didn’t smoke on screen lol ❤️
@@kathleenhager9937 Betty Bobbit smoked too. I saw her on a blooper show on here and she's pretending to get turned on by the male stripper. She's smoking cigarettes. And you can tell Elspeth smokes from her lips. They call them prune lips here.
Val Lehman was/is a chain smoker who, amongst her many demands during her time on the show, argued with producers about the brands of cigarettes they bought for the actresses on-screen as Lehman didn’t like those brands. So Lehman got a sponsorship in 1981 with Dunhill cigarettes for her and fellow chain smoker Sheila Florance (Lizzie) for more expensive free cigs as long as they stayed with the series
25:50 😅😅😅 How can ferguson raise her hand to vote herself in. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 PMSL
@SeeYouEnTee666 yeah but maybe Maggie Kirkpatrick just did it to be humourous for the laughs.
prisoner was going nowhere fast till joan ferguson arrived best charactor ever
Indeed. After Vera left the series was waddling in water. Marie Winter energized it for a time - but she's gone for now.
I hope Fergie stays until the end of the series
I agree. She's definitely everything I was hoping for😍
I don't think she is too clever but definitely adds some drama.
@@ecolin4906 I agree. I've made several comments to the effect that after Vera left ,and even somewhat before, the series seemed to be looking for a Direction. the Sandy Smith episodes kind of started to give it a little cohesion ,but then it started to unravel again.after Sandy's death Joan Ferguson brings it back somewhat but I still wish Vera was there.
Susie and Donna = waste of time. terrible storyline
I watch this jail series repeatedly - to escape! It's like going down a rabbit hole to a different dimension. I don't watch live tv. Synchronicity - the right actors all in the same place at the right time.
WHY the hell would you give your support to someone you know is what everyone is saying they are and so do you ? :-/ and why was she allowed to vote for herself
she was allowed to vote for herself because the union action didn't specify her by name. It was a general request for support.
Famous last words by Doreen, "I won't let you down".
what ever that factory manager decides they will blame doreen that blonde women ends up in wentworth if i remember
Doreen you fool lol I'm rich all the those noughts! She can't stop about her money 💰
😂👍
Why does meg and po face not question Joan's scam money
Love that line from Chrissie "ta-dah!",14:53 so English
I like the fact the character is able to keep some of her English colloquialisms as Chrissie was born in England just like Amanda muggleton herself 😊
Judy is supposed to be running a halfway house for druggies and she couldn't tell Suzy was high. Crazy!
It's a halfway house for ex-prisoners. Nothing to do with druggies.
Judy was probably too busy staring at Susie's tits to notice she was high.
Only 99 episode left before... :'(
Donna needs to be in a rehabilitation clinic
11:48......... Mistake! Prisoners moved out without clearing the table
They quite often did
42:26 beas hair grew back pretty fast at the back or are we expected to believe a month has gone by already since the freak made her entrance 15 episodes ago??
15 episodes is 7 and a half weeks or almost two months
That Barbara lass looks like Pixie.
John P Walters Too right mate.
It’s unreal she never gets a ‘well hi there, honey’ from Judy or the gloves treatment by Ferguson
Barbara Fields... so hot! What an absolute stunner. Thought so as a teenager, and 30 years later!
She is quite attractive.
@@stephenpovey-jones6520 She's sexy as hell! Even when she has a prison uniform on and less makeup when working in the reception area later on. Surprised good old Steve Fawkner managed to contain himself, damn! lol
It’s unbelievable Ferguson or Judy didn’t want to get to know the lovely Barbara better
@@Redsleather So true! The writers missed a sitter there.. lol
Coming back to this, I had the great privilege of meeting Susan Guerin (Barbara) in person in August 2023. She's still absolutely gorgeous. We discussed her character and how she was my favourite. We had some good laughs! A delightful lady and great actor.
Well we never saw that coming! Who would have guessed she was a cop? (hint.. we ALL did. lol)
I do believe that Chrissie Latham pulled of the third best con jobs in the entire series. With Lizzie getting away with burning Sids house down, and screwing Gordon over after she gets off, being the second. And, Rita dropping her "BIG J" bomb throughout episodes 690-692 being the first & best con job of the series.
Love ❤️ this episode the way they treat the freak.
Jude put door in with chair up go on Jude she was 2nd tough behind Bea
You really should use some pronunciation.
I am a big fan of The Freak "Fergusan"!!!
Rocket Science Me too
She plays the part well.
The office at the factory is identical to Davio’s office
Bea's hair aged her terribly
It makes her look more middle aged and overweight than ever
4:15. Latham and Smith sat down at the same time lol
Erica - such a terrible, terrible governor!
41:31 There are 2 Joan's and 2 Ericas in this scene👏🤣👏🤣
Doreen is not going to last with that money. Meg Morris is a bloody pain up the arse!!
Ahh nice of miss Davidson to Grace us with her presence.
Haha Bea saying women miss Ferguson has kindly Paid us too ignore her haha
Meg is pure saccharine. And that hair cut! Wot tha?
The man playing Doreen’s boss was the villain fedorin in the Patrick Troughton doctor who adventure the enemy of the world David nettheim