Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 159

[@chrismorgen6466]

I dont understand very much about computer stuff but i just want to thank whomever made these episodes posssible so great to reminisce so wonderful

[@Smonnie13]

This probably will never be seen, but this is such a sweet post. Thanks - you warmed my heart.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

I couldn't disagree more with the folks bashing Patsy King's acting (Davo) - I think she's fantastic!

[@lampshade8818]

endrightwinglunacy I disagree with you :)

[@mcguire202]

I like Erica Davidson - she was well suited for the part. Patsy King is an amazing actress. She was well suited for the role & she played her character well🙂. I believe that she's a really nice person, Has a great sense of humour & really down to earth🙂😉

[@Summer21.]

ERL I agree with you. Patsy King's acting is absolutely fine and she is definitely believable as Erica Davidson. 😃

[@christinerunyon037]

I love her so much! She has a grace Kelly way about her!

[@Smonnie13]

Very well!

[@MarzieMalfoy]

I just love the music they play when the inmates are getting up to something lol

[@sheriheffner2098]

Lizzie running a pub! 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣. She'd drink all the profits in about three days and it'd be closed.

[@charlottewebb582]

She wud drink the place dry doubt she wud make ANY profits 😂😂

[@apkitching387]

4:53 🤣 A very bad idea 😅 but I could definitely see Lizzie sinking a few at Young & Jackson's on Flinders and other iconic Melbourne hotels. 👍🍺🥃😅😉

[@jencavacas4625]

Didn’t know about Prisoner until after I had watched Wentworth about 10 times through. Now I am on my second time through Prisoner and I love it! Watching from the USA 😊

[@Smonnie13]

I'm similar to you but on my first Prisoner run-through.

[@davidritchie3801]

I like the way Lizzie says 'escape', she pronounces it 'ex-cape' also she says 'fill-um' for 'film'. Great!!

[@apkitching387]

Some of Lizzie's malappropriation's are the stuff of legend in Prisoner. 😂😊

[@jamieoliver3587]

​@@apkitching387 The malapropism (the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one) of "malappropriation" (Misuse or misallocation of resources) is hilarious!

[@elainegoad9777]

why didn't Davo insist Vera get mental health or AA addiction help as a requirement for continued employment ?

[@charlottewebb582]

Vera seems to have forgot she has spent the last few episodes drinking and being a pain yet she still back stabs All the staff

[@AlexS-bi7of]

Yeah, it makes her feel better having the prisoners to look down on whilst they're looking up to Jackie and helps that she knows Erica in the right position who didn't sack her for being pissed at work.

[@charlottewebb582]

Jackie:There's something wrong with ur vowels Lizzie :there's nothing wrong with mine 😂😂😅🤣😂🤣

[@speedy692]

Yeah. Lizzie's vowels are regular.

[@andrewparker8806]

The actress who portrayed Jacki/ Sara was quite striking & a very good looking lady.

[@rosiew1952]

I agree , she was a beautiful lady

[@sb6678]

Just wait until she returns as a different character, you won’t be saying that then

[@DavidScott-hj7fo]

@@sb6678 when dose she return watched every season 3 times over don't remember her coming back though l know they recycle charters yes she was very pretty

[@gazwilliams25]

She was beautiful as Jacki/Sarah but when she comes back as Sister Selby, she looks very different.

[@racinggal33]

Fletch looks more upset over losing Jackie than his family! He is so cold-hearted.

[@frankbrodie5168]

To be fair Jackie is somewhat prettier than his harridan of a wife Leila was.

[@Celestria277]

He was in a state of shock when his family died. And I don't think he's fully processed what happened either

[@charlottewebb582]

Everyone deals with grief differently so that's a bit unfair and he has taken a long time (a few episodes) to even go out dating he put his grief into his work that's y he was always at wentworth 😊

[@baronmeduse]

@@frankbrodie5168 Somewhat? She's a stunner.

[@bernadettelamb5990]

Jim rarely ever spent time with his family prior to their death

[@Kblog777]

11:54 Lol at the screw trying not to laugh when Lizzy says memoir.

[@prisonerofthenight3575]

4:00-5:00: Doreen and Lizzie could run a laundromat together--but they'd need Bea there to operate the steam press.

[@rosslamb6643]

Doreen saying she will set up her own business haha

[@speedy692]

Maybe a sweet shop?

[@jokergrin090]

Or a teddy bear shop

[@sandygirl1966]

I remember within these walls, I used to watch it with my mum as a kid! I remember pretending to work in the prison office, I'm sure it's where my love of prison programmes comes from!

[@kevintraynor4508]

I feel sorry for bea , she gets blamed for everthing

[@apkitching387]

I love the way Bea says Bastard's at 32:37 😉👍 Bea's reaction at 37:22 and 38:03 classic. 👍👍

[@8ballpoolking1]

So, queen Bea strikes again. Her methods can at times be unconventional, but she really is an admirable top dog who tries her best to look out for the ones who need assistance. She didn't owe Jackie anything, after all, she had only known her a short time. Initially, it seemed like a difficult plan which was destined to backfire, but in the end, her and the crew successfully held up the transfer and it worked to perfection. Good to see Jackie got some justice done eventually anyway.

[@TomboyVale]

24:30 that toast that bea was eating was deadly burnt, dang 😳

[@stevencassidy6982]

Lizzie and Doreen taking classes - oh my god What a pair of drongo's!!

[@LadyDragonsblood]

Don't worry, Jacki will be alright, when she left, in order to get away from Jim, became a Nun!

[@Problembeing]

Plot tip: If Vera warns something will happen, it always does!

[@yaboym3247]

Ah the return of the classic "Underlying Menace" music at 38:54. First time it's featured for a while in this run of episodes.

[@gemmabrennan9072]

vera and her bloody reports !!!

[@Kblog777]

She defined the term jobsworth lol.

[@prisonerconnection]

The first Prisoner episode I ever watched, very quietly on a black and white tv

[@mansellracing8690]

HEY! Watch it Buddy your Showing your age Dude, Lucky we had a colour TV set in our Boarding school, they use to let us stay up and watch in every Thursday LOL, RIP Prisoner.

[@jokergrin090]

U know come to think of it long time ago I watched it in black and white

[@prisonerconnection]

@@mansellracing8690 colour TVs were still available in the 1990s and were cheaper to buy and license. 😊

[@rowan7543]

I thought the library was the bookcase in the tea-room. A whole new set!

[@sparky2098]

3:14 Jackie's (Sarah) partner is a worm. 9:04 Vera has such a spiteful and evil streak - she is forgiven by Davo and allowed back to work and in 24 hours she is back at her usual. 10:55 Lizzy wants to study! LMAO! 29:15 Fletch - you better not - that is so unethical. 45:00 Ted is really out of touch....

[@chris.c9885]

Ha ! Lizzie suggestion that her and Doreen should go into running a pub together. Lizzie would run it dry herself !! I can see her now, totally drunk, repeating ''How now brown cow'' !!

[@stevenmcghee6649]

4:40.....when somebody says something that really, really hurts it's usually because it came right out of the blue. And you weren't prepared for it.

[@djdelight_musik7181]

Another cracking episode from Denise Morgan - about time Jim gave Vera a straightner

[@Kblog777]

Quite ironic that Fiona Spence and Denise Morgan were partners in real life. Maybe they had a lovers tiff that day, and Denise wrote that into the script to get back at her lol.

[@MoonOverYou]

LOL--Denise is the one who came up with the nickname "Vinegar Tits" in the first episode. She joked, "Fiona Spence has never forgiven me." From all accounts, however, they were clearly a devoted couple over the 32 years they were together.

[@mperry1329]

Denise Morgan is one of the better writers of this show and you can always tell from her particular style of writing. She can make a dull storyline into a very good episode. She was very talented. Plus, I didn't know that Fiona Spence and Denise Morgan were partners in real life.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@MoonOverYou I saw something on here a while back. It was an interview with Fiona and she said when she played Vera, and afterward there would be kids that would ride by her house on their bikes and shout " Hey! Vinegar Tit's!" Not being cruel but as a fan to her.

[@elainegoad9777]

All the staff , even Davo have crossed the line in their outside relationships. Why hasn't Davo found another "social worker" ASAP ? Prisoners and parolee's aren't being properly taken care of.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

14:44 just when the viewer has been led to believe that Vera is being spiteful and/or childish about Nolan.....Vera joins the dots to arrive at a devastating conclusion. Brilliant piece of script writing matched by Fiona Spence's interpretation of those words. One of my favourite Prisoner scenes.

[@trickynicky4268]

Doreen run a business? Yeah right,lol.

[@gameloverchic21]

9:32 Yeah, Jim! You tell her!

[@Summer21.]

gameloverchic21 I absolutely agree. 😊😃

[@samryder10]

And that right there @38:05 - @38:16 is exactly why Bea Smith should never be released. The writers never allowed the character to evolve, change, reform in any way shape or form.Any small glimmer of any hope for the character Beatrice Smith was always taken away with they way the writers obviously chose to write her story. She should never be Top Dog nor a role model for anyone that enters that prison. I would have loved to seen Bea become a decent role model for others, get involved in the PRG from the inside, become a trustee so she could attend PRG meetings and then been released and set off into the sunset with a handsome man to live happily ever after. Let's face it, the character and the actress deserved at least that much of a decent send off!

[@Summer21.]

Sam Ryder I wholeheartedly agree with you. Bea didn't help matters for her future and when the Freak came along, there was definitely no chance of her getting out whether it was the Freak's doing or Bea's doing, or both. 😃

[@Karin-]

@@Summer21. Probably one of the reasons Val Lehman left the show? The character wasn't evolving in any way, shape or form. It's a shame, because I liked her

[@Summer21.]

@@Karin- Val admitted on video footage on Studio 10, during the 40th anniversary of Prisoner that there was a new producer who did not like her, which was why she left as opposed to the other story she has told in interviews, even on DVD and in I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. 😃

[@samisticlife]

When they were reciting their vowels... got to talk proper... like what I does 😂

[@trickynicky4268]

OMG Vera is so pathetic, always running to Erica and dobbing people in, writing her reports!

[@Tiffanylouisekelly]

Shut up

[@karenbussell9839]

It would've been an interesting storyline if they paired Vera up with Joan Ferguson. OH BOY! The whole prison would be trying to escape. Can you imagine it?

[@apkitching387]

😂 Vera would be eaten alive by The Freak, very different characters both flawed both brilliant. 👍

[@teresa2845]

now that Jackie is out legally, she should speak out about what happened to her to keep it from happening to others. And since she does have some pull, it would be nice if she would help other prisoners who are also deserving.

[@MarzieMalfoy]

Teresa Dewey She’s still an ex-crim and it would still be an officer v. crim no matter what her status is. The Government won’t admit that they hired a shoddy officer and could hit her with a slander suit since there’s no proof.

[@cuccicucci4480]

If the woman officer is in the system and still working there others will come forward if Jackie would tell her story. Also Fletch and Davo know her story so they could set up a sting to catch her in the act. Sex lies and videotape type of sting. It would work, it's been yrs since this happened who knows where the perp is now. Based on the storyline sounds like she still works at Barnhurst.

[@Karin-]

Doreen and Lizzie really don't have half a brain cell between them at times

[@lamontbradford4630]

Vera is the biggest lagger in the prison. She’s lucky she doesn’t get bashed by the screws like the inmates do to one another.

[@mansellracing8690]

YEH! put her in with the inmates, You know the rules about lagging don't you, Bee would soon fix her alright LOL. PS it would be real smashing to she her get a Bashing, Hey Im'e a poet and i don't know it HAA HA!.

[@erinread2934]

Doreen has changed her voice lol

[@teasdaleeden]

Sounds like she has a cold

[@sheriheffner2098]

Lizzie and Doreen could open a bakery. They could take cake decorating courses and do birthday cakes, wedding cakes, Bar Mitzvahs, Anniversary cakes Quinceaneras. That's a big event for a fifteen year old Hispanic girl. Then they could cater food and make good profits that way.

[@lamontbradford4630]

Doreen will eat half the profits. Same reason Lizzie could not run a liquor store.

[@paulavine9420]

Poor Bea 😢 She didn’t deserve that And poor Mrs Davidson too. I actually liked Jackie Nolan but the storyline was boring and I didn’t like Julian. Lizzie and Doreen together are an absolute disaster to themselves and others! No hope atall

[@HeartVisions]

Obviously Norean and Lizzie have never heard the saying, "loose lips sink ships!"

[@mentallysane02]

Doreen sounds so sick in this episode

[@WilAdams]

Nothing Vera says to the inmates is wrong. Sure, she stirs but the fact is she just makes factual statements and would like to keep the prisoners aware of their reality.

[@nigelthomas4820]

I’m getting fed up with Jackie Nolan an her man friend get them out , there getting boring now

[@andymurday4538]

Love the Ted Douglas intro music.

[@apkitching387]

It had extensive use in The Sweeney too 43:53 I reckon Douglas would be easy meat for Jack & George! 😅 👍 A nice Ford Fairlaine too and 😅the Channel 10 Transit looks very similar to the one The Verity had. 👍👍

[@expandingthemind5174]

It's PRG NOT PIG

[@a1wireless1964]

at 19:21 it sounds like someone is watching all creatures great and small the incidental music is either the same used or is taken from the show

[@cliffordmilo]

So it was murder, twice, but she had a good reason. =)

[@tuxedocat3020]

Vera is right this time. Why should Nolan not be punished?! So what if she had her own business, it doesn't change what crime she committed. She's acting like she got 30 years not 3! She should suck it up and get on with it. What makes her so special that she should get away with armed robbery AND escaping? Anyone else (especially a bloke) would've got 10 years plus!

[@mell8100]

Because Fletch the Letch wanted to get in her knickers!

[@apriljackson1370]

Lizzie: there's nothing wrong with mine 😂

[@rpatricknabors]

so fucking sick of this jackie nolan story especially that queeny business partner of hers

[@TheRealCharnley]

Yeah he's very much a diva as we say here in the USA!

[@marchill2655]

doreen sounds full of cold. guess collette had to just suck it up!

[@leannemurison9535]

Myra Desmond is awsome

[@arlaabrell8658]

Jim's homophobia is off the charts.

[@bernadettelamb5990]

He's a predator himself though

[@mell8100]

​@@bernadettelamb5990exactly and a hypocrite.

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

It’s not homophobia to be worried about Jackie being molested by a lesbian officer at Barnhurst.

[@tankmcgarrett6594]

9:32 - YAAAASSSS FLETCH!!!!

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Vera stirring the pot.

[@johnwalters4792]

I will not miss Sarah much. What fun is heading our way in the next bunch of eps.

[@williamf4544]

Oh Bea asking Jackie to meet Ken on the outside might not be such a good idea - for you

[@Aveatquevale-w6m]

Lego hair Meg,Mego Morris😂😂😂

[@bg4928]

Love how a pair of scissors sits in the laundry. Potential weapon?

[@sheriheffner2098]

Along with bleach and oil and the sewing machine needles. And the kitchen with it's knives and cooking oil and the ovens and burners, and the shop with the hammers and saws. I saw a movie when I was a teenager about these women in a prison and at dinner, one of the lesbian prisoners tossed a dinner roll at one of the other women so she could eat it, and her girlfriend picked up a pot full of boiling oil and threw it at the woman and they had to put her in the freezer so her skin wouldn't peel off her arms and face, along with the woman behind her in the queue. She was also splattered with scalding oil.

[@lianastanley8654]

Watching these episodes for the 50th just love them I grew up watching Prisoner

[@michelleevans4948]

Brings back lovely memories doesn’t it

[@rosiebella7776]

Doreen sounds like she has a cold in this episode.

[@Summer21.]

Rosiebella 777 Yes, she does. Haha. 😄

[@andrewmorrice9139]

With this comment at the time of typing, the comment number matches the episode number.

[@kathleenhager9937]

Doreen , Lizzie, go out to the garden and eat some dirt , lol😂😂😂😂

[@charlottewebb582]

Good for Jim sticking it to Vera someone had too

[@Jamesjamsi]

... good old VT: glad you're back to your usual vindictive self, lol

[@mrsdisneypreg]

My Fair Lady...the Prisoner edition. Ha Ha Ha!!

[@shadegat3996]

"I didn't mean to" "I didn't mean to" "all i did was" "I didn't mean to" Right! Well their hearts are in the right place. As for their heads......they are nowhere to be found in anything they do or say; ever.

[@madwatermelon1316]

I personally thought the actress who played Jackie was better as the nun a few years later. This is the first episode directed by the wonderful Kendal Flanagan.

[@rosiew1952]

considering Judy had a pacemaker, shes still lifting heavy things , shes like an ox

[@ec7155]

I didn't know this existed until after watching Wentworth 3 times... all seasons...and while moaning I missed it, I was told about Prisoner. I am hopeless hooked. I love it. I even dream I'm in Wentworth. How crazy is that?

[@hrhlou]

I was watching Prisoner and did a google search about something concerning it. Luckily it was just months before the launch of Wentworth. Being in the US I would never have known. Sadly, WW ends in 2 seasons/20 episodes. The freak is alive and I also read Marie Winter will still be on. Imagine the friction. Betcha Vera's baby gets abducted by the freak.

[@ec7155]

@@hrhlou Look for a group called "Wentworthy" on facebook. All the latest about season 8 is there plus lots of fun wentworth stuff. I'm also in the US. YOu do know it's on Netflix, right?

[@ec7155]

@@hrhlou Look for a group called "Wentworthy" on facebook. All the latest about season 8 is there plus lots of fun wentworth stuff. I'm also in the US. YOu do know it's on Netflix, right?

[@hrhlou]

@@ec7155 Yes I do know it's on NF. I probably never would have made the connection between the 2 had I not read about the remake. Thanks.

[@kathleenhager9937]

Doreen’s voice changes like a blink of an eye! Sounds stupid when necessary, Lizzie, makes my hair curl🧐🧐🧐

[@ThethBeatle]

Lizzie at university

[@apkitching387]

'Educating Lizzie'! 🤣👍

[@siuze12ft]

Someone on outside duty fucked up badly. How is it that a reporter is not seen by a perimeter fence by staff? How is it that two prisoners could talk to a reporter unobserved for over 5 minutes? I know this is a TV show but you need to have some kind of situational realism.

[@Tecie-x5e]

I'm still not understanding why is she being released what makes her so much more special than the rest of the ladies..I mean they really went to bat for her

[@8ballpoolking1]

It was in part down to her successful attempt on self-rehabilitation, but it mainly happened due to significant outside influence, and she had someone in Julian who was prepared to go that extra mile for her.

[@oktobersodyssey]

Fair view, 8ball BUT she did escape and should have to pay a penalty for that. She should have to serve the remainder of her original sentence. What message does this all send?? If you can get away with escaping and you become a success the law will look the other way? Bygones and all that? What about her original crime? Repercussions should not just poof!/disappear. What a load of crap.

[@GusMcGuire]

@@oktobersodyssey Yes but, to be fair, this is the sort of justice system you get when it's run by a population of the descendents of criminals 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tonyboleno8191]

@Unlabelled Glass Jar russia is not a socialist country.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

@@oktobersodyssey Spot on. Very few prisoners believe they deserve to be inside. Most think they're hard done by. What makes Nolan so special? Vera, once again, has the answer. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or, at least, have access to.

[@LC-ys6ic]

19:17 Why does that blonde inmate who is winding wool look so upset and like she is on the verge of tears?

[@pauliejay4161]

Well how would you feel if you had to knit an orange jumper...

[@Summer21.]

@L C That’s Lil, one of the background heavy characters.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

Menopause?

[@johnw2328]

Erica really opened up a can of shit by snooping like a photographer at a plane crash.

[@sperrin]

Lizzie:"What makes them think they're better than us?" Well Lizzie, they are not forgers, thieves, murderers, etc.

[@lampshade8818]

Steve Perrin Yeah- I laughed when she said that, too. Normal civilians are way better than criminals!!!

[@ThethBeatle]

+Lamp Shade but the women of Wentworth always talk about themselves like they are innocent victims in a concentration camp! This of course is fiction and that makes the inmates the heroes and Screws the villains. in real life Vera would be a hero to all decent civilised people. I wouldn't like lose a lot of sleep if I knew the Freak was working in a prison.

[@lampshade8818]

The76888435th Beatle Yeah- i know!! Always weird how so many comments underneath the episodes are slating the officers when they are just doing their job- which is making like difficult for the criminals and reprimanding them every time they step out of line.

[@oktobersodyssey]

+Lamp Shade... I disagree (and know a couple prisoner officers here in the states). Their job is to (A)keep prisoners and staff safe, and (B)reprimand toward rehabilitation... not to harrass, bully or "making life difficult for criminals" as you put it.

[@Summer21.]

@@oktobersodyssey You’re right. I agree with you there. 😃😊👍🏻

[@digchri2]

I felt like slapping Doreen and Lizzie. Their actions are played off as them being stupidly unthinking but it's really quite vicious at times. They didn't care about hurting Jacqui's chances of being pardoned or about her being sent back to Barnhurst despite the awful time she'd had there before, yet if another prisoner had done to them what they did to Jacqui, they wouldn't be so forgiving themselves.

[@lampshade8818]

digchri2 Yes- there was absolutely no loyalty at all there for a fellow prisoner, who, incidentally, had done absolutely nothing to them. But, Doreen _has_ got extreme learning difficulties and is very retarded, but Lizzie has absolutely no excuse for being so nasty!!

[@rosslamb1070]

Doreen's always been a spiteful nasty piece of work

[@shakeshaft100]

is jackie meaning the officer they call the freak

[@RichelleBremner]

shakeshaft100 That crossed my mind too.🤔

[@sheriheffner2098]

No, Joan was in Queensland.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

A different freak.

[@sandygirl1966]

Cor. Lizzie's egg and bacon looks good!

[@lukedavis228]

The lass who the reporter quoted (Bea) in his article denies having spoken to him. It would apparently have been illegal for him to speak to her, but the newspaper still prints it? Looks like the Aussie press is no better regulated than the British! So that's probably accurate ;-)

[@ThethBeatle]

Bea doesn't like the truth does she

[@biddendensue]

Yes, it's midwinter now (in their timeline), so they're more likely to get ill. No option for time off though!

[@sandygirl1966]

Oh yeah, let's pretend he's not there! Cos he can't be seen can he?

[@jokergrin090]

Poor meg don't know what's worse marrying bob boring darling or what happens to her later on

[@chaoticgiraffe]

Dina Mann, who plays Debbie, born 1950...so yeah, she IS 30! "Teenaged" my arse!

[@childrensorg856]

I thought so, you can tell by the wrinkles under her eyes.

[@expandingthemind5174]

Vera!

[@lampshade8818]

*Finally* Erica's been rumbled!! I'm so glad someone in authority has finally realised how crap Erica is at her job- and given her a good bloody talking to and a warning!!!

[@Milks25]

It's about bloody time for her dumb ass.

[@mperry1329]

I think Erica is good at her job, she thinks about the prisoners, but the prisoners are the ones who take advantage.

[@rosslamb1070]

She's not as useless as Ann,, her stupidity gets prisoners killed

[@gildastarr2932]

A-E-I-O-U

[@apkitching387]

I never knew Freeez were Prisoner fans?! 😂 😉

[@bernadettelamb54]

Ugh Doreens so spiteful.

[@jantopaz5229]

22.26 How did that clown manage to get between the other and the inner security fence? Do they have any kind of security or do they allow people to wander all over the place? Its a prison, not a tourist attraction,,, ridicules

[@stuartpatto1976]

At 23:27 MK 2 twin axle Transit i used to help my old pops deliver early morning papers at the weekdays in one when i was a kid. good old vans them the modern MK 7's are shit fule pumps knacker up on them all the time an it cost 14 hundred quid a pop to fix load of shit. The Transit went downhill after the MK 5. They definitely don't make them like they used to.

[@rays40]

DAVO LOOKS LIKE AN ALIEN .👽

[@samisticlife]

Know 80s hairdos was all about bigger the better but why is nearly all hairdressers have awful haircuts?

[@teasdaleeden]

How come noleen gets to wear makeup

[@baronmeduse]

Who?

[@Summer21.]

@@baronmeduse I believe she means Jacki Nolan. 😃

[@apkitching387]

I got my hopes up thought Noleen Burke made a return. 😅

[@k8lynmae]

Bea is the last bloody person the deserves to get out early.

[@apkitching387]

Bea's her own worst enemy if she used her head she could get out and probably make a go of it but her propensity to hit the self destruct button...