Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 201

[@jamessky9155]

This amnesia storyline has really punched some life into this show. I have been so gripped by episodes 200 and 201 that I cannot remember anything that happened before that. See what I did there? ;) hehe. Val sure hit the mark bringing this bit of genius to the story table. 27th February 2023.

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

Lizzie’s mind has been criminalized to the point that she can’t comprehend Bea not trying to “get one over” on the screws.

[@apkitching387]

Very true Lizzie's become the archetype old lag! 👍

[@gemmabrennan9072]

absolutely brilliant acting from val lehman (bea) hats off to her :)

[@sperrin]

I can only assume you've never seen good acting. She was OK here, but her performance was stupidly OTT and melodramatic...even for a cory soap like this.

[@soapsnthings4182]

Val's commendable! You can always count on top-notch performances by her.

[@garygarecaplin]

I love this show ❤

[@apkitching387]

Val was top notch as the pre-Boss Cocky Bea, almost as if she's a different person! 👍

[@garybrown5141]

Val’s acting is so believable and almost real it’s so good.

[@godslittlehelper3209]

It's all in the research!

[@simosc2]

how horrible to wake up one day to find that your family is dead and you are a murderer

[@sean5990]

To lose your husband and daughter once is horrible, to lose them twice is unimaginable.

[@sean5990]

Val Lehman, AKA Bea Smith, had me in tears in recent episodes. Such a brilliant actor.

[@sensimania]

It seems that everyone has forgotten that Bea was involved in a car accident which was bad enough to put one of the passengers in a coma and kill the driver (I think, correct me if I'm wrong), but yet they find it very hard to believe that Bea has amnesia??!

[@lamontbradford4630]

Lizzie is a little senile and or drunk, Doreen is dumber than a rock, Vera is such a spiteful cow she's beyond thinking logic, and Davo is so gullible she'll fall for the smallest of suspicions.

[@farrellmcnulty909]

Being screws and crims, they of course would have difficulty believing anyone who suddenly can't remember who she is or what she did, etc.

[@CharlotteWebb-tr3mn]

One officer in a coma and one killed yet they don't even connect the 2 🤦

[@Gone2333]

Mum was such asset for this storyline, the strong woman vibe makes it feel like its before its time, lizzie is just amazing

[@TallSilentGuy]

Has Bea looked at a newspaper yet? Has she seen a news broadcast featuring the current prime minister? Has it occurred to anybody to ask her what year Debbie was born and then show her a newspaper with today's date on - proving Debbie cannot be eight years old? So many plot holes!

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

Simon Good advice.

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

By God Val's acting is AMAZING!!!

[@lampshade8818]

The High Priestess Er- no.

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

Lamp Shade Why would you say that?

[@lampshade8818]

I just think, in my opinion, that she has simply acted her character in a non-Bea way that we're used to seeing. Normally, she acts all tough and bossy. By acting this way, she just simply isn't acting bossy. It might come across to some viewers as being an example of great acting, but in my opinion it's just an easy way to convey two different sides of a character- because it is one extreme to another. We can all do that ourselves just by living. I appreciate better acting skills by witnessing an actor conveying lots of different emotions. I just don't see that here with Bea. Again, just my opinion :) Not that it matters, but I work in theatre as a stage actress :)

[@elizanne6660]

Over acting, in my humble opinion...too hysterical.

[@elizanne6660]

Agree, subtle is always better, I find her acting a little hysterical, to be truthful. I enjoyed the scene in the previous episode where she said if anyone touched her she would kill them or words to that effect. Then she calmly walked back to the sewing machine. A great scene, conveyed a lot of drama.

[@nikkiderricott4169]

Good ol mum ❤ Mary ward who played her is still going strong and will be turning 103 on the 6th of March long live mum ❤❤❤

[@iindarichardson9731]

109 now

[@Breece284]

Val’s acting is superb gives me goosebumps during the scene where she freaks out over what she did to margo you also realise to It was Val’s idea for her character to have amnesia

[@jasonyatescreative9707]

"And not a malingerer" (my fave Priz line) Lehman is stunning, it's kinda a shame, in retrospect, that this story didn't go on much longer...

[@chrispascoe8116]

What a brilliant actress Val Lehman is.

[@mikeroberts942]

Here here

[@sushil626]

I miss Queen Bea. I want her back!

[@lisaann3063]

Every time Meg or Bob says “Darling “ take a drink 🥃. The game gets more interesting with each passing episode.

[@jamessky9155]

Okay Darling 😂

[@chicagolowe]

Val is a great actress.

[@GusMcGuire]

That Nick is a cheeky sod. He calls Meg to get him out of the police station and then whines on just because she won't let him stay with her and tries to guilt trip her for having a private life. What does he think she is - a 24 hour call service? Meg should have left him to cool down overnight in the lock-up.

[@soapsnthings4182]

Bev & Lil switch sides so often, it's enough to give you whiplash! Meg's so damned cute sometimes.

[@jon-seankempson5780]

Oh no! Not Nick Clarke - he's nearly as much of a pain as Bob

[@neilmclachlan3931]

He looks about 15 years too old to be vandalising phone boxes.

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

Val is a brilliant actress

[@josephmullin5845]

Did the character Bea not fake the amnesia for a while after recovering from it

[@Summer21.]

@@josephmullin5845 Yes, that’s right. 😃

[@TheRichmondTiger]

Mum Brooks was one of the nicest characters in this show. She left the Women $20,000 in her will when she died.

[@garygarecaplin]

I did t know that. How beautiful😊

[@Halfscotboy_39]

​​@@garygarecaplin Yes but a couple of the other prisoners were greedy after hearing about the money 💰🤑

[@julabard]

She was amongst the best people to appear in every episode

[@Halfscotboy_39]

@@julabard she didn't appear in every episode. She was at the start of episode one up until 203. but In-between the 100 odd episodes she was nowhere to be seen, as after her granddaughter had the baby she remained out of scenes until beas amnesia storyline then that was her final appearance.

[@paulaxllowther1974]

In real life , she died aged over 100

[@1981Galadriel]

Margo will deserve a good thumping if Mum dies..

[@carolinemoore2813]

Mary ward is now 105 years old as of dec 2020....

[@fardosamiller7984]

Brilliant performance from Val Lehman 👏

[@Juliukas101]

Oh my goodness, it's Nick! "I hate you, Meg! I hate you! I hate you aaaaaaaalllllllllllll!" His acting doesn't seem quite so bad in this episode.

[@prisonerofthenight6403]

Bob: "Now you're not bringing your problems home from work again.... And you haven't forgotten that I've got two business colleagues for dinner?" Meg: "No, no, I haven't. It's all on the desk calendar there. Eight p.m. Bob plus two for dinner. Business." And don't forget to tell them where you and Bob met. Oh, and put some lovely elevator music on the stereo. And wear your best living room drapes dress--the blue one.

[@oktobersodyssey]

double standard much? :-/ fk u bob

[@jon-seankempson5780]

He's a terrible character that Bob - and a bloody awful actor I reckon

[@ChaosHusky]

Has nobody noticed Bea hasn't had a smoke-o since the Amnesia incident? That's one way to quit smoking isn't it? Maybe if Lizzie took her to the pub to see her Husband's ghost she'd remember sooner! ;)

[@Redsleather]

Smith’s gone from a 100 cigs a day habit to nothing overnight! There’s hope for Lizzie to quit yet

[@ccgrey8731]

What made no sense with this storyline is why they would not have brought in a medical doctor to examine Bea. She was in an accident where the officer was seriously injured and the driver was either injured or killed. Amnesia caused by a head injury is a medical condition not a psychiatric condition.

[@lmjones7716]

What happened to Fletch' compassion towards elderly ladies? He's being horrible towards Mum.

[@daviddemarco8327]

His compassion towards elderly ladies seems pretty selective. He's always miserable towards Lizzie, too

[@absoluteb22]

Fletch is lead by Little Jim, if he's happy then Fletch is.

[@Summer21.]

@@daviddemarco8327 I think it’s also because Lizzie can be devious compared to her late friend, Edith over 150 episodes ago. 😃

[@susi-emily]

@@daviddemarco8327 He's not always miserable to Lizzie. He's frequently seen shaking his head in amused exasperation at her antics. You don't see that reaction from him for anyone else.

[@soniapedder87]

Vera also had a soft spot for Lizzie too, as is shown in a few episodes. You only ever see her like that with Lizzie never any of the other women. Plus Vera called Mum 'Mum' not Brooks.

[@loric4550]

Nick doesn't look like a kid. He looks like a grown man

[@paulavine9420]

Lizzie referring to Bea as loose in the top storey 😂😅😂

[@laurenbrooks3091]

Mum Brooks is a bad ass.

[@michellewatts5907]

Watching prisoner third time round since a teenager meg Morris is a good actress I think one of the best through out the episodes till the end.well done meg😊

[@josephmullin5845]

The actor who played nick Clark's dad had at least 2 other roles: the governor of Woodridge and Rabbit Warrens dad.

[@DarrenSnell-x4v]

He also played Janet Dominguez corrupt solicitor if I remember rightly

[@apkitching387]

I love how Nick's flate mate says Meg's "too old" when he's sharing with a 35 year old teenager 19:13 😂

[@8ballpoolking1]

Bob doesn't deserve someone as good as Meg for a wife. He won't be happy until he has her at home all day chained to the kitchen sink with nothing else to think about but preparing meals for his precious business associates. He couldn't care a less about what Meg wants or what makes her happy, just as long as his clients are pampered like kings and queens! Jim showed in this episode how much of an ignorant swine he really is...... Dismissing Bea's amnesia as a pack of lies when he isn't qualified to judge just proves that he is no better than Vera! Terry believes she is genuine and he has based that decision on his own intuition, an example his colleagues would do well to follow suit on.

[@chris.c9885]

Love your comments !!

[@8ballpoolking1]

Chris.C Thanks.

[@carleneboulden4386]

Great comment :)

[@carleneboulden4386]

I always wanted to see meg get with Paul Reid. He would of been so much better for her than selfish, greedy Bob. As for Jim and Vera, yes they are very similar but I think that Vera is still worse out of the 2!

[@8ballpoolking1]

Carlene Boulden Yes, I felt that way about Meg and Paul too. I think many viewers would have liked that scenario to have unfolded. Unfortunately, George Mallaby (Paul Reid) had to depart the show rather swiftly due to ill health, otherwise the seeds were sown for that theory to have transpired. I agree Vera was worse than Jim. Jim had his moments but he mellowed from time to time, where as Vera was an obnoxious, heartless bitch through and through with the prisoners.

[@spongersurfer]

Hehe! You can see the mic pop into the frame at 14:25 (top left) :p

[@peterorleman3043]

Before watching this storyline on Prisoner, my favorite soap was the first season of Peyton Place back in 1964-65. I didn't think anything could top that but this is just as good

[@nwnmonk7034]

Me as well! ❤

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Mrs. Barfield is speachless as per usual

[@teralmiles]

How many times did they need to write the word darling in the script with Meg and Bob?

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Maybe they've forgotten each others' names.

[@Redsleather]

Perhaps it was ad-libbed?

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

I love watching them fold in the laundry, it is always so badly done

[@AngelicMistyStorm]

Vera says she knows bea a lot longer but wouldn’t she notice she was strange??? Hmmm

[@pauliejay4161]

30:55 - Subtle but magnificent camera work. Refocusing while the camera moves forward - it's a great effect.

[@ajs41]

It was a great scene.

[@rpatricknabors]

nicks father i think is marlenes father in later episodes

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

@ 31:00 - the director was being ambitious with that “dolly/zoom” effect.

[@AlanMclay]

Margo isn't that bright, picking on Mum. She must know what Bea will do to her once her memory returns.

[@katiemarieparker]

Meg attracts all the weirdos everyone else has or had somewhat normal companions even vera

[@jimmiekomu9178]

Those kisses meg

[@lukeriely4468]

Amazing performance from Val. Very dramatic episode.

[@TonySmith-zd4fy]

Is it me or does Margo behave like a naughty little boy.. lol

[@Frooqi786]

Another brilliant episode, with great philosophical import!

[@charleslaing148]

Bob & Meg kissing answer : fast forward

[@stevenmcghee6649]

Especially that scene when she mounts Bob....

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Ugh

[@paulb4519]

4:40 Margo's Marlon Brando Godfather impression

[@Annastesia1988]

Grey furry boom outside over Bea twice in the garden! Hilarious

[@burbercat3558]

It's nice to Stan Butler from on the busses working in Wentworth as an prison officer.

[@chloesharp5796]

Fun fact: Mary Ward(Actress who plays Mum) is still alive at age 102!

[@nickprince9881]

She is still going at 104

[@baronmeduse]

Not-so-fun fact: She's passed on now.

[@philipwelshman9609]

The arrival of the worlds oldest teenager , Gawd they should have cast Shelia Florance as Nick Clarke, she would have been as convincing as him playing a teenager.

[@LuisaD93]

Why doesn't mum remind ppl about the lump on the back of her Bea's head? Why isn't anyone remembering that the detective told Meg that the one guard from the van said Bea didn't t cause the crash???

[@Milks25]

Bad writing

[@sheriheffner2098]

Because the stupid writer for this episode. They should have sent an MD to examine Bea. That would have proven that she was truly injured.

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Val is a great actress and this Amnesia storyline really brings that out. that being said, her strangling of Margo with the flashbacks in her mind reminds us that she did in fact murder someone. like it or not, the woman she murdered even if she was having an affair with Bea's husband, did not deserve to die. since when is having an affair reason to have your life taken from you. it would be interesting to know more about that woman :did she have parents or brother or sister was she even married herself?

[@Halfscotboy_39]

Have you ever had an affair? I never cheated on my ex when we were together for six months. I had a idea that he was cheating on me for a while 8 years ago, as the same person that kept coming up and talking to him kept flirting with him. He didn't exactly push them away with a stick 🏒... luckily I had the sense split up with him before I found any real evidence for myself in my face. 🤨

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

@Winds of Change 🌬️🌀 I never had an affair, but my ex-wife cheated on me. I was hurt disillusioned et cetera, but I would never have killed her or her boyfriend. Why screw my life up? I moved on. Now married for 41 years.

[@Halfscotboy_39]

@@eugenedegeorge5084 ok I just thought I would ask. Im sorry to hear your ex cheated on you and to have brought up old feelings. 🙁 I hope you are healing from those wounds?

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

@Winds of Change 🌬️🌀 No problem. It's always nice to connect with another PCBH fan--no matter the topic.

[@Halfscotboy_39]

@@eugenedegeorge5084 Yes I agree. Ok im gonna do a Q&A.. So who is your favorite character and why?

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Ned Manning, who portrayed Nick, reminds me of Richard Hatch.

[@Quinn91202]

Of course Vera is enjoying Bea’s pain and suffering

[@Redsleather]

At 12:50 Gaffney is so piss weak again she can even bash an elderly lady! There’s no way Bryant couldn’t have taken Gaffney on, as she was supposedly still tough at this point

[@CelaniSello]

Val Lehman did such a great job in this storyline. i've always been impressed by some of these characters and actresses. on how believable and how easily you can get touched by them. i've cried several times for feeling sorry about Doreen. xD though i have noticed i havent really seen a real fight by a topdog. it's mostly them grabbing the other or slapping. xD

[@Kaluthrica]

Even though I find it difficult to associate the new "Wentworth" remake of the show with the original, (the characters & situations are so far removed from PCBH, it's unreal), the fight for top-dog in the latest episode between Bea & Frankie was almost too real. It was vicious, violent & very bloody, there was a warning on the TV beforehand that viewers might find it disturbing

[@elizanne6660]

Ah Mum Brooks, wise old soul. I believe the actress is still alive also. Margo has become a right nasty bit since going back inside. I still like the character though, great sense of humour at times.

[@ajs41]

Mary Ward is still alive at the age of 103.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Bea was in an accident. One person died and the other one is in critical condition. Bea obviously experienced a head injury. Amnesia is a condition from a brain injury. Bea needs medical attention.

[@rebeccahardingham5382]

val as bea was awesome did such an amazing job playing her

[@johnw2328]

If Terrible Terry Harrison got fat and started playing darts 🎯 he would look like Jocky Wilson 😃

[@musicmadmatti]

John W - Jocky Wilson was one of the sexist men who ever walked the earth so don`t insult a legend

[@Jarvamon]

He looks a dead ringer for Kenneth More to me.

[@sb6678]

Who is jockey Wilson?

[@apkitching387]

​@sb6678 Jocky is a famous, champion darts player sadly deceased RIP Jocky! 👍

[@markhenry6307]

What a fantastic actress val is as bea

[@EA7SC]

Val Lehman is a superb actress

[@rpatricknabors]

it's Meg's man-boy

[@josephd.2725]

Jim Fletcher is pretty narrow minded! He doesn't need to be a naive do-gooder like Meg Morris, but he needs to open his mind up a bit lol. He doesn't want a bar of the possibility of Bea having amnesia. He was just as closed off when the teacher was there, and with that Evelyn lady with the herbal medicine, or "jungle juice" as he called it! LMAO

[@apkitching387]

Mind you Evelyn did deserve her punishment 😮 for poisoning the women with that 'Illness' 😅 🔥 👍

[@Karin-]

Bob "darling" is a pain in the arse and who the hell sits around the house in a suit :-/

[@amygiordano390]

Its hard to see her like this I want Bea back!

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Margo is so tough running around threatening the elderly prisoners. What a looser character she became.

[@JulietRobin]

Right now I hate Margo. I know she pinched Mum's pills. Poor Bea. If she's released suppose she gets her head knocked again and then starts to remember? What now? Back to the pound?

[@idiedoflaughterinc.666]

Listening to elevator music at the Morris residence. How pitiful.

[@susi-emily]

You'd have though Meg would have learned not to take "work" home after the Jean Vernon/Leanne Burke debacle?

[@LUCAX651]

Goodness gracious, Officer Harrison ( Terry) is ever so short in stature!, surely the prison service has a height limit?. I have heard the line - "short-staffed" loads, but the department decided on a very short member.

[@ajs41]

There's nothing wrong with short people.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@ajs41 You tell 'em, Andy! I'm only 5'2" myself.

[@sadiestoltzfus9798]

I like the short staffed reference 😀.

[@DavidClarke-ul4ip]

Tell you what,top acting from Val, she even had me convinced.

[@byronjones8136]

why do the officers find it so hard to believe banging your head in a car crash could cause amnesia? considering the fact the officers were left at deaths door, its completely plausable which should entitle her to hospital treatment.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

I have been through the entire series nearly 30 times since 1981, and this is the first time I caught the camera pulling off an extremely difficult effect. @ 31:00 Bea is with Dr. Weismann, and the cameraman performs the vertigo effect, where the camera initially sits 10 feet or more from the closest point, yet zoomed in all the way to same point (Bea Smith). As the camera is slowly pushing toward that point, the cameraman zooms out at the same speed. It stretches the space between the foreground point (Bea) and the background point (Dr. Weismann). It's a difficult effect to perform, and an awesome effect when pulled off. And the cameraman nailed it!

[@pauliejay4161]

Yes, I noticed that too and applauded when I saw it. It takes great skill to do that sort of thing. It's funny, but every 8 or 9 episodes or so there will be some sort of directorial flourish, then it disappears again for a while.

[@ajs41]

I think that's deliberate. Most of the time they use very basic camera techniques on purpose, because it reflects the boring and monotonous nature of prison life.

[@jonathanfollone2729]

i noticed the camera effect too during Bea's session with Dr Weismann! Actually, i was so impressed that i watched it twice! Great technique and really drove home the way in which Bea feels so alone and isolated from everyone with her bout of amnesia

[@Nacho-Mamma]

@@ajs41 Of course it was a deliberate move. But, it was still a planned difficult technique.

[@ajs41]

@@Nacho-Mamma I was talking in general not about this particular shot.

[@Imjustlurkingidk]

val is such a good actress

[@Potionette81]

19:30 UGHHHH 'Just done a lovely job in the bathroom!'

[@patrickturner2417]

why do i have a funny feeling that if margo really fucked with mum, that mum would destroy her?

[@gymbuddy32]

The Nick Clarke storyline is one of the worst.

[@olgawyn4685]

Great actresses on this show.

[@apkitching387]

Margo making her move to be Top Dog! while Bea is... 😅 8:34 12:35

[@pamelahanlon3110]

A bedroom to himself - luxury

[@dorothyaxford5293]

The two darlings kissing knocks me sick!

[@luv2bingetvtv672]

Val has truly outdone herself in these episodes since the car accident. Back to the fictional story though, why didn't Mum tell them to look at the left side of her head which was where Mum saw Bea was injured so there must be a lump or something & WHY the HECK (believe her or not) have they not had a medical doctor see her yet? I'm just at the start at this episode so I hope they do. In reality {which I know this isn't} she could have a fracture in her head or worse internal bleeds or an embolism brewing. She was is a car accident so bad that one person died and another critical. It's not like a Lizzie (with all due respect to the great one!) I mean Lizzie just starts out of nowhere with her crook amnesia 😵😨😉

[@Nacho-Mamma]

I think her breakdown just before she shoots Nola McKensey is award winning, and quite disturbing.

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

And here we have nick. One of the best characters in the show🙄

[@rpatricknabors]

Lizzie "I've fallen and can't get up"

[@phantomlagger5363]

RIP Mary ward

[@joecasey1176]

This was the time I found lizzie annoying 😒 she done my head in with the way she was talking when saying bea was lying and then pretending to have amnesia herself. I know mum judy and doreen are her friends but lizzie is supposed to be her bestfriend and bea is hers so it was annoying of her not to believe bea!!

[@MsMystique420]

As a major in psychology, bringing up drugs wouldve been the thing to prove Bea has amensia.I wouldve as well. Was wondering if anyone would ever think of that. Everyone knows how much she hates them. Game point, Doc! You win! Actually, Bea will benefit from his insight "probing the mind".

[@Gone2333]

Wow Val is really good, she even looks softer I thought at points she was a one trick pony but how wrong was I .

[@josephd.2725]

Meg's not a very good wife to Magnum P.I. Her job always comes first... Then again, so does his! So he's not a good husband either. They should just call it a day! lol

[@apkitching387]

Just made the connection Bob Morris = Higgins! 👍 😅

[@Mattchupichue]

Jack? I thought it was Harry

[@joannelaws2937]

Whether Bea was acting or not is irrelevant. The woman was involved in an accident that killed the driver and seriously injured another person. Is it not common sense to get her to the hospital to be checked out?! I was just a baby when this was aired, so not sure what technology was available at the time, but she needs a scan at the hospital, surely. Val's acting is great, but the lack of medical attention makes this storyline somewhat unbelievable...