Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 203

[@tracygrant7931]

Bea's amnesia storyline is so excellent, and the fact that Val thought of it herself makes it even better. What makes it so great (my opinion) is that we get a glimpse of what Bea was like prior to prison life, and it makes her more of an intricate and interesting character. It shows us that murdering someone in a fit of rage, prison life, and losing her daughter to drugs moulded her into this tough, no-nonsense, conniving, and dangerous woman. Before that, she was a kind, gentle, and civil woman with quite a temper. Though even though she had a temper, she never intended to be detrimental towards others. Unfortunately that temper got the best of her, and formed the path that I explained before. Thus, Queen Bea was born.

[@charlottewebb582]

I agree it's almost like she snapped she was pushed by her husbands and best friends cheating then her daughter needing help and dying without her being to help plus the violence of prison politics this story totally shows hiw bea kind of came about vals acting here has been outstanding she evn looks different sounds different and walks different and wears her uniform differently its so clever and she did it perfectly

[@Halfscotboy_39]

​​@@charlottewebb582 I wish they had made an outside story about bea. They should have asked Val if she wanted to do an outside story about beas old life as a bio movie when her daughter was alive and her husband Harry or Jack before she was inducted into prison.

[@kevintraynor4508]

Mum is a very clever kind hearted woman who puts other people's feeling b4 her own . She does not deserve to be in prison.

[@3032l-k9z]

Very well acted by those who played Margot Gaffney and Bea Smith. Top class from the both of them!

[@howtopress1978]

*Margo*

[@JulietRobin]

Agreed!

[@jamesmiller6441]

awwwwwwwww poor bugger

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Loved all of the confrontations between Val Lehman (Bea Smith)& Jane Clifton (Margo Gaffney). I think they really made the bulk of the first half of this series so much more entertaining.

[@stuartpatto1976]

They won't let Margo go to Barnhurst because it's a ' medium security prison ' but yet they transferred Bea there and she's a double murderer.

[@martinjenkins5471]

Yeah corrective services departments are run by idiots. Too much over crowding due to people being put away for fines and minor crimes. Our women's prison in western Australia has a prison which houses all classifications.

[@garygarecaplin]

I got a give credit to Australia and it's loose use of words like bitch and whore ...bastard a nd old bag. And many more instances of "dirty words" being let past censors. Good on you all! It's still this way today from the news. But extremely flooded with nasty immigrants and Drugs and Human Trafficking.

[@samisticlife]

It was, initially only ever a short term transfer to calm the friction down with the women

[@Pro_Skillz]

Yeah but Harold ordered it

[@marycalmeiro1135]

Blackmoor wasn't written into the show yet.

[@mathewmason5917]

val lehman is a great actress she really made this series this is one of my favourite episodes

[@nickprince9881]

Love it.... Vera; "What's going on here?" Margo; "Nothing Miss Bennett, I just popped by to see how Bea was!" Vera;"Is that why she was hanging on to your throat?"

[@rosiew1952]

🤣

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

They are some bushy eye brows that barrister has.

[@SaxyLament]

LuciousLeeStetson YES! I couldn't focus I was so distracted trying to wade my way back home through them.

[@neecywatson]

This is the best writing with Bea regaining her memory and still acting like she is still sick.

[@Jamesjamsi]

... surely St. Meg should've put Mum's defence first before chasing after Nick the Nong? I deffo wouldn't want her as a parole/probation officer. Major lack of professional judgement on her part, methinks...

[@lostghost101]

yeah I was really slutted when she ditched the hubby's business dinner so quickly when she went off to deal with nicked nick, especially after the last one with that american company & the lost deal & the whole unpleasantness. She let us down.

[@denzil4]

The foreman at the warehouse where Nick Clark was meant to work was the owner of the farm where Lynn "Wonky" Warner worked in earlier episodes.

[@tezzyyoung492]

denzil4 I thought I recognised him.. Well spotted!

[@JulietRobin]

Meg has been casting pearl to swine. Meaning the kid who does not give a S@#&!

[@rpatricknabors]

She wants Nick's dick

[@gnewchie3956]

Meg and the way she is carrying on with this young bloke like she's his cougar or something. And if her and Bob say "darling" one more time I'm gonna scream! Sighs I may as well start screaming now then!

[@cuccicucci4480]

LOL are you still screaming :) I don't notice the "darling" that has you around the bend lol. I'll have to look out for it. The 'honey' 'love' and 'hun' overused by Judy to Doreen is repetative and irky :) Nothing to scream home about.

[@jack200000000660]

I love the line Terry says to Vera about Bea at about 11:15 "You've got an obsession with her"

[@HayleyMyles-j6v]

Love hate relationship

[@bloopnation]

vera and harrison storyline is one of my favs.

[@MsVelasca]

Mum sussed there was something up with Bea and she knew straight away she got her memory back very astute of her she's nobody's fool unlike everyone else.

[@discoveryone]

i've always thought Vera looks like Robert Patrick ( terminater 2 / x-files )

[@leethomas5134]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sevenwilliams3485]

SAME JAWLINE LOL

[@apkitching387]

Terminator 7: Rise of the Vera's! 😂

[@fatwhitejen5035]

I'm going to meet Vera and Chrissie tomorrow! Last Star Screen Prisoner event ever. At least we're getting a double and......Vinegar!

[@khanbibi]

fatwhitejen make it as they call Vera aka vinegar tits

[@pauleyles9536]

Good luck

[@josephd.2725]

Not sure why Bea went and spilled the beans about being "back" to Margo of all people. She could have still bashed her quietly lol. Seems like Bea shot herself in the foot there!

[@Milks25]

Judy calling Vera a bag. What the hell is wrong with that woman? Instead of chasing young girls she should've bought herself a mirror.

[@barryfisher586]

Wow! What brilliant acting. Really enjoying these episodes.

[@racheldemain1940]

That Barristars eyebrows have their own agent i am sure!!

[@MrRadiouser]

Those eyebrows should be on trial here😂

[@lukeriely4468]

I love the way Bea ragged Margux. Queen Bea is back!! And the Terry Harrison story is hotting up as well 😊

[@simonsaysrewind]

Bea pours half the tea on Margo hand as the the other half went over her own hand 😁

[@NeilsidneejmasIreland]

@24:09 that solicitor looks like Gargomel from the smurfs the 80s version.

[@absoluteb22]

I love how Fletch gets off storming into the womens cells in the morning.

[@Jesus420.69]

He loves it

[@TallSilentGuy]

Bea has already throttled Margot once in the laundry room, and even admitted it, without blowing her cover. Giving Margot a well-deserved bashing wouldn't necessarily prove she is faking her amnesia. It would only prove she won't tolerate bullies.

[@lampshade8818]

TallSilentGuy Exactly- everyone has a breaking point.

[@lampshade8818]

@@Halfscotboy_39 Psychologists- i agree!! Helplines are a waste of time, too. Getting actual feedback is more helpful- coz we are all capable of having a conversation with ourselves. Also, having a drink definately helps to open up 😊

[@rosiew1952]

@@Halfscotboy_39 hope you are getting better? I know what you mean by bullies, I have been arrested twice for sticking up for myself ( through having a few drinks ,which makes me more angry and wont put up with it ) only for me to get blamed and locked up all night .no more though . I have a great support worker now, and ring her if Im in desperate need. your so right about Psychologists /counsellors though . getting stronger hopefully .take care ❤‍🩹x

[@Problembeing]

Awwww, Bea.... The double murderer with a heart of gold :)

[@josephd.2725]

Mum Brooks' eyes are truly terrifying!

[@rosiew1952]

I always thought that Joseph. Im wondering if she had a thyroid problem like Graves disease or Hashimoto,s ( my old school friend has it and her eyes are the same .

[@josephd.2725]

@@rosiew1952 Yeah. If the actress did have something like that, well it didn't seem to shorten her life at least! She only died last year.

[@josephd.2725]

@@Deborahj1962 She's dead. Some just like to argue online.

[@AlanMclay]

I knew Bea wouldn't stand by while Mum was sent back to Wentworth !

[@DaveyC95]

Great storyline, excellently acted by Val Lehman, and a great last storyline written by the late, great Denise Morgan. I wish she had worked on Prisoner throughout its entire run, then we would not have got rubbish like the Barnhurst Five.

[@martinjenkins5471]

Yeah I have always loved the show. But there have been some rubbish short term story lines.

[@daviddemarco8327]

Denise is a good writer, indeed, but major storyline decisions are usually dictated by the show's producer. In the case of the Barnhurst 5, horrible producer Marie Trevor was responsible for that....and scores of other bad decisions when she arrived as producer in the latter 400s.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@Heather Elliott I think Marie Trevor. I liked Chookie and Willie.

[@Summer21.]

I believe it was Coral Drouyn who was a major writer on the show, who joined Prisoner in 1980 or 1981, up until 1985/1986 and the final producer, Marie Trevor, who came up with the Barnhurst 5 idea. 😃

[@soniapedder87]

I believe Denise Morgan was the partner of Fiona Spence. Did Denise leave Prisoner the same time as Fiona? I only found out a couple of years ago that Fiona was gay. I would never have guessed it as she was so convincing as straight Vera in her romantic scenes with Terry.

[@jon-seankempson5780]

If Bea is pleading guilty - why do they need a jury? It is just a matter of the Judge considering the mitigation before passing sentence, isn't it?

[@Jamie-my6xx]

I always love the way in prisoner there's a grand jury for everything

[@robertjeffries6217]

Hang on, Just hang on, did Vera actually smile outside Davo's office, ?

[@Tiffanylouisekelly]

Yes, scary right? Look just like Wednesday Addams there ❤😂

[@silvana8246]

bea was a fool to let margo know that she got her memory back. bad move bea. wrong again.

[@stevencassidy6982]

Margo is playing with fire, baiting Smith while she thinks she can

[@beas-b4990]

Ikr

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

Meg is the worst probation officer, ever! She becomes obsessed with one parolee at a time and neglects the others.

[@Potionette81]

The first clue that Bea had got her memory back was in the previous episode, when she didn't lag on Margo and her goons.

[@JulietRobin]

I am so angry with Meg for leaving out Mum to deal with the guy who does not give a S%$% about anything. Steups! But in the end Bea does the right thing.

[@apkitching387]

Nice Commodore Meg's driving. 👍 37:37

[@GeorgiePotter]

What is the point of this Nick Clark storyline? How is it even relevant? I could not care less about the problems of some random irrelevant guy with a chip on his shoulder, I just want to follow the story of the women in prison. Bore off Nick!

[@MzRage]

I totally agree!!

[@karennicholls8532]

I've been fast forwarding through his scenes.

[@lamontbradford4630]

He's not as bad as Rodney Adams.But that's not saying much.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@lamontbradford4630 That's the one I couldn't stand.

[@MichaelCotton-c3r]

Queen bea is back.amazing acting by val

[@baronmeduse]

Great to see Sid Butterfield isn't a derro now. If he can scrape some cash together in his warehouse manager job he might even be able to buy back his nursery.

[@burbercat3558]

That dude at the warehouse was the Lyn Warners boss at the garden centre. As if they thought we would forgot.

[@lamontbradford4630]

Sid Butterfield gets around.He owned the nursery where wonky Warner worked. Then fell on hard times after he fired Lynn and became a bum freeloading whiskey. Now he's a foreman in a factory.

[@dappylu]

28:09 Holy mackerel, those eyebrows!😳

[@Tiffanylouisekelly]

To think Vera is younger than me here,& I sound so much younger 😭 😂

[@apkitching387]

I'm sure the Terri Waddell lookalike was in 1983's Scales of Justice! 👍

[@dillongstaff5625]

No toilet in the cell...how come i've never noticed it before...except for the unplumbed one in the pound.

[@Redsleather]

There’s an episode to come where Bryant does actually crap the bed 🤢

[@sheriheffner2098]

Have you noticed that Bea hasn't smoked at all the entire time she's been having her amnesia? Maybe Bea wasn't a smoker in her life before Wentworth.

[@Redsleather]

There was a rumour tobacco companies had to start laying off people while Smith wasn’t on the cigarettes

[@stuartpatto1976]

The Prahran Courthouse Grenville St PRAHRAN Melbourne Where Mum and Bea say their goodbyes is on ' MACQUARIE ST ' corner of ' GRENVILLE ST '

[@topfan11]

the judge should of gone to specsavers :)

[@Halfscotboy_39]

28:20 When bea jumped up yelling at margo calling her a liar like that then the court and Dr Weissman would instantly know that she has her memory back because she is acting exactly the way she used to before the bus crash and after the store room. Dr Weissman isn't usually so foolish but he'll get egg on his face when he finds out she is now faking even with her memory back.

[@u12mjw]

Meg Morris so busy rehabilitating that she misses the guy doin' the real life hit and run through the park 40:04

[@cuccicucci4480]

I saw him running but shrugged it off as a bloke trying to catch his bus lol. Nick is a lazy boozer, if he's on parole and missed starting a job won't that be breaking parole twice hahaha.

[@samisticlife]

25:18 Frank has a couple of caterpillars on his face

[@NativeMoon]

Meg really dropped the ball ... Mum's defense was the big priority, not wastrel Nick who bizarrely reminds her of her long-lost Marty. She certainly owes Mum far more than some punk kid she hardly knows. Not sorry to see Boreen getting bashed... she's been long overdue for a good while now.

[@karennicholls8532]

I agree and Nick certainly doesn't remind me of Marty. When was Marty an obnoxious dole bludger who was always in trouble with the police?

[@williamf4544]

Hmm so he made a bet that he could get Vera"s knickers off - that"ll teach her

[@billdimmer4965]

I'm glad Bea is back. She should give Margo a good bashing!

[@jiggarypokery]

They keep mentioning about Bea having 'fights' with Frankie, yet we never really saw Bea have one single fight with Frankie, she may have hit her twice during the riot but it was hardly a full on fight, so I am assuming they are referring to fights we didn't see.

[@lamontbradford4630]

They fought during the riots in EP.3. when Chrissy stabbed Meg's first husband.

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

Margos wet herself, Bea's back.

[@Oscaeone]

then she (margo) had better put clean knickers on.

[@chenoaspirit]

Isn't that the flower shop guy that Lynn warner worked for?

[@digchri2]

I love Bea as top dog but I have to say Margo beating up Doreen, was the best top dog scene in this show. Doreen was such a pain in the ass for so long that seeing her getting a good thumping made me crack up laughing.

[@bettieboo2010]

Agreed, it was well overdue.

[@msnadiak]

digchri2 Doreen gets an even bigger thumping later in the series. I won't reveal the storyline here but it's during the Sandy, Marie and Kate era.

[@johnw2328]

msnadiak How much I want to see that👍👏😂👻

[@charoletteholt8322]

Doreen bash Margo back

[@HayleyMyles-j6v]

They are so weak.. There isn’t anything on Margo Doreen could have easily took her down…

[@shirleysample6131]

Mrs. Morris, wanna beer? OMG! That judge has huge glasses. He looks like a fool! Mum must not go back to jail.

[@sushil626]

Ouch...Margo destroyed Doreen's poor stomach with one punch!

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Don't forget Margo gave Doreen a blood nose when she slammed her head into the table.

[@jokergrin090]

In the dining room at the start vera noticed something mum clocked it straight away

[@lostghost101]

Oh my god: EYEBROWS. I looked away for a sec, then focused back to the show. Now, I'm only watching on a teeny tiny phone, but there they were. Seriously! In the face.

[@denzil4]

I think Nick Clark is hiding in them !!!!!

[@burbercat3558]

deadPANther Where they eyebrows? It looked like a couple of crows crashed into his face. In all seriousness I doubt that guy gets much acting work. For his sake I hope they were stick on eye brows.

[@denzil4]

simon ginsberg He might be growing his eyebrows long so that when he goes bald he can comb them back over his head !!!

[@burbercat3558]

denzil4 Excellent idea and will most definitely make him attractive to the ladies.

[@denzil4]

simon ginsberg He'd end up looking like " Oddbod" from "Carry On Screaming"

[@LouiseMelrose-f3u]

Funny how Dr Weissman is called Carl in this episode but later in the series he's called Eric Weissman 🤔

[@racinggal33]

Meg seems to not know how to prioritise her job. Chasing after Nick and leaving Mum in court. Hopeless.

[@sidj6745]

The idea that Judy is afraid of Margo is in no way believable. Matter of fact im pretty sure Judy wld give Bea one hell of a go. I don't blame Bea for doing everything she can to get out of there, otherwise she wld die in there and carry the rest of those bozos on her back.

[@chris.c9885]

Bea will obviously bash Margo. Can't wait !!

[@Redsleather]

It’s what you get for lagging

[@paulavine9420]

Brilliant episodes For us watching, it was obvious straight away that Beas memory had returned. Her whole demeanour is different She’s like two different people and that’s credit to Val Lehman’s amazing acting. I do fear that by continuing to pretend though, that she’s going to end up a lot worse off

[@Halfscotboy_39]

How do you mean that she could be worse off? If the psychiatrist believes her then she could get out free as a bird. 21.02 Practice what you preach margo...I thought you said earlier you hated laggers?! Yet your lagging on Bea to Vera.

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Is Mr. Sutton related to Mr. Buttefield? The family curse of having criminals as employees!

[@8ballpoolking1]

Bea's conscience finally got the better of her then. She may come across as a bit selfish at times, but on the whole she looks out for the best interests of her fellow inmates, unlike Margo! Margo is taking a big risk in testifying against Bea and a transfer to Barnhurst won't necessarily mean she is safe from consequences of her actions. Meg should have made going to court more of a priority rather than wasting time on that waste of space Nick and making herself late! That Mr Sutton is just as sour and miserable as he was as Mr Butterfield earlier in the series. I can't imagine who would wanna work for someone like him anyway........

[@endrightwinglunacy]

Ok, so I might be slightly nuts here, but if you look at Vera sideways, she sort of kind of looks a bit like Miley Cyrus! Look at her at the end of the scene 21:27 - it's the eyes I think.

[@kop1986]

ERL God I'm never going to be able to cum over Miley's face again without thinking of Vera 🙁

[@Tiffanylouisekelly]

I can’t see it. I have tried lol

[@mathewmason5917]

yes bea is back

[@AlexS-bi7of]

Anyone notice Julian assange's dad on the left side of the thumbnail?

[@cyuiyuwyguiyui]

35:15 I see that man has another job..again.. :D

[@sheriheffner2098]

I was wrong. That's not Terri Wadell. The scene in the last episode was dark.

[@jamesmiller6441]

dont get it in later eps when winter and margo meet up in wentworth they act like they have just met but after this ep margo is sent to barnherts so how did they not meet then lol

[@lamontbradford4630]

I wish they would have sent Janey to Wentworth at least to see her beat up Doreen like she did at barnhursrt.

[@ThePatty1962]

Ill be glad when bea puts margo in her place, i dont like fighting but she was trying to kill her and i look at it as self defense .val is brilliant as bea. its a shame that she played that role for 400 episodes only but she said years later that she felt she couldnt take the character any further.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Denis Healey moonlighting as an actor portraying Mr Waller!

[@MichaelCotton-c3r]

That nick will end up in the nick😂what a waste of space he is

[@rosiew1952]

wow, Bea,s real daughter is an image of her

[@GusMcGuire]

39:11 - Nick: "Yeah, well I didn't ask for your help, did I." - er....yes you did, just two episodes back. Also I'm surprised the courts in Australia seem to operate on a flexitime basis that allows witnesses (specifically Meg) to just stroll in when they like. I had to give testimony in court once and the buggers made me turn up at the beginning of the day and wait until they were ready to see me. I was there all day. If I'd been in Australia, I suppose I could have gotten a couple of hours work in instead and then wandered in if I felt like it.

[@karennicholls8532]

It's the same in Australia. Never been to court myself but know heaps of people who have and they have to be there 1st thing in the morning.

[@jamiemullen8674]

Terry right vera obsessed with bea it's like vera in love with bea secretly

[@Tiffanylouisekelly]

She prolly is lol

[@charlottewebb582]

Cricky those are some eye brows

[@elizabethanslow7416]

I love Dr weissman ❤

[@stevenmcghee6649]

It's heartening to see someone who can spell his surname correctly.

[@ValerieBarlow]

The judge almost said "Is this a private party or can anyone join in?"

[@josephd.2725]

I have a feeling that young dude fancies Meg Morris lol

[@2589hbradley]

megs such a cougar

[@stuartpatto1976]

* Bea * Yes Margo i'm BACK!!. * Margo * Please let go Bea i think i've shit my pants lol.

[@happyfunball3266]

Every office has the same edition of the Funk and Wagnalls encyclopedia on the shelf, the light brown ones with the red band. This time it's the judge's chambers. There are also a few volumes in Meg's office, and a complete set in the governor's office.

[@Mynewlife2025]

Lol we had those at home back in the 80s. Google of the time.

[@stuartpatto1976]

Love Bea when she sorts Margo out.

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

Glad Margo beat Doreen up - Doreen annoys me so much

[@MATTYHOUGH100]

Imagine waking up with Vera next to you!.. You just can't account for taste!

[@k8lynmae]

London Underground SHR & Retro I would love it !!

[@stevenmcghee6649]

I've done worse

[@Tiffanylouisekelly]

I wouldn’t mind 🤷‍♀️

[@Potionette81]

Blimey I think Mr Waller is a vampire.

[@TLIMSISNW_p22.1]

Mum knows........

[@Milks25]

Yes. She figured it out from the moment Bea walked in the dinner hall. From her walk to the look she gave Margo. Queen Bea was hit on the head again.

[@simosc2]

somebody send Meg home to be a housewife, for pete sake

[@cattona34]

Her goons - Crabbe and Goyle.

[@susi-emily]

Glad I'm not the only one who thinks Margo is a female adult Draco Malfoy.

[@sensimania]

I forgot that men didn't get their eyebrows groomed back in those days. Look at the caterpillars above the lawyer's eyes. Oh, and Mike Reid's eyebrows 😯

[@pamelahanlon3110]

so if they're locked in their cells all night with no toilet...?

[@outtherelivinginthepub1973]

I think it was despicable the way bea used her dead daughters memory to make the shrink feel bad for her just so can get out! I would call that (trying to escape under false pretence)

[@bigowl43]

Bea's back

[@Potionette81]

09:04 - I thought that Judy's pacemaker stopped working if she went near a washer/dryer, but she's ok. Or doesn't it count if she's got her back to it?

[@khanbibi]

I love bea she is true blue