Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 660

[@jtpinnyc]

I love how the Freak, just one second after being told that there's a gas emergency, takes her gas mask like it's the most natural thing in the world, and speeds off to "reverse-cycle the air conditioning" as if it's something she does every day

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

Any good with a tennis racquet. Always enjoy Joan's humour and sarcasm.

[@DistantCousin]

The Rodney character is a brilliant "foil" for Joan and really gives Maggie some good scenes to work with

[@hello5007]

Rodney is so slimy and gross but such a great character!

[@giovanni1965]

Funny how Reno encourages the women to lag but when they do she doesn't believe them!!

[@adamkrueger2741]

It was the word of many against hers. Reno had to go with it. Same rules apply regardless of colour and if that had been anyone else who lagged they'd have been battered. Rita was right when she said it was only because she was black that they let her off. But "Racism" only counts when it's convenient

[@andrewmorrice9139]

@C I don't believe they denied that it does exist.

[@ross1748]

Anne's a fool

[@kimirio66]

Her Parents were deaf!

[@josephd.2725]

Lurch as "top dog" still cracks me up... lol

[@laurenbrooks3091]

*Rita, cuts Sarah's finger,* "You're the same as us! You're one of us!" *Cuts her own finger and shows Sarah,* "Look! It's the same color! It's _exactly_ the same! You might think you're different but you're not, so grow up...!" A standing ovation is deserved here! THANK YOU, Rita! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Chillmax]

Yes, that was quite good, I thought the same ;-).

[@highfrequency9127]

Rita is awesome I wasn't a fan of her first few episodes but she's a great character. Very true point she made as well.

[@ursulaoreilly3013]

That was a really great line, and great scene. Just brilliant! And such wisdom! Great stuff there, Prisioner.

[@Mars-zv7ml]

Wow. Love Rita.

[@kellzDavies]

Joan is such a legend,,, even when she's being serious she's so funny, what an amazing actress, xxxx

[@jtpinnyc]

"DON'T SNIVEL, ADAMS...." -- God I love Joan. It would have been half the show without her.

[@chloejones1548]

The show is absolute chaos lately, I'm loving it!

[@shockproof1976]

Joan seemed almost human again having her chat with Reynolds over the shop.

[@boweryboy07]

Yeah, because she was being a sneaky weasel. You would think Reynolds would notice by now that anytime Joan is compliant with something it's because she's complicit with something underhand.

[@bdchiaccio]

And with Marty

[@karfomachet7265]

@@boweryboy07 shes the only one whose been decent to the black girl

[@rosslamb5864]

Vicky and Spider are so childish. You'd think they were in primary school not prison

[@Redsleather]

Along with the Maxwell bitch and Merle, two characters that ruin the last months of the show imho

[@michelleevans4948]

It’s all gone childish

[@LuciousLeeStetson]

Joan can almost be human on occasions.

[@jtpinnyc]

Lisa reminds me of 80's Sheena Easton

[@michelleevans4948]

Beautiful isn’t she

[@ajs41]

Has anyone noticed how the episodes are getting shorter all the time? They started out on 48 or 49 minutes, and now they're down to 43 or 44 minutes. Obviously this is probably something to do with the commercial ads getting longer and longer. I remember the same thing happening in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s. A 60 minute show used to have about 3 advert breaks and each of them used to last about 3 minutes. 20 years later, a 60 minute show would have about 5 advert breaks and each one would last about 5 minutes.

[@DistantCousin]

Yes. And the recaps at the start are getting ridiculously long. A recent one was 3 MINUTES long!!

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

Good for Rita. she made the point : the women in prison are actually all on the same level. So to quote a famous line: they either hang together or they will hang separately.

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

Decent of Miss Ferguson to give Sarah her photograph. Miss Bennett would never have done that.

[@bdchiaccio]

Maybe for Lizzy

[@lamontbradford4630]

I think Vera would have been racist like Rodney.

[@robbe5137]

Rita made a good point... 41:31.. very well said!!

[@KenyanBunnie]

lol uh huh.

[@jessicaj8564]

Cheesy bs line you mean 😆

[@melmazing3993]

I love the way Rita put West in her place at the end!

[@telbel4979]

After this many episodes I've just realised this is panto. It's so bad it's good. I'll probably start again from the beginning when I reach the end.

[@vanishingpoint2658]

WHY would hydrochloric acid even _BE PRESENT_ in a supposed high security detention centre, much less be so readily accessible to prisoners ?

[@Redsleather]

If Paula Duncan and Justine Saunders are ‘exclusively’ dressed by Ninette Trading, does the local thrift store ‘exclusively’ dress Reynolds in her 3 outfits?

[@brookecasey2404]

Thank you Rita!!! She is so right! Their blood is the same colour!!! No difference!, work together not apart!

[@sashasectionn4287]

Exactly

[@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991]

That don't mean nothing 🙄

[@danielbudd1217]

the action music when Kath and Rodney are discussing the shop was funny

[@vickihigh3701]

I love the irony that the woman who loses her voice is the only one able to read lips...

[@MrMogwali1]

And use sign language! I know it's only a drama, but the writers were certainly stretching the viewers disbelief.

[@Laladust]

They explained this in Reyno's office in the last episode. Both her parents were deaf and mute. She knew Auslan and Lip reading. Even blonde Lisa mentioned she could read lips.

[@sheriheffner2098]

Lori obviously understands because she's telling the others what Lisa is signing. I wish I knew sign language.

[@karennicholls8532]

There's that other little invention called pens and paper.

[@Chillmax]

@@Laladust Ah, thanks for that, I missed it, I do occasionally jump a bit, I did think it was rather odd ;-).

[@jamessky9155]

Merle giving Lisa a lolly, now that was sweet, no pun intended, lol 29th December 2023.

[@johnnybee8525]

10:30 Rita playing her violin! So funny!

[@LaMarquiseDeMerteuil]

Good work, Rita :-)

[@dilzappa]

Gas mask scene straight out of Goldfinger!

[@Problembeing]

Lisa doesn't have much luck, does she.

[@KarlafromOZ]

Never heard of shock causing voice or limb loss, even to this day.

[@shadegat3996]

Search the words Psycho Somatic on Google. It has existed for as long as there have been people and we all suffer without even realising it, often.

[@butchdinglespigs]

so what if you have not heard of it do you know everthing

[@Sheri451]

Have you ever saw the Little House On The Prairie episode The Silent Cry? The poor little boy was traumatized so badly by the loss of his parents he could no longer speak, and I have read books by a woman named Tori Hayden, she had worked with children with this problem throughout her teaching life. It does exist.

[@mikeb2575]

I was so shocked to hear of this that now I cannot walk, talk or move !!!! So yes, obviously it does exist :D

[@MrMogwali1]

I've heard of 'hysterical blindness' when associated with illnesses such as psychosis.

[@weakeddan]

That prison has its far share of very rare psychosomatic illnesses. There was that girl in the wheelchair who just needed a good shock to start walking again, Lisa with her loss of voice cured by the realisation that she wasn't responsible for her boyfriend's death, Lori becoming catatonic after being raped cured by her friend's voices. At least Pixie never recovered from her rare reaction to trauma.

[@teasdaleeden]

Spoiler much

[@emmaburfield1184]

Although Willie's amnesia was due to being knocked out, its a miracle she was cured by hitting her head again. A second blow to the head is far more likely to worsen than cure an existing head injury and related symptoms. Somehow, it worked for Willie so it does seem Wentworth is home to rare psychosomatic illness and cures. All you need now is the Aussie equivalent of House as the on site doc.

[@charlottewebb7783]

Pixie did get better the guv went to the hospital about Keane and pixie was almost back to her normal self she had just blocked everything to do Wentworth etc

[@barbieslack45]

Thats not a spoiler the pixie period was ages ago ​@teasdaleeden

[@Kblog777]

Pamela calling Reno an inverted racist for being soft on Sarah is a damned if you do,damned if you don't scenario.

[@LC-ws6vz]

Not really. She could just treat her like a person.

[@ms.brenda8615]

People act like they don't understand the concept of treating all the same. unless they can do this they are racist.

[@gnewchie3956]

Kblogg no .. that is a very bad and uninformed statement and me being Indigenous Australian am offended by that. I was raised by my mother to own my shit, not to pull the race card, do good in life, fight for equality but don't feed into racism and help those less fortunate than ourselves. We now raise our children to do the same .. to own their shit or face the consequences. There are too many non Indigenous people that are quick to believe that we are all one of the same. I have worked hard ALL of my life and everything I have is bought and owned by me and a result from my hard work over the years.

[@ursulaoreilly3013]

'Don't snivel, Adams! 'Ha ha. Tell him Joan.

[@DianaSheward]

That scene with Doreen,Sarah and Spider was the battle of the wild hair-dos!I'm surprised they could all fit in that one cell with the amount of manic hair in there!🤣🤭🤣🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️🐊🐊🐊

[@bernadettelamb54]

Lurch does shit all as top dog

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

16/5/17 - Where's Dr Wiseman gone? Who's this new psychiatrist?

[@volginicity]

6:25 Another male screw?Where did he come from?Out of thin air?Every male screw gets an introduction why not him?

[@teasdaleeden]

He's more of a background person

[@ajs41]

He's been around for ages but he never says anything. A bit like Joan Barwell in earlier episodes.

[@gordonblackett8329]

A masterclass in acting here... 27:32

[@divaleah3524]

I miss po face

[@Ruby16663]

Me too

[@tefllife2024]

Same.

[@Redsleather]

Sarah, the Kid Killer and PO Face, stood next to each other…. 🤮🤮

[@michelleevans4948]

Same

[@francistreml148]

Me too she should stayed in longer 😂

[@Problembeing]

Nice one, Rita!

[@lisasterritt2520]

I love how Lisa looses her voice and suddenly knows sign language

[@DistantCousin]

Yes. How convenient that her parents were "deaf and dumb" as Anne commented in the last episode!! 😆

[@lisasterritt2520]

@@DistantCousin oh really? I didn’t see the previous episode. Makes sense now

[@Irishgui83]

Didn't the doctor (or another character) say both her parents were deaf?

[@ross1748]

I really don't care about Lisa.

[@jencavacas4625]

Both of her parents are deaf.

[@Roger-hq1yt]

Nice right hook by Sarah..well done girl!

[@angielee3365]

Wow Rita makin a seriously profound statement at the end there got me a lil emotional

[@Chillmax]

Don't quite know what to think about the Aboriginal storyline. To make the character constantly angry is a bit difficult to watch, for many, she would be a highly unsympathetic character, I know they'll twist it for a 'happy' ending, but it was quite a brave writing move to do it this way, rather than just show her suffering racism & sitting back quietly.

[@darrendunn134]

Cell block went diffrent way here with this sharp storyline

[@jonnyt01uk]

22:15 and 27:32 loving the acting skills of the new male (non speaking) officer

[@Ruby16663]

He cannot speak either, must be contagious

[@RoughJustice2k18]

@@Ruby16663 Perhaps he caught Mullins disease (from Lisa).

[@darrendunn134]

Joan class saying too rodders do I need draw you a picture 🤣🤣🤣

[@shirleysmitten1074]

Merle, the spirits are getting angry. Spider needs to get her hair and her mouth under control. Merle saved Lisa's life. Merle's a hero like Captain Marvelous! Knives keep going everywhere in Wentworth. Their security stinks!

[@geninewilkinson8104]

Thanks

[@kathleenhager9937]

Nothing to drink with their meal, lol they just play , never eat

[@Redsleather]

The way the show was filmed out of order, the cast filmed a week’s worth of dining room scenes one after the other - imagine eating that brown slop all day! I imagine it’s why so many actresses either play with their food, pick at a slice of toast or just smoke!!

[@MarkTheMadMan]

i think this is one of the first episodes ive noticed that meg morris is not in! looks like she had a few off lol

[@howtopress1978]

I'm pretty sure she had 92 or so off but she's the longest person in the show

[@MarkTheMadMan]

according to IMDB she was in 669 episodes, and there are 692 episodes, that means she must have had 23 off :p

[@rosslamb7069]

She's an annoying cunt

[@MrMogwali1]

On the show she plays a lovely character. I have read that whilst working in the show Elspeth Ballantyne could be a nightmare to work with

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@@MrMogwali1 In a diametric opposite, Tommy Dysart, who portrayed Jock Stewart, was a really lovely person and his fellow cast members couldn't speak highly enough of him.

[@berer.]

I've had a few black friends over the years and always tell them about this scene in Prisoner 41:28 It's a bit cheesy but good

[@martinjenkins5471]

Well done Rita, someone needs to do that nowadays. All they worry about is an apology. No one apologises to the poor kids that are sexually assaulted in the camps. Makes us look like a third world country, there's no excuse for it.

[@sheriheffner2098]

I wish the women would pool their money and buy Spider a pair of sneakers. Those shoes she clomps around in are TOO DAMN NOISY.

[@ians5597]

She gets some sneakers soon...

[@teasdaleeden]

Plus they are so ugly and look so smelly

[@Arghans]

Ann wasting no time replacing that decanter!

[@SaxyLament]

What in blue hell are they eating??

[@sheriheffner2098]

It looked like rice with gravy and beef to me.

[@vickihigh3701]

they sure aren't chemists in writing dept - hydrochloric acid is very pungent so presumably they would have smelt it before passing out etc...

[@darrendunn134]

Check way kath looks at Simpson and Rita in dining room lol

[@Tamunett]

Sarah got me laughing!!

[@hb11912]

Spider and Vicki are disgusting with their racial taunts but unfortunately nothing much has changed since then. Sarah is rebellious but smart and has some spunk. I’m beginning to like her. Well done to Merle for saving Lisa.

[@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991]

Freedom of speech

[@matthewgregory2106]

​@@mike-kellydutkiewicz5991 most racists are people of low intelligence

[@speedy692]

Every 2nd word out of Sarah's mouth is Racist.

[@michelleevans4948]

Are you serious. Nobody more racist than Sarah !!

[@kevjacko1974]

It's not real

[@darrendunn134]

Lol kath looking at spider

[@sophiepeach6333]

shes not using Australian sign language...shes making it up

[@sophiepeach6333]

lol

[@TheSmiliekiwi]

recognise the signs... can't understand how Lori could interpret before she finished signing though :)

[@gnewchie3956]

Sophie Peach I used to be an interpreter for the Deaf for over 12 years and that definitely is AUSLAN she is using. Smh.

[@Laladust]

Northern and Southern Auslan are different dialects completely.

[@DistantCousin]

Hehehe!!

[@_The_Able_Gardener]

Blimey, just 32 episodes to go.

[@michelleevans4948]

Hope it gets better

[@bernadettelamb54]

They've ruined Spiders character, she talks too much and has became ridiculously childish.

[@benharis1956]

The actress who plays Spider is Dead in real life. Taya Stratton.

[@benharis1956]

Yes that actress killed her own self

[@frankbrodie5168]

Clever little plot device. Having Sarah in for arson, thus explaining why she's adept at the old fire starting now.

[@darrendunn134]

Lol joan smart listening in on reyno convo with glover lol

[@LittleMissJmoo]

So Rita is a racist, who complains she's always judged for who she is i.e a bikie? Its a bit hypocritical to say that based on who she is. No wonder I don't really like her. We're all the same, we came out the same, we breed the same, we eat the same, we have the same blood etc etc. Skin colour doesn't define who you are, just like your background or parents don't define the person you really are. Its your choices and actions that define a person. Having understanding and compassion goes along way too, sadly some have missed that. She of course is going about it the wrong way Sarah, though I would be pissed off if I was spoken like that and treated like that, no matter what skin colour I was! Touching on racism would have been incredibly rare in the 80s, considering the history in school is still shoved under the rug and not brought to the depth it really was, to what we know. Considering the 60s they were still chained and sold off to slaves practically, its pretty strong story for its time. It would have been pretty hard playing the part, though also good for the morality it holds...

[@laurenbrooks3091]

How the hell is she racist when she said they all bleed red, they're all the same despite skin color??

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Rita wasn't racist - Rodney Adams and Spider were the worst offenders in that department. Rita explained it in context to Sarah. Spider did it to be aggravating and insulting. Rodney did it because he's an ignorant, uneducated moron. Rita sorted both Spider and Rodney out for it. She actually made some effort to try and befriend Sarah (helping her to calm down a bit) if she was racist or a hater, she wouldn't have bothered.

[@michelleevans4948]

Nobody more racist than Sarah herself

[@darrendunn134]

Joan being sarcastic kath helping too 💙

[@bazzkrycek211]

Well said Rita :) best top dog everrrrrr

[@darrendunn134]

No chance one worse

[@Sensabaugh]

Why at this point is Joan still using the name Wendy Glover when her real name is now revealed to be Trish Haynes?

[@RoughJustice2k18]

Isn't it ironic how Wendy Glover (or similar name) was also Julianne's character in Kingswood Country?

[@Sensabaugh]

RoughJustice 2k18 no

[@robinrwilsonsauls]

HOLY GOD-the writers were not holding back-they gave both barrels to Sarah. LOVE the ending! BRAVA!!!!!!!!!!!

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Not only are Spider's 'jokes' racist, they don't even make any sense!

[@darrendunn134]

Joan lagging too spider lol

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Ann drinking alcohol 🍸 on the job and having alcohol in her office

[@francistreml148]

And as soon as she gets home from work 😂they all drink alcohol then coffee ☕ before bed 😂😂

[@jessicaj8564]

29:18 look at Merle dragging the cheapest looking crap dummy!! Hahaha doesn’t even look human!!😂😂😂

[@fabpcbhfan9592]

Cant believe that was supposed to be Lisa🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Shadegat3]

Rita was not the only one to inject new life into this show, Merle also plays a major roll in that. And Kath also helps a lot. I like Kath (The real Kath) For all it's ups and downs. it is still one of the best shows ever - what TV was made for as opposed to so much rubbish they push on us. We play the biggest part making that happen, too.

[@Tigerofthenight]

Spider is the Alf Garnett of Wentworth.

[@stevencassidy6982]

Poisonous gas? What a way to take out the prison?

[@jtpinnyc]

Sarah has the best scowl

[@johnwalters4792]

Poison fumes

[@Leevan75]

I'm suprised Alice was squeamish over Lisa slashing her wrists, seeing as she helped Lou string Sam Greenway up after electrocuting her. Don't get me wrong, Louise played Lou Kelly brilliantly but her violence was so very over the top at times.

[@samisticlife]

And after helping with Lexies birth

[@chrisgibson2314]

So it seems that when you lose the ability to speak all of a sudden you become expert in sign language 🤔 😅😂

[@welshwitch9285]

It was explained that she was raised by her parents who were both deaf.

[@EatKitty68]

On the show Wentworth the character Doreen is portraid as an Aborigian. I love both shows. This plot of Sarah has made me very curious to learn about Aborigians... They seem to have suffered as our American Indians have...

[@Laladust]

So is Rita Connors and Joan's adopted nephew Shane.

[@ians5597]

Aboriginal, not aborigian. Aboriginal as a word just means "native", so your Native Americans are also an aboriginal people.

[@joylapine9004]

Indeed, it’s the same poor treatment as American Indigenous people. Also the racism white Americans have toward anyone of color. It’s shameful to be standing on stolen land and be so arrogant.

[@Tigerofthenight]

Although Vicky chews gun, scowls, is violent and corrupt, the actress playing her has a cute, innocent face.

[@TYNEPUNK]

why dont they just ask the last 3 ppl left in the prison.

[@sparky2098]

33:55 Do not recall male guard to the right of Reyno.

[@MATTYHOUGH100]

32 left xx

[@julabard]

+London Underground SHR & Retro Boo!

[@LesLikesCoins]

Them books in reno's office.....i'm sure they were burnt in the fire !!!

[@CornishMiner]

+Les Ashton First thing they did after the fire was to order a new set of encyclopedias ;)

[@darrendunn134]

Joan doing a double shift lol

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

Lori is being like Nancy goes on a bit

[@FreedomforHaiti]

I'm glad the racism is being depicted blatantly and that the ugliness of it is so exposed. Racist viewers may feed on the ugly remarks, but many of them aren't likely to be reached anyway.

[@Billygoatsgrruff]

@Jamie Nelson don't worry.Whites are only 25.9 percent in Oz now, so all you white guilters can pat yourselves on the back for what your hate for whites and love for all other colours have caused

[@francistreml148]

Letting those prisoners work in that workshop is ridiculous 😂 all those weapons to hand 😂asking for trouble

[@darrendunn134]

Joan running shop 🤣🤣🤣

[@giovanni1965]

It's the medic that took care of Lexie's baby @ 30:46

[@Thechampissammy]

RITA'S STARTING TO LOOK ILL IN THESE EPISODES

[@jessicaj8564]

Why

[@Thechampissammy]

@@jessicaj8564 because as the storyline goes on she gets diagnosed with terminal cancer🥲

[@darrendunn134]

Kath saying yes off course wee will

[@pauliejay4161]

28:22 - Oh yeah, prison issued tripod...

[@charlottethecat6302]

Well said Rita 👏

[@darrendunn134]

Wouldn't get away with that now I love Australians ❤

[@jessicaj8564]

29:18 hahaha merle dragging the cheapest looking dummy ever!!!😂😂😂 a MAN DOLL BTW!!