Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 687

[@sharontonks3192]

Rosanne Hull browns portrayal of merle is absolutely outstanding. She completely portrays someone with special needs to perfection without making a mockery of it, she is 100 percent believable. I have never seen such an accurate and heartbreaking performance and I really hope she received the recognition and accolades that she so thoroughly deserved.

[@supralapsarian]

Joan at 3": “Why can’t people be more pleasant, like me?” May be the single funniest line of the whole run. OTFL!

[@Daxons2009]

Merle in the hospital... is as good as any acting in all 692 episodes. In fact, she's one of only a few who nailed their character from start to finish - very impressive.

[@Mynewlife2025]

She should've got a logie award for her performance.

[@karennicholls8532]

Agree.

[@lazylaurablue]

Exactly what I came here to say! Fantastic actress.

[@louisejenkins7005]

When she asked Mr Jackson to take her home 😢

[@72Bats]

They’re all great actors!

[@LadyDragonsblood]

Rosanne Hull Brown should have won EVERY major acting award possible in Australia. She only ever did Prisoner.... she is simply AMAZING. She now teaches music, which is what she did before playing Merle.

[@amykjorlien326]

LadyDragonsblood I agree! she is fab!

[@PatriciaHalls]

Heartily agree!

[@1corrsfan]

LadyDragonsblood I agree, I’ve always loved Merle and her character must be one of the hardest to play and she did it so convincingly... from the minute she joined the cast to the end, she’s awesome in my book..

[@michellehalloway1592]

Excellent actress. Terrible to see Merle in that place. Reynolds should not have allowed it.

[@karennicholls8532]

Apparently it was the only acting job she ever had.

[@ComeAtMeHo444]

OMG! The scene with Marty and Merl caused me to cry my eyes out. So heartbreaking the way she was sobbing the way a heart broken child would😧

[@karennicholls8532]

I cried too.

[@paulagray7628]

Terribly sad scenes 😩😭

[@lazylaurablue]

The actress who plays Merle is amazing. This episode's the second one she's had me almost in tears.

[@Mal-0-vent]

its almost the end, thank you for posting this whole drama its been a pleasure watching

[@dapperlygrungy3189]

Oh Rita...I'm tearing. I know its just a show... You and Lizzie are my favorite characters. Only 4 episodes left. I love your character.

[@charlottewebb7783]

If that bloke that's holding Maxwell is 36 I'll eat my other half's hat lol

[@josephd.2725]

Kath dressed up like that looked like a cross between Joyce Barry and Bea Smith!

[@shadegat3996]

This period is one of the best in the whole series. Although not as good as it was in the early days, it still has it's better episodes. The music has changed slightly now, too. We sense a change, like something really big will happen soon which eventually does in the end. There is a lot going on during these episodes (Inside and outside the prison) to keep us interested. Great build up's - climaxes and well scripted plots. Even though it had run it's course, i understand how people did not want it to end. We are all just glad it run so long and that we can still enjoy it today :)

[@hello5007]

I think these episodes are just as good as the ‘good ol’ days’ of Bea, Lizzie etc TBH

[@DD-md5fi]

i've watched this show for 4 weeks solid day & night, can't believe there's only 5 episodes left 😭 lol

[@2008giles]

I've posted this before, but wanted to say again how excellent Rosanne was in her portrayal of Merle! Would love to see her interviewed by Matt and Ken on talkingprisoner soon.

[@trickynicky4268]

7:16 Rodney is so immature and acts like a big sook, a big cry baby! I cannot believe he was so hell bent on getting back at Mullins. It was only a joke!

[@hello5007]

I know! Rodney: what a loser! He’s such a great character though!

[@jtpinnyc]

13:11 wow the Prisoner budget stretched to a binocular-effect overlay!

[@TheHighPriestessStudio]

That wig ... 33:35 isn't that the one Bea wore when she escaped?

[@nigelthomas4820]

The High Priestess - Connecting the realms yes it was an the blue suite

[@trickynicky4268]

22:18 OMFG Rodney has gone way too far this time! Setting a prisoner up so she has to come back to prison?

[@kelliefernandez3427]

I love the sound I hear of the birds in Australia I live in the United States and our birds don't sound like that the Australian bird sound so pretty I wish I knew what kind they were

[@karennicholls8532]

The pretty sounds are Lorikeets (a type of parrot).

[@homeless_greg_games]

And magpies .

[@hrhlou]

Funny you should say that. My cockatiels always start up when they hear those birds.

[@kevinlongman007]

Cookaburra's?

[@TommyRay-wp2eh]

Fishy 🐦

[@Agnethatheredhairkid]

@ Dave Rowlands: Not just a music teacher. Merle, or rather Roseanne, is also a Professor of Music.

[@karinswift]

Poor Merle :'( "Take me home", she'd prefer jail to a psych ward

[@laurenbrooks3091]

I dont blame her. No joke.

[@karinswift]

@@laurenbrooks3091

[@callmeishmael2415]

Anyone know what she was convicted of?

[@laurenbrooks3091]

@@callmeishmael2415 didn't she kill an officer? I forgot. I may be thinking of Cass.

[@callmeishmael2415]

@@laurenbrooks3091 I think that's Caz I can't find anything on Merle tho

[@WilAdams]

Wasn't the wig that Kath was wearing the same one that Bea Smith wore when she escaped from the hospital and went to stay with her friend who lived next to the nosey little girl?

[@Kblog777]

That music that's playing while Kath is in Ingleside reminds me of Jan Hammer.

[@stephenpovey-jones6520]

30/6/17 - It's a bit like Rambo First Blood, with the drums, funny plink plonk music, binoculars, rifle, trying to catch Kath in the jungle.

[@amykjorlien326]

I knew something was dreadfully wrong with Rita...I feared it was something like cancer...but I sure didn't think it'd be that bad. dammit! why Rit!

[@kevinlongman007]

36? He looks a lot older than that!

[@mandystevenson5790]

Poor Merle, bless her!!

[@bazzkrycek211]

Noooooo not my Rita

[@DistantCousin]

Brilliant, affecting performance from Roseanne Hull Brown. One of the best actors in the whole series

[@frankbrodie5168]

lol Lisa is at least 8 months pregnant in these episodes. They don't do a totally awful job of hiding it. But it's pretty obvious without being told.

[@OzzyPedro]

- Get Blind Matt to guard her. What could possibly go wrong? - She escaped but, luckily, we caught her again. What do you want to do with her now. - Get Blind Matt to guard her again. What could possibly go wrong?

[@KayWoods64]

13:12 - LOL at the binoculars effect :D

[@dieselgav]

Roseanne Hull-Brown should've gone on to do film work, given her excellent acting range. She'd have been absolutely fantastic as Annie Wilkes in "Misery" (Kathy Bates plays her in the film). I understand she's a successful music teacher today, but she certainly knew this character's nuances and she plays Merle perfectly.

[@Kingboo1081]

Why do these young prisoners always find these old men so attractive 😂😂😂😂

[@ianharperuk]

How did Kath get a wig and outfit in the outback that fits from a blind man...and a white coat from outside the hospital gates ?

[@evagabor5]

That was Joyce Pringles wig when she got beat up and had brain surgery...

[@beasmith8191]

ianharperuk captain marvel helped her

[@LeadMineGal]

She already had the wig, etc., she brought them with her from the prison.

[@sheriheffner2098]

@Heather Elliott Maybe it was a Braille telephone book? At McDonald's they have a Braille menu.

[@helengazzara8725]

Heather Elliott Thé white pages book was a standard in houses then - whether or not it was used.

[@Kblog777]

Felt kinda sorry for the blind man when he got tied up even tho he was a baddie. Must be scary losing your sight.

[@durv13]

lmao love the black cardboard cut out for the bonocular view lol

[@susi-emily]

TV binos are always done like that. Otherwise it just looks like normal viewing. I love it. So cheesy.

[@josephd.2725]

Some good episodes right at the end of Prisoner's run here!

[@bernadettelamb54]

I thought Kath got shot in her arm?

[@highfrequency9127]

36 that blind guy is I thought he was in his mid to late 40s .

[@jamesmitchell8922]

This was when TEN announced the sad news. Prisoner is cancelled

[@sparky2098]

Poor Rita!

[@marksturge7536]

Where did maxwell hide all that hair?

[@laurenbrooks3091]

Right????

[@helengazzara8725]

She has quite fine hair - or had.

[@Mynewlife2025]

Good question.

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

It was her actual hair, so clearly it can be done.

[@jtpinnyc]

Why's Kath holed up with Liam Gallagher, and why does Liam Gallagher claim to be only 36

[@samisticlife]

Reading this the same week when they've announced their reunion

[@mandystevenson5790]

I agree, I love Rita!

[@soapsnthings4182]

The actor who plays Rita's doctor....this must be his 372nd role on the series....

[@kenfoland]

Yes, you're right. Recycled character actors playing multiple roles is the hallmark of this production.

[@amykjorlien326]

SoapsNthings this is my first time thru the series so I am still trying to keep all of the characters straight over the past 600 plus episodes...but it is fun to see recycled actors...tho some shouldn't have played such major roles (Read the Craven et. all)! I am excited to rewatch the series and pay a bit more attention to who all has multiple roles!

[@sheriheffner2098]

@@kenfoland Yes, remember the man that played Bea's husband Jack? He played numerous characters and so did the woman that played Noeline Bourke's mum.

[@mandystevenson5790]

I agree, I love Rita!!

[@rpatricknabors]

merle is fantastic

[@evagabor5]

I can't stand Muhl....Mule....

[@TheSmiliekiwi]

I think she's an awesome actress... I'd like to see what else she's done

[@evagabor5]

Hate the character but the actresses who plays her, Rosanne Hull-Brown gives piano lessons these days.

[@TheSmiliekiwi]

Shame.. (mind you she is sharing a beautiful skill) but she was a great actress. mind you it might be hard not to be stereotyped.

[@evagabor5]

my all time favorite character is Erica, class with a capital "C"

[@rayman760]

Watching Merle is heartbreaking

[@markneville3716]

i still would!

[@Redsleather]

@@markneville3716 YUCK! 🤮🤮

[@LaMarquiseDeMerteuil]

Why do all the good top dogs have to die? :-( Bea killed in a fire, Myra shot, now Rita has terminal cancer...

[@leozam]

Most Top Dogs die. Good and Bad. Maybe it's best avoided!

[@chrismarshall2283]

I think the purpose of killing Rita off - apart from the way it is used as a plot device in the final episode - is that she is such a unifying figure. Her death means the future of Wentworth amongst the women is once again up in the air, so it gives a sense of Wentworth carrying on after the last episode, albeit with potential troubles that don't involve Joan Ferguson!

[@richardfrench7955]

is that Bea's old wig ??? ...

[@Karin-]

Why do these so called hospitals think the only answer to helping these people is to sedate them instead of trying to help them. It's horrible and inhumane

[@susi-emily]

Because it makes their job easier. Why do you think most Residential Homes have all their residents with mobility issues sitting around in Continence pads? Because it's too much hassle to take them to the toilet. I'm not joking, and I'm not talking about Nursing Homes where patients are bed bound either. I do continence assessments for the NHS and the amount we get from Residential Homes simply because they can't be arsed to help their residents to the toilet is a disgrace.

[@TheAngev]

Blind man on phone , "Hang on I'll check if she's here. " Did anyone think that having a blind man as a guard was a sound choice.

[@paulagray7628]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 A tad daft, yes

[@lampshade8818]

That Tom bloke sounds just like Merv Pringle. I wonder if they (the actors) come from the same region?

[@Redsleather]

I thought exactly the same thing!

[@darrensnell3235]

​@@RedsleatherErnie Bourne is from bournemouth in Dorset here in the United Kingdom

[@jamesquinn3715]

9:23. Jesus that blind dude has got today's fashion jeans in England!

[@Ruby16663]

He had foresight!

[@soapsnthings4182]

So as it turns out, Rita's life is about just as tragic as Hazel Kent's life was. Rita lost her lover, then her brother, now she herself is dying.

[@beasmith8191]

SoapsNthings big mouth😲😷

[@coolrocknroll]

It's best to watch the show first, then read the comments!

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

@Jamie I always read the comments after the show so I have no problem with spoilers, but the problem is that for some people they are watching the series for the very first time, even if it is 40 years old .not everyone is from Australia.

[@LeadMineGal]

@@eugenedegeorge5084 I agree with you. I'm from America and had never seen nor heard of Prisoner until after I'd already seen Wentworth on Netflix.

[@adrianenglish4909]

@Jamie lol funny and sensible are you sure your a prisoner fan

[@shirleysmitten1074]

What is the chance a blind man would shoot Kath and kill her? Not much! Those binoculars are awesome, dude. Send Merle back to Wentworth. There's no way Mr. Lucas can lift 242 pounds! Kath says she's Meg Morris and a doctor. That disguise didn't fool Merle. Rita can't be dying. First Bongo, now Rita. No!

[@chrispascoe8116]

What happened to Maxwell's hair, you can't cram that much long hair under a wig like that!!

[@jtpinnyc]

Kath being chased through the forest was pure Six Million Dollar Man

[@durv13]

merls a great actress and apparently a gret musician

[@simonsaysrewind]

17.27 I love that music which was used in older episodes... icescape by Graham Dewilde.

[@GeorgeEugeneBarrett]

Kath should have went to Disneyland by herself and sent Merle a postcard.

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

She can't read

[@bernadettelamb54]

Savage lol

[@susi-emily]

should have GONE to Disneyland.

[@paulagray7628]

@@bernadettelamb54 very savage 🫢

[@TheOrganiston9th]

I never would've believed I'd EVER say this... but with that wig, Kath Maxwell looks a bit like... BEA SMITH. Whaddya reckon...?

[@Redsleather]

Like a slimmer version with a broken nose

[@LeadMineGal]

The blind guy missed Kath by a mile, yet she still had a torn coat and (apparently) a graze wound!

[@everquests5656]

I wonder why their was never a mention or backstory /flashback involving the Freaks mother....

[@chanineclark4633]

Her mother was probably a crim who abandoned her.

[@karennicholls8532]

Her mother was never mentioned, only her father.

[@Mynewlife2025]

@@karennicholls8532 if there was a flashback of her mother she would've been played by Rodney in drag.

[@Redsleather]

@@Mynewlife2025 that’s brilliant but 🤮 what a thought! Thanks for the laugh 😂

[@Redsleather]

@@chanineclark4633 that would have been a fantastic sub-plot and the real reason she hates crims

[@Imjustlurkingidk]

hahaha this is great the freak has met an attitude match teacher vs the freak

[@karennicholls8532]

Barracking for the teacher.

[@CanberraUser]

0:01 Dawn On The Serengeti A Graham De Wilde 7:31 Box Canyon John Cameron 9:06 Rattlesnake John Cameron 11:28 Dawn On The Serengeti A Graham De Wilde 13:12 UNIDENTIFIED 14:04 Dawn On The Serengeti B Graham De Wilde 14:28 Jungle Journey A Nigel Martinez & Graham De Wilde 15:08 Veil Of Secrecy Rod Argent & Robert Howes 17:04 Jungle Journey A Nigel Martinez & Graham De Wilde 17:22 Icescape A Graham De Wilde 29:42 Sixty Second Countdown B Graham De Wilde 30:21 Sixty Second Countdown C Graham De Wilde 38:46 Silk Touch A Rod Argent & Robert Howes 41:03 Silk Touch A Rod Argent & Robert Howes

[@elgamerico]

Just wondering, where are you getting these songs credits from?

[@beasmith8191]

El Gamerico don’t encourage him ffs

[@simonsaysrewind]

I love icescape track as I'm sure that was used in much earlier episodes... also I downloaded many of the earlier incidental music.

[@jencavacas4625]

@@beasmith8191why do you care if he posts them?

[@sean5990]

​@@jencavacas4625 Some women just love a good whinge. 🙄

[@laurenbrooks3091]

So, tv show aside, I think I nearly broke my neck accidentally popping it. Regarding the TV show, I'm so sad for Merle. I really think Kath cares about Merle. If she didn't she wouldn't have been so concerned about her after she escaped. I just think she was in the heat of the moment and jumped on the truck, truly meaning to come back for Merle.

[@andrealee1882]

I truly hate the way the show treats their top dogs. Bea Shanghai’d. Killed off Sandy, Myra & Nora Flynn. Now Rita has cancer.

[@joylapine9004]

Poor Rita. 😢

[@Sheri451]

I swear that I knew nothing about Rita being that sick! I was just telling about my father being sick.

[@giovanni1965]

***** This isn't the first time you've watched these I've seen your name on UncleMunchers channel!!

[@Sheri451]

Yes. That's true. But we had some trauma here in my house and I forgot. My father died in October of 2012, plus my niece had a baby in November of 2013, and I help baby sit him, he's here from 7:30 AM until 6:15 five days a week. I rarely have the pleasure of watching Prisoner much.

[@angelapay3718]

Busted!

[@Sheri451]

Yes that's right. I forgot, because I wasn't on there for a long time. My father death screwed me up pretty badly, plus our family had a new addition to the family, my niece had a baby boy in 2013 and we care for him five days a week, nine hours a day. Jayden, keeps us on our feet. He turns two in November and is trying to talk. He is in the getting into everything stage now. I am finally getting back onto here to see Prisoner.

[@pottertate75]

I don't like the ending for Rita. I think they could have thought of something else. 😪

[@KatherineKinsey-u4x]

That slap hahaha

[@Natalie-qh3dd]

Can't believe originally that they were writing Rita out of pcbh but then the channel it was on finished it Rita was the best character in the whole show ❤️❤️👆

[@Redsleather]

Was it Grundy’s who decided to axe the character or did Glenda Linscott decide not to sign a new contract?

[@johnw2328]

Brumby Tucker should be called Dumby Tucker😯

[@djdelight_musik7181]

+John W More like dumpy screwdriver :D

[@gnewchie3956]

More like cunty Tucker.

[@karennicholls8532]

Eeew.

[@karennicholls8532]

I'm still interested in where she thinks she's going if she gets out.

[@Sensabaugh]

One of the worst characters ever.

[@TeresaCalladine]

Joan makes me laugh, a sticker for rules, rules , and rules every which way possible. Until she has to take them or bend them and basically rule them herself , her way of course. She loves cry wolf .

[@TallSilentGuy]

22:03 "Okay if I wash my hands? We had a little... accident." That remark is obscure and a little disturbing. Could this the one and only reference to "dirty protest" in PCBH? 39:15 If Kath is trying to disguise herself as Bea Smith then she's done a good job! Seriously, how did she ever imagine she was going to get Merl out of the institution without arousing suspicion; even with Merl's full cooperation? Only five to go....

[@StaffsTransport]

Blind man looks a lot like Tommy Vance. Good acting too. These last episodes are really great.

[@benharis1956]

Vicki McPherson: Advent of BIG BROTHER Punishment Cell & Reward cell, Like animal experiments. Lol.

[@Kblog777]

Vicki and Brumby complaining about the reward flat, they oughta be grateful! Many prisoners would give a months buy-up for that kinda privlige. Brumby wouldn't have been allowed to dream about something like that in Blackmoor!

[@Problembeing]

Kathy... That's NOT how you hold a gun. One if the funniest shootings ever! ...Kathy's nose is so Stephen Fry too.

[@giovanni1965]

That teacher can actually lift 110 kilos=242 Pounds Holy Sh**!!

[@johnw2328]

I can lift a can of beer 😃

[@djdelight_musik7181]

+Chris Giovanni He sounds like a relative of Mervin's :D

[@rosslamb7069]

Who looks like a refugee from St Vincent De Paul lool

[@Problembeing]

Poor Merle :'(

[@stevencassidy6982]

Poor Rita. Dear god, Kath looks as bad as Judi did on the run...

[@benharis1956]

Wonder who would be NEW governor for Blackmoor?? Probably Cynthia Leech ,, Joan should have joined her.

[@johnwalters4792]

Held by a blind dude bloody hell

[@dilzappa]

PRICELESS PCBH DIALOGUE : "GEE THIS FREEZER'S BROKEN,ALL THE VEG IS SOFT" "IT'S NOT BROKEN,IT'S A FRIDGE,AND ALL THAT VEG IS FRESH.GOSH,HAVEN'T YOU EVER SEEN FRESH VEG BEFORE?" "YES,OF COURSE I HAVE,IN THE FREEZER SECTION OF THE SUPERMARKET.HONESTLY,DO YOU THINK I'M STUPID OR SOMETHING?"

[@paulagray7628]

Pmsl at that bit of dialogue 🤣🤣🤣

[@marianp.741]

Lisa is very much in the family way.

[@Chelle.85]

42:53 Omfg 😮😮😮😮😮 i didn't see that coming about Rita 💔 I thought they were going to say she'd been poisoned😢

[@philipdew]

I can't remember these last few episodes, and Rita having cancer. She is definately the best, including lizzie, bea, and Judy.

[@mcguire202]

I like Merle 😊😊. She's such a sweetheart. But l hate seeing people pick on the poor girl & using her for their own ends. Ok she's not the brightest character in the show and she needs more: One 2 One Support, People to understand and she needs more help.People can be so cruel - people like spider need a slap. Merle has to be one of my favourite characters in this show. Merle should not be in Wentworth or any other prison for that matter. She shouldn't be but in a mental health hospital or a place with padded cell. Surely a place like a community home. where she still gets the right help & support, and she still gets some independence & place where she can make friends. We have them in the uk. They still get a lot of help & support, they still get to keep their independence & still make friends. But she shouldn't be in prison and she shouldn't be in a padded cell. The actress that played merle she played her so well. she's an amazing actress.

[@paulagray7628]

Sadly, many years before this and still back in the late 70s early 80s, this is how people with Learning difficulties, Mental health problems and brain disorders were treated. Locked up, drugged up and forgotten about 😪

[@karinswift]

The Reward Cell, just like the Big Brother House, literally I guess!

[@leozam]

You're right. Big Brother in 2002 introduced that, I believe?

[@MythicUnicorn]

Tom IS EVERYTHING!!

[@karennicholls8532]

Poor Rita.

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

Seriously, Brumbie is always on kitchen duty, now we are expected to believe she can't recognise fresh veggies.

[@hello5007]

Haha! Good point! 😂

[@shadegat3996]

Looks like the same disguise that Beat used 100s of episodes back, LOL

[@howtopress1978]

2:50 nice sign in Rodney

[@mandystevenson5790]

Where's Delia Stout vanished to?

[@Ruby16663]

Delia is now stationed at McDonalds

[@clhs]

She was banished for horrendous acting.

[@Redsleather]

She heard there was a 2 for 1 offer at Burger King and ate herself to death

[@Redsleather]

@@clhs lol 😂 She’d get life for the awful way she delivered her lines

[@gavinpuli3882]

A masterful job, really well done.

[@josephd.2725]

I have a good friend who Marty Jackson reminds me of... they even look similar. Real good bloke!

[@alexjohnston8889]

Where's Tom from he sounds half English half American.

[@andrewmorrice9139]

Sounds a bit Irish to me.

[@alexjohnston8889]

​@@andrewmorrice9139yeah he does a bit of Irish in his accent, with a lot of American and a bit of English