Prisoner: Cell Block H - Episode 400

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"Prisoner: Cell Block H" "Episode 400" "Ep400" "Ep0400" "Complete Episode" "Complete Episodes" "Full Episode" "Full Episodes" "1983" "Bea Smith" "Val Lehman" "Lizzie Birdsworth" "Sheila Florance" "Judy Bryant" "Betty Bobbitt" "Sonia Stevens" "Tina Bursill" "Pixie Mason" "Judy McBurney" "Reylene Pearce" "Phyllis Hunt" "Petra Roberts" "Penny Maegraith" "Frances Harvey" "Wanda Davidson" "Joan Ferguson" "Maggie Kirkpatrick" "The Freak" "Ann Reynolds" "Gerda Nicolson" "Colleen Powell" "Judith McGrath" "Yvonne" "All Saints" "Scott Collins" "Tim Elston" "Wally Wallace" "Alan Hopgood" "Bea's Final Episode" "Bea's Last Episode" "Final Scene" "Fight Scene" "Bash" "Bashing" "Basher Bea" "Season 5" "Season 05" "Season 005" "Wentworth" "Wentworth Detention Centre" "Wentworth Prison" "Dangerous Women" "Caged Women" "Orange is the New Black" "Oz" "Bad Girls" "Within These Walls" "Prison Drama" "Jail" "Gaol" "TV Show" "TV Series" "Television Show" "Crime Show"

[@Laffingrl]

That last heart breaking scene of Ferguson leading Bea away and poor Lizzie sobbing her heart out, just shows how important friendships are between women. :( Great acting in my opinion.

[@lisamariestores8014]

😭💔

[@Karin-]

Episode 400, the end of an era for Prisoner. It was never the same after Vera, Fletch, Chrissie, Doreen and other original members and it certainly was never the same after this episode. I just wish it had ended differently :(

[@sheriheffner2098]

Don't forget Lorna Young and Tina, the older woman whose Surname I can't remember are there from episode 2 until episode 692. And Meg Morris.

[@brandismith6916]

I cannot emphasize how heartbroken I am to see queen bea leave the show. She and Lizzy have filled my life with joy and excitement for 400 episodes. So long queen Beach. You'll be remembered in my heart always.

[@Kyleighsmom]

I would have preferred Bea have escaped never to be seen again, then have her shipped off to Barnhurst. Hate they way they wrote her off.

[@wild7279]

I thought it was quit depressing but then it was realistic even someone as strong as Bea can be beaten by the system Unlike that appealing remake the writers knew how to keep some sense of reality rather then just for thrills.

[@daddyherb4324]

Dar S this is what I wanted Bea smith didn’t die everyone thought she burnt to death but then when Fergusson was been arrested she should have gone out of hiding and killed the freak and get back arrested at Wentworth and helps with Rita

[@shanefolan]

@Jamie Nelson yes leaving the show and being written off is generally the exact same thing.

[@shanefolan]

@@wild7279 the writers were not going for reality here though, they didn't want to give her an explosive exit as they believed they'd get her back in time, they didn't. Plus I feel it was a shot at her as she admitted herself in recent years there was bad relations between her and the management by the end [which was a big part of why she left] so they gave her a low key exit to try and diminish her confidence and undermine her power in the show. In that interview, she was quite candid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYC1laOMiKefo5I

[@kevinlongman007]

@@shanefolan Val had wanted Bea to kill The Freak in her final episode but that was never going to happen. They also did not want to kill the character of Bea off either as they felt Val would eventually return...they tried three times to get her to come back and of course failed. So we were left with the frankly unrealistic ending off a dangerous three time murderess being transferred to a lower security prison! In reality Bea WOULD have killed Ferguson.

[@chris.c9885]

I know that Bea was set up, but loved the way she finally had a chance to bash Ferguson !! Will certainly miss Bea, one amazing actress, many thanks Val ! Not ashamed to say I was in tears watching poor Lizzie :(

[@PoltergeistFilm1982]

Beas loss was the beginning of the end for the show. It carried on and was fun, but its heart was gone. Val Lehman is a stunning actress.

[@michaelking4150]

out of all 692 episodes this has to be the most gutting episode ever! its been a long time since i saw this i just could not bear to watch it again until now. Bye Bea the Queen and undisputed top dog!

[@soapsnthings4182]

Bea Smith, a 3-time murderer with numerous escape attempts is being shipped off to Barnhurst, a medium-security prison?? Okaaay.....

[@andrewjoyce4034]

Well wentworth is hardly top security is it? One chain link fence with a little bit of barbed wire

[@IndianChiefDarkhouse]

Val Lehman was not happy with her exit. They were hoping she'd return at some point. Val knew she wouldn't be wooed and asked for Bea to be killed off.

[@kevinlongman007]

Dane B No she never. She actually wanted her exit to be her murdering The Freak and being shipped out elsewhere, but the producers could not afford to lose both her and Maggie Kirkpatrick (and Sheila Florance had also resigned by this point). They asked Val to return three times and she refused twice and the third time priced herself out of the running deliberately. This is when they decided to kill Bea off to stop the speculation about her returning.

[@shanefolan]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYC1laOMiKefo5I Lehman explain here exactly why she left and what happened and it is clear she was bitter with the bosses of the show which is ironic as she still speaks fondly of her time there and still attends alot of the fan parties etc. I think it is clear looking back that the bosses made a mistake by not giving into her demands as had they paid her they might have saved the show as it went into decline after her departure,although at the same time I think Lehman was foolish not to take the big pay day and cash in as her career too went into decline after leaving the show and she never found that level of fame again. Strike when the iron is hot as they say especially in fickle showbiz as the gravy train only comes once too often for too many...

[@doitlikethebereans1690]

Yeah, ridiculously stupid.

[@pamelahill9062]

I prefer PCBH episodes 200 to 350 when Bea, Lizzie, Judy, Chrissie, Vinger Titts, Steve Faulkner, Jim Fletcher, Terry Harrison, Erica Davidson, etc where in those ones. I'm not crazy about the later episodes when Lou Kelly, Reb Keane, Rita Connors, Ann Reynolds where in them to ones. Them episodes weren't the same as the other ones I liked.

[@MzRage]

I agree the start of series til 400...will be my last show Bea leaves so do i...poor Lizzy should have been gone and i could care less about the others..so Fair well bea! And thanks for the entertainment!

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

I agree

[@laurenbrooks3091]

I'm with you on that one. I liked the Kate Peterson ones, too.

[@dmmoctober]

jade Davis CouldN’T surely?

[@Halfscotboy_39]

​@@laurenbrooks3091good old crazy Kate! Especially when she grabbed Judy and Margo by the throats in separate episodes. 😂

[@HeatherDVA]

anyone else giggle when paul asked wheres wally?? tehheh

[@musicgeeksoph6722]

Yep lol

[@Laladust]

In Prisoner, The Freaks final confrontation with Bea, she looks Bea in the eyes and says the words, "I win". Fast forward to the Bea Smith of modern Wentworth, Played by Danielle Cormack. Her final confrontation with The Freak, she looks The Freak in the eyes and says, "I WIN!"

[@simonsaysrewind]

Nice one. I just clocked that. I didn't realise this until watching this episode. 👍

[@evetalmer3733]

Wow I love both shows, and never noticed this.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

I hated that they got rid of both the Bea Smiths. At least the original Bea Smith lasted 375 episodes. The remake Bea Smith wasn't in that long. But the remake B. Smith had a more heroic ending, that led to bringing the Freak down.

[@Sylviatough]

This has to be the best fight scene by Val and Maggie. Great acting!

[@stevenmcghee6649]

The director missed a trick, though. He should have cut to Bea's face when Ferguson made it clear that not only did she want Bea to attack her, she also wanted her to draw blood. Bea's smart enough to have worked out very quickly that she'd been set up and her heart must have sank at that moment. The director ought to have captured that.

[@reoreborn1209]

​@@stevenmcghee6649 This!!! Val had the acting chops to put that all over in a single look as well. :(

[@mildredpierce4506]

I felt Lizzie's pain when she saw Bea leaving even though I had seen this episode before some years ago. I still didn't want her to leave.

[@teralmiles]

Your name is everything. Actually sounds like a Prisoner character 🤪

[@Nacho-Mamma]

Lizzie felt her pain when she slipped and hit the gate, and broke her arm in real life! Sheila refuse to go to the the hospital until she wrapped her scenes for this episode. And, she demanded the accident be left in the show & her broken arm worked into her story. And, the reason her arm broke so easily was because she was undergoing chemotherapy & radiation for her cancer since around episode 200.

[@josephmullin5845]

@@Nacho-Mamma With Sheila Florence suffering from cancer I am surprised she lasted until 1991 and even by then looked exactly the same as she did in this episode. The cancer might well be the reason Sheila Florance is beginning to show her age.

[@michelleevans4948]

@@Nacho-Mamma where did you hear the story about chemo. Yes Sheila Florence died of lung cancer in 91. But she didn’t have it here

[@deansmith1979]

@@Nacho-Mamma oh my god! I never knew Sheila florence’lizzy’ broke her arm on val legman’ Bea smith’ last appearance on cell block h …the greatest soap in the world. I’m gonna miss Bea. I will watch the series until the end and then I will rewatch the whole thing again for the fourth time. 😢✌🏻

[@topbizniz]

I`m an originals fan so I am biased. This was an incredibly piss weak ending for the shows main character. After 400 episodes there weren't many storylines left she could cover believably so I have no issue with the timing and maybe it was done this way to leave the door open for a return later down the line? That said she could easily have thrashed Ferguson within an inch of her life, escaped, or maybe given Sonia a permanent shower scrub. Anything really but the couple of gentle slaps Ferguson got, wasn't anywhere near enough. There are other characters to come and they have their qualities, but for me Bea laid the foundations for this show. I got hooked on her rivalries with vinegar tits, Erica, Frankie Doyle, friendships with Doreen, Mum Brooks and Lizzie, and generally keeping the order. Val Lehman played her character exceptionally well and I thank her and the show for giving me some great teenage memories.

[@hollymcginley7160]

Good bye Bea, my favourite top dog of all time :( looking forward to the Myra Desmand era n then the Rita 'the beater' Collins era. I love this show. Im 24, I spoke to my grandma today n I found out this was my mums fave show at my age. She passed away suddenly in 2013 n I miss her terribly, but I love knowing that she loved this show. Me and her were two of a kind ♡♡♡

[@furstvonschwarzenberg3659]

Bless you Holly. My Daddy loved the show too and he died when I was aged 5 in 1995. I miss him terribly. He was a captain in the Israeli navy special forces division. Terrorist blew our family car up and I am lucky to be alive along with my dear mother. We were in the car with daddy just half an hour earlier as they took me to kindergarten . He dropped mummy off at home, drove to his battleship and five minutes into his drive he was killed. I know exactly how you feel . I hope daddy would have been OK with me a being gay young man, I knew aged ten really. Daddy wanted me to be a captain or doctor. I am training to be a doctor in Denmark now. I love prisoner too xxx love Alexis Luca Von Schwarzenberg.

[@MsMOLLYKINS]

Holly McGinley Rita Connors

[@deanhall4064]

My mum passed away in 2008 but she also loved PCBH just as much as i always have done. My mum's good friend who was Scottish who was called Ann also never missed an episode of PCBH. i can remember me and my mum first watching this classic series way back on ITV in 1987 when it use to be on late at night.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

Holly McGinley SO SORRY LOST MY MOM IN 2015.

[@daddyherb4324]

FÜRSTVONSCHWARZENBERG very good speech none of my family members have been murdered that like prisoner but my pop died in 2015 he was around 79 he probably watched prisoner As well

[@daviddemarco8327]

Even though I've seen this before, I was yelling at Judy to at least act SURPRISED when that woman walks in to inform Judy about Hazel's death.

[@rosslamb7069]

The only decent thing Hazel ever did was put an end to the half way house.

[@amandajanemcguire-jones6203]

👍🏼👍🏼totally agree with you on that… we are just stuck with Judy for a while longer….unfortunately 🙄…😂😂

[@kevinlongman007]

Sad to see Bea go but at least she gave the Freak a good bashing before she went.

[@jockmooney8368]

Never understood why Bea (from a character perspective) didn't just kill the freak at the end, it wasn't like she had anything to lose. Obviously from a viewer perspective we'd always want more Joan Ferguson though!

[@glenysnewchurch7957]

Prior to this (Beatrice Alice Smith's) poor exit from Wentworth, she was on work release and even considered for parole. So why not leave it as she did well on work release, was released on parole and ended up driving off into the sunset with Tony Maguire (that guy from the PASSIVE team). And as they drove into the sunset together that they did a much deserving slideshow of Bea's time there with the "exit" music. Regardless to what anyone says or knows of Val's exit from the show, her exit was a disgrace to not only the character "Bea Smith" but to Val Lehmann as well.

[@jtpinnyc]

Joan's demand to have Bea transferred was based on her claim that Smith was dangerous and that she was afraid of what she was going to do to her. Didn't the fact that she collected her from solitary alone and unprotected make a mockery of that claim?

[@Sheri451]

Thank you PrisonerCellBlockH95 for putting this episode in HD. I have noticed that Sheila has been hiding her right arm. Did she break it in real life and had a cast then? Guess what Jude, your bum will go back to prison now. This bullying is getting worse with Bea. I guess the writers done it on purpose. I read somewhere that they gave Val a party after her last scenes. I believe she was just tired after five years on here. What happened to her after Prisoner? Did she go on any other programs? or just be a stay at home mum? I know she also had a young son, along with Cassie and the other daughter. Betty Bobbit's oldest son Chris had a bit of a crush on Cassie. Or so I heard.

[@Kblog777]

Would have loved to have seen Bea, Myra and Rita together at the same time. Would have loved to seen them all take down the Freak with the help of Monica Ferguson. That would have been beautiful poetic justice.

[@karennicholls2296]

Bye Bea (Val). Possibly the best character on Aussie TV. Nobody could take your place.

[@ngdukic]

If I were one of the writers I would have given Bea a more satisfying reason to leave like letting her grab the Freak by the hair, drag her to the laundry and slam her hands in the steam press. Good bye Bea until next time around.

[@daddyherb4324]

Nick D Val wanted to leave the show

[@MATTYHOUGH100]

This is one of the key moments of the whole series. The Freek finallygets Bea finally where she wants. The story of Bea ends here.. a true legend.x

[@carlyswindells1674]

They made Bea look so weak on her departure it was such a shame to end a character that way.

[@mcguire202]

👍🏼👍🏼Totally agree with you. Bea should of gone out on a high & she deserved a better ending than what she got. Queen 👑 Bea 🐝 may have gone... But she will always be the true top dog 🐶 of wentworth.

[@ecolin4906]

I wish Bea's last episode was back in her most recent escape. It would have been awesome to see a successful escape and they could also have the option to write her back in later if need be.

[@summerrachel699]

What happens to the freak??? When does she get caught.

[@DD-md5fi]

@@summerrachel699 the suspense is killing me too but i guess we just have to wait & see right 🤔😂

[@ccgrey8731]

A disappointing ending for Bea. As others have said, her being transferred to Barnhurst makes no sense. I would have liked to see her escape again and have stayed out. Other than that it would have made more sense to have had her transferred to D Block like Fay and others. If they had written it that way, they could have maybe coaxed Val back at the end of the series and had Bea return to H Block in time to gloat over The Freak's downfall. Since I wrote this post, I read that Val had problems with the producers of the show and that they intentionally gave Bea the lackluster exit because of that. That sucks on their part because Val gave so much to the show, and Bea deserved a better end story.

[@derekhorne8076]

I quite agree with all you said, though at least we did get to see Bea leave even if in a very unsatisfactory way, (can't believe Vera would have been happy to accept Bea at Barnhurst), but at least it was better than the disgusting ending that Erica got

[@pennyrods]

Barnhurst is looking like the prison to go to, it contains Marie, Margo, Chrissie, Janie, Helen, Tracey, Noeline, Carol, Hannah, along with the Barnhurst five and now they gain Bea.

[@tefllife2024]

And Vinegar as Governor!!!

[@karennicholls2296]

Yes and it's lower security. Wonder where their brains were.

[@darrendunn134]

Good points

[@darrendunn134]

Bea be topdog at barnhurst as she pals with Helen and chrissie

[@charity-crafter]

If Bea is so dangerous what the hell do they transfer her to a low security prison like Barnhurst for???

[@ccgrey8731]

I wondered this too. Val chose to leave the show so I guess they didn't know what to do. Why couldn't they have let her escape again, this time for good?

[@raw5742]

Probably because its Prisoner and a triumphant ending would be like watching a different show though I feel they should have killed Bea off for good in a final fight with Ferguson. Bea has been transferred to Banhurst before I think that it was a bit of a tame ending and they could have marked the end of an era with a few flashbacks. Without a strong lead like Val Lehman I doubt the series would have developed and lasted.

[@simonfp3339]

Maybe under the governership of Vera Bennett, Barnhurst became a higher security prison than it was before? I heard that they kept Bea's character alive and hoped that one day she would return. However, after Val giving them a definite "No" They decided to kill off Bea in an unshown fire at Barnhurst.

[@ukchristian28]

If she had been in it a bit longer she could have been sent to Blackmoor, but they hadn't invented Blackmoor at this point.

[@johnsergei]

@@ccgrey8731 I though Fletcher was a bad write off, A fair but firm guy got a lesser promotion than Vera, a lady with a lot of emotional baggage. At least Fawkner made an honorable exit. I don't like the Freak Vs Bea fight, too 1 sided. It would be better if Bea won, but only just.

[@mancityfan45]

it was amazing how they kept this going after Bea was so sad to see her go.

[@DEBBIEGIBSON22]

Vals last scene was shot on Friday 13th of May 1983, her last scene was her last scene shot. Vals first scene as bea was shot on 31st October 1978, is it just me or is all this quite spooky LOL.

[@ajs41]

@John Zyp No I think the dates are interesting.

[@ajs41]

How did you find out the dates? Are they in a book about the show? I'd like to read it if there is.

[@eugenedegeorge5084]

If that's true, its interesting ;but I think more of a coincidence than anything else.

[@johnsergei]

I think the dark harpsichord music & dingy corradoors are getting to you ( keep listening).

[@CandyThomson-tg7bt]

I was nearly six months old when beas final exit was shot then

[@johngaynes8025]

I was dreading this episode, Bea Smith has always been one of the reasons I loved this show...and Lizzy. The Freak...well the producers should have let Bea either kill her or Reynolds not buying The Freaks allegations and all the crap she has done finally coming out of the woodwork and the Freak being put in Wentworth as a prisoner and someone other than Bea making the Freak meet her permanent end. I know this is fiction, but it is not believable that the Governor or Corrections Department executives not figuring out all the stuff that The Freak was involved in. And with enough prisoners making claims from time to time, someone should have put two and two together and figured out The Freak was more crooked then some of the crims in Wentworth. I hate the Freak...I would have rather the show followed Bea to Barnhurst and seen Vinegar Tits for the remainder of the series then having to watch the Freak.

[@ukchristian28]

You must be joking. The Freak really made the show the great success it was.

[@chriswainwright185]

+ukchristian28 JA freaky made this show so much bigger

[@samryder10]

@@ukchristian28 Then why do I fast forward all of The Freak's scenes? And I know I'm not the only one. So not everyone believes that The Freak made the show successful. Sorry!

[@ukchristian28]

@@samryder10 You are the first person I have met who has said they do that.

[@samryder10]

@@ukchristian28 Then you obviously don't or haven't read the "anti freak" posts.

[@rculver9056]

Great acting from Bea & Lizzie again. Why didn't Bea get the leaving music...? They all do if they don't get killed off.

[@johnsergei]

" & now, the end is near......."

[@daviddemarco8327]

Good point about the leaving music. And why the episode didn't end with Bea leaving is totally beyond me!

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

Writers shot themselves in foot

[@mistofoles]

Amazing how there's never any others officers around when Ferguson is beating/fighting someone.

[@michelleevans4948]

After the so called attack on the freak surely another officer would have been sent for bea. In went downhill from here. It’s the “ freak show “

[@teresacalladine7479]

What a difficult situation Hazel put Judy in . Nobody should ever put anyone in that situation.

[@remarc69]

This is my 2nd time around watching Prisoner so I'm a big fan, this show had some amazing storylines, tackled some sensitive social issues, was well written and brilliantly acted on the whole. With the loss of such strong characters like Vera, Fletch, Greg( the original Dr), Erica, Doreen, Kate, Sandy, Maree, Nola....now with Bea gone and Lizzie to follow, I think the golden era of Prisoner is over for me. Now that's not to say that I think the show is bad from now till the end but just not as enjoyable.......and I have to see the Freak get what's coming to her...... goodbye Bea, my fave top dog.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

@ 42:00 till the end, watch Lizzie very closely. Note, at this moment in her life, Sheila Florence is battling cancer & chemo & radiation treatments, and she’s actually as frail as a bird. But, she is also a trouper! Now, she bumps against the gate, and lets out a bit of a yelp. SHE JUST BROKE HER ARM! Here’s the real kicker… She refused to go to the hospital until after she wrapped filming for this episode. They had to rewrite most of her scenes to adjust for her broken arm, because she demanded that it be left in the show. Now, THAT is called dedication!

[@charliefox9573]

what's with the 40s get up on the detective who comes calling for Jude?

[@Wildzippy]

Been dreading this epsiode for a long time. Bye Bea - Queen of all Wentworth top dogs. Crap ending for the ultimate Top dog.

[@Billygoatsgrruff]

Not everyone considered her the best top dog. She was the longest running top dog but that doesn't make her the best

[@Wildzippy]

It's all about opinions isn't it? In mine she was the best top dog, there's no right or wrong opinion, just your own.

[@Billygoatsgrruff]

Wildzippy Well the ultimate top dog is the one who will bring down the freak

[@oktobersodyssey]

Seems they were leaving it open in case Val wanted to return. I'm sure if it was a definite not to return it would have been worse than transfer to Barnhurst, like an overdramatized death scene, afterall she'd been transferred there a couple of times already anyway.

[@grecosgreecedaz6026]

She was best

[@sheriheffner2098]

They're hiding Sheila's broken arm. The reason she broke her arm is that she fell doing a silly dance move trying to imitate Maggie Kirkpatrick.

[@charlottewebb582]

They write it in the show don't they by not letting bea say anything to lizzy they say she kept banging her arm on the gate to get some attention and that's hiw she broke it bloody ferguson she is like water she gets bloody everywhere!!!! 🤣

[@sheriheffner2098]

​@@charlottewebb582Yes.

[@teresacalladine7479]

When Lizzie says strick a light 😂, i can't stop laughing. Them Aussies sayings and slag words i just love them

[@kellyhudson7956]

I heard Val say she felt the show had run it's course for her. She was offered another project and left with very little notice.

[@Kblog777]

Might have been pretty exhausting for her too, playing such a strong dominant character for so long.

[@stevenmcghee6649]

In hindsight, she was probably right

[@nevermore380]

Leave it to Betty to turn Judy in after getting kicked out of the house. I NEVER liked her, always too eager with offering tea or chips she made lol I have to say, Bea leaving feels like the show ending in some ways. Lizzie crying at the end is heartbreaking :'(

[@CordellPonton]

Bye Bea!!! I have never seen such a strong minded character!!! These woman have so much hope in her!

[@JBomb517]

Barfield had an extra $50 in her check for her lines here!! lol

[@jamessky9155]

I am with Paul Reynolds on this one in that Wally's dressing gown is very nice but I do not think I could wear it, LOL. Before Paul arrived on the scene I was already giggling at Wally, he looked a right wally, boom boom 😂😂 20th August 2023.

[@jamessky9155]

Awwwwwwwweeeee, that hug without any words needed that Wally gave Jude, very moving.

[@marycalmeiro1135]

I was planning on not watching past episode 400. Now I must; to see if Barfield, has any more speaking roles. I can't miss that.

[@soapsnthings4182]

Judy sealed her fate by saying to the doctor: "But Hazel didn't have heart trouble. Will they accept that?" Can't believe Reynolds would be so quick to believe Ferguson's allegations about Bea stealing the ingredients for the brew, and that Bea might cause a riot because of it. Is Reynolds even familiar with Bea's file??

[@raw5742]

Reynolds was a pathetic governor Davidson would not have been led a dance by the freak she would have seized the opportunity to trip the Freak up on her own devious schemes. I think Reynolds respected the Freaks experience and and was keener to get back into bed with Wally then challenge the Freak. Davidson was a better governor and from experience would have known what a destabilising effect Smiths transfer would have had on the Prison even Vinger Tits recognised Bea was good for keeping a certain amount of order amongst the women when she sent her straight back to the cell block to sort out Frankie after her second conviction. Reynolds was like a social worker who wandered into the governors chair when nobody was looking.

[@rsaville8007]

Yes her file says SCUM

[@delicious-deborah5890]

The show will never be the same without Bea Smith. She truly was the heart & soul of this show! So sad to see her go... 😢 At least she wasn't killed off, so there is always the possibility of her return in the future......🤔🙂

[@wild7279]

Would have been fitting if they had shown some flashbacks.

[@bernadettelamb54]

I'm suprised Po face isn't being vile to Scott about Petra and his involvement

[@debbiebeckett2389]

Aww bea I’m so upset this was her last episode - I’m in shock

[@rimikhd7600]

Good bye bea my favorite top dog my favorite characters 😭😔

[@BIBIchgo]

a little anticlimactic finish for Queen Bea! I expected something more spectacular...like the escaped that finally works;(

[@jiggarypokery]

Bea = lamest exit for a character since Erica Davidson.

[@Summer21.]

jiggarypokery You're absolutely right. The only thing I can say is that at least we saw Bea leave, unlike Erica who just disappeared into thin air as governor after episode 360.

[@johnsergei]

" The Minister isn't happy."

[@daviddemarco8327]

Exactly. She recently committed her 3rd murder....and they're sending her to a minimum security prison? Um, okay.

[@shanefolan]

@@Summer21. I am thinking that both actresses got on the wrong side of management to be written out like that perhaps-with Bea though i think either they thought she'd be back or they were sending a message that 'nobody is bigger than the show' which they were very wrong with- the show couldn't work without her. Eitherway it was clear there was sour grapes in her departure and they didn't realise how foolish it was to let her go so easily. I've seen it in my work place- established staff who the boss didn't like were given pathetic send offs having worked there for years-it does happen.

[@karennicholls8532]

The viewers weren't bloody happy either.

[@ThePhantomEMT]

See Ya Bea. Have fun taking over Barnhurst with Helen Smart.

[@kevinlongman007]

Smart was soon to return to Wentworth...

[@KenyanBunnie]

And Chrissie and Hannah! What a Squad that would have been!

[@tefllife2024]

@@KenyanBunnie and Tracy Bellman, Carol Lewis, Marie Winter, Margo Gaffney, Tracey Morris (possibly), it will be quite a reunion. Not to mention Vinegar tits.

[@79Paulie]

I remember being devastated when bea left , when I watched it originally. Many say this is the end of a great show but I remember it as time for the nxt level up, it only gets better

[@michelleevans4948]

This whole set up of Beas was so bloody obvious and weak . Writers , producers whatever did a poor job here

[@Krzyszmierski]

so sad episode :( the end of era:(

[@agemoth]

Officer Barfield speaks again in the staffroom on Beas last episode!

[@liammack3635]

what a terrible exit for Prisoner.s biggest star. They should have brought her back for the last few episodes of the series and got her to kill the Freak, Seems like now the better show is going on in Barnhurst with Vera in charge and Chrissy and Helen and now Bea and Marie Winter.

[@Problembeing]

So sad :'( TOTAL end of a era.

[@bfly61257]

I am at point where I want to stop watching. I mean, when is Ferguson gonna get hers? Is her downfall so spectacular that it is worth the wait?

[@PrisonerCellBlockH95]

It's not for everyone, but in my opinion I'd say it's definitely worth the wait. Too many good storylines to miss out on.

[@TYNEPUNK]

Ferguson wont get her downfall for AGES yet, and when she does the whole thing is over, so Id not rush it past!.. Just enjoy whats in store I think it continues great and gets even better, we see some much better villains very soon.

[@mcguire202]

In Episode 692 - which was the very last episode of the show🙂😉

[@mcguire202]

Loved the very last episode 692 - it sure ended on a real high. Ok so in the poilce's eyes she only involed with one real crime. But the best part - well you will have go to episode 692 if you really want to see what happens. But it sure is worth the long wait. Hang in there🙂😉

[@LogansWarning]

292 more episodes with The Freak and no Bea. I am losing interest quickly.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

WELL ALL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH ON THE FREAK WHEN EPISODE 692 COMES AROUND.

[@SteveHulkUK]

Such a shame Bea got transferred... Val wanted to leave the show though, so they had to do something. That last scene when she looks back at Lizzie is heartbreaking... 😥

[@homeless_greg_games]

The writer's sort of keeping it open for Bea to come back by saying as long as she's away long enough for a new top dog to takeover .

[@flumpaustin1994]

omg, Mrs Barfield spoke!

[@stylefreakful]

I always find Beas exit hard to watch with her saying ‘I’ll get you they can’t keep me me in Barnhurst not while you are alive” then Lizzy absolutely broken.

[@beveddy7577]

THESE PRISON GUARD'S MUST BE STUPID IF THEY CAN'T CATCH ON TO FERGUSON'S EVILNESS OF WHAT SHE'S DOING TO THE PRISONER'S.

[@sparky2098]

17:30 Great slap Bea! 22:45 Yea Bea! Wail into that bitch! 32:15 Love the robe on Wally.43:00 WOW! Powerful.

[@fardaypu]

oh Lizzie, she breaks my heart.

[@charley_gaming]

32:18 love wally's robe lol

[@bestdisco1979]

Bea knees the freak straight in the minge.

[@ResidentScrub]

Isn't Wally such a lovely guy

[@stephenfraser3810]

The way the freak can manipulate any situation for her own need is a credit to her ability to spot the weak people and abuse them

[@mckavitt13]

Bea Smith is no weak person & the Freak's need to manipulate in order to exhibit any real power only underlines her moral vileness.

[@trickynicky4268]

Judy is not exactly trying to hide what she's done for Hazel.

[@cwBGee]

Joan and Bea and lizzy the best of that era

[@carleneboulden4386]

I agree, I love all 3. 👍

[@Julie44Inlouisiana]

Judy's gonna go back to prison. Yay, no more halfway house.

[@sushil626]

Goodbye Mrs Bea Smith. Miss you!

[@Nacho-Mamma]

I can’t believe it’s only been 2 months since I last watched this episode! I’ve been all the way to 692 of run 28, and back to 400 of run 29!

[@stevenmcghee6649]

You must be the world record holder. I thought I was overdoing it here on run #8. After watching about 15,000 episodes, which is your favourite character? Fav storyline? And - are you going to go for run #30? ps well done. Amazing devotion to the show.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

@@stevenmcghee6649 I have a method to my madness. I skip the recaps & the credits, which cut about 5 minutes from each episode. And with insomnia, I can't get through approximately 18-20 episodes a day. So, I've actually passed #30. I'm at #33. Now, this message is deceiving, as it was actually posted on or close to new years. So, there's almost 24 months between then & now. And, I can get through the series in under 3 months & even take a couple weeks break between each run. It's a little something you may have heard of, called "INSANITY"! One day, decades from now, people will see this and think, "WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH THIS JACKASS?". And I will become known as the man who wasted his life watching a bunch of old Aussie tarts beating the hell out of each other over and over again. And maybe even erect a statue of me to mount on Ayers Rock. But, nobody will see it, because they will all be living on Mars, eating dead people crackers like in "Soylent Green". As I said earlier, I don't have a life, and I'm a tad bit bonkers. Happy Testicular Cancer day!

[@publover273]

Blimey, you must have been watching it 24 7!

[@Nacho-Mamma]

@@stevenmcghee6649 Since I posted this 2 years ago, I have made it through #34. When I do a run, I don't watch anything else. I average about 17/18 episodes a day by skipping beginning recap & the closing credits. As for favorite characters, I adore little old Edith who passed away while bunking with Lizzie. Dearly love Sid Humphreys, a true gentleman and a sweetheart. And, I honestly grew to love Major Ferguson. There's just something special about him, in spite of Joan. Finally, Merle Jones. I hate how Kath just uses her. I think Roseanne Hull-Brown gave her all playing such an exhausting & complicated character as Merle. Merle is the kind of friend I would love to have because of her kindness & childlike innocence. I love the moment when they're all in the rec room & Lexi let's Merle feel her baby kicking. It's such a rare sweet moment. Anyhoo, sorry for the novel. Happy watching.

[@Nacho-Mamma]

@@publover273 I can average about 17/18 episodes by skipping the beginning recap & closing credits. My last run only took 6 weeks, because I don't watch anything else when I do a run. I finished #34 just 2 months ago. But, I'm not going to start #35 until New Year's day. And, I'm going to document how many episodes I watch per day.

[@k8lynmae]

Whoah, Bea and all her thunder slapping lately !!

[@NativeMoon]

Bea’s arc really had run its course by this point. It’s just more of the boring Top Dog conflicts. But the producers should have had her walk off into the sunset after Sydney or been let out to live her best life with Tony after the Lassa Fever business. Shipping her off to Barnhurst makes no sense. Judy “can’t go back to Wentworth” but keeps doing and saying things that would send her right back there. It’s a miracle she stayed out as long as she did this last go-round. Bless Sheila Florance - that final scene between Lizzie & Bea is devastating. She really did her thing as an actress. Here we go to Prisoner After Bea - and The Freak’s eventual downfall.

[@ah7910]

You are so self-important. A good write-up but a completely unnecessary spoiler at the end. Even describing Jude gives her story arc away, but regarding Joan, you’re utterly thoughtless.

[@miriyo75]

Shame Bea went in such a fashion. If she didn't want to come back then it could have been such a great opportunity for an escape or murder or something like that. Sonia Stevens keeps this show going for me though - despite Val Lehman not coming back.

[@mckavitt13]

See my comment above on the dramatic reasons for Bea's departure in just this way. It's no small condemnation of the Freak & her technical only power over Bea. Sonia's becoming new Top Dog is about as credible, not to mention desirable, as Humpty Dumpty staying up on that wall, imo.

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

I wish they would have brought Bea in with Conner's to take on the freak

[@karennicholls2296]

Would have been quite satisfying.

[@karinswift]

Wow, can't believe she scratched her own face!

[@rupert-j8f]

so sad to see bea leave. 400 episodes of top dog.

[@cathrinehalfpenny3835]

The freak is very nasty for doing that to Lizzie

[@mrmeerkat1096]

Im gutted Bea is leaving the show, especially after her bashing the freak. Because that fight scene is the best one ive seen on prisoner. Its a shame she is leaving now when they are getting good at the choreography. But at least Queen Beas last fight scene was her best and it was against her biggest most hated enemy and it was caused because of the freak insulting Beas daughter Debbie. End of era!!!

[@MissX905]

That darn "o'l Freak" roughing poor Lizzie around like that!

[@agemoth]

It's soooooooo NOT over after Bea leaves.. There are loads of fabulous evil characters to come and crazy stories and it is very interesting when Ann starts to realise what Joan is really like and loads more recycled actors too... Loads more characters you will love to hate and just love.. And some scarey deaths and endings of some characters too !!

[@boolah128]

Lorraine Hall ok I’ll keep watching. But I’m so sick of Pixie and the Freak

[@Msclaret]

The Ruth ballenger storyline is great and Lou Kelly is a good charactor too.

[@charlottewebb582]

Leave me out of your dreams pixie no wonder I can't sleep!!!! 🤣 🤣 🤣 Another beauty from lizzie

[@agemoth]

I like those window view posters on the wall of the journalists office.. I have one on one of my doors.. Overlooking Italian fields..

[@reginaldjones6307]

It's just going through a short"lull". Then it'll pick up again. With lizzy around,it's always a hoot!

[@raw5742]

have you ever considered that people have not watched the show before and don't want to know these things until they happen. ?

[@Roger-hq1yt]

Bea should have got stuck in to the Freak properly, finished her in solitary corridor.

[@arlaabrell8658]

I agree, Bea should have at least disabled her to where Ferguson could never prowl the corridors again, but, then we wouldn't have had episode number 692. 😃

[@stevenmcghee6649]

As the Freak staggers away, bruised but finally victorious, it's a brilliant piece of acting from Maggie Fitzpatrick. Her whole demeanour changes to something quite grotesque. Like something diseased. She exhibited that quality once before - when she thought that Zara Moonbeam had finally driven her nemesis mad. Her whole body hunched and her face took on a manic quality. Portraying someone truly deranged can't be easy. She would have the lines she's required to speak - but how to do so without crossing into the realm of ridicule? A tough ask but she coped admirably.

[@shirleysmitten1074]

Fergo's very sadistic, yes. Fergo even scratched herself. OMG! I'm sorry I wasn't the most exciting bed partner. Oh, Ms. Reynolds! LOL! Bea can't be moooving to Barnhurst. I won't let her go! Send Fergo to Barnhurst instead.

[@gquinn4159]

Val was offered another acting role she liked, she gave them seven weeks notice. It was a lame exit transferring her to Barnhaust. Her reason for leaving was also because she felt there was nothing more she could do with the character of Bea Smith, she did alot. With Judy going back to Wentworth, prehaps they should had finally paroled Bea and let her go and stay at the house, eventually running it for Judy. Maybe Val would had stayed on abit longer being released and trying make it on the outside after all those years institutionalised. But the half way house storylines really started to fustrate viewers and wasn't very popular. I think they should had killed Bea of in a heroic fashion. But they weren't brave enough and thought she would want to come back someday. Val did struggle getting ling term roles after Prisoner. She was to recognised for playing Bea Smith. It was a blessing and well as a curse.

[@elliotstuart4411]

bea's very last episode

[@silvana8246]

thank god

[@michellewatts5907]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed but the women sometimes fold,folded sheets I've seen it a couple of times.🧧🧧🧧