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written by Filbertfox Episode Six - A Big MistakeSynopsisBack on the wing, Shell is clomping around in her platform flip-flops (just what is it about G-Wing and flip-flops?), they obviously add inches to her height but remove something from her ability to see because she bumps into Jessie who just so happens to be holding a mug of tea...whoosh! all over Shell's lovely yellow T-shirt...
Shell: For Christ's sake! Look what you done!
...Just then, Denny does a Nikki and arrives to the rescue...
Denny: Shell! Just leave it yeah?
Denny leads Shell out of the cell and leaves Jessie sobbing hysterically...well, i'm beginning to seriously worry about Denny...maybe someone actually explained the meaning of the word conscience to her. Back in the pub, Helen seems to be in the midst of a serious attack of drunken giggles, and Dominic obviously begins to sense that his luck is in, especially when the bell rings for last orders and Helen invites him back to her place. At the flat, Dominic's conscience finally gets the better of him and he spills the beans to Helen about Zandra's escape, Helen is not pleased... Helen: How could've you been such an arse? 
...Dominic, being the nice guy he is, tells Helen that the cover-up was his idea, not Lorna's and then goes on to tell Helen that his guilt over the matter is what made him hand in his resignation. Helen, looking like she's just been slapped in the face by a wet kipper, tells Dominic that she's going to have to report the incident but that she still wants him to withdraw his resignation, Dominic, finally, agrees. After the weekend, Dominic announces his intention to stay to the other officers, everyone, well, with the obvious exception of Bodybag is pleased... Bodybag: I'm going to have to send your leaving present back, after all the trouble i've gone to. ...Helen arrives then and Dominic asks her to keep his confession from Lorna until she gets word from the Governor, Helen agrees... Helen: And then i'm going to call you both in for the bollocking of your lives! ...Dominic doesn't look too scared...maybe he likes his women to be in control!!! It's a pity for Lorna that Dominic decided not to tell her about his confession because Zandra blackmails her into taking a letter to Robin...oh dear, Lorna is well in over her head now but it doesn't look like Zandra's going to stop at making Lorna do Postman Pat impressions. Lorna waits outside the rehab centre for Robin the twat to turn up, she gives him the letter but he's not interested, not even when Lorna tells him that Zandra didn't go ahead with the abortion...what a complete and utter bastard! Meanwhile, Denny seems to be going out of her way to make friends with Jessie and starts asking her questions about her family and whether or not she has any kids, Jessie tells Denny that she hasn't and Denny suddenly makes her excuses and leaves a very confused Jessie in her wake...what is up with Denny??? The following day, at lunchtime, Lorna has to break the bad news about Robin to a very upset Zandra...methinks Zandra might be needing some emergency jelly rations to get her through this! Across the room, Denny seems to be very agitated and completely freaks out, attacking poor Jessie with a plastic knife for simply smiling at her. Denny, not surprisingly, is taken straight down the block and then to Helen's office for a bollocking with Jessie in attendance...
Helen: I'll ask you again, why did you attack her?
Wow Denny, you really know how to bring the room to a standstill! Another unspecified amount of time later, the inmates gather for dinner...
Shell: Ere Zan, how far gone are ya?
Someone: Bitch!
The whole wing is stunned into silence as a tearful Shell goes over to comfort Denny...blimey! The tart does have a heart! 
The whole world seems to be against Jessie now, but who steps in to try to sort it out? Nikki convinces Jessie that she should talk to Denny and tell her why she put her into care, Jessie confesses that she's too scared to face up to Denny so Nikki tells her to write it all down in a letter. The following morning, Jessie takes the letter to Denny, only to be appalled to find out that Denny can't actually read. Helen turns up in Nikki's cell with an Open University prospectus... 
Helen: I brought you that prospectus.
Nikki watches Helen leave the cell and gazes after her with a more than grateful expression on her face. Meanwhile, Denny has roped Zandra into reading Jessie's letter for her... Zandra: I hope this letter will try to explain what happened, why I could never be a good mum, mine was no good and my dad did things to me that no dad should've done, mum turned a blind eye, maybe she was scared. Soon as I could, I started to drink to block it all out. I woke up one morning, Tuesday, it was 2 hours before I realised that you had gone, they'd taken you the night before when I was in the pub, they encouraged me to give you up, told me that you'd be better off and looked after properly.
Denny: By those bastards?
...Denny and Zandra are both in tears by this point and Zandra shows a great deal of tenderness by comforting her margarine attacker. The following morning, Zandra cops Lorna as she lets the women out to use the bathroom...
Zandra: Miss?
Unfortunately, neither Lorna or Zandra are aware that Shell earwigged the whole conversation. It looks like Denny has finally forgiven Jessie and they talk about what's going to happen when Jessie is released the following week. Jessie asks Denny if she would like her to keep in touch and maybe even visit, Denny's reply would bring tears to a glass eye... Denny: I aint never had a visitor. Awww...poor wickle sausage!!! After lock-up, both Denny and Zandra seem to be having trouble getting to sleep...
Denny: Are you alright Zan?
Denny, disturbed by this conversation, hatches a cunning plan...she's going to escape by dressing up like a screw, complete with a sink plug and chain to simulate a key chain. Jessie, as you might expect, is extremely worried but agrees to meet Denny in the potting shed just before she is released. 
In the library, Nikki is flicking through a book and looking very unimpressed when Helen walks in...
Helen: Romeo and Juliet, i'm impressed. (Although how she manages to
spot this even though she can't see the cover and Nikki is flicking the pages
is beyond me...SuperGuv must have X-ray vision)
Helen: (Follows Nikki over to the bookshelves) Have you never been
interested in men?
...Helen looks down at the cover of the book and smiles to herself when she notices that it is 'Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit'. It looks like Nikki thinks that Helen is floating down that Egyptian river too. It's the day of the great escape but it looks like Jessie is having severe doubts. She turns up at the potting shed and tells Denny that she can't do it. Denny is left alone again and in tears. Meanwhile, Dominic is pacing up and down outside Stubberfield's office until Helen comes out and tells him that he and Lorna are in the clear. Pity Dominic kept his mouth shut, it looks like Zandra's threats have worked, Lorna had managed to smuggle in some jellies, cleverly concealed in a lipstick container. Dominic tells Lorna about his confession to Helen and tells her that they are in the clear, Lorna suddenly realises what she has done. If only Dominic had told her sooner! The mail arrives and there is a postcard for Denny from Jessie, telling her that she's still off the booze and that she'll be coming to see her next visiting time. Denny is surprised, but chuffingly pleased. For once, an episode ends on a high note. Screen grabs courtesy of SimoneLahbib.net ; thanks, SLN! © 2000-2003 (texts) are with the author. If not otherwise stated, the author is Ivanova. All rights reserved. |