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Prisoner: Season 2

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86 episodes · premiered Jan 22, 1980

The second season of Australian drama television series Prisoner (commonly known as Prisoner: Cell Block H) premiered on Network Ten on 22 January 1980. It consists of 86 episodes and concluded on 12 November 1980. This season's storylines include the escape of Roslyn Coulson, aided by terrorist Janet Dominguez and the subsequent shooting of Erica Davidson; Lizzie's exoneration; the bomb explosion which causes the deaths of Jim Fletcher's family; Bea Smith's feud with new prisoner Kay White; Judy Bryant's planned revenge on corrupt officer Jock Stewart for the murder of her girlfriend Sharon Gilmour; the season finale tunnel escape collapse.

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  1. Episode 1: Episode 80 Jan 22, 1980 · 47m
  2. Episode 2: Episode 81 Jan 23, 1980 · 47m
  3. Episode 3: Episode 82 Jan 29, 1980 · 47m
  4. Episode 4: Episode 83 Jan 30, 1980 · 47m
  5. Episode 5: Episode 84 Feb 5, 1980 · 47m
  6. Episode 6: Episode 85 Feb 6, 1980 · 47m
  7. Episode 7: Episode 86 Feb 12, 1980 · 47m Pat is distraught after David's suicide, attacking first an insensitive Chrissie and then Greg (whom she blames for his death). Beause of this, she is refused permission to attend the…
  8. Episode 8: Episode 87 Feb 13, 1980 · 47m After Lizzie's intensive grilling by the cops, Bea and the girls suspect there's a cover-up going on regarding the old woman, and decide to get to the bottom of it. Chrissie uses her key…
  9. Episode 9: Episode 88 Feb 19, 1980 · 47m Lizzie tries to cope with the news she spent the past twenty years in jail for a crime she did not commit and panics at the thought of being released. Bea suggests to her she might get…
  10. Episode 10: Episode 89 Feb 20, 1980 · 47m Erica takes an upset Lizzie to the Halfway House in a taxi, but it turns out Doreen didn't know she was coming: Paul forgot to let them know and gets carpeted by Erica. Lizzie has a hard…
  11. Episode 11: Episode 90 Feb 26, 1980 · 47m Caroline and Vivienne try to cover-up Brian's murder, thinking the police will never believe it was self defence, and make it look like a burglary. Vivienne is guilt-ridden, especially…
  12. Episode 12: Episode 91 Feb 27, 1980 · 47m Paul bails Tony out, who lies he knew nothing about the drugs. Sharon is unable to raise bail money and is sent to Wentworth. Vera incites trouble between Bea and Sharon; after Sharon…
  13. Episode 13: Episode 92 Mar 4, 1980 · 47m Paul reels from Sharon's demands, and though Tony insists Sharon was lying, Paul soon realises Tony is the liar. Sharon tells Vera the connection between her and Paul, and Vera reports him…
  14. Episode 14: Episode 93 Mar 5, 1980 · 47m Margo, Lil and Bev are sent to the pound after the attack on Chrissie and Sharon. Chrissie confirms Bea was behind it, and a disgusted Erica sends Bea to Isolation until further notice…
  15. Episode 15: Episode 94 Mar 11, 1980 · 47m Paul agrees to try and get Bea out of Isolation if she encourages the craft project. She agrees, then sends the word to down tools. Vera is delighted that things have fallen through; Paul…
  16. Episode 16: Episode 95 Mar 12, 1980 · 47m Sharon is furious to be brought back to Wentworth, and is put in to share with Chrissie Latham. They form something of a partnership, and Sharon gets Judy to smuggle drugs in for them…
  17. Episode 17: Episode 96 Mar 18, 1980 · 47m Doreen announces her engagement, but Lizzie goes to grill Kevin before deciding if she is pleased. Doreen tells Lizzie that when they get married, she is going to come and live with them…
  18. Episode 18: Episode 97 Mar 19, 1980 · 47m Chrissie's "assailant" at the hospital is Judy. Chrissie details the drug drop for her. Sharon seeks muscle from Margo's gang, who want drugs in exchange. Thinking the dope is on Chrissie…
  19. Episode 19: Episode 98 Mar 25, 1980 · 47m Bea regains control of the women, with Sharon and Chrissie helpless to resist. Judy comes to visit Sharon, and when Meg searches her she finds drugs on her: she is admitted as a prisoner…
  20. Episode 20: Episode 99 Mar 26, 1980 · 47m Judy does nothing to stop Pat, and Sharon is sent to Solitary when the screws find the drugs in the cell. The women are frosty with Bea, thinking she lagged. Chrissie crumbles and tells…
  21. Episode 21: Episode 100 Apr 1, 1980 · 47m Mrs Burns tells Doreen that if she and Kevin marry, she will disown him. Lizzie chases her down the street with a frying pan, but eventually talks Mrs Burns round. Lizzie and Doreen go to…
  22. Episode 22: Episode 101 Apr 2, 1980 · 47m Thanks to Lizzie, Doreen is sent back to Wentworth and faces losing her parole. Lizzie comes to visit, and asks Erica if she can come back too. Kevin finds out that she is back inside and…
  23. Episode 23: Episode 102 Apr 8, 1980 · 47m Doreen and Lizzie go to court. Lizzie gets a fine, but Doreen gets more time, even after Kevin speaks in her defence. She thanks him, but she still can't marry him. Back at the Halfway…
  24. Episode 24: Episode 103 Apr 9, 1980 · 47m Sharon refuses to tell the truth about what happened to Judy, despite Chrissie facing the prospect of losing Elizabeth. Chrissie is furious and rejects Sharon. Judy recovers from her…
  25. Episode 25: Episode 104 Apr 15, 1980 · 47m Aiming to get back to Wentworth, Lizzie refuses to co-operate with the cops, but her elation at getting back inside is crushed when Vera puts her in another block and won't let her see her…
  26. Episode 26: Episode 105 Apr 16, 1980 · 47m Jim admits to visiting Caroline, but dismisses any suggestion they have been having an affair. At home, Leila wants to send Matthew to a private school, but he doesn't have any money to do…
  27. Episode 27: Episode 106 Apr 22, 1980 · 47m There's trouble for the Fletchers and Meg when Geoff Butler returns, his trial looming. He tries to force Meg into changing her testimony, and lets himself into the Fletcher house to…
  28. Episode 28: Episode 107 Apr 23, 1980 · 47m Geoff and Michael embark on their plan to split up Caroline and Jim. This involves terrifying the living daylights out of Leila, by plaguing her with threatening phone calls and lurking…
  29. Episode 29: Episode 108 Apr 29, 1980 · 47m A terrified Leila is convinced Geoff has been terrorizing, but he has an alibi for the brick through her window: Meg and Greg saw him in a bar at the time. In fact, it was Michael who did…
  30. Episode 30: Episode 109 Apr 30, 1980 · 47m Bea is furious, thinking Ken has made a fool of her, and calls a halt to the drama class. Paul desperately tries to salvage the situation, and engineers a meeting between them. Ken tells…
  31. Episode 31: Episode 110 May 6, 1980 · 47m A stunned Jim reels after the explosion: the boys are dead, and Leila is critically injured. Michael remains unaware that the parcel was a bomb, and Geoff demands payment from him for…
  32. Episode 32: Episode 111 May 7, 1980 · 47m Geoff is interrupted in the process of preparing to shoot Jim by reporters at the door, and flees. He returns to Michael, who he has tied up in the empty house, and rants a lot. He plans…
  33. Episode 33: Episode 112 May 13, 1980 · 47m As the cops hunt for Geoff, Michael is arrested and carted off to a psychiatric hospital. Geoff outsmarts the police and escapes from his hideout, and Jim arrives home to find him waiting…
  34. Episode 34: Episode 113 May 14, 1980 · 47m
  35. Episode 35: Episode 114 May 20, 1980 · 47m
  36. Episode 36: Episode 115 May 21, 1980 · 47m Kerry and the other women come to an understanding, and Bea hints to her that Sharon ruined her painting. Vera is furious with Kerry after David's comments at the exhibition that she…
  37. Episode 37: Episode 116 May 27, 1980 · 47m Vera is gutted following her suspension. Jock tells her the truth will come out eventually; next day, he threatens Kerry into withdrawing her allegations. Doreen and Kevin quickly marry in…
  38. Episode 38: Episode 117 May 28, 1980 · 47m There's a lockdown in Wentworth following Sharon's death, and a griefstricken Judy blames Bea for killing her, but she is as much a suspect as Bea is. She threatens to have her revenge…
  39. Episode 39: Episode 118 Jun 3, 1980 · 47m Prostitute Helen Smart is admitted to Wentworth and turns out to be an old friend of Kerry's. She recognizes Jock and says he's got a bad reputation. Kerry is released but she struggles to…
  40. Episode 40: Episode 119 Jun 4, 1980 · 47m Vera keeps quiet over Jock when he reminds her how he helped her with Kerry, but later overhears Judy accusing Jock of killing Sharon, and finally reports him. Paul tells the solicitor…
  41. Episode 41: Episode 120 Jun 10, 1980 · 47m Judy mulls her options to protest against Sharon's death, and they decide to stage a strike in their cells. As some of the women hoard food, the verdict from Sharon's inquest comes back…
  42. Episode 42: Episode 121 Jun 11, 1980 · 47m Erica tries to talk the prisoners out of the Rec Room, and tells them Jock is finished in the prison service. Vera cuts the power, and they spend an uncomfortable night in the dark. Next…
  43. Episode 43: Episode 122 Jun 17, 1980 · 47m Everyone at the prison is stunned by Leanne's death, bringing a sudden halt to the demo. The police go to Noeline's work to tell her the news, only to find she's been pinching money from…
  44. Episode 44: Episode 123 Jun 18, 1980 · 47m Thinking she has killed David, Kerry flees from the gallery and disappears. David is very much alive, but Paul has no luck tracking her down, and has to report her. Meanwhile, Kerry seeks…
  45. Episode 45: Episode 124 Jun 24, 1980 · 47m Helen finds Kerry out cold but alive, and calls Paul to get help. Paul recommends Kerry go to a sanitorium for treatment, rather than back to jail. Meanwhile David, thinking she is dead…
  46. Episode 46: Episode 125 Jun 25, 1980 · 47m The women embark on a ridiculous attempt to cover up Noeline's absence until they can unlock her from the store room in the morning. This also includes a fake food poisoning bout as a…
  47. Episode 47: Episode 126 Jul 1, 1980 · 47m The work release is to go ahead, to the women's delight. The party of women who are to go initially includes Bea, Doreen and Judy but not, to her annoyance, Lizzie. Judy suspects Margo's…
  48. Episode 48: Episode 127 Jul 2, 1980 · 47m The work release programme gets underway, with Erica warning dire consequences for anyone who screws it up. The women meet sleazy foreman Vince Talbot, and cool-as-a-cucumber accountant…
  49. Episode 49: Episode 128 Jul 8, 1980 · 47m There's trouble at the factory involving the delivery drivers, and Doreen is keen to get Kevin the delivery contract when she hears it's up for tender. She needs to find out the lowest bid…
  50. Episode 50: Episode 129 Jul 9, 1980 · 47m Doreen struggles to cope after being raped by Vince, and desperately tries to get taken off the work release scheme, but Erica twigs something's going on and refuses to let her, even after…
  51. Episode 51: Episode 130 Jul 15, 1980 · 47m At the factory, Noeline complains that her machine doesn't work, but Vince is more interested in Doreen. Meg is suprised to see letters in the mail for both Judy and Bea. Judy volunteers…
  52. Episode 52: Episode 131 Jul 16, 1980 · 47m Erica tells Meg and Vera that the doctors think Judy's heart condition was brought on by electrical interference from the driers. Meg passes on the information in Judy's letter about her…
  53. Episode 53: Episode 132 Jul 22, 1980 · 47m Kay promises to keep Vera occupied to give Noeline time to get the bolt of cloth out of the tea room window . Andrew follows Kay's tip-off and is waiting outside to catch Noeline's brother…
  54. Episode 54: Episode 133 Jul 23, 1980 · 47m Judy is brought back to Wentworth (and claims sarcastically to Jim that she's Doris Day) charged with escaping, assault on a policewoman, stealing police property (the uniform, which she…
  55. Episode 55: Episode 134 Jul 29, 1980 · 47m Erica phones Andrew to let him know she won't let him take advantage of her or the women, though she does not cancel the project entirely. Doreen wonders why Lizzie has sweets instead of…
  56. Episode 56: Episode 135 Jul 30, 1980 · 47m Andrew accuses Kay of stealing and fiddling the books. When she offers to pay him back with her gambling winnings, he declines and asks her what would have happened if she had lost. Vince…
  57. Episode 57: Episode 136 Aug 5, 1980 · 47m Jim and Vera catch Kay trying to force Margo to taste her food. Margo vows she'll get back at Kay. Erica admits to Meg that she had been lying about her relationship with Andrew, but…
  58. Episode 58: Episode 137 Aug 6, 1980 · 47m Erica tells the women they will all lose seven day's remission as punishment for the attack on Vince. Bea agrees with Margo that it must have been Kay who lagged on them. Judy suggests…
  59. Episode 59: Episode 138 Aug 12, 1980 · 47m Kevin thinks he is the father of Doreen's baby and is delighted with the news. Meanwhile Bea is advising Doreen to go to Erica if Agnes won't help her arrange the abortion. Erica asks…
  60. Episode 60: Episode 139 Aug 13, 1980 · 47m Kevin realises that Doreen intended to let him think the baby was his, and he is equally appalled at the thought that she let someone else have sex with her to try to get him a job. Kay…
  61. Episode 61: Episode 140 Aug 19, 1980 · 47m Bea blames herself for not noticing anything wrong with Doreen. Meg tells Lizzie that her visit to see Josie has been arranged, but Bea is suspicious that something must be wrong as…
  62. Episode 62: Episode 141 Aug 20, 1980 · 47m Vera takes Kay to her cell and gives her five minutes to make her bed. Doreen and Lizzie compare the size of their bank balances. Margo holds onto Linda's "commission", as she's obviously…
  63. Episode 63: Episode 142 Aug 26, 1980 · 47m Bea barricades Kay's cell door to ensure that they can have a "private chat". When Kay denies having any drugs, Bea punches her on the nose, followed by an extended grapple on the floor…
  64. Episode 64: Episode 143 Aug 27, 1980 · 47m Vera tells Tracey that covering up for her friend isn't going to do her any good, and drops dark hints about what Bea might do to her, but Tracey continues to protest her innocence. Jim…
  65. Episode 65: Episode 144 Sep 2, 1980 · 47m Judy finds Tracey crying in her cell and tries to comfort her. Tracey asks her to talk to Bea and explain that she was set up. She also tells Judy about the threats sent in via Kath…
  66. Episode 66: Episode 145 Sep 3, 1980 · 47m Judy explains to the women that they might be able to pull off a similar trick to the one in "The Sting" by fixing the newspapers and betting on a race which has already been run, so Kay…
  67. Episode 67: Episode 146 Sep 9, 1980 · 47m Lizzie tells Meg she thinks Kay must be dead, and gives a very unconvincing version of her "self-defence" alibi. Meg is not convinced and tells Jim she thinks it is completely out of…
  68. Episode 68: Episode 147 Sep 10, 1980 · 47m Tracey delivers a well-aimed knee to the groin area of one of the men, and gets away from them, though she runs straight into a gun battle between two thugs and the men who are chasing…
  69. Episode 69: Episode 148 Sep 16, 1980 · 47m
  70. Episode 70: Episode 149 Sep 17, 1980 · 47m After hearing the gunfire, the prisoner discuss who may have been shot. Jim tries to call Vera back to work, but she claims the doctor has given her something to relax her, though it…
  71. Episode 71: Episode 150 Sep 23, 1980 · 47m Erica warns Doreen that if her story is true, she could be charged herself along with Lizzie, Bea and others with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Doreen is taken to an…
  72. Episode 72: Episode 151 Sep 24, 1980 · 47m Lizzie is welcomed back to Wentworth by Vera with her usual compassion: Vera tells her she'll die a criminal, and Lizzie retorts that she won't have long to wait to see that for herself…
  73. Episode 73: Episode 152 Sep 30, 1980 · 47m Tracey asks Judy for advice about Vera's spiteful comments. Vera blames Jim's rosters for her being a physical wreck, but Jim hints that there could be other reasons for that. Bob admits…
  74. Episode 74: Episode 153 Oct 1, 1980 · 47m Sarah leaves Jim's flat in a hurry. Jim finds his wardrobe open and realises why Sarah has fled. Judy tells Tracey to go to Erica about the threatening note, but Bea is also told, and she…
  75. Episode 75: Episode 154 Oct 7, 1980 · 47m The police car is driven through the back streets, but eventually runs into a police ambush: the driver from McNally's gang and the policewoman in the back of the car are both shot, but…
  76. Episode 76: Episode 155 Oct 8, 1980 · 47m Chrissie is put into street clothes for her visit to Elizabeth, and Vera tells Jim they are supposed to ignore Doreen if they see her at the hospital. Erica wants to know why Jim tried to…
  77. Episode 77: Episode 156 Oct 14, 1980 · 47m Vera comes back from work in tears. Doreen's absence from the hospital is noticed, but the nurses assume that Elizabeth has been moved to another ward. Jim lies to Erica and pretends he…
  78. Episode 78: Episode 157 Oct 15, 1980 · 47m Officer Barry takes Chrissie to the hospital to see her baby, who is ill in intensive care. Chrissie is assured by hospital staff the baby is going to be alright even though she is on the…
  79. Episode 79: Episode 158 Oct 21, 1980 · 47m The police question Vera about the robbery but say they're unlikely to be able to help her. Tracey apologises to Meg and congratulates her on the wedding. Vera returns to work but Erica…
  80. Episode 80: Episode 159 Oct 22, 1980 · 47m Bea tells the women to keep quiet about Jacki's relationship with Jim or risk having her transferred to Barnhurst. Erica promises Julian to speak to Myra and the PRG, but gives no…
  81. Episode 81: Episode 160 Oct 28, 1980 · 47m Erica tells Jim to organise a special work programme to give the inspector less opportunity to find fault, but Vera thinks putting up a good front amounts to defrauding the Department…
  82. Episode 82: Episode 161 Oct 29, 1980 · 47m Judy finds Bea lying unconscious and calls for help. When Vera goes to report the incident to Erica, she tries to pretend in front of Gillespie that it is only a routine matter, but he…
  83. Episode 83: Episode 162 Nov 4, 1980 · 47m Judy claims the money was planted in her cell. Bea is prepared to give her the benefit of the doubt, but doesn't rate her chances of getting the other women to believe her, even when she…
  84. Episode 84: Episode 163 Nov 5, 1980 · 47m Vera catches up with the policewoman just as she is leaving to tell her the truth about Anne's letter. Bea finds Anne packing her bags, confident that Megan will clear her. Anne is asked…
  85. Episode 85: Episode 164 Nov 11, 1980 · 47m The story Anne tells Jim and Vera is very confused, and she eventually agrees she made the whole thing up. She is returned to the laundry where she starts to talk again about her friend…
  86. Episode 86: Episode 165 Nov 12, 1980 · 47m On the day of the panto and escape attempt, Gillespie is suspicious and snooping around backstage. The panto is a roaring success with the kids present, and under cover of costume, Judy…