Exterior shot of Wentworth in daytime

Inside the women are in the dining room. Lexie gets her breakfast and goes to sit at Cheryl's table

Cheryl - Find somewhere else to sit Lexie

Lexie - C'mon Cheryl, we're mates, right?

Cheryl - I told you last night until your attitude improves you can forget about being mates

Lexie - STUFF YA THEN BITCH!

Lexie storms off in a huff and sits alone at another table. Roo sits next to her

Lexie - Who said you could sit there?

Roo - I did, I don't need an invitation, I sit where I like.....so not too popular with Cheryl then?

Lexie - We fell out...what's it to you anyway?

Roo - just interested that's all, I'm not too popular with her either right now....listen kid tell me if I'm wrong but you seem the type who wouldn't turn her nose up at earning a few bob am I right?

Lexie - Yeah?

Roo - That's great cos I have a job for you if you're interested?

Lexie looks curious

Jim is with Vera in the governor's office

Vera looks in a foul mood

Vera - I am not very happy this morning Mr Fletcher......not happy to discover my deputy governor took it upon himself to let a prisoner who I had placed in solitary out of solitary while I was not here

Jim - Solitary is no place for Maxwell while she is pregnant, its totally unacceptable

Vera - I'll be the judge of what is acceptable and what isn't in my prison! I'll thank you not to do that again

Jim - Where is Maxwell now?

Vera - Still in Maternity, I have decided to let her stay there now she's out again but she had better watch the way she speaks to me that's all I can say!

Pauline and Brumby are in their cell when Lexie comes in

Lexie - G'day Mrs Tucker, I'm Lexie....and this is Brumby right?

Pauline nods her head

Pauline - Nice to meet you, Lexie

Lexie - I came to talk to Brumby, is that ok Mrs Tucker?

Pauline (suspicious) - Depends on what you want to talk to her about, she isn't all that well right now

Lexie - I want to talk to her about Rita

Brumby - Rita?

Lexie - Yeah I was a great mate of Reet's. I hear you were too right Brum?

Brumby - Stop calling me Brum! who is Reet?

Lexie chuckles

Lexie - How could you forget Reet?

Pauline - It's like I already told you...Michelle isn't quite well just now I'm afraid

Lexie - I can see that, tell ya what Mrs. T, why don't you leave her with me for a while? I'll have a chat with her about Reet see if I can jog her memory on things?

Pauline looks unsure

Pauline - Oh I don't know? Not sure if I can leave her

Lexie - Go on you look like you need a break, she'll be ok with me. If there's a problem I'll come and find you right away

Pauline - Well ok, I'll be in the rec room

Pauline turns to Brumby

Pauline - I'll be back later ok, Lexie is going to talk with you for a while

Brumby nods her head

Brumby - Ok mum

Pauline leaves Lexie alone with Brumby

The laundry

Cheryl, Kelly, and Chrissie arrive. Bea is already there with Tracy and glares at them

Cheryl (To Chrissie) - Just ignore her

Chrissie - Bleeding hell if looks could kill I'd be stone dead now

Pauline arrives

Kelly - Hey Paul, how's Brumby?

Pauline shakes her head in dismay

Pauline - She still doesn't seem to remember anything

Cheryl - I told ya I think she's putting it on

Pauline - I'm not so sure but I hope she is

Kelly - Did you leave her by herself?

Pauline - No that new kid is with her. Lexie is it? She offered to stay with her for a while so I am just going to nip to the rec room for a little while

Cheryl - Really? What did she want she want with Brumby? I don't think they knew each other before

Pauline - Something about them both being friends of Rita's. Lexie offered to try and talk to Michelle for me, she seems a nice

Kelly - She's a lazy bitch, she should be in here right now working!

Pauline - Oh I'm sorry, I didn't realize. Shall I go back and tell her she's wanted here?

Cheryl - Yes please Paul

Lexie is wheeling Brumby down a quiet, dark corridor

Brumby - So you still haven't told me where we're going?

Lexie - We're going to meet someone Tucker

They arrive at a staircase and Roo appears from the shadows

Roo - So you got her here ok?

Lexie - Yes, piece of cake

Roo leans in close to Brumby's face

Roo - We have stuff to discuss don't we Tucker

Brumby - Do we? I don't know what we have to discuss, I don't even know who you are

Roo slaps Brumby in the face

Roo - Stop playing games with me Tucker!

Brumby rubs her cheek and cries

Roo - And stop crying! I want you to tell the screws the truth about who put you in the skip and that will be the end of this, does that sound fair to you?

Brumby - I want to go now, I don't like it here

Roo - Are you going, to tell the truth, and clear me?

Brumby snaps

Brumby - NO, GET STUFFED!... I HATE YOU! YOU BELONG IN BLACKMOOR WHERE MARIE CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE HELL!

Roo smirks

Roo - That's it, Tucker, now you show your true colours, all this amnesia stuff is just an act isn't it?

Brumby - No, I just don't like you that's all

Roo - But you remember Marie and Blackmoor?

Brumby shrugs

Brumby - I remember little bits here and there I guess...I dunno, oh I'm so scared and confused

Roo turns to Lexie

Roo - What's your view on child killers Patterson?

Lexie - I bloody hate the bitches don't i

Roo - Tucker here is a child killer you know, she killed two kids......I have to go now I'll leave it up to you to get Tucker back to her dorm safe and sound

Roo leaves Lexie alone with Brumby

Pauline arrives back at the dorm to find Brumby gone

The kitchen

Mandy is on duty as Roo arrives

Mandy - Nice of ya to join me at last, where the hell have you been?

Roo - None of your business

Mandy - Jason is dead wound up about it you know, says we are going to be running behind and everything

Roo - Well I'm here now ain't i...

Jason emerges from the cool room

Jason - About time as well! I hope you realize I could report you to the governor for this?

Roo - I know chicken but I'm sure you won't, you're far too nice to do that right?

Jason - Why are you so late anyway?

Roo - I had something to attend to, it couldn't wait, I'm sorry spunky

The Laundry

Bea is glaring at Chrissie across the room

Tracy - So you still intend to kill her?

Bea - You bet I do

Tracy - I'll help ya

Bea - Thanks love

Pauline runs in, in a panic

Pauline - There's no sign of Michelle or the Patterson kid

Cheryl - We'll have to find some sign of them then.....

Pauline, Cheryl, and Kelly run out of the room

Bea - HEY! WHERE DO YOU LOT THINK YOU'RE GOING?

Tracy - Bloody cheek eh, leaving us to do all the work

Bea glances over at Chrissie with a smirk

Bea - Does leave us alone with Latham though doesn't it

Chrissie backs away into a corner as Bea and Tracy walk menacingly towards her

Chrissie - Please Bea...

Lexie and Brumby are at the edge of the stairs

Brumby - Can you take me back now, please?

Lexie - Not until you tell me about these kids? Is it true what she said? Did you kill them?

Brumby - Nah course not

Lexie - I only have your word on it, you could be lying

Brumby - Look you bitch, I ain't even met you before and you think I have to answer to you, well you can get stuffed

Lexie - DID YOU KILL TWO KIDS?

Brumby - Yeah! By accident!

Lexie - BY ACCIDENT? REALLY? THERE'S ALWAYS AN EXCUSE TO JUSTIFY IT ISN'T THERE! YOU AND MAXWELL MUST BE GREAT MATES

Brumby - Kath's cool sure

Lexie - SHE'S SCUM AND SO ARE YOU!

Brumby - YEAH WELL IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE BITCH!

Lexie drags Brumby out of her chair and flings her down the staircase

Lexie - Rot in hell

Brumby lays at the bottom of the stairs as Lexie walks down towards her

Lexie - That was just for starters kid killer

Lexie viciously stamps on Brumby and kicks her over and over, Brumby screams out

Brumby - STOP! PLEASE!

Lexie leans in and grabs Brumby's chin

Lexie - YOU GOT EVERYTHING YOU DESERVED KID KILLER, I HOPE YOU ROT IN HELL IN THAT WHEELCHAIR!

Brumby spits in her face

Lexie responds by slapping her and giving her a nose bleed

Lexie - YOU PIECE OF SCUM!

Brumby - I'm not the one picking on someone who can't fight back, you're just a bully...but if I wasn't confined to that bloody wheelchair I'd give you back as good as I get I can promise that

Lexie - I'm going now, I'm going to leave you here, it could be hours before someone finds you

Lexie turns to walk away

The kitchen

Mandy is peeling spuds while Roo uses a can opener to take the lid off a can of baked beans

Mandy - Cosy ain't it this? Us two working together like this

Roo - Yeah it's just swell Slater

Mandy - I wonder how Brumby is bearing up after that awful ordeal in the skip eh?

Roo - That kid's resilient, she'll be fine. No thanks to you

Mandy - You surprise me Roo, I thought you hated her, you did paralyze her after all. Yet here you are now showing concern for her, even paying her compliments

Roo - It's true I've never liked her, she was a little bitch at Blackmoor but no matter how many times I beat her she always bounced back. She reminds me of myself in some ways and maybe I admire that even if I don't like her very much

Mandy - You're going soft Morgan that's what it is, it's tragic to see really?

Roo - Going soft am I?

Mandy - Sure ya are...I mean if you really wanted to get me, make me own up to it you could try a little harder to make me if you wanted to Roo - Is that in invitation?

Mandy - Yeah if you like......I always enjoy a challenge

Roo - Why did you put her in the skip anyway?

Mandy shrugs

Mandy - Just for the fun of it I suppose, I get bored in here...but if you had been sensible enough to accept a partnership with me when I offered you one I wouldn't have set you up so you only have yourself to blame

Roo - What's it like only having one eye?

Mandy - What's that got to do with anything?

Roo - Just wondered...ever wondered what it's like to have only one ear too?

Mandy stares blankly at Roo

With a sudden, swift movement Roo slices her right ear off with the lid off the baked beans just as Jason enters the room

Mandy screams out in pain and a shocked Jason faints

Roo- I get bored in here too Mandy, I'm sure you understand

The laundry

Chrissie is thrashing around as Bea and Tracy try to attack her

Bea - Save your energy, Latham! You know I'm gonna get you!

Chrissie grabs a pair of scissors and stabs Bea in the face

Bea cries in pain as Chrissie turns to run out of the room and runs straight into Vera and Jim

Vera - WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE? AND WHERE ARE GIBSON AND WEBSTER?

Brumby is crying at the bottom of the stairs as Pauline, Kelly, and Cheryl find her

Pauline -Oh god...oh sweetheart

The three of them lift Brumby back into her wheelchair and Pauline comforts her as she sobs

Cheryl - Did Lexie do this to you?

Brumby shakes her head

Brumby - She had nothing to do with it, it was Morgan

Kelly - But Lexie was with you wasn't she?

Brumby - Nah she had left by then....don't blame her please I don't think she knew what Morgan was gonna do to me

GATESLAM

PART 2

Ailsa is in the visitor's room with Dennis

Ailsa - It's good to see you son, but you look a mess? What's wrong?

Dennis - It's just all the worry over Connie, mum, it's been weeks, and still no sign. It's really getting to Marion, she's on the verge of a breakdown. She's not eating, not sleeping, keeps bursting out in tears all the time I don't know what to do

Ailsa - I'm so sorry son, I wish I could do more to help, but what can I do stuck in this lousy stinking hole?

Dennis - I know mum... I just pray Connie shows up safe and well soon

Ailsa - I do too.............

..........Connie is locked up in a dark room as the door opens and John enters, she shields her face from the brightness

Connie - Please John why am I locked up like this, at least tell me what I did wrong?

John lays a plate of food out in front of her

John - You tried to leave and I can't allow that, I want you to stay.

Connie - But why is it so important I stay? Why can't I go?

John - Because you're my daughter

Connie - Look I told you last time you said that I am not your daughter! I',m sorry that your daughter died but I am not her

John - You are her.....you have to accept it or I will have to kill you

Connie looks scared

John comforts her

John - I don't want to kill you, I didn't want to kill the others either

Connie - The others?

John - Yes the other girls. they all refused to co-operate too. I had to kill them and I'll have to kill you too unless you start being reasonable about this

Connie - Where did you bury them all?

John sighs

John - In the back garden if you must know

Connie - Please don't kill me I beg of you

John - You know what you have to do to save yourself, I will leave you alone for a while to have a think about it, please do not think for too much longer Connie, my patience is wearing thin already

John leaves the room and locks the door

The governor's office

Chrissie and Tracy are there with Vera

Vera - Why did you stab Smith in the face Latham?

Chrissie - Self defense Miss Bennett she bleeding well-tried to kill me and Tracy was helping her

Vera turns to Tracy

Vera - Is this correct?

Tracy - Yeah...but I didn't want to join in Smith made me, I'm scared of her Miss Bennett she's a rotten bully, she belongs in solitary for a very long time

Vera - As it happens I agree with you, but the department won't allow me to place a prisoner in solitary long-term as much as I'd love to

Tracy - Well far be it for me to tell you how to do your job but could I be cheeky enough to suggest isolation instead? There is no limit on that

Chrissie - Yeah and I'll be safer if she's in there, she wants to kill me Miss Bennett and you know she won't give up until she succeeds

Vera looks thoughtful as there is a knock at the door

Vera - Come in

Jim enters

Jim - I found Gibson and Webster....it seems something happened to Michelle Tucker so they went to look for her

Tess enters the room to talk to Connie

Tess - I came to see if you're ok?

Connie - Please let me go you have to?

Tess shakes her head

Tess - I would if I could believe me but I can't, he'd kill me too if I did that

Connie - He says he has killed other girls?

Tess nods her head grimly

Connie - Oh god, how many?

Tess - About a dozen

Connie - A dozen? oh my god....and you stood by and let him?

Tess - I had no choice, you don't know what he is like. He's a psycho, he beats me all the time. I don't like all this, in fact, I hate it. She was my daughter too and losing her hurt me too but I was prepared to accept it, move on. I wanted to do that but he wouldn't let either of us, always obsessed about finding a replacement daughter

Connie - So you could run away from him too? The two of us could leave now and go to the police then he'd be in prison and all this would stop

Tess - No...I still love him despite everything. I couldn't betray him like that

Connie - You have to please, he's going to kill me can't you see?

Tess - Listen...please just listen. None of the other girls did and they all paid the price. You have to cooperate with him, agree to be his daughter, don't argue with him anymore and he won't kill you

Connie - He won't let me go either will he? I'll be his prisoner forever

Tess - Well the choice is yours, Connie, I can't help you anymore now I'm sorry

Tess leaves the room and locks the door

John is waiting in the hallway outside

John - Well?....

Tess - I tried to talk to her, I'm not sure if it did any good

John - Well I'll give her a while longer and then I'll have to kill her

Tess - Must you? can't this madness stop- here John please I've had enough now?

John loses it and hits her in the face

John - YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH? HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL? I'M SICK OF HAVING TO GO AND FIND A NEW GIRL EVERY TIME IT FAILS. I'LL HAVE TO GO AND FIND ANOTHER ONE YET AGAIN NOW

Tess - Oh John please no? Enough is enough now can't you see? I can't let you do this anymore John

John - SHUT UP YOU STUPID COW!

John grabs Tess by her hair and drags her to a broom cupboard, he slings her inside and locks her in

Tess hammers at the door

Tess -LET ME OUT JOHN PLEASE!

John - shut up!

Brumby, Kelly, Cheryl, and Pauline are standing in front of Vera

Vera - So Morgan pushed you down the stairs and attacked you?

Brumby - Yes miss she really hurt me and I was terrified

Vera is about to respond when Sister Hall runs in without knocking

Sister Hall - We have a serious incident, Miss Bennett

Lexie is alone in the laundry as Chrissie and Tracy enter

Lexie - Gee there ya are....where the hell is everyone?

Tracy - Dunno about the others but Chrissie and I were with the governor

Lexie notices Chrissie has been crying

Lexie - What's up with you Latham? Smith has been at you again, has she?

Tracy - Leave her alone will ya Lexie

Lexie - Hey what's got into you? Defending the granny killer?

Tracy - Reckon she's had enough that's all

Tracy and Chrissie go into a corner to talk

Chrissie - So why the sudden change of heart? You were on Bea's side before?

Tracy - I was only pretending to be don't you see? I was scared if I didn't team up with her she'd bully me too, I'm sorry Chrissie I know it wasn't fair on you, forgive me?

Chrissie - Yeah suppose

Lexie - What are you two talking about?

Tracy - None of your business Lexie

Lexie - YEAH WELL I'M MAKING IT MY BUSINESS! YOU SHOULDN'T BE TALKING TO SCUM LIKE THE GRANNY KILLER TRACY!

Tracy - I'll talk to who I like Patterson so be a good little girl and butt out

Lexie flies at Tracy who pushes her, she falls over just as Kelly and Cheryl return

Cheryl pulls Lexie to her feet

Lexie - G'day Cheryl!

Cheryl - Don't G'day me Lexie! I have a bone to pick with you

Lexie - Oh yeah?

The governor's office

Jim, Jason, and Sister Hall are there with Vera

Vera - So Slaters been transferred to outside hospital?

Sister Hall - Yes that's right, they are going to see if they can reattach the ear

Vera - And where is Morgan?

Jason - She took off from the kitchen

Vera - And you didn't try to stop her?

Jason - How could I stop her? I'm only the cook around here not a screw

Vera turns to Jim

Vera - Go and find Morgan and quickly

Jim nods his head and leaves the office

Sister Hall - Can I get back to the infirmary now governor?

Vera nods her head

Vera - Yes I don't need you anymore

Sister Hall leaves

Jason - I best get back to the kitchen, we are very behind now

Vera - You won't be returning to the kitchen Mr Stephens