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Episode 23 of Prisoner Cell Block H. Pre-advert gate slams, incidental music and the 0-Ten Network logo have been restored as originally broadcast.
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00:00What happened to Catherine Roberts?
00:03Ah, she got three years. She should be here now.
00:06What went wrong?
00:08I don't perform miracles. She ignored my advice.
00:11Had a very thin defense.
00:13Win some, lose some.
00:15If you like.
00:16Maybe you're not as great as you cracked up to be.
00:19I don't really think this is a very good time for us to argue, Mrs. Travers.
00:21I know it's difficult for you.
00:23It's just taking so long, that's all.
00:26I'm sorry.
00:27What?
00:28It's the day after tomorrow.
00:31All right.
00:48Come in.
00:50Bad day?
00:51Bad day, bad week, bad year.
00:54Have a seat, Steve.
00:55Well, what's happened to the normally very capable and very calm, Ms. Vaughan?
00:59Oh, I'm still very capable.
01:02It's just that nobody wants to listen to me, that's all.
01:04Join the club.
01:06I don't know, Steve.
01:08When I left uni, I was so idealistic.
01:10I seem to have lost all that now.
01:13Want a cup of coffee?
01:14No, thanks.
01:15I'm about to go home.
01:16Yeah, well, so am I.
01:18I thought you might be able to help me find out where Karen Travers' mother lives.
01:22Karen's mother?
01:24Doesn't she work in a shop somewhere?
01:26No.
01:26From what I can find out, she's sold the shop, she's sold her business, found her home, and
01:31she's completely disappeared.
01:32Why do you want to find her?
01:34Well, to be perfectly honest with you, Karen has a rather shaky appeal.
01:38Not looking good, eh?
01:39That's going to be a rather long, hard struggle.
01:42Maybe I'm being a little pessimistic after the Roberts' trial, but I thought the mother
01:45might be able to help somehow.
01:47I don't know.
01:47From what Karen's told me about her, I think she could turn into a hostile witness.
01:51Well, I'd still like to talk to her.
01:53Oh, come in.
01:55Oh, Jean, I'm sorry.
01:56I know it's late, but could you have a quick word with Lynn Warner?
01:58It's her trial tomorrow.
02:00Yeah, sure.
02:02Well, I think I better be going.
02:03Oh, hey, look, Steve, I'll try and find out where Karen's mother is.
02:08Thanks, Jean.
02:11You bloody welfare people.
02:13You screw up everyone's lives.
02:16I was really shocked, I can tell you.
02:18Couldn't be old Ted Warner's daughter, I said to myself.
02:21It was on the telly, in the newspapers.
02:24Even a couple of the Sunday papers got hold of it.
02:26And you know what they can do with a story like that.
02:28Yeah.
02:29Well, it was her.
02:30I've got to live with that for the rest of my life.
02:32I just couldn't believe it.
02:35Sid.
02:37Will you give the kid a go?
02:38A go?
02:40Yeah, you see, they've got this scheme.
02:42Work release, it's called.
02:45They let them out for work during the day.
02:46What, while they're still serving their sentence?
02:48Yeah.
02:49Seems a bit pointless, locking them up to me.
02:53Yeah, maybe.
02:54Maybe.
03:02Oh, look, Ted, I'm sorry you've been an old army mate and all that, but I can't start employing criminals.
03:10What'll my wife say, let alone my customers?
03:12She's not a criminal, she's my daughter.
03:15Give the kid a chance, Sid.
03:17Doing some real work for a change.
03:19Working on the soil, getting the hands dirty.
03:21Maybe all of that will straighten the kid out.
03:24I don't know, mate.
03:26I don't need any more help.
03:28I've got plenty of workers as it is.
03:29Anyhow, I couldn't afford to hire any more at the moment.
03:31Things are tough.
03:32You know that, you're a farmer.
03:34I can give you a few dollars every week if you put her on.
03:38Ah, forget the money.
03:39I'll give the kid a break.
03:40But listen, if she steps out of line but once, I'll give her such a boot up her arse, you'll hear it from your place.
03:46Have you heard anything from my father?
03:49No, I haven't.
03:51Which is not surprising after the little act that you and Doreen put on for him last time he was here.
03:55Yeah, well, he's not much of a father if he can't help me when I really need it.
03:59He does care about you, Lynn, very deeply.
04:02It's just that you won't give him a chance.
04:04Me not give him a chance?
04:06Look at it from his point of view.
04:08I mean, he put up with the talk of a small country town and having you back home.
04:12Pregnant and with a new boyfriend.
04:15And then you just both go off without even a word.
04:17Yeah, well, if you'd given Doug a chance...
04:19Don't you see, Lynn?
04:21I mean, he's had the pain of seeing you in prison.
04:24His wife's had a breakdown.
04:25He has a responsibility at the farm to run.
04:28I mean, I think that's enough for any man.
04:31I didn't want to hurt him.
04:33I never meant to hurt them.
04:35It's just that...
04:37What do you want me to do for you, Lynn?
04:43Could you have another talk with him?
04:47I'll try.
04:48I'll certainly try.
04:49But I can't promise you anything.
04:52Please.
04:54Tell him I'm sorry.
04:56Your parents are very concerned about you, Barbara.
05:01What would they care?
05:02Your father called me from New York last night.
05:05He's very upset.
05:06Oh, big deal.
05:07I bet he charged the call to the company.
05:09They've cancelled their trip and they're coming home next week.
05:11Well, what good will that do me now if they come back?
05:13Will it get me out of here?
05:14Well, it seems to me you're not doing very much to help yourself get out of here.
05:17You seem to be making things worse.
05:19Well, you spend some time cooked up in a cage and see how you'd react.
05:22All those theories about social reform that Auntie Erica used to spout.
05:26You must live by the rules, Barbara, even if it is your aunt who sets them.
05:33Stupid bitch.
05:35She had it in for me the moment I set foot inside these walls.
05:38You mustn't say things like that.
05:40It's hardly her fault.
05:41Is it my fault?
05:42I'm related to her?
05:43Well, it must be bad enough for her being put in this awkward situation.
05:47She doesn't care about anything except the rules.
05:50She put me in solitary almost the first day that I arrived.
05:54You ought to see what it's like.
05:56The cells, they're putrid.
05:58So much for her ideas on prison reform.
06:01We're all treated like animals.
06:03It's all your bloody fault.
06:06You're becoming quite a regular visitor.
06:09Yes, through no fault of mine.
06:10I seem to have become involved in this place and I'm still wondering how and why.
06:15Well, we'll see you tomorrow.
06:20Hello.
06:21I asked to see Barbara some time ago.
06:23Where is she?
06:23I'm afraid she still has a visitor, Mrs Davidson.
06:26A visitor?
06:28Yes.
06:30Her uncle.
06:32I see.
06:33Well, ask Barbara to come to my office as soon as he leaves.
06:37Erica's in a bad mood today.
06:39I'm not surprised.
06:41Why?
06:42That visitor is her husband.
06:44Come in.
06:54Is Barbara outside?
06:56No, but there's our visitor to see you.
06:58Who is it?
06:59It's Mr Davidson.
07:01Shut the door, Meg.
07:02Tell him I'm not in.
07:07But he knows you're here and he wants to see you.
07:09Oh, of all people in the world to come here.
07:12Well, he's been to see Barbara and appears a bit upset.
07:14All right.
07:16I'll have to see him.
07:17I've no option.
07:18Show him in, Meg.
07:25Sit down, Michael.
07:26I have a very busy schedule this afternoon and not all that much time.
07:34You always make me feel like a schoolboy when I'm with you, Erica.
07:38Well, it's a nice office you've got here, exactly as you always wanted.
07:41I remember you used to say...
07:42For Pete's sake, Michael, what is it you want?
07:45Well, if you want it in black and white, I think you've treated Barbara abominably.
07:51Barbara is being given the usual treatment of prisoners here.
07:54Well, that's exactly what I mean.
07:55From what she tells me...
07:56Barbara was put in solitary confinement because she smuggled drugs into the prison.
08:01But she didn't tell me that.
08:02She just said that...
08:03Quite frankly, Michael, I am not interested in what Barbara has to say about the conditions here.
08:07Nor, in fact, am I interested in what you have to say.
08:10Outsiders get one version of a story and immediately jump to the wrong conclusions.
08:14Look, Erica, Barbie's just a frightened little kid.
08:18She's showing all the signs of cracking up under the conditions in here.
08:21It's just an act, Michael, and you fell for it.
08:25She always could twist you around her little finger.
08:30Here, what do you think, huh?
08:32You think so?
08:32Oh, sorry about that, madam.
08:35Real sorry.
08:36Come on.
08:39Tyler, come on and sit down.
08:57Oh, Jesus, Doreen, turn that record down!
09:00Oh, shut up.
09:01Come on.
09:03Fast.
09:04Would you like to see a photograph of my daughter?
09:06Yeah.
09:06Oh, she's very pretty.
09:09Yeah.
09:10Lovely little thing.
09:12Not too good at her schoolwork, mind you, but a good heart.
09:16Just be mad about all these pop stars.
09:18Never understand it myself.
09:20Paint all over their faces, all that mad gear they get into.
09:24Used to camp in the rain for days sometimes, just to get a ticket to go to one of their concerts.
09:29You must miss her.
09:30Yeah, I do.
09:32Dreadfully.
09:33Dreadfully.
09:33You've got a daughter, haven't you?
09:40Yes.
09:41I bet you miss her.
09:43Good kid, is she?
09:45I couldn't have wanted a nicer child.
09:47Good at her schoolwork.
09:49Oh, yes, she's always been good at her work.
09:51Then you must be proud of her.
09:52I am.
09:54Do you have a nice house, Kate?
09:58Big place, eh?
09:59I've been very lucky.
10:00I've had most things that people want.
10:03Mm.
10:04Nice kitchen, all mod cons, disk washer and all that, eh?
10:07I had everything, Bea.
10:09Oh, lovely life.
10:11I never had anything like that.
10:15Bea, what did you do to end up in here?
10:18Well, what I did was no worse than what you did, Kate.
10:23And we're both paying for it.
10:26But, jeez, was it worth it?
10:33Relatives.
10:34Who needs them?
10:35What did your uncle say?
10:37Her parents are coming back from New York next week.
10:39Half your luck.
10:41Are you kidding?
10:43That's when it'll start.
10:44Ruining the family name, all that crap.
10:47That's all they care about.
10:48My family's completely deserted, mate.
10:51You're lucky.
10:56What a mess.
11:04You had a second chance, didn't you?
11:06A chance to get out of this crummy place.
11:10Uh-huh.
11:12But you blew it, didn't you?
11:17That niece of mine is causing more trouble than she's worth.
11:20I have the department on my back saying that I've been giving her special privileges.
11:24There's going to be a full-scale investigation into that.
11:26I have a husband who accuses me of treating her abominably because I placed her in solitary,
11:31with the added insinuation that I'm causing her a mental breakdown.
11:34I leave the prison for one afternoon and there is immediate chaos.
11:38If an officer under my jurisdiction is involved in smuggling drugs into the prison,
11:44then I shall be the first to be told about it, not the department.
11:47The department is told after I have conducted a full inquiry into the matter
11:50and come up with the facts and not just the gossip.
11:53Do you understand me, Meg?
11:55Yes, Mrs. Davidson.
11:56Why was the visiting justice given all the information before I was informed?
12:01Well, Barbara made these accusations and she seemed so definite about them.
12:07I thought the whole matter should be brought into the open.
12:10Was I implicated in these accusations?
12:12No, of course not.
12:13Then who informed the VJ that I was Barbara's aunt?
12:19It wasn't you, Meg?
12:20No, it wasn't.
12:22Vera.
12:23I might have known.
12:26She's been itching to take over my job for years.
12:30Having my niece in the prison could be just the opportunity she's been waiting for.
12:34I reckon she's a real snob.
12:37I think she's a right bitch.
12:39The joke was funny.
12:41Everybody else laughed.
12:43Yeah, I thought it was that funny I nearly fell into me porridge.
12:46But Mrs. Up Snob Nose, she reckoned was filthy.
12:52Everyone shut up and start listening to her.
12:54Listen, you lot.
12:55Kate's a lady, a real lady, and far better than the likes of you.
12:59So just shut up and treat her decently or you'll hear from me.
13:01Oh, good morning, madam.
13:06Has madam come to do a spot of work in the laundry?
13:10Madam's cocktails are ready by the pool.
13:12Oh, would madam prefer...
13:13You heard me, Doreen.
13:18Come to work in the laundry, Kate.
13:20Well, I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to be doing.
13:23Hey, you.
13:24Got any fags on you?
13:25Oh, Barb, he doesn't smoke.
13:27Yeah, you're dealing hard drugs, don't you, Barb?
13:30Nah.
13:31She smokes.
13:32I know she does.
13:34Where are they?
13:36Oh.
13:37If you've got any more in your cell, you may as well give them to me now.
13:40Save your broken face.
13:41Doing your Frankie impersonation, Doreen.
13:44It's nice to see Barbara sharing her goods with her fellow prisoners.
13:48Roberts, as you're not assigned to work in the laundry, I suggest you get out and let these other women do some work.
13:58I'm going to report that woman.
14:01What on earth for?
14:03For turning her back on violence in the prison.
14:05I'm going to report that woman.
14:07Well, if you know what's good for you, you'll turn a blind eye too.
14:10Hurry up, Roberts.
14:11Uncle Screw's being nasty anymore.
14:17Auntie, they're being nasty to me.
14:20Hello.
14:29Yes, I'd like to speak to Mr. Ted Warner, please.
14:33Oh.
14:34Uh, do you know when he'll be back?
14:36Oh, I see.
14:38Uh, could you tell him that Gene Vernon phone...
14:42Just a moment.
14:43Come in.
14:44Yes, he's most important.
14:46He has my phone number.
14:49V-E-R...
14:51That's right, you've got it.
14:53Thanks a lot.
14:54Bye.
14:55Well, hello, Steve.
14:57You seem bright and cheerful this morning.
14:59Fighting fit.
15:01What's your problem?
15:02Chair price has gone down.
15:03Please, I'm just not in the mood.
15:05Oh, I'm sorry.
15:09What's the problem?
15:10Oh, I seem to be inundated with hopeless cases.
15:14Well, you did all you could for Catherine Roberts.
15:16More could have been done if she'd just listened to me.
15:18Yeah, well, uh...
15:20Join the club.
15:22And now I've got Lynn Warner's case this afternoon.
15:26You know, quite honestly, I don't think the girl wants to help herself.
15:29So what can I possibly do for her?
15:32In fact, I wish I hadn't taken on the case in the first place.
15:35Lynn's case is very important to me.
15:38Now, I want her to get out of that prison for once and for all.
15:41Well, she's got to drop this hardened criminal act.
15:43Then maybe I can do something.
15:45But if I put her on the stand and she starts playing up, then it'll just go against her.
15:50I've got news for you.
15:51I think Lynn may be reverting to her old self.
15:53Oh, she better.
15:54And fast.
15:56I had a talk with her yesterday.
15:58She wanted me to apologise to her father.
16:01Now, I'm sure that if we could get Ted Warner here, then her attitude would change.
16:06Well, have you spoken with Ted?
16:07I've been trying to.
16:09I left a message, but he's not there.
16:11I've got news for you.
16:13I've just met Ted at the gate.
16:16He's with Lynn now.
16:16Oh, hello, Lynn.
16:23Hello, Dad.
16:25Um, did Miss Vernon get in touch with you?
16:28No.
16:29Did she want to see me about something?
16:30Oh, no, it was nothing important.
16:39I, uh, went to see Sid Butterfield yesterday.
16:44He's an old army mate of mine.
16:48He runs a nursery now, and I've got a job there for you.
16:53A job?
16:55Well, that's if you get your work release, and if the governor says it's all right.
17:00I, uh, I didn't know whether you wanted me to help you or not.
17:07Oh, Dad, of course I do.
17:09I, I'm sorry for running away like that.
17:12For everything that's happened, I never meant to hurt your mum.
17:15Oh.
17:17There's nothing I wouldn't do for my little girl.
17:20You know that.
17:22I've got to go.
17:23I've got another call before Lynn's trial.
17:25Look, do you mind if I hang around a little?
17:26There's just a few things that I'd like to check with, uh, Ted.
17:29No, of course not.
17:30Just make yourself at home, won't you?
17:35I'll see you after the trial, then.
17:36Good luck.
17:38Thanks.
17:39Oh, Mr. Warner.
17:40Good to see you.
17:42I've come about the work release scheme.
17:43Could I talk to you about it?
17:44Oh, I've got to fly.
17:45Well, please, when could I see you?
17:47Well, there'll be plenty of time to talk after the trial.
17:50Have you seen Lynn?
17:51Yes.
17:51How is she?
17:53She's a good girl.
17:53Deep down, she is a good girl.
17:55I know she is.
17:55That's why we all must fight for her.
17:57Uh...
17:58Mr. Warner, once you come in, I'd just like to have a word with you, huh?
18:01Oh, bye for now.
18:03Sit down, won't you?
18:04There are a couple of things that I need to say, but, uh, just before we go.
18:20In the car, I'll want to run through the sort of questions that you'll be asked in court.
18:23Questions about Lynn's background, the people she knew, various places of employment, things like that, hmm?
18:50I don't suppose she's got a chance.
18:52My God, I hope you can do something to help.
18:59The letter from the department goes further than special treatment towards my niece.
19:03Much further.
19:05It goes so far as to suggest that I actually helped Barbara smuggle drugs into the prison.
19:10I can't imagine who would have started such a rumour.
19:18Did you tell Goodwin that I was Barbara's aunt?
19:21Of course.
19:22Well, I knew you wanted to have kept quiet from the prisoners, but I didn't think this applied to VJs as well.
19:29Did you imply that I was giving any kind of preferential treatment towards Barbara?
19:35No, of course not.
19:36In fact, I was very careful to deny any such implication.
19:39That will be all, Vera.
19:47Do you have any special instructions when next I deal with Davidson?
19:50You know my policy in this prison.
19:52Then I shall go on treating her exactly as I have been doing.
19:55You were supposed to give me some fags, remember?
20:15I haven't got any of them.
20:17Give me some fags, you stupid bitch.
20:20Okay, piss off.
20:21Aren't you going to do something?
20:42Now, look at how this is done.
20:44Anderson, get up from there!
20:46Both of you!
20:48What the hell do you think you're doing?
20:50Oh, she's middle.
20:51She'll stop and attack me for nothing.
20:53Clean up this mess, you.
20:55Did you hear me?
20:56Clean it up or go back to solitary.
20:58Miss Bennet, you're blaming the wrong girl.
21:00It was Doreen that started the fight.
21:02Shut up, you.
21:03Well, you'll end up in solitary as well.
21:05Oh, you are running this place real good, Vera.
21:09Now, clean it up!
21:17I'll be coming to yourself for the fags.
21:31The lunch bell's gone.
21:33Aren't you going to have something to eat?
21:38I'm not hungry.
21:47You should let the governor know about what happened.
21:50She wouldn't give a damn.
21:53You were being picked on, Barbara.
21:55I think the governor should know when warders have it in for certain prisoners.
21:58She's behind all this, don't you see?
22:00She wants me given a hard time to get her own back.
22:03I still think you should tell her.
22:05Bugger off, will you?
22:09I reckon we've got to get danger money for eating that bloody crap.
22:13Hey, I remember once.
22:14We got a whole lot of salt and poured all over the food
22:16and then got the governor to taste it.
22:18She nearly died of taste it.
22:20So I forgot it was funny.
22:22Had a few things changed in the kitchen then, I can tell you.
22:25She even let us cook our own meals for a while.
22:27What happened?
22:28We lost interest.
22:32Barbara didn't come into lunch.
22:33Oh, who cares?
22:34Let her starve.
22:38She's so young.
22:40She shouldn't be in a place like this.
22:42Yeah, well, where would you put her?
22:43I'd hate it for Sarah to be in here.
22:48I had such hopes for Sarah.
23:00Hopes she'd do all the things that I wanted to do before I got married.
23:03Well, what's the idea of talking about the kid as if she was dead?
23:08I mean, she's got her whole life ahead of her.
23:10She'll end up doing all the things you want her to do.
23:12You wait and see.
23:13It's just I feel so helpless in here.
23:15There's nothing I can do for her.
23:17She's on her own now and she's just got to fend for herself.
23:21What's your old man like?
23:22Is he a decent sort of bloke?
23:23Yeah, thanks.
23:24Of course he is.
23:25He's, well, I just couldn't have wanted a better man.
23:29Want to keep an eye on the girl?
23:30Keep her out of trouble?
23:31He has to.
23:32For Sarah's sake.
23:34Yeah, but is he the kind of bloke that, uh...
23:38the kid can go to for a bit of, you know, support and understanding?
23:42He's a very good man, Bea, and I love him very much.
23:46But I don't know if he's capable of looking after Sarah.
23:49I get... I get the feeling he wants her out of the way.
23:53Oh, yeah.
23:54Bloody men.
23:55They are all the same.
23:59You must fret about your daughter.
24:01Who's taking care of her now?
24:03My daughter's dead, Kate.
24:10Oh, I'm so sorry, Bea.
24:13She was left in the care of her old man, too.
24:15But he didn't want her in the place.
24:19Threw her out.
24:21She got mixed up with the wrong sort of crowd.
24:24They got into all kinds of trouble.
24:26Stepping glue, smoking dope, putting Valium in their coke.
24:30And then...
24:33She got into heroin.
24:38And that was the end of her.
24:42She'd come and visit me here in prison.
24:44Asked me to help her.
24:45What could I do stuck in here?
24:49Nothing.
24:51Once the butcher died.
24:52Bit by bit.
24:53And that's what broke my heart.
24:59Do you know something, Kate?
25:03Vera Bennett wouldn't even let me go to her funeral.
25:07That stinking bitch wouldn't even let me bury my own daughter.
25:12Roberts, you've got a visitor.
25:16Well, come on, hurry up.
25:18It's your kid.
25:18She's in the garden.
25:25And you, Smith, can get back to the laundry where you belong.
25:28And you, Smith, can get back to the laundry where you belong.
25:58Sarah, darling, I'm so pleased to see you.
26:05Why aren't you in school?
26:07I wasn't feeling well, so I didn't go today.
26:10Oh, does your father know?
26:12No.
26:13Why does he care what I do?
26:14Well, how did you get out here?
26:17I hitchhiked.
26:19You what?
26:20It's all right, Mum.
26:20I can take care of my son.
26:22Oh, after all you've been through, you're just inviting trouble.
26:25What does it matter now?
26:26The worst happened.
26:28There's no point in being afraid anymore.
26:30I think you're taking a rather silly attitude, Sarah.
26:33Who really cares what's happened to me anyway?
26:36You've ended up in jail and can't do anything for me,
26:39and Dad just wants to get rid of me.
26:42But it'll all be all right in the end, Sarah.
26:45You just need to have a little patience.
26:48You want to get rid of me, too.
26:50I'm an embarrassment to the family now.
26:52Oh, I know it.
26:53You all hate me because of what's happened.
26:55Oh, that's just not true.
26:57Your father and I love you dearly.
27:00You should hear him.
27:01He's terrified that the business will suffer because of what's happened.
27:05Well, he has got a lot on his plate at the moment, Sarah.
27:10He needs you to be patient with him now.
27:12Patient?
27:13He's sending me to Ballarat, so I'll be out of the way.
27:19So people will stop talking about me and business will start to pick up.
27:24If you don't want to go to Ballarat, darling,
27:27you tell your father to come and see me, and then I'll talk to him.
27:30He's not going to take any notice of you.
27:34I'd better go.
27:35Sarah, don't hitchhike home.
27:38Get yourself a taxi.
27:39You'll find some money in my dressing table drawer.
27:42Don't worry, Mum.
27:45Nobody's ever laying a finger on me again.
27:54You're in a good mood today.
28:00Don't you noticed?
28:02I gather Lynn's trial went well.
28:05Indeed it did.
28:06Better than I'd hoped, actually.
28:08What did she get?
28:10Twelve months with remission.
28:14And what are you going to do for me, Steve?
28:19Karen, do you know where your mother is?
28:22No, I don't.
28:24Well, apparently she sold her house and the business.
28:27I didn't know that.
28:29Do you know anyone who might know where she is?
28:33Why do you want to know?
28:35Well, I'd like to call her as a witness.
28:38Oh, she'd make a great witness for the prosecution.
28:43Is there anyone, a friend, who might know where she is?
28:48My mother never had many friends.
28:51But there is Madge Whitten.
28:52And she might be able to help.
29:02Excuse me.
29:04Mrs. Whitten?
29:05Oh, I'm afraid she's out.
29:07Can I take a message?
29:08I'm Mrs. Healy, a friend of hers.
29:09Mrs. Healy?
29:10Well, it's actually you I'm looking for.
29:12Well, I'm Stephen Wilson, your daughter's lawyer.
29:15Oh, I'm afraid there's nothing anyone can do for her now.
29:17I'm not so sure about that.
29:19Look, Mr. Wilson, I'm finished with her.
29:22I've sold everything up and I'm moving to Queensland to get married.
29:25I want to forget everything that's happened and just start again.
29:30Karen is appealing against her sentence.
29:33I don't care what she's doing as long as she doesn't involve me.
29:35I just want to ask you a few questions, if I may.
29:37Well, I'm afraid I don't have the time.
29:39I'm leaving the state in a few days and I've got a lot to do before then.
29:42Mrs. Healy, your daughter's life is at stake here.
29:45Look, Karen did admit she was guilty.
29:47What is the point in dragging it all out again?
29:48Now, couldn't we just go inside and have a chat for a few moments?
29:51I don't want to get involved.
29:59What was Wayne Travers like?
30:00Wayne? Wayne was a good man.
30:02Yes, but did you know that he and Karen didn't get on too well?
30:04All marriages have their little tiffs, don't they?
30:07Did you know that Wayne was frequently violent toward Karen?
30:10I really must be going, Mr. Wilson.
30:11Mrs. Healy, did you know that Wayne Travers was frequently violent toward Karen?
30:14I will not be bullied by you.
30:16Now, please leave me alone.
30:18Did you ever see her with any signs of physical violence on her body?
30:21Once or twice she came to me.
30:25No, never.
30:27Did she ever say she was going to leave him?
30:29Yes, on a few occasions, but they always got back together again.
30:32It was never anything serious.
30:34Mrs. Healy, why didn't you come forward with this information at the trial?
30:37Well, what was the use? Karen had already admitted killing him.
30:40Yes, but you may have been able to help her.
30:42Look, don't you think I'd suffered enough without dragging out more filth at the trial?
30:45Oh, would you please excuse me? I have an appointment.
30:52Mrs. Healy, did you know that Karen was pregnant and that Wayne forced her into having an abortion?
30:59Why would he want to do a thing like that?
31:02I don't believe you. Wayne was a good Catholic.
31:04Well, perhaps he didn't go to Mass as often as Karen, but he believed in the faith.
31:12I never joked about not wanting to have any children, but I've never met Karen have an abortion. Never.
31:18Mrs. Healy, I want you to come into court and testify on Karen's behalf.
31:23No, no, I can't do that. It's not worth the risk.
31:28Look, I had my friend to consider. It would absolutely ruin my relationship with him.
31:32You are still Karen's mother. You still have a sense of responsibility toward her.
31:36You can't just leave her now, not when she needs you most.
31:47Come in.
31:50I'm Mr. Davidson to see you.
31:51Show him in, please.
31:59Ah, Erica.
32:01I see you got my flowers.
32:03You must think I'm easily bought.
32:06What do you mean?
32:07A few trifles that I'll start giving Barbara special treatment.
32:10I know what you're up to.
32:11That was not my intention, Erica.
32:13You would never have sent me flowers unless Barbara was in the prison.
32:17Look, Erica.
32:18Barbara refuses to see me, and I don't know what to do.
32:22Her parents will be back from New York soon.
32:24Not to see a visitor is a prisoner's privilege.
32:27Oh, for Christ's sake, Erica.
32:28Can't you stop talking like a governor just for one moment?
32:33Look, why don't we have dinner tonight somewhere away from the prison and discuss the matter?
32:39What do you say?
32:41I've too much work to do.
32:43For heaven's sake, Erica, this is just as important.
32:46And after all, it is family.
32:50Twelve months.
32:52Not bad, eh?
32:53Mm-hmm.
32:54They're going to put me on work release.
32:55Oh, great.
32:57Travis, you have a visitor.
32:58A bit late for visitors, isn't it?
33:03Yes.
33:04If it was up to me.
33:06Bloody old misery.
33:07Work release is a lot of crap.
33:09The bosses treat you like dirt, and they give you the jobs no one else wants.
33:13Yeah?
33:13Well, I don't mind.
33:14I'm happy to do that.
33:17Well, it looks like Doreen's going to have to play the heavy all on her own from now on.
33:26What are you doing here?
33:28Karen, your lawyer came to see me this afternoon.
33:32Oh.
33:34He said you're appealing against a sentence.
33:37Yes.
33:38But why, Karen?
33:39I mean, what's the sense in it?
33:41There are a lot of things that weren't brought up at the original trial.
33:44But an appeal doesn't make you any the less guilty.
33:48Look, I'm sorry if I'm upsetting your life, but my own life hasn't exactly been a bed of roses.
33:52Your lawyer said that Wayne used to beat you.
34:01You know perfectly well what Wayne used to do to me.
34:05He just refused to believe it ever happened.
34:07He also said you had an abortion.
34:21Oh, Karen, you've got to understand.
34:23And I've got a future to protect.
34:26I mean, Charles is the manager of a large firm in Queensland now, and I really can't jeopardize...
34:29I didn't ask anybody to bother you.
34:31Karen, come and sit down.
34:32I want to talk to you.
34:34I've never asked for your help before, and I'm not going to start now.
34:37Sign here.
34:50This way.
34:54Oh, Miss Cecily.
34:55Oh, Mr. Wilson.
34:56Have you just been to see Karen?
34:58Yes, not that I did any good.
35:00Well, can we talk?
35:01Some other time.
35:02Perhaps over dinner?
35:03I don't know.
35:07I've got a lot to do before tomorrow.
35:08Please, Miss Cecily.
35:09It really is most important.
35:12All right, then, but just don't expect too much.
35:18So you see, there's no one else who knew Wayne who could testify as to his ill treatment with Karen.
35:24I can't see how I can help.
35:27Don't really know anything I can swear to.
35:31What about her doctor?
35:33I mean, surely he'd know if Karen was being beaten by her husband.
35:37Oh, and the doctor saw only one bruise.
35:39He used him in court, and he'd carry a lot of weight.
35:42I can't.
35:43Karen told him that she got the bruise by bumping into a door.
35:49Miss Cecily,
35:50you are the only one who knew that Wayne and Karen had disagreements,
35:55and you are the only one who knew that Wayne Travers didn't want to have children.
36:03Who is that?
36:12Steve Wilson.
36:13He's the lawyer handling the appeal for one of the prisoners.
36:16Wherever you go, Erica, the prison is sure to follow.
36:21Will you help Karen and her appeal?
36:24Well, really, I would like to help, but...
36:28Well, after all, I've only got Karen's word for all this,
36:31and she did admit to being guilty in the first place.
36:36As for me, I have my own life to take care of.
36:39I'm sorry, Mr. Wilson, but that's my answer.
36:48Thank you for the meal.
36:49We'd like to get right into it here,
37:00and we've discovered, of course,
37:02that you have a very beautiful country here.
37:04It's a very beautiful countryside and everything.
37:06And we have a place in West Virginia.
37:08Now they have the same name.
37:25What do you love are you?
37:26What's up?
37:28What do you love?
37:32Oh, my love.
37:34No.
37:59Didn't you hear that first?
38:00Roberts, turn that rubbish on.
38:02Oh, geez, fear.
38:03It's a really good program.
38:04It's nearly over.
38:06Come on.
38:07Back to yourselves, a lot of you.
38:12Well, come on, Roberts.
38:14This isn't a holiday camp.
38:20Ken and I always used to watch that program together.
38:23I wonder what he's doing tonight.
38:33How was school today?
38:38I didn't go.
38:41You've got to go to school.
38:43Why?
38:45Because I said so, that's why.
38:49How are you going to make something of yourself if you don't go to school?
39:03Dad, I don't want to go to Ballarat.
39:12Don't make things even harder, Sarah.
39:14I'm not.
39:14I just don't want to go away, that's all.
39:16Sarah, I can't look after you properly without your mother.
39:19You must know that.
39:20You don't have to look after me, Dad.
39:22I can look after you.
39:23I can cook and clean and mend things.
39:25Look, a lot of things have changed now.
39:27It's not as easy as you think.
39:30Business?
39:30Business.
39:32Clients are taking the business elsewhere now.
39:34They all know what's happened.
39:35We're in for a pretty rough time.
39:38That's why I want to be with you, Dad.
39:40Sarah, it's better for everyone if you stay with your aunt until I can get things sorted out.
39:47I don't know.
39:48I'm lost without your mother.
39:50She can always keep things together.
39:53I can't do that.
39:55Please don't send me away, Dad.
39:58Sweetheart.
39:58I don't want to make your life even more miserable than it already is.
40:05You should go and see Mum, you know, Dad.
40:08She's very lonely.
40:11Yeah.
40:12Oh, come on, Barbara, let me in.
40:15Piss off and leave me alone.
40:16Look, where am I meant to sleep tonight?
40:18Where aren't you in your cell?
40:20Didn't you hear the bell?
40:21I can't get in.
40:23What do you mean you can't get in?
40:24Who's in there?
40:24It's Barbara.
40:25She's barricaded herself in.
40:27Listen, Davidson, this is Miss Bennet.
40:29Barbara, I'll screw you.
40:30You've got exactly one minute to open up this door and let me in.
40:34You try anything, Vera?
40:36And I'll set fire to this mattress.
40:38You've got the whole place down.
40:40Me included.
40:41More wine?
40:49No, no, thank you.
40:50Oh, come on, drink up.
40:51It's too good to waste.
40:52Just a little.
40:56You know, there were good times in our marriage, Erica.
40:59Early on in our early life, we had happy times together.
41:02We were a good partnership.
41:03You always did have the knack of only remembering what's you to do.
41:06Oh, don't be like that, Erica.
41:08You must admit, in those first years...
41:10I also remember the last years.
41:12And even now, they leave a very nasty taste in my life.
41:15Well, it was ambition that split us up.
41:18Was it indeed?
41:19Mm-hmm.
41:20You always did want to get to the top.
41:23And I did.
41:24Yes, you did.
41:25And look what you left behind you.
41:27A poor, lonely man with no one to take care of.
41:30Indeed.
41:30I always thought those dolly birds looked after you very well.
41:36Well, they did.
41:37To a certain extent.
41:39But there was always something missing from my life, Erica.
41:42I thought we were here to discuss Barbara.
41:44Ah, I'm sorry.
41:45I didn't mean to.
41:47You must realize that I cannot use my position to break the rules.
41:51It seems to me you may be doing exactly the opposite.
41:54What do you mean by that?
41:56Well, you must admit if Barbara was some other first offender,
41:58you'd be doing everything you could to help her.
41:59Michael, just what are you insinuating?
42:02Look, I'm not insinuating anything.
42:03Don't overreact.
42:05All I'm saying is that Barbara could maybe be allowed to finish a degree.
42:09I don't know anything that would make her life in that place more bearable.
42:12I have done everything I can for that girl and more.
42:15And what has she done in return?
42:16Nothing except cause me acute embarrassment with the department.
42:19My reputation is suffering because of her.
42:22She is rude, uncooperative, ungrateful and disruptive.
42:25She's caused friction amongst the prisoners and annoyed hell out of my staff.
42:29I am sick to death of her juvenile antics.
42:32It's about time she grew up, Michael.
42:34Excuse me, madam, but you were wanted on the phone.
42:38Excuse me.
42:39Yeah.
42:39Geez, do you think she'll really burn herself to death like she says?
42:46Could do.
42:47If she does set her room alight, do you think they'll be able to get her out before...
42:53Probably not.
42:55I didn't think anything like this would happen.
42:58What did you expect?
42:59The way you've been pushing her around.
43:02But I didn't think she'd crack up like this.
43:04Oh, well, she deserves all she gets.
43:05Bloody drugs.
43:07Not everyone on drugs is bad, Bea.
43:09Your own daughter was on them, remember?
43:12Shut up, Doreen.
43:14Get back to your own cells.
43:15All of you.
43:17Anderson, I want you to help Warner put another bunk into your cell.
43:28She'll have to move in with you tonight.
43:30Oh, but I don't want to...
43:31Just do as you're told.
43:34You'll be all right, Lynn.
43:35Honest.
43:42Michael, something cropped up.
43:43I have to go back to the prison.
43:45Just like old times.
43:46There's only a car for me, so you wouldn't worry about driving me out there.
43:49Erica, will you...
43:51Will you do something for the kid?
43:53Thrash the whole thing out with her.
43:55If the prison is still there when I get back,
43:57I shall certainly thrash it out with her.
43:59The first I heard of it was when I found Warner pounding on the door trying to get in.
44:12This was just after the bell had gone.
44:14I tried to open the door, but couldn't.
44:16I asked Davison to open it, and she replied by telling me to...
44:20To go away.
44:21I then told her she had exactly one minute to let me in.
44:25To which she replied that if I tried anything,
44:28She would set fire to the mattresses and burn the whole place down.
44:31Herself included.
44:32She's just a spoilt brat looking for attention.
44:35What do you propose to do?
44:37Absolutely nothing.
44:40Nothing?
44:41But how...
44:41We'll leave Barbara exactly where she is.
44:44She's had a very easy life all these years.
44:46Going hungry for a few days is something she's never tried.
44:50And I really don't think her convictions are stronger than her stomach.
44:53Don't you agree, Miss Bennet?
44:54He used to give me roses
45:14I wish he could again
45:20But that was on the outside
45:25And things were different then
45:30On the inside the sun still shines
45:35And the rain falls down
45:40But the sun and rain are Christmas too
45:45When morning comes around
45:49Last night I dreamed we were together
45:55Sharing all the love we'd known
46:00Till I had to face the nightmare
46:06Of waking up alone
46:10On the inside the roses grow
46:14They don't lie on the stony ground
46:20They don't lie on the stony ground
46:21But the roses here are Christmas too
46:25When morning comes around
46:30And the rain falls down
46:30And the rain falls down
46:34On the inside the zon
46:35At the stony ground
46:37On the inside the legacy of the sun
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