Wentworth

When Bea is sentenced to life without parole for the killing of Brayden Holt, Ferguson makes it very clear - she owns Bea now. So when Bea uses her standing as Top Dog to hit back, Ferguson takes revenge – she slots Bea and releases Liz from Protection, exposing Liz to a brutal bashing from Boomer. But Ferguson has underestimated Bea, who starts a riot amongst the prisoners. With the prison in lock-down, Vera hostage, and fires burning in the exercise yard, Ferguson has to turn to Bea to quell the riot. Wentworth isn’t Ferguson’s prison – it’s Bea’s. Battle lines are drawn.

Following the riot, Bea must balance an uneasy peace with Ferguson with the needs and expectations of the women. Bea and Ferguson’s horse-trading starts out easily enough, but soon escalates to the more serious issue of drugs inside the prison. Ferguson wants to stamp out the trade and for obvious reasons Bea finds herself on common ground with the Governor. But when it becomes clear that Ferguson wants Franky’s head for it, Bea must wonder if, rather than help her cement her position as Top Dog, it may indeed be a ruse to undermine it. Bea, however, acts cleverly to protect her main rival, instead offering up Franky’s new girlfriend Jodie Spiteri as the sacrificial lamb.

Franky's under fire. With her supply cut and her powerbase decimated, she's on her own when prisoners come after her to claim what they're owed. Bridget identifies Franky as someone she could really help, but Franky refuses to engage, venting her frustration by trashing the Education Unit. Meanwhile Bea is concerned at the police interest in Will, and shocked when he makes a startling confession.

Liz is frantic with concern when she can’t contact Sophie. After being slotted for an aggressive confrontation with Ferguson, her world is rocked when Sophie is remanded in Wentworth for a drunken hit and run. Liz has to counsel and protect a freaked out Sophie, particularly from lesbian trio, Juicy Lucy, Stella and Rhonda.For her part, Franky has commenced her sessions with Bridget, and in a candid moment admits to a desire for revenge against Bea. When Bea is shivved in the yard, Franky comes under suspicion, but Bea quickly realises Jodie, freshly released from the Slot where she was terrorised by Ferguson, was behind the attack at the Governor’s behest.With Bea laid up because of the attack, Juicy Lucy uses the opportunity to sexually molest Sophie in the showers, but Franky comes to Sophie’s rescue in the nick of time. Despite Liz’s attempts to protect her daughter, Franky usurps her in that regard. Franky is Sophie’s new hero.

As Fletch readjusts to work life, Bea must forgo closely held morals as she engages in a secret plan to use Jodie Spiteri to bring down Ferguson. Bea also has a challenge on another front. Having come to suspect Kaz Proctor of being a member of the female vigilante group The Red Right Hand, she agrees to a visit from her to demand she and her group stop committing violence in her name.During what becomes an angry exchange, Bea is left with the shattering notion that Kaz and her group might be behind Harry’s murder. Doreen agonises over the well-being of the baby but finds solace in an unlikely piece of advice from Jess.The stakes ramp up for Will when the media learn he is the prime suspect in the police investigation of Harry Smith’s murder. His offer to take leave without pay is rejected by Ferguson, who reaffirms her confidence in his innocence and promises to stand by him throughout. Fletch seeing Jess for the first time since his return triggers a distressing emotional reaction that leads him to the wrenching conclusion that he must have thrown himself in front of the van in an apparent attempt to take his own life.

Ferguson is blindsided by Jodie’s complaint to the ombudsman. Channing attempts damage control, but Jodie’s accusations of brutality promise to be very damaging for the Governor. But Ferguson, realising Bea is the driving force behind the complaint, has her kidnapped and brutalised by her henchman Jesper, and Jodie, isolated and without support, crumbles during the hearing.But it’s only when Bea wakes up, strapped into a bed in the psych unit, that the real depth of Ferguson’s revenge becomes apparent.

Bea struggles to accept that she had a psychotic episode, despite the CCTV evidence. When her blood is found to have traces of LSD, she realises that her attacker caused the meltdown. She smuggles DNA evidence out of the psych unit, understanding she’ll need to play the long game if she’s going to defeat Ferguson. Meanwhile Bridget struggles to force Franky to accept that she has an emotional block. But when she challenges Franky to talk about her mother, she elicits a confession she wasn’t expecting.

When Ferguson’s pet goldfish dies, she identifies her lack of emotion at the death as a potential weakness, rather than strength. But in seeking a renewed connection with Doreen, Ferguson unwittingly makes herself vulnerable when she calls Doreen “Jianna”.Bea sees this as a possible chink in her armour and tasks Doreen with uncovering the truth behind the name. As Ferguson bestows extra favours on Doreen, it raises the ire of Lucy and her crew. When Lucy attacks the Governor’s Pet and threatens to infect her and the baby with Hep C, Ferguson puts Doreen into Protection, isolating her from her ‘family’. Vera, for her part, loses her temper when Ferguson denies throwing her to the wolves in the riot, and she blurts out her Hep C status to the Governor as an accusation. Following Lucy’s attack on Doreen, Vera becomes convinced that it was Lucy who infected her.When Ferguson’s desire for Doreen leads to a possible kiss, the stress brings on Doreen’s labour and she gives birth to a healthy baby boy. In the aftermath, a “proud” Ferguson overhears Doreen telling Bea about Jianna and calling Ferguson a freak. Any potential humanity in Ferguson is destroyed and she begins to emotionally and psychologically unravel.

Amid further allegations she manipulated Jodie Spiteri to horrifically self-harm, Ferguson angles to remove her most ardent accuser, Bridget Westfall, and finally succeeds with Vera's assistance.The arrival of Doreen's newborn heralds dark times for mother and child, particularly when Nash is fitted up for drug trafficking by Ferguson. Meanwhile, Bea finds herself at her lowest ebb as she realises the toll the war against Ferguson is having on those closest to her.Nearing the point of stepping down as top dog, she is thrown a lifeline from an unlikely ally -- Fletch. Finally, after much agonising, Vera is unable to deny to herself the truth about Ferguson - she is a monster.

Franky’s parole hearing is brought forward. Under the pump and certain that Ferguson is planning to ambush her chances, Franky offends former lover Kim, who retaliates by planting drugs, in the form of heroin-filled balloons, in Franky’s cell. Faced with an imminent cell toss, Franky has no option but to swallow the evidence. So Franky fronts the parole board, under-prepared, and with a gutful of heroin that may just kill her. But Ferguson has a surprise planned, and just when it seems parole might be possible, Will finds a recording, left on his doorstep, of Franky confessing to Meg Jackson’s murder. Meanwhile, Doreen faces an agonising choice. Does she keep her baby in prison with her? Or does she ask her sister to take care of Joshua, and get him out of Ferguson’s reach for good?

When Fletch follows Bea’s instructions to use Jianna as a means to unsettle Ferguson, he unwittingly sets Vera up to take the fall. With Ferguson believing Vera is behind attempts to undermine her, she demotes her and ends their mentor-ship.Vera, for her part, is consumed with a desire for revenge against Lucy for infecting her with Hep C. Vera almost goes to the dark side by pushing a wheelchair-bound Lucy down the stairs, but in the aftermath, is happy to let Ferguson take the blame. She knows Ferguson is a psychopath and begins positioning herself as replacement Governor.Bea’s manipulations of Fletch result in him finally recovering his memory and alerting Will, who is on the verge of being arrested for Harry’s murder, to the truth behind Ferguson’s manipulations. As the forces align against Ferguson, she begins to unravel, realising she is in a fight of her life, professionally and personally.

Ferguson is losing control, and the walls are closing in. Fletch and Vera band together in an attempt to overthrow the Governor, while Bea discovers the final piece of the puzzle to help solve Harry’s murder.Meanwhile Franky is preparing for her release. But when Jess makes a sudden, drastic move, all plans are thrown out the window and the stage is set for a dramatic, fiery showdown. And not everyone will survive it.