Episode 589

S08 E01 • Thursday, Jan 9, 1986 • Jan 9 • 47m

Episode 590

S08 E02 • Thursday, Jan 16, 1986 • Jan 16 • 47m

Episode 591

S08 E03 • Tuesday, Jan 21, 1986 • Jan 21 • 47m

Episode 592

S08 E04 • Thursday, Jan 23, 1986 • Jan 23 • 47m

Episode 593

S08 E05 • Tuesday, Jan 28, 1986 • Jan 28 • 47m

Episode 594

S08 E06 • Thursday, Jan 30, 1986 • Jan 30 • 47m

Episode 595

S08 E07 • Tuesday, Feb 4, 1986 • Feb 4 • 47m

Episode 596

S08 E08 • Thursday, Feb 6, 1986 • Feb 6 • 47m

Episode 597

S08 E09 • Tuesday, Feb 11, 1986 • Feb 11 • 47m

Episode 598

S08 E10 • Thursday, Feb 13, 1986 • Feb 13 • 47m

Episode 599

S08 E11 • Tuesday, Feb 18, 1986 • Feb 18 • 47m

Episode 600

S08 E12 • Thursday, Feb 20, 1986 • Feb 20 • 47m

Lou starts a full-scale riot in the prison, taking Joan, Mervin and Steve hostage and tying up Rita and her cronies in the dining room. Eve faces a kangaroo court and is hanged as punishment, as Lou finally gets revenge on the Phantom Lagger. As Bob tries to regain control of his prison, Lou forces Joan and Rita into a fight to the death...

Episode 601

S08 E13 • Tuesday, Feb 25, 1986 • Feb 25 • 47m

The officers and inmates attempt to get back on track in the aftermath of Lou's riot as Eve's murder is made to look like suicide and Julie is rushed to hospital in a critical condition. Bob vows to make Lou's life a misery as punishment for her actions. Meanwhile, it looks like the prisoners are about to get a new Top Dog...

Episode 602

S08 E14 • Thursday, Feb 27, 1986 • Feb 27 • 47m

Episode 603

S08 E15 • Tuesday, Mar 4, 1986 • Mar 4 • 47m

Lou and Alice face their punishment for the riot, at the hands of Rita and her bloodthirsty band of prisoners. Bob counsels an old friend whose daughter is dying of a terminal illness. Lexie and Jessie overpower Bassinger and tie him up, but they're sent back to Wentworth charged with his assault when the police don't believe their story.

Episode 604

S08 E16 • Thursday, Mar 6, 1986 • Mar 6 • 47m

When Ann decides to return to work, the Department make a decision about Bob's future, which could have serious repercussions. Lou finds she has no friends left, not even her once-loyal henchwoman Alice, and has nowhere left to turn. Pippa makes it clear she disapproves of Ann's relationship with Dan.

Episode 605

S08 E17 • Tuesday, Mar 11, 1986 • Mar 11 • 47m

Meg learns she is to be demoted from Deputy Governor to make way for Bob. Rita and the girls begin making their own booze and let Alice out of coventry when she saves their necks from Joan. Joan threatens to have Lou sent to Blackmoor; Lou steals some caustic soda to poison the home brew.

Episode 606

S08 E18 • Thursday, Mar 13, 1986 • Mar 13 • 47m

Episode 607

S08 E19 • Tuesday, Mar 18, 1986 • Mar 18 • 47m

Episode 608

S08 E20 • Thursday, Mar 20, 1986 • Mar 20 • 47m

Episode 609

S08 E21 • Tuesday, Mar 25, 1986 • Mar 25 • 47m

Episode 610

S08 E22 • Thursday, Mar 27, 1986 • Mar 27 • 47m

Episode 611

S08 E23 • Tuesday, Apr 1, 1986 • Apr 1 • 47m

Jessie is rushed to hospital in a critical condition, but Lexie is unconcerned. Lou holds Flora and Sean hostage at gunpoint, before shooting them both dead at point-blank range. Dan's involvement with the bikies causes problems in his relationship with Ann. Pocco roams the prison under the oblivious officers' noses.

Episode 612

S08 E24 • Thursday, Apr 3, 1986 • Apr 3 • 47m

With Lou on her way back to Wentworth after murdering Flora and Sean Jenkins, a grieving Alice quietly vows to kill Lou when she returns. Brought back to the infirmary, Lou finds a threatening message in her food. Bob learns Kath is on her way to the prison. Steve warns Joan that she is heading for a breakdown.

Episode 613

S08 E25 • Tuesday, Apr 8, 1986 • Apr 8 • 47m

Kath Maxwell looks set to have a hard time in Wentworth, as the women react angrily to the ""kid killer"". Rita has drugs smuggled into the prison in a remote-controlled car and throws a party, which ends in disaster after Steve flushes the dope down the loo and Rita knocks him out. Joan goes golfing.

Episode 614

S08 E26 • Thursday, Apr 10, 1986 • Apr 10 • 47m

Lots of bullying going on as Joan bullies Lou and everyone else bullies Kath. Janet tries to ingratiate herself with both Kath and Lou, telling Lou she knows something about Bob Moran that they can use against him. Rita tells the other girls that drugs are a no-no from now on, to their disgust and surprise.

Episode 615

S08 E27 • Tuesday, Apr 15, 1986 • Apr 15 • 47m

The women throw Joyce and Mervin a slap-up wedding breakfast, but the festivities are shattered with the news that Lou has been found murdered in solitary. Bob and Kath desperately try to keep their friendship a secret from everyone in Wentworth, as Kath is systematically bullied by the other prisoners.

Episode 616

S08 E28 • Thursday, Apr 17, 1986 • Apr 17 • 47m

Episode 617

S08 E29 • Tuesday, Apr 22, 1986 • Apr 22 • 47m

Episode 618

S08 E30 • Thursday, Apr 24, 1986 • Apr 24 • 47m

Episode 619

S08 E31 • Tuesday, Apr 29, 1986 • Apr 29 • 47m

Episode 620

S08 E32 • Thursday, May 1, 1986 • May 1 • 47m

Episode 621

S08 E33 • Tuesday, May 6, 1986 • May 6 • 47m

Kath and Janet team up and arm themselves with knives in a bid to usurp Rita as Top Dog. Roach and Ida decide to rob a newsagency to get money for Bongo. Joan makes a new friend and Kath is punished for destroying Joyce and Mervin's wedding video.

Episode 622

S08 E34 • Thursday, May 8, 1986 • May 8 • 47m

Joan is offered $10,000 by Mrs Ryan if she will agree to help get Julie's sentence extended. Roach and Ida find themselves behind bars for robbing the newsagency and Roach realises she saw Joan the night the Conquerors' bikes were burned. Rita plots her revenge on Joan for the fire and, subsequently, Slasher's death, by arranging a nasty surprise at her home. Kath says goodbye to her husband.

Episode 623

S08 E35 • Tuesday, May 13, 1986 • May 13 • 47m

Joan's house is burned down by the bikies at Rita's request, after which Rita and Alice dangle her off the roof of the prison. Incensed, Joan agrees to Mrs Ryan's request to get Julie's sentence extended. An old acquaintance of Joan's from Queensland is arrested and sent to Wentworth. Janet and Kath arrange a drugs drop and Meg suspects the women know something about the fire at Joan's place.

Episode 624

S08 E36 • Thursday, May 15, 1986 • May 15 • 47m

Episode 625

S08 E37 • Tuesday, May 20, 1986 • May 20 • 47m

Julie suffers a nightmarish trip thanks to Joan and Kath, accidentally stabs Nancy and ends up almost being crushed in the garbage compactor. Troublesome prisoner Merle Jones is transferred to H Block to act as muscle for Kath and Janet, and they soon find her childish exterior hides a nasty temper. Mrs Ryan realises her plan to split Steve and Julie up has failed. Meg is concerned about why Marty has left the navy.

Episode 626

S08 E38 • Thursday, May 22, 1986 • May 22 • 47m

Episode 627

S08 E39 • Tuesday, May 27, 1986 • May 27 • 47m

Episode 628

S08 E40 • Thursday, May 29, 1986 • May 29 • 47m

Episode 629

S08 E41 • Tuesday, Jun 3, 1986 • Jun 3 • 47m

Episode 630

S08 E42 • Thursday, Jun 5, 1986 • Jun 5 • 47m

Marty and his two new fellow trainees - Rodney Adams and Delia Stout - discover the highs and lows of working at Wentworth. The women plot to make the Freak pay for reading Nancy's diary and carry out a cunning plan to humiliate her - one that involves a bomb planted in the prison garden and an escape attempt...

Episode 631

S08 E43 • Tuesday, Jun 10, 1986 • Jun 10 • 47m

Episode 632

S08 E44 • Thursday, Jun 12, 1986 • Jun 12 • 47m

Rita is gutted and becomes disillusioned when Merle knocks her out in a dispute stirred up by Kath and Janet. Rodney holds an aerobics class for the prisoners, which ends in him being made a fool of. Janet plays silly buggers and messes around with the video tapes in an attempt to get Rita's girls into trouble. Joan and Andrew have a talk and try to reach a new understanding. Tension flares up between the three trainees.

Episode 633

S08 E45 • Tuesday, Jun 17, 1986 • Jun 17 • 47m

Following some plotting from the prisoners and some fake flirting from Lexie, Rodney is able to catch Janet's sister making a drug drop. The women tease Alice about her obvious crush on Marty. Joan gets a driving lesson and is ordered by Parker to increase the drug trafficking, Delia is made a fool of when she finds the tape of the women's film and reports it to Ann. Lorelei worries about what will happen to Zoe as her mother's health deteriorates.

Episode 634

S08 E46 • Thursday, Jun 19, 1986 • Jun 19 • 47m

The arrest of Janet's sister prompts Parker to take action against Joan and she is devastated when he has Andrew knocked down and killed in a hit-and-run accident. Incensed, she takes a gun from the prison armoury to protect herself and goes to Inspector Grace to spill the beans and trap Parker. Back at Wentworth, Kath becomes hysterical and has to be sedated while the Warriors are reunited and welcome Roach back to the fold.

Episode 635

S08 E47 • Tuesday, Jun 24, 1986 • Jun 24 • 47m

Joan goes undercover for the police in an attempt to trap Harry Parker and bring him to justice, but it's a dangerous plan that could leave her life in danger. The women try to befriend Merle in a bid to undermine Kath and Janet's influence over her. Roach and Lexie try to come up with ways to make money in Wentworth. Rita and her gang give Janet a makeover, driving her to drastic measures.

Episode 636

S08 E48 • Thursday, Jun 26, 1986 • Jun 26 • 47m

Episode 637

S08 E49 • Tuesday, Jul 1, 1986 • Jul 1 • 47m

Episode 638

S08 E50 • Thursday, Jul 3, 1986 • Jul 3 • 47m

Kath goes on trial and the judge drops a bombshell