Wentworth Prison

The Girl Who Waited (1x3)

Data di messa in onda: Set 11, 2013

Franky Doyle, one of Wentworth's most charismatic inmates, comes under the spotlight this week. We discover why she is in prison and how she has been affected by her troubled childhood. In the present day, she receives a visit from her long-lost father. She also walks a dangerous tightrope as she continues to needle top dog Jacs. Flashbacks reveal Franky's terrible temper, unleashed when a reality show host goads her beyond endurance during a cookery competition. Franky lashes out, throwing a couple of punches and a pan of boiling oil in his face. It is only later, when she agrees to a prison visit by her father, that we see the damaged little girl behind the bravado. Franky's father Alan saw the media coverage of his daughter assaulting the TV host, and has been writing to her for some time. It is only when he accosts the new governor outside the prison, however, that Franky finally agrees to see him. She is unprepared for a declaration of love and repentant tears, and vents on him all her pent-up hurt and anger. "Your mother was difficult," he tries to explain. "Was that when she was drunk or when she was off her face?" Franky retorts, adding that she was regularly burnt with cigarettes. Meanwhile, Jacs asserts her authority in the laundry room when Bea tries to take over the sewing from Doreen. "I decide where everyone is stationed," says Jacs. "When someone else has an opinion the whole system falls apart." Franky defuses a tense situation when a reluctant Bea is ordered to take over the press, but both she and Bea will pay later. New governor, Erica Davidson is also busy putting her stamp on the prison and instigates a new procedure after an incident with Toni in the wet cell (solitary). Her officers can only see the drawbacks. "Since when is the prisoners' welfare more important than ours?" objects Linda Miles at the staff meeting. Erica, however, is more concerned with ensuring that Toni never advertises the fact that she got her drugs from officer Phelps. She was quick to get rid of him last week – has she anything else to hide? Bea is looking forward to a prison visit by her daughter Debbie, but the teenager is forced to endure a strip search when the sniffer dogs detect an illegal substance. Debbie is clean, but it means that her controlling father must be told. Bea begs a favour to get to the phone before the prison authorities, and Jacs is quick to take advantage. A veiled threat to Debbie's safety throws Bea into a panic, but will it be enough to ensure her compliance when Jacs orders her to bring the steam press down on Franky's hand?