Episode
Prisoner: Episode 131
Overview
Erica tells Meg and Vera that the doctors think Judy's heart condition was brought on by electrical interference from the driers. Meg passes on the information in Judy's letter about her father and Erica is displeased not to have been told before. Bea warns all the women, including Doreen, not to mess up the work release program. Gail is reduced to tears by the women's taunts. Erica finds out that Meg hasn't told her that she's Gail's next door neighbour and says she wants all information on prisoners to be passed to her directly in future. Still in her policewoman's uniform, Judy phones an ex-lover, and she is invited to stay there while her husband is away on business for a few days. Vera goes straight to Gail and tells her that the children have been put in a home. Meg is appalled by the spitefulness of it and tells Vera so.
Details
- Series
- Prisoner
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 52
- Air date
- 1980-07-16
- Runtime
- 47 min
Episode context
Episode 131 is Episode 52 in Season 2 of Prisoner. It aired on 1980-07-16. The runtime is 47 min.
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