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Series 8 - Episode 1

Season 8, Episode 1, Aired Jul 13, 2006

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Governor Joy Masterton is disgusted when her new deputy, Lou Stoke, turns up for her first day at Larkhall reeking of booze and the worse for wear. A new inmate arrives - Emira Al Jahani, the wife of a suspected terrorist bomber. The girls treat her with contempt, but Natalie discovers that she's a chemistry student and has soon bullied her into constructing a drugs laboratory. The others jump to the conclusion that Emira is planning a chemical attack and panic ensues.moreless

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GUEST STAR
Christopher Rogers

Newsreader
GUEST STAR
Andrew Forbes

DI Barrow
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Sandra De Sousa

Ashlee Wilcox

Victoria Bush

Tina Purvis (Series 3-6, 7-)
Victoria Alcock

Julie Saunders (Series 1-)
Stephanie Beacham

Phyllida Oswyn (Series 5-)
Sid Owen

Donny Kimber (Series 8-)
Nicola Stapleton

Janine Nebeski (Series 7-)
Liz May Brice

Pat Kerrigan (Series 7-)

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this episode was absolutely brilliant!there was hardly any dull moments at all.the opening seen with prisoners laying dead in the cold and eerie corridors of hmp larkhall was marvellous!what a way to kick off the new season!moreless

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By dacableguy, Aug 27, 2006

no one can describe how i felt after watching this episode. i watch it again and again!the plot was very clever. however the whole concept with emira being a terrorist's wife was just a tad over the top but the directors of the show still pulled it of.this was truly a wonderful,exiting and breath-taking season opener.
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By Shana868, Jul 15, 2006

This episode was utterly ludicrous. I hated every moment, and it was painful for me to watch, in the sense that I had to literally kill all consciousness in not turning off the t.v.

As the evils were so apparent anyway, I\\\'ll try and summon up a few good memories from the episode...

Firstly, I do indeed like Louise, the new Governor. She seems fresh and good for the wing - we\\\'re used to the corrupt ones, the stupid ones, Sylvia, so it\\\'s always nice to have someone like this pop in.

I also like the new Muslim character, despite hating the story-line. The actress seemed ok. However, I noticed the not-so-subtle \\\"There are other Muslim girls here too\\\" said by a character with no need, as though the writers felt the need to emphasis that point and weren\\\'t able to manage it well.

I didn\\\'t like the way the episode began with the ending - I\\\'ve seen it done before, and far better, and this time it just didn\\\'t work...

The deaths were pretty ridiculous too....

Um, I can\\\'t really remember details of the last season, so I can\\\'t remember which characters we pre-knew and which were just invented for the sake of this episode...also, did the ginger-haired one with a son called Dylan leave already? I thought her girlfriend, wannabe top-dog, was another Yvonne, and cool with difference, but she seemed quite pathetic this episode.

Ok, I know nobody will agree with my review as it\\\'s already been rated 9.8. Sorry folks, I was just VERY disappointed with such a stupid episode for such an important issue that affects the whole of our society.moreless
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- Natalie: And who the hell are you, bitch? Lou: I'm Louise Stoke and I'm the new bitch in charge of this wing.
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- Joy: If you don't like my methods Grayling, you know where the airlock is. Neil: If I walked out right now, you wouldn't last a day.
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- Emira: There's a place in jahannam waiting for you. Ashlee: Where's that then eh? Pakistan? Emira: No, its hell. Natalie: This is hell bitch, get used to it.
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- Emira: I am English. I was born and bred in Liverpool if that's what you want to know. Julie J: What you doing going around wearing all that clobber for then eh? Darlene: 'Cause she butt ugly.
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- Sylvia: (Referring to Emira's head scarf) If you don't like living in a democracy, why don't you go and live in Afghanistan? Now get your dishcloth off, come on.
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- Each episode in this season is divided by markers into 4 parts, not previously noted in the series.
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- This episode takes an unusual diversion from the normal Bad Girls format by starting by showing the end of the episode...it then goes back in time to examine the events leading-up to the dramatic climax.
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- Last appearance of James Gaddas, who plays Neil Grayling.
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