As the episode begins, we hear news reports about the escape of Franky (Nicole da Silva) and Ferguson. Rita Connors (Leah Purcell) arrives at the prison. We see that Rita is a member of a bikie gang, The Conquerors. Will (Robbie Magasiva) and Vera (Kate Atkinson) speak about the current situation. They agree to separate the trouble makers in cell block J. Rita is put into the block with Kaz (Tammy Macintosh). Channing has been fired and Vera is set to take over. Soon, Vera is asked about Bridget Westfall (Libby Tanner) visiting Franky at the prison. While being escorted by Will, Ruby Mitchell (Rarriwuy Hick) makes eye contact with Rita. It seems that they recognize one another. She is put in with Boomer (Katrina Milosevic) and Liz (Celia Ireland). Boomer continues trying to figure out what happened to Sonia.

We see flashbacks of a police chase. On the outside, Franky awakes in a train. She steals a radio and makes a run for it. She manages to buy a cellphone from a local store. Jake Stewart (Bernard Curry) tries to smooth things over with Vera. She refuses to cooperate. She believes that Jake helped Ferguson escape. Kaz manages to talk Vera into letting the women out of their cells. Kaz speaks with Will about Franky and Ferguson escaping together. In the locker room, Jake tells Will about Vera. Will doesn’t care. He tells Jake to deal with it himself. In the yard, Ruby tells Rita that she never wants to talk to her again. The others chat about Franky’s escape. Franky breaks into a home and searches around. She runs into Bridget. The police arrive. Franky manages to escape.

Vera tries to convince Allie (Kate Jenkinson) to tell her who helped Ferguson. Allie refuses. Then, she speaks with Jake. He promises that Ferguson has been dealt with. He doesn’t give any more details. Juice returns to the cafeteria. She is joined by Spike (Kate Elliot). Spike and Ruby get into an argument. Kaz warns the women about harming other inmates. Spike tracks her down to the bathroom. Rita eventually finds them. Spike is on the ground in blood. Rita helps Ruby cover up her tracks. After Spike is found, Kaz confronts Ruby. She denies doing anything. Rita punches the wall a few times to bloody her knuckles. She is treated in the hospital alongside Spike. Jake gets in touch with Officer Murphy (Katerina Kotsonis). Murphy insists that Vera changed the access the logs. Rita gets a visit from Ray Houser (Shane Connor).
They chat about the job that got Rita locked up. In the laundry, Kaz tells the girls that Sonia is off the critical list. Rita and Spike enter. Ruby is confronts. Rita shows her hand and takes the blame. Kaz punishes her by running her hand through the sewing machine. Franky breaks into an apartment. She takes some items and nearly gets caught. Ruby tells Rita that she doesn’t need help. Rita apologizes for the past. She explains that she ran to the other side of the country to get the mob off of Ruby. She admits she got locked up so she could see Ruby. Ruby says that her sister is dead as far as she is concerned. Boomer is told that Sonia was poisoned and she is being blamed. Jake accesses Vera’s computer and gets information that proves she let Bea out into no man’s land. Vera catches him. He tells her that he has got some insurance now.

She throws up in the bathroom and finds out that she is pregnant. Franky returns to her train for the night.

 

Wentworth Review

Well, Wentworth is back and I am not overwhelmed so far. There were some things to like about the episode. There is definitely plenty going on. Kaz is struggling to keep the girls under control. Ruby and Rita have their own conflict. Franky is trying to exonerate herself. We have the Sonia poisoning and Vera and Jake are playing chess too. Sadly, it just feels bland at this point. Rita and Ruby were introduced this episode, yet they basically stole the show.

They consumed at least 30 minutes of the 45 minute episode and neither character is that interesting. This season is going to have to improve a great deal to make the show worth sticking with. The new Wentworth is falling in line with the old Prisoner. Both got dull in the end. However, Wentworth is in a free fall and needs saving fast. The episode scores a 6.5 out of 10. Catch up with previous recaps of Wentworth now.