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“ Bad Girls ”
S05E08: Julie S receives some bad news
Aired Thursday, Jun 26 2003 at 21:00 BST on ITV1
Published Tuesday, Feb 21 2006, 20:50 GMT | By Kris Green | Add comment
It’s the day of Ritchie’s funeral and Yvonne is horrified when she discovers that Fenner’s name is down for escort duty. The day is going to be hard enough for her as it is, being handcuffed to Fenner will make it unbearable. A sympathetic Karen lends Yvonne a pair of sunglasses and agrees to put Hedges on escort duty instead. Fenner is suspicious when he hears the news and decides to put Hedges to the test…this time, he’ll be planting a bag of cocaine on Yvonne when she returns from the funeral and, if Hedges knows what’s good for him, he’ll look the other way.
Buki is thrilled when she receives a letter from her long-lost son, thanking her for his new wheelchair, but when she’s told that she won’t be allowed to write back to him at his children’s home, she realises that being a part of Lennox’s life is going to be much more difficult than she thought.
Despite Neil ordering her not to breathe a word about her pregnancy at Larkhall, Di can’t resist spilling the beans to Karen, who is surprised to say the least. Neil is livid when Karen offers her congratulations and orders Di to make an appointment at the doctors to prove that a) she’s pregnant and b) he’s the father. Although the doctor confirms Di’s pregnancy, he can’t do anything about proving the baby’s paternity – if Neil wants to know if he’s the baby’s father, he’ll have to wait until after it’s born.
Julie S is revising for her exams, but suddenly that seems a lot less important when she discovers a lump in her breast. Rather than go straight to the doctor, Julie scares herself to death by doing some research on the Internet and then decides to keep her condition to herself – maybe if she just ignores it, it will go away.
Ritchie’s funeral is an ordeal for Yvonne, but with Hedges’s support, she manages to get through it. However, when she returns to the prison, she is appalled when Fenner discovers a bag of cocaine inside her shoe. Realising that Fenner must have planted it, Yvonne turns to Hedges for back-up, only to find him looking the other way – Hedges may be rapidly falling for Yvonne, but Jim still knows what really happened between him and Shell Dockley.
Realising that her best-friend is acting strangely towards her, Julie J begins to worry that she has done something wrong. Eventually she breaks down and begs Julie S to tell her what is wrong. When Julie S tells her about the lump she has discovered in her breast, Julie J is supportive. However, even though Julie S makes her promise to keep the knowledge to herself, Julie J takes matters into her own hands and confides in Karen. With the support of Julie J and Karen, Julie S finally plucks up courage to see the deeply unpleasant Dr Nicholson, and then faces an agonising wait for the results of her biopsy.
Yvonne feels that Hedges has betrayed her and refuses to speak to him. Hedges is unable to cope with Yvonne’s animosity and eventually breaks down, confessing all about his involvement with Shell Dockley and Fenner’s decision to transfer her to a psychiatric hospital – can’t Yvonne see that Fenner has got him over a barrel? Yvonne responds by giving Hedges a simple choice – if he cares about her as much as he says he does, he should have no problem in going to Karen and telling her the truth about Fenner…whatever the consequences. As the pressure mounts up, Hedges once again resorts to injecting himself with heroin.
Neil has finally come to the end of his tether as far as Di is concerned. He wants a divorce and he wants her out of his house…he doesn’t care who she tells about his sexuality in the process. After ordering Di to pack her bags, Neil asks Tony to move in.
The results of Julie’s biopsy are in and Dr Nicholson wastes no time in telling her that the test were positive – she has a malignant tumour in her breast – and that she will have to have surgery to remove it.
Buki is thrilled when she receives a letter from her long-lost son, thanking her for his new wheelchair, but when she’s told that she won’t be allowed to write back to him at his children’s home, she realises that being a part of Lennox’s life is going to be much more difficult than she thought.
Despite Neil ordering her not to breathe a word about her pregnancy at Larkhall, Di can’t resist spilling the beans to Karen, who is surprised to say the least. Neil is livid when Karen offers her congratulations and orders Di to make an appointment at the doctors to prove that a) she’s pregnant and b) he’s the father. Although the doctor confirms Di’s pregnancy, he can’t do anything about proving the baby’s paternity – if Neil wants to know if he’s the baby’s father, he’ll have to wait until after it’s born.
Julie S is revising for her exams, but suddenly that seems a lot less important when she discovers a lump in her breast. Rather than go straight to the doctor, Julie scares herself to death by doing some research on the Internet and then decides to keep her condition to herself – maybe if she just ignores it, it will go away.
Ritchie’s funeral is an ordeal for Yvonne, but with Hedges’s support, she manages to get through it. However, when she returns to the prison, she is appalled when Fenner discovers a bag of cocaine inside her shoe. Realising that Fenner must have planted it, Yvonne turns to Hedges for back-up, only to find him looking the other way – Hedges may be rapidly falling for Yvonne, but Jim still knows what really happened between him and Shell Dockley.
Realising that her best-friend is acting strangely towards her, Julie J begins to worry that she has done something wrong. Eventually she breaks down and begs Julie S to tell her what is wrong. When Julie S tells her about the lump she has discovered in her breast, Julie J is supportive. However, even though Julie S makes her promise to keep the knowledge to herself, Julie J takes matters into her own hands and confides in Karen. With the support of Julie J and Karen, Julie S finally plucks up courage to see the deeply unpleasant Dr Nicholson, and then faces an agonising wait for the results of her biopsy.
Yvonne feels that Hedges has betrayed her and refuses to speak to him. Hedges is unable to cope with Yvonne’s animosity and eventually breaks down, confessing all about his involvement with Shell Dockley and Fenner’s decision to transfer her to a psychiatric hospital – can’t Yvonne see that Fenner has got him over a barrel? Yvonne responds by giving Hedges a simple choice – if he cares about her as much as he says he does, he should have no problem in going to Karen and telling her the truth about Fenner…whatever the consequences. As the pressure mounts up, Hedges once again resorts to injecting himself with heroin.
Neil has finally come to the end of his tether as far as Di is concerned. He wants a divorce and he wants her out of his house…he doesn’t care who she tells about his sexuality in the process. After ordering Di to pack her bags, Neil asks Tony to move in.
The results of Julie’s biopsy are in and Dr Nicholson wastes no time in telling her that the test were positive – she has a malignant tumour in her breast – and that she will have to have surgery to remove it.
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