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The Best Episodes of Prisoner

Every episode of Prisoner ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Prisoner!

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Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Prisoner Season 3 Episode 35 - Episode 200
    9.5/10(62 votes)

    #1 - Episode 200

    S3:E35

    Meg goes to phone the police but Mum tells her Bea needs medical attention. Meg agrees to go see Bea before alerting the authorities. In Erica's office, Judy and Doreen explain that they planted buy-up goods on Margo but that someone must have double-crossed them. Erica lets them off but wants no more in-fighting. Vera rebuffs Terry's advances, Jim then bets Terry that he can't get Vera to agree to a date. Mum and Meg arrive at the house to find Bea has left - with Mum's house keeping money. Meg calls the police. The police report that the van officer has come out of their coma and cleared Bea of causing the accident. Mum says that she went to Meg just after Bea arrived, but they are sceptical. Bea goes to school to pick up Debbie. No one knows who Debbie is. While pretending to side with Margo, Lizzie discovers that it was Phyllis who alerted Margo to the set up. Lizzie lures Phyllis to the laundry, where Judy and Doreen attack her.

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  2. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 30 - Episode 446
    9.3/10(27 votes)

    #2 - Episode 446

    S6:E30

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  3. Prisoner Season 7 Episode 46 - Episode 551
    9.3/10(25 votes)

    #3 - Episode 551

    S7:E46

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  4. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 6 - Episode 422
    9.2/10(20 votes)

    #4 - Episode 422

    S6:E6

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  5. Prisoner Season 8 Episode 31 - Episode 619
    9.2/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Episode 619

    S8:E31

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  6. Prisoner Season 3 Episode 34 - Episode 199
    9.1/10(29 votes)

    #6 - Episode 199

    S3:E34

    The driver of the police van is dead and the officer unconscious. A very disoriented Bea stumbles out of the van and walks away. Lizzie brings Judy breakfast in solitary and tells her Margo has taken over. A friendly driver discovers Bea by the side of the road. Bea can't remember where she is or how she got there but she must get home to her daughter, Debbie. The lady gives her a lift. Erica releases Judy from solitary and asks her to head the Prisoner's Needs Committee. When Judy learns that Bea is coming back she agrees to help all she can. Bev and Lil tear up Doreen's cell. Doreen agrees to give Margo her buy-up and place bets with her. Bea arrives at her house but finds it occupied by strangers. Judy comes into the rec room and announces Bea's imminent return. Margo tells everyone not to get too happy - the Big Red's not back on top yet. While wandering about the streets, Bea remembers an apartment number - #5.

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  7. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 3 - Episode 419
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    #7 - Episode 419

    S6:E3

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  8. Prisoner Season 7 Episode 47 - Episode 552
    9.1/10(20 votes)

    #8 - Episode 552

    S7:E47

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  9. Prisoner Season 3 Episode 7 - Episode 172
    9.0/10(26 votes)

    #9 - Episode 172

    S3:E7

    Jock tells Judy she's now going to work for him: he wants $300 every time he visits - if not, he'll bash her and turn both Judy and Helen over to the police. Doreen is noticeably more enthusiastic about the classes than the other women. After leaving the massage parlour after a hard night's work, Judy has to fend off a kerb crawler and ends up being chased by two patrolcar policemen. Helen suggests that Judy should go away somewhere quiet, but Judy says she wants to get Jock in her own way, no matter how many men she has to go with. Only Doreen turns up for David's classes. Jim tells Sid he ought to make a list of his tools so he knows if any of them go missing. Judy goes back to work at the massage parlour , and when Jock comes to collect his money he hits her across the face when she says she hasn't got it yet. He suggests that if business is slow she ought to offer something more than "a gentle rub-down".

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  10. Prisoner Season 7 Episode 45 - Episode 550
    9.0/10(21 votes)

    #10 - Episode 550

    S7:E45

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  11. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 1 - Episode 417
    8.9/10(18 votes)

    #11 - Episode 417

    S6:E1

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  12. Prisoner Season 1 Episode 16 - Episode 16
    8.8/10(46 votes)

    #12 - Episode 16

    S1:E16

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  13. Prisoner Season 1 Episode 20 - Episode 20
    8.8/10(46 votes)

    #13 - Episode 20

    S1:E20

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  14. Prisoner Season 3 Episode 31 - Episode 196
    8.8/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Episode 196

    S3:E31

    The corridors are silent when Jim and Colleen check up later, though the din resumes after their dialogue. The women are taken for their showers a few at a time next morning and are then locked back in their cells. Chrissie tells Meg that the only way she can get Elizabeth back now is to earn a little money on her own account: she goes for a job in a restaurant, but the owner sees through her claim to have references from New Zealand. Lizzie tells Bea she's too old to get involved in any protests. Meanwhile, Doreen is trying to calm down Judy by telling her that Bea has everything under control. After seeing an article in the paper, Chrissie's brother Derek calls on Meg to ask if he can help Chrissie, as he feels he let her down when they were kids: he offers to have Chrissie and Elizabeth live with him and his wife. Erica proposes to the officers that a round table discussion with the inmates might help, but Colleen demands that the officers are armed.

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  15. Prisoner Season 5 Episode 22 - Episode 348
    8.8/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Episode 348

    S5:E22

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  16. Prisoner Season 1 Episode 19 - Episode 19
    8.7/10(42 votes)

    #16 - Episode 19

    S1:E19

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  17. Prisoner Season 5 Episode 2 - Episode 328
    8.7/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Episode 328

    S5:E2

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  18. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 17 - Episode 433
    8.7/10(15 votes)

    #18 - Episode 433

    S6:E17

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  19. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 20 - Episode 436
    8.7/10(16 votes)

    #19 - Episode 436

    S6:E20

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  20. Prisoner Season 1 Episode 1 - Episode 1
    8.6/10(87 votes)

    #20 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    Two new prisoners, Karen Travers and Lyn Warner, are inducted into Wentworth Detention Centre and have to adjust to the harsh regime and the tough women they meet there. Karen, convicted of stabbing her cheating husband to death in the shower, turns out to be an old flame of prison Doctor Greg Miller. Lynn has been convicted of kidnapping and burying a baby alive, and though she loudly protests her innocence, she is bullied by the other women, led by their 'Top Dog', murderess Bea Smith. Meanwhile, young inmate Sally Lee hangs herself in her cell while going through ...

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  21. Prisoner Season 3 Episode 6 - Episode 171
    8.6/10(19 votes)

    #21 - Episode 171

    S3:E6

    Graeme Hopkins arrives at Wentworth threatening to expose the contents of Judy's tape if Erica won't agree to grant him an interview. Helen Smart comes home to find Judy waiting for her: after a bit of persuasion (and a wad of banknotes to cover her lost "business") she agrees to let Judy stay for a while, but she is slightly worried when Judy vows that she intends to avenge herself on Gillespie and Jock Stewart. Erica warns Graeme Hopkins that his campaign to free Lizzie could kill her, but she agrees to let him talk to her so she can hear it in Lizzie's own words. At first, Lizzie says she does want to get out of prison, but when Hopkins tells her he can't help her get a visa, she turns on him and says she doesn't want his help. Helen is sceptical about Judy's enthusiasm when she finds out her tape is to be shown on TV after all, saying the police won't act on the word of a criminal alone.

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  22. Prisoner Season 4 Episode 1 - Episode 247
    8.6/10(19 votes)

    #22 - Episode 247

    S4:E1

    Jim and Meg escape just as the rioting women take control of the prison but Steve and Janet are trapped inside. The inmates bicker amongst themselves - Marie stirs everyone up, Margo mouths off and Sandy tries to keep control of the situation. Outside the jail, Erica won't allow the police to storm the building, to Jim's disgust. Steve manages to get to a phone and tell the police they are still inside but he ends up having to hide up in the roof from the prisoners. The women give Erica their list of demands. In hospital, Bea hears of the riot on TV and phones the prison to speak to Erica, but Ted Douglas won't let her. The marauding women finally track down Steve, separated from Janet, in the Governor's office. On Sandy's orders, they pin him to Erica's desk and start to strip him.

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  23. Prisoner Season 6 Episode 23 - Episode 439
    8.6/10(15 votes)

    #23 - Episode 439

    S6:E23

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  24. Prisoner Season 1 Episode 10 - Episode 10
    8.5/10(43 votes)

    #24 - Episode 10

    S1:E10

    Helen Masters sets out to affect the quality of prison meals as part of her campaign to get a character witness for her trial, the prison doctor. Marilyn returns to prison, but Eddie is through. Vera's drinking almost gets her arrested in a pub, but the officer grants her professional courtesy and takes her home. Masters cons everybody--even her blackmailing assistant--and wins acquittal, trashing the prison officials and inmates in her first TV interview.

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  25. Prisoner Season 1 Episode 14 - Episode 14
    8.5/10(42 votes)

    #25 - Episode 14

    S1:E14

    Shot in the holdup, Doug dies and Lyn cannot run, so she calls the prison doctor who gets there just before the cops. She loses her baby. Doug gets sacked because of his involvement with Marilyn. Frankie and Doreen are still on the run. The new social worker visits Mum's granddaughter and explains how much Mum needs to see her. Karen's mother is planning to be remarried, and in her first prison visit is appalled at the news Karen might get a retrial, renewing the publicity.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 200" is the best rated episode of "Prisoner". It scored 9.5/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 6/3/1981. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 446".