Episode 5

It's the day of Debbie Sharpe's funeral, and the Skeetmoor has turned out en masse. Mel attends to monitor the mood as she tries to balance her professional duties with her growing sympathies for the women. And that's not the only complication: she's started sleeping with Darrell Stone. As the ceremony concludes, word gets round that Reynolds has been bailed. Davo has disappeared, and without him as witness the court was unable to remand Reynolds. The scale feel let down by the court, but the estate blames them. Tension is high, and a support unit is standing by in case of trouble. The women of Skeetsmoor have had enough: led by local counsellor Jo Warren, they decide it's time to take action. This is a rough shift for Maggie Hayes, Personnel Officer, to spend out with the scale. Paired with Dean, he rather enjoys showing her the ropes although he misconstrues her remarks about cottaging as an admittance of being gay. This spreads quickly round the station. Like most of the scale, th