joan ferguson was trying to kill bea in wentworth.
joan ferguson was trying to kill bea in wentworth.
who is trying to kill bea in wentworth?
joan ferguson
bea smith (danielle cormack) (seasons 1-4) came to be an inmate after attempting to murder her husband, harry, after she had endured years of domestic violence. after entering the facility she is coveted by both franky doyle and jacs holt in their fight for "top dog" of the prison. bea struggles adjusting to her new life in prison as well as trying to keep up with her daughter, debbie, and her husband while they are on the outside world. after bea's daughter is murdered on the order of jacs holt, bea kills her by jabbing a pen into her neck and is charged with manslaughter. after believing that debbie committed suicide, it is later revealed to bea that debbie was murdered by brayden holt, jacs' son. hellbent on revenge, bea concocts a plan to escape wentworth and kill brayden for killing debbie. after a bloody fight with franky, bea slices her own wrists, as sliced wrists cannot be cuffed, and is transferred to hospital where she escapes after being treated. bea finds brayden and holds him hostage in his mechanic shop where she gets him to confess to killing debbie, after which she kills him. bea is charged with murder and returns to wentworth as the new "top dog". she maintains a tough anti-drug trafficking policy with inmates. during a fire started by ferguson, after killing jess, bea saves doreen's baby and franky. bea is serving life without parole. loneliness, the loss of debbie and the stress of being "top dog" over time takes its toll on bea. season four widely focuses on bea discovering a side of herself she never believed to be there after falling in love with new-inmate allie novak. in the finale of season 4, bea believes allie to be dead after she was given a hotshot (a lethal amount of illicit drugs) by joan ferguson. as joan is walking out of the prison following her release, bea confronts her with a screwdriver. after a struggle ensues between the two, joan gains control of the screwdriver and bea impales herself onto it 8 times followed by a further 5 stab wounds from joan herself, ensuring that joan cannot be released from wentworth and will be forced to remain in custody until her trial. cormack left the show and bea died at the end of the scuffle from blood loss.
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simone "simmo" slater (ally fowler) (seasons 1-3) was an inmate at wentworth. simmo was one of jacs holt's henchmen, and had connections with jacs' family and business on the outside world. simmo was a recovering heroin addict, until her husband ordered her to kill bea smith at the request of vinnie holt to avenge the murder of his wife, jacs. simmo refuses to kill bea and goes to franky for drugs, with which she intended to use to kill herself but bea smith discovered her in time. after simmo recovers, she again refuses to kill bea. later, bea discovers simmo in her room after dying of a heroin overdose. it is later discovered that governor ferguson gave simmo a hot shot of pink dragon heroin.
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