Governor Joy Masterton is disgusted when her new deputy, Lou Stoke, turns up for her first day at Larkhall reeking of booze and the worse for wear. A new inmate arrives - Emira Al Jahani, the wife of a suspected terrorist bomber. The girls treat her with contempt, but Natalie discovers that she's a chemistry student and has soon bullied her into constructing a drugs laboratory. The others jump to the conclusion that Emira is planning a chemical attack and panic ensues.

Janine Nebeski's father gives Janine a surprise visit and blames her for her mother's death. Lou Stoke manages to convince him to allow Janine to attend her mother's funeral. However, Natalie Buxton seizes the opportunity to force Janine to smuggle drugs into Larkhall. Phyl is sent to hospital with a bullet wound but soon starts to blackmail her psychiatrist. Lou goes to a strip club followed by Joy Masterton. Donny is pressurised to find Emira's husband who is in hiding.

Natalie Buxton is under the influence of drugs, but even so is determined to get revenge on Pat Kerrigan. Angela Robbins, a new inmate, arrives on G-Wing and she becomes Bev's cellmate. Janine Nebeski has been caught smuggling drugs and has lost her family. Matters are made worse for her as Joy Masterton intends to make an example of her. PO Donny Kimber is pressurised by D.I. Thackeray to find out where Emira's husband, a terrorist suspect, is hiding.