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“OMG!” Fans in meltdown over knockout Wentworth finale

Warning: Do Not Read unless you have seen Wentworth S5 finale.

Warning: Do Not Read unless you have seen Wentworth S5 finale.

Die-hard fans of Wentworth took to social media last night after yet another thumping season finale.

The episode, written by Pete McTighe and directed by Kevin Carlin, again showed why the Foxtel drama is one of the best on the box.

Foxtel had kept the episode from critics’ preview and it was no wonder. Storylines intertwined and built to a shocking crescendo in which Franky’s (Nicole da Silva) escape was part of a sinister deal to dispose of Joan Ferguson (Pamela Rabe).

But it played out in a way nobody saw coming, with The Freak buried alive by none other than incensed guard Will Jackson (Robbie Magasiva).

A final scene revealed Will as killer -unless Ferguson can hatch an escape before her air runs out. But fans will have to wait a year to find out, with no hint of whether Pamela Rabe is returning for S6

There were other engrossing threads too: notably Liz (Celia Ireland) poisoning Sonia (Sigrid Thornton), Allie’s (Kate Jenkinson) sacrifice, the downfall of Jake (Bernard Curry) and a defiant, desperate Boomer (Katrina Milosevic).

Wentworth again pulls off better storytelling with a fraction of the budget and cast of Orange is the New Black.

How many more sleeps?

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21 Responses

  1. I hope my wife doesn’t read this. We’ve been watching on Netflix. Tonight – 2 more episodes. I couldn’t wait. I snuck outta bed around 2 am. Watched both! I’m ashamed but I’d do it again. Top 5 on my list!
    5. Wentworth
    4. The Americans
    3. Game of Thrones
    2. Justified
    1. House of Cards

  2. This is outstanding television. Much as I hate to admit it, Australia is not known for it’s long list of world class drama. But Wentworth is something special. In fact, it’s right up there with the best the world has ever produced. #Proud

  3. What a great show ….I was a old Prisoner fan thur and thur and loved the old Freak from Prisoner
    but I have to say this new Freak on Wentworth what a great actress ….I will miss the freak yet again on our screens ….cannot image her coming back from that ….until 2018 roll on Wentworth

  4. Amazing episode, but you kind of ruined it for me. I look at Tv tonight everyday, but as I could not watch the Wentworth finale until tonight I refrained from reading your article. Only to discover after watching it, the photo you used gave pretty much the whole thing away… Which I couldn’t evoid seeing when I opened your website this morning.

    As a TV lover you should be careful of the images you use for your articles, as they too can be major spoilers.

    1. Thanks for feedback. I am always conscious of photos chosen. In this case the photo was used by Wentworth social media after the airing itself, so I decided it was authorised and already in the public domain. I gave it further thought and decided it shows Will with a shovel, but you don’t know the context until you view the episode, so it’s use is pretty safe. As you’ve noted here it wasn’t until after your viewing it gave anything away.

      1. Honestly, as soon as I saw the photo (without wanting to) I thought “Ok, Wil has buried someone… or even killed someone”. That was well before I saw the Ep. So while watching it (without trying) I picked what was going to happen. Which sucks, when your a massive Wentworth fan like I am.

        I know you didn’t mean spoil it, I just thought I should let you know.

        1. I managed to mentally block out the image in on the front page and skipped until I saw it tonight (Wednesday) so nothing spoilt here but OMG!!!!!!!
          So, Pete Tighe was the Prisoner Fanboy who got the job of presenting the intros to the DVD boxsets a few years ago and he ended up as Wentworth’s best writer. Top work, Mr. Tighe, and bravo Wentworth. The suspense to S6 is gonna bury me!

          1. Maybe you should just stay off a TV dedicated page if you don’t want to know something that has already been aired. It’s not that hard

    2. You said exactly what happened to me here too. Sorry DK, the image was a massive spoiler in my eyes, watched the whole thing waiting for the scene in the dark with a shovel…

  5. I feel like they have exhausted the freaks character. If they had paced the freaks character better I feel like she would have more milage. I don’t know what more they can do with her?. Being a prisoner once again will be a come down. This storyline has been done before. Most notebly with Days Of our lives with Carly and Vivian. Vivian lasting for weeks in that crypt. So who knows. I love the freak.

  6. A Cracker of a season, I thought it lost its way a bit in S4 and wasn’t as compelling, but this season blew ever other season out of the water!!! As for the question is that the end of the freak? Well this season showed that it could move on well from Bea, and really what more could they do with the character of The Freak?!

    Either way bring on S6 stat!

  7. Oh my God is right.That was an epic hour of television with an incredible climax.Wentworth can teach a few shows(i’m looking at you Orange is the New Black)about creating genuine drama and suspense,as well as having a shock ending that no-one could possibly see coming.

    Bravo to everyone involved.It was a classic.

  8. Loved the way they intertwined the Frankie escape & Ferguson storylines. Pure genius and I did not see it coming at all.

    I’m still 50-50 on whether they should have showed Will’s face at the end… If only for conjecture purposes.

  9. Well that was unexpected! Hard to see the next season without the Freak but then again we said the same a year ago when Bea got killed off…

    Great stuff all around.

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