Family Day for the Prisoners' Wives

Family Day has arrived, but we’re quite a way from playing happy families in this week’s edition of Prisoners’ Wives. 

Whilst an awkward truce has been reached between Francesca and Paul, Gemma continues to dig deep, finding the inner strength to continue to hide her betrayal from husband, Steve - though just how successfully remains to be seen. I still can’t quite get my head around Robin Hood as a bad-guy gangster .... it’s one thing to move against stereotype, but I’ve sadly found this casting rather off-putting.

But once again, the highest accolade for this week has to go to the stories of Harriet and Lou, united in the loss of their sons. These especially powerful and moving storylines have, in my opinion, been the undoubted highlight of the series. Whilst Lou is finally reunited with Mason after an emotional plea to social services, unbeknownst to Harriet, her heartfelt gesture only serves to push her own son back into the depths of loneliness and despair, a tragic case of one step forward, two steps back, after his touching excitement at showing her all that he had achieved. 

With next week’s installment bringing the series to a close, it remains to be seen just which, if any, of these families will find their deserved happy ending. From the risk of Gemma’s statement to Lou’s own impending sentence, the jury is most definitely out on how this one will go...