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GS: Prashant Dattani (Ramon Tikeram) James Carson-Brandt (Andrew Hall) Curtis Alexander (Chucky Venice) Prisoner 1 (Matt Betteridge) Prisoner 2 (Dean Skates) Georgie Thompson (as herself) Steve Gaisford (as himself) We are taken back to the final day of the previous season, as Lynda recalls the scene for her police interview where she confronted Prash after the match. Prash mocked Lynda with how she could keep the trophy as a souvenir, whilst he gets the forty million. Lynda is walking away when Prash taunts if she hadn't put a job she couldn't do anyway first, she wouldn't have lost her baby. Lynda is pushed over the edge with this, and lashes out with the trophy still in her hand, striking Prash once. Prash falls backwards and hits his head on his desk, and Lynda stands over his body. Lynda explains how it didn't feel real until she got home and saw the TV news covering it, adding she's only sorry that she was the one to do it, rather than Prash being dead. The team abandon training when they learn Lynda has been bailed by Sam, while Fletch remains in prison. The press are not the only ones waiting when Lynda arrives home at The Barrons, for Tash and Dawn are there to confront her over Fletch's ordeal. Danny and Monday are the only ones in the team who try and understand Lynda. Sam's lawyers have said the CPS will accept manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility because of Lynda’s mindset after losing the baby. Nikki discovers Claudia has been sleeping in her office at the club, as The Grange became too expensive without the financial support of her dad. Nikki tells Claudia there's the spare room at she and Gary's. Fletch is outraged when Dawn informs him of Lynda's release. Claudia can't believe Sam is standing by Lynda, and pictures a murderess as stepmother number three. Sam believes the one thing that can help Lynda now is football, and needs Claudia's help in giving Lynda sympathetic PR. A press conference is held at the club where Lynda talks of her regret for the situation and doesn't plan on returning to the club. Fletch watches on the prison TV before approaching two heavies and asks about buying a gun. Lynda encounters two fans outside the club who yell "Murderer" at her before Claudia chases them away. Lynda is determined to face the players and stands before them at the training ground, telling them she never meant to kill Prash, and she never believed Fletch would be convicted. She adds the hardest thing is losing their friendship as the team is the only family she's got. Jamie and Tash refuse to forgive Lynda, not just for Fletch but for how she could have stopped everything they were going through at anytime. Tash adds that she hopes they throw away the key, and Lynda responds she feels it's what she deserves. Danny shows Lynda compassion and how not everyone hates her, referring back to how she has supported him since his youth team days. James visits Fletch to let him know his appeal is the same day as the game, which he'll be watching a free man. Sam advises Monday to take his team woes to Lynda which he hopes will go towards encouraging her to stay, and Monday shows Lynda a tape of his former team mate Curtis Alexander, still with Paris St Germain, who he hopes to bring to the club. Fletch walks free and thanks James for everything he's done for him. Harchester face Man U at The Lair, and the team go out buoyed up when Fletch enters the dressing room. When he discovers Lynda isn't at the game, Fletch takes Dawn's car and drives to The Barrons, where he forces his way in pointing the gun at Lynda. A flustered Lynda tries to explain to Karl she tried to help him because she was the only one who knew for sure he didn't do it, while at the same time trying to come to terms with the fact she'd killed someone. Fletch wants to know what Lynda gained by sleeping with him, and is she also sleeping with Sam? When Sam hears that Fletch is driving Dawn's car, he phones Lynda, but still at gunpoint she convinces him she is fine, and Fletch is impressed at her ability to lie her way out of everything. Lynda can take no more and yells at Fletch to pull the trigger, but he'll regret it for the rest of his life. Lynda is stunned when Fletch clicks the trigger and a flame lights a candle in front of her! Lynda flies at Fletch and he retorts now she knows how it feels to be sick with fear to her stomach. Lynda is vengeful towards Fletch, and tells him he’s staying at Harchester where he has four years on his contract, and she wouldn't accept anything less than twenty million for him. Fletch warns her he can force her to let him go, and if it's war she wants then fine. Notes: The Best: It was the best direction the story could have gone in that Fletch and Lynda were at the centre, and culmination of Prash's murder (now manslaughter). It had to be characters we knew the best for the story to have a meaningful impact. Terry Kiely and Alison King have been great throughout, working with a range of emotions. The newspaper headline of ‘Prisoner L. Block H’ for Lynda. Interestingly Stefan Dennis appeared in that classic Aussie drama for 10 episodes between 1979-81. The team celebrating their win by showing their Fletch Out t-shirts. Quotes: Andrei’s view on Lynda bailed while Fletch remains inside: "You people have a real funny sense of justice. If this were my country she would be shot dead by now!" Continuity: Lynda re-watches the FA Cup Final celebrations with Luis lifting the trophy (2.76 / #140). You would think she’d press stop before the victory parade! What Was The Score?: The FA Cup Third Round Tie against Man U. 35 mins into the game, Peggsy gets his second goal for the club. Stoppage time at the end of the first half, Beckham makes it level. A free kick sees Stevie take it to 2-1 with Harchester winning the match. Soundtrack: Linkin Park: “Papercut” Behind The Scenes: It was confirmed by Jane, at the end of the series, that the choice of Lynda as Prash’s killer was in place from the start of the story: “That at least was always planned. Lynda was to be the killer of Prash but Fletch was to be accused.” |
